India’s crypto tax is a gov’t attempt to ‘displace’ the tech — Lawyer Legal practitioner Amit Kumar Gupta told Cointelegraph that the Indian government’s stance on crypto reflects a lack of understanding of the technology.Oct 17, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin traders see $70K BTC price as market trims Fed rate cut betsBitcoin avoids excess volatility after its trip beyond $68,000, but BTC price analysis warns that sharp moves may be next.Oct 17, 2024William Suberg
Decentralized vacation rental platform Dtravel joins Fetch.ai networkDtravel’s AI agents will bring peer-to-peer rentals to Fetch.AI’s blockchain.Oct 17, 2024Tristan Greene
Bitcoin ETFs hit $20B milestone as price remains stuck in downtrendBitcoin price remains in a seven-month downtrend despite the record ETF net flows.Oct 17, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Kraken crypto exchange launches own Wrapped Bitcoin tokenAccording to Kraken, kBTC reinforces Bitcoin’s position as the “epicenter of crypto” and empowers developers to explore new ways to use BTC.Oct 17, 2024Helen Partz
Two builders produce 88% of Ethereum blocks in October, raising concernsSome analysts don’t see this as a centralization concern due to the Ethereum network’s underlying builder-proposer architecture.Oct 17, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Hamster Kombat Season 2 lets players become CEOs, build game studiosHamster Kombat teased its new storyline for Season 2 in a newly released trailer for the popular Telegram clicker game.Oct 17, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Trump’s Bitcoin U-turn: How the crypto critic became a pump signalRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump pitched himself as a pro-Bitcoin candidate, but not too long ago he said it was based on “thin air.”Oct 17, 2024Helen Partz
5 reasons why Trump’s World Liberty Financial token crashed and burnedThe former president’s DeFi token saw poor sales for various issues, including restrictions on who can invest, non-transferability and othersOct 17, 2024Allen Scott
Stellar ecosystem implements Blockaid security featuresStellar’s Lobstr and Freighter Wallets are the first to receive the new Blockaid security features.Oct 17, 2024Tristan Greene
Why are Bitcoin traders worried about a ‘painful’ BTC price dip?Crypto market analysts say Bitcoin price may see a “corrective move” before a major rally in Q4.Oct 17, 2024Nancy Lubale
Nansen integrates Solana analytics, touts memecoin alphaBlockchain analytics firm Nansen has completed the integration of Solana analytics to provide real-time tools to track onchain activity.Oct 17, 2024Gareth Jenkinson
Ether price in 7-month decline amid ‘L1 wars,’ says analyst“Solana is the biggest slap in the face” for Ether maximalists due to its monolithic scalability approach, according to the analyst.Oct 17, 2024Zoltan Vardai
US lagging behind in global stablecoin adoption — ChainalysisGrowing demand for US dollar-backed stablecoins and regulatory uncertainty in the US are the key reasons for stablecoins thriving in other jurisdictions.Oct 17, 2024Helen Partz
Ireland drafting urgent crypto laws before EU money-laundering rulesIreland’s finance minister wants to act quickly before the EU imposes strict Anti-Money Laundering standards.Oct 17, 2024Martin Young
Bitfinex hacker should get 5 years jail for 120K BTC heist: FedsIlya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack of Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five years in prison, prosecutors say.Oct 17, 2024Stephen Katte
Hong Kong cops clean out alleged $46M deepfake crypto scamHong Kong police arrested 27 people it accused of running an AI deepfake crypto scam operation from a 4,000-square-foot industrial building.Oct 17, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Crypto security firm mistakenly shares drainer link to ‘help’ Radiant hack victimsAncilia accidentally shared a link to a wallet drainer in its attempt to help victims of a $52 million hack on blockchain lending protocol Radiant Capital.Oct 17, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Trump-allied political action committee raises $7.5M in cryptoThe Donald Trump-backing PAC Trump 47 has seen millions in crypto-denominated contributions from industry executives since July.Oct 17, 2024Martin Young
Jump Trading accused of crypto ‘pump and dump’ in game dev’s suitGame developer Fracture Labs accused Jump Trading of using its DIO token to profit millions from a “pump and dump” scheme.Oct 17, 2024Stephen Katte
Ethereum, L2s to reach over 100K TPS with the 'Surge’ — Vitalik ButerinSome of the “key goals” of the Surge are to achieve over 100,000 TPS across Ethereum and its layer 2s and to increase interoperability, Buterin said.Oct 17, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Crypto funding drops 20% in Q3 due to ‘barbell market’ — Galaxy DigitalBitcoin and low-cap, high-risk memecoins led the crypto market in the third quarter, leading venture capitalists to overlook some mid-tier projects.Oct 17, 2024Brayden Lindrea
94% of Asian private wealth is investing or considering crypto: ReportAlmost a third of surveyed respondents believe that Bitcoin will break through $100,000 by the end of the year.Oct 17, 2024Yohan Yun
Forcount ‘Ponzi scheme’ promoter sentenced to 20 years in prisonAccording to US prosecutors, Juan Tacuri, and his co-conspirators, defrauded investors of $8.4 million in an apparent Ponzi Scheme.Oct 16, 2024Vince Quill
AI ‘mind uploads’ could allow the dead to trade foreverBecoming a ghost in the machine could have financial benefits, but for who?Oct 16, 2024Tristan Greene
Radiant Capital halts lending after exploitApproximately $58 million has been lost from a cybersecurity breach at the lending protocol, one expert said.Oct 16, 2024Alex O’Donnell
DTCC launches digital sandbox to innovate capital market infrastructureThe DTCC aims to invite market participants to address pain points and let clients try DTCC products on their own use cases.Oct 16, 2024Derek Andersen
Chevron overturn unlikely to impact SEC's conduct — Ripple CLOIn 2023 alone, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed over 20 lawsuits against firms and individuals in the crypto industry.Oct 16, 2024Vince Quill
Ethereum price crashes often follow ETH open interest peaks — Will history repeat?Ethereum’s futures open interest hit a new all-time high, but data shows this feat is usually followed by an ETH price crash.Oct 16, 2024Marcel Pechman
Kalshi election betting contracts multiply after court winThe prediction marketplace has certified more than a dozen political event contracts since prevailing in a court battle in September.Oct 16, 2024Alex O’Donnell