Japan’s finance regulator calls for lower crypto taxes in 2025Japan’s Financial Services Agency has released plans to overhaul the nation’s tax code, which could lower the tax rate on crypto assets in 2025.Sep 4, 2024Stephen Katte
Bitcoin’s price shows ‘no clear direction’ amid active address declineBitcoin active addresses are declining due to a large amount of the market being “gobbled up” by institutional cash, says one analyst.Sep 4, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Scammers have found a way to burn tokens from inside Solana walletsReports have emerged of users buying tokens and not seeing it show up in their wallet balances.Sep 4, 2024Felix Ng
Trader turns $5k into $670K on Ethereum Pump.fun rival EthervistaThe protocol’s native VISTA token briefly soared to a value as high as $30 million, netting one trader some serious profit.Sep 4, 2024Martin Young
Lara and Tiffany Trump X accounts hacked to shill sham crypto linksScammers hacked two accounts associated with presidential candidate Donald Trump’s family to shill malicious crypto links, but X quickly took them down.Sep 4, 2024Stephen Katte
US Fed rate cut could push Bitcoin down 20% — AnalystsBitfinex says it’s a “challenging time” for Bitcoin traders as the US Fed’s widely expected rate cut could lead to a drop in Bitcoin’s price and not a boost as hoped by the market.Sep 4, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Pro-XRP attorney John Deaton wins Republican US Senate primaryThe pro-crypto lawyer secured victory in the Massachusetts Republican primary race and will now face off against industry antagonist Elizabeth Warren in November.Sep 4, 2024Martin Young
Nvidia posts historic one-day loss after US antitrust subpoenaUS antitrust officials are reportedly worried that Nvidia is penalizing buyers that don’t exclusively use its computer chips, a claim it rebuffed.Sep 4, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Signs point to a likely altcoin rally in the final months of 2024Altcoins fought an uphill battle for the first eight months of 2024, but several signs are suggesting that an explosive recovery is imminent.Sep 3, 2024Michaël van de Poppe
Starlink confirms it will block access to X in BrazilThe SpaceX subsidiary claimed the Brazilian Supreme Court decision was “illegal,” but it would comply by suspending access to the social media platform.Sep 3, 2024Turner Wright
Penpie protocol exploited, suffers $27M lossCryptocurrency hacks have stolen $1.21 billion in funds so far in 2024, a 15.5% increase from 2023.Sep 3, 2024Vince Quill
Bitcoin price loses traction as miner profits drop and spot BTC outflows persistBitcoin has lost more than 10% in the past two weeks as fear of a US recession, spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and the threat of miner capitulation grows.Sep 3, 2024Marcel Pechman
Coinbase CLO says he’s ‘encouraged’ by Harris campaign reaching outWith 63 days until the US election and early voting starting in September, single-issue crypto voters have a limited window to decide between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Sep 3, 2024Turner Wright
Bitcoin falls alongside stocks following Bank of Japan rate hike comments Bitcoin opens the week in the red as comments from the Bank of Japan and a sharp sell-off in equities markets negatively impact BTC price.Sep 3, 2024Nancy Lubale
FBI warns of North Korean ’social engineering’ schemes to steal cryptoDPRK scammers have been employing fake offers of employment and investment opportunities to trick crypto users into downloading malware.Sep 3, 2024Turner Wright
How much Bitcoin does the average whale hold?Bitcoin addresses with balances between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC hold the largest share, 24.17%, of the total BTC supply.Sep 3, 2024Biraajmaan Tamuly
SEC charges fund adviser Galois Capital for FTX crypto custodyThe fund allegedly lost about half of its assets following FTX's collapse.Sep 3, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Bitcoin network hashrate reaches new all-time high Bitcoin network difficulty, a closely related yet separate metric, is also at historically high levels and currently sits at 89.4 trillion.Sep 3, 2024Vince Quill
21.co launches Bitcoin wrapper on EthereumIt aims to bring institutional-grade security to wrapped BTC.Sep 3, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Matter Labs CEO announces company restructuring, layoffsMatter Labs is the creator of the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution ZKsync.Sep 3, 2024Vince Quill
Arbitrum Stylus mainnet launch opens Web3 for traditional codersOffchain Labs introduces Arbitrum Stylus on mainnet, enabling DApp development with WebAssembly languages, boosting performance, and lowering gas fees.Sep 3, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Terraform wallet moves $62M BTC as Do Kwon remains in legal limboAwaiting extradition to either the US or South Korea, Do Kwon could have had access to the Terraform Labs wallet containing more than 1,075 BTC.Sep 3, 2024Turner Wright
Aave, Sky float partnership to bridge DeFi, TradFiThe plan would create markets for DAI-replacement USDS on Aave.Sep 3, 2024Alex O’Donnell
Bitcoin ‘new’ investor spike echoes 2019 BTC price peak — AnalysisBitcoin investors who bought in at the March highs have been fighting choppy BTC price action ever since.Sep 3, 2024William Suberg
Telegram games and Hamster Kombat will catalyze Web3 adoption: Animoca’s Yat SiuHamster Kombat is preparing to launch the “largest airdrop in the history of crypto,” which could bring even more mainstream attention to the viral Web3 mobile game.Sep 3, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Cardano down 75% vs. Bitcoin 2 years after Charles Hoskinson questioned BTC longevityAfter breaking below a lifetime support level, ADA’s price versus Bitcoin could drop by another 25% in the coming months.Sep 3, 2024Yashu Gola
Are there ‘too many’ blockchains for gaming? Sui’s randomness feature: Web3 GamerToo many blockchains can be a challenge for the industry, according to an exec, while Sui rolls out its on-chain randomness feature to keep games truly unpredictable.Sep 3, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Riot Platforms urges Bitfarms board changes ahead of crucial October meetingRiot Platforms urges further changes to Bitfarms’ board, proposing two independent directors ahead of a special meeting in October.Sep 3, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
Solana Foundation defends decentralization amid patch coordination claimsSolana Foundation’s Dan Albert highlighted the network’s distributed block-producing nodes, arguing that coordinating a patch does not mean centralization.Sep 3, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Crypto platform resumes UK registrations after 10-month FCA compliance pauseThe crypto lending platform took the 10-month pause to realign its onboarding process with the FCA's guidelines oriented towards investor protection.Sep 3, 2024Zoltan Vardai