Bitcoin jumps 2% on MicroStrategy buy with $100K BTC price in focusAn unusual BTC price reaction to MicroStrategy’s latest confirmation of increased BTC exposure accompanies the week’s first Wall Street open.Dec 2, 2024William Suberg
BitGo expands into retail market with new trading platformAfter announcing recent moves into stablecoins and native tokens, BitGo is now targeting retail clients.Dec 2, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
US Bitcoin reserve is possible to achieve but not without downsidesGovernment participation in crypto hasn’t always had great outcomes for the space, with the SEC under the Biden administration causing plenty of headaches for firms.Dec 2, 2024Stephen Katte
MARA Holdings acquired over $600M Bitcoin in the last two monthsMARA Holdings urged the US government to be more aggressive in securing positions in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining.Dec 2, 2024Ezra Reguerra
MicroStrategy purchased $1.5B in Bitcoin last weekMicroStrategy announced that it bought 15,400 Bitcoin for $1.5 billion between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1.Dec 2, 2024Ezra Reguerra
WisdomTree officially files S-1 for spot XRP ETFSpot Bitcoin ETF provider WisdomTree became the fourth firm in the US to submit a Form S-1 filing with the SEC for a spot XRP ETF.Dec 2, 2024Helen Partz
Brazil proposes to ban stablecoin withdrawals to self-custodial walletsBrazil, the second-largest market for stablecoin transactions, may ban stablecoin withdrawals to self-custodial wallets like MetaMask.Dec 2, 2024Helen Partz
Different this time: ‘Altcoin season’ no longer driven by Bitcoin rotation — AnalystCryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says altseason is no longer determined by a capital rotation from Bitcoin but by a surge in altcoin trading volume for stablecoin pairs.Dec 2, 2024Nancy Lubale
Ethereum Beacon Chain ‘far from perfect’ but brings massive opportunityEthereum researcher Justin Drake said the Beacon Chain has become the “strongest foundation blockchains have ever seen.”Dec 2, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Ripple’s XRP surges to 2024 high amid Trump win, stablecoin optimismDonald Trump’s election victory, an anticipated conclusion to the SEC lawsuit and an expected stablecoin project may have contributed to the XRP price surge.Dec 2, 2024Ezra Reguerra
XRP returns to 3rd-largest crypto after 4-year battle with SECXRP has made a historic comeback as the third-largest coin by market cap, the number of “XRP” Google searches breaking above “crypto.”Dec 2, 2024Helen Partz
Biggest US dollar gains ever — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this weekBitcoin is rewarding hodlers like never before as BTC price action trades just inches from $100,000 for a second week.Dec 2, 2024William Suberg
Bitcoin ETFs hit $6.4B inflows in November amid record BTC rallyUS-based spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $6.46 billion inflows in November, led by BlackRock, as BTC recorded a 45% price rally.Dec 2, 2024Arijit Sarkar
DeFi on the way to having ‘bank-like’ financial products — Mercuryo CEOMercuryo CEO Petr Kozyakov said many consumer apps will emerge before widespread institutional adoption comes to DeFi.Dec 2, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Clipper DEX says recent $450K hack wasn’t caused by private key leakA $450,000 hack on Clipper was likely from a withdrawal vulnerability, not a leak, the decentralized exchange said.Dec 2, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin set for ‘insane long opportunities’ as it enters price discovery: TradersEven if Bitcoin gains half of what it did during price discovery in 2021, that would still propel it to $150,000, one trader said.Dec 2, 2024Martin Young
Hong Kong gaming firm swaps $49M Ether in treasury for BitcoinWith the latest acquisition, Boyaa Interactive has 3,183 Bitcoin in its stash, up from 2,635 at the end of September.Dec 2, 2024Stephen Katte
Japan crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin is set to liquidateDMM Bitcoin, which suffered a private key hack in May that caused a loss of $320 million in Bitcoin, is ceasing efforts to revamp operations.Dec 2, 2024Martin Young
Michael Saylor tells Microsoft it’s value could soar $5T with BitcoinMicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor gave Microsoft a three-minute, 44-slide pitch on why it should spend $100 billion a year to buy Bitcoin.Dec 2, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Musk again asks to block OpenAI’s ‘illegal’ conversion to for-profit modelElon Musk also said OpenAI engaged in “predatory practices” through its partnership with Microsoft, together owning almost 70% of the generative AI market.Dec 2, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Analyst warns of ‘leverage driven’ XRP pump as token flips TetherXRP could be in the midst of a “leverage-driven” pump as the price of the asset soars to reach new yearly highs.Dec 2, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Death of Meta’s stablecoin project was ‘100% a political kill’ — Ex Diem bossUnited States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen supposedly convinced Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to kill the project, the former Meta executive said.Dec 1, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Ripple's XRP token flips Solana's market capitalizationAccording to CoinMarketCap, XRP had a market cap of over $122 billion, compared with Solana’s $111.9 billion.Dec 1, 2024Vince Quill
Bitcoin price move toward $100K opens doors for SHIB, FIL, MNT, AAVEBitcoin’s strength has pulled several altcoins higher, with SHIB, FIL, MNT and AAVE showing promise in the near term.Dec 1, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
Spectral Labs identifies Syntax vulnerability, pauses contractsAccording to Immunefi, year-to-date losses from crypto hacks, exploits and scams have topped $1.4 billion through November.Dec 1, 2024Vince Quill
Bitcoin records 129% year-to-date gain seven months after halvingAccording to data from CryptQuant, there is currently less than 2.5 million Bitcoin available for purchase on digital asset exchanges.Dec 1, 2024Vince Quill
Bitcoin smashes records with biggest-ever $26K monthly BTC price gainBitcoin has nailed something never before seen — $26,400 BTC price upside in a single monthly candle.Dec 1, 2024William Suberg
Pump.fun weekly revenue drops 66% after livestream controversyPump.fun’s weekly revenue peaked at $33 million in November before dropping to $11 million the following week.Dec 1, 2024Ezra Reguerra
NFTs hit $562M in monthly sales volumes, recording six-month highNFTs had a monthly sales volume of over $562 million in November, surpassing October’s record of $356 million.Dec 1, 2024Ezra Reguerra
South Korea’s Democratic Party agrees to delay crypto tax by 2 yearsSouth Korea’s Democratic Party had pushed back against the previous delay, claiming it was a political trick by the ruling party.Dec 1, 2024Ezra Reguerra