World’s 3rd-largest public pension fund buys $34M of MicroStrategy sharesSouth Korea’s public pension fund has just increased its crypto exposure by buying tens of thousands of shares in MicroStrategy.Aug 16, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Institutions not so interested in Bitcoin at $58K, metric shows10x Research’s Markus Thielen says one stablecoin metric is key to indicating institutional interest in Bitcoin, but it’s not flashing green right now.Aug 16, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Meta denies claim more than half of Facebook crypto ads are scamsAustralia’s competition watchdog has claimed 58% of crypto ads on Facebook are scams; Meta says the data is old and unreliable.Aug 16, 2024Stephen Katte
Donald Trump raked in over $7M from NFTs, new disclosure showsFormer president Donald Trump disclosed that he owns up to $5 million in crypto and has earned over $7 million from his three NFT collections.Aug 16, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin has room to fall amid ‘unusual’ open interest — CoinGlassTotal open interest on Bitcoin futures hit $29 billion on Aug. 16 despite Bitcoin’s price decline.Aug 16, 2024Martin Young
San Fran city attorney sues sites that ‘undress’ women with AI Dek: AI-powered websites allowing users to create nonconsensual nude photos of women and girls were visited 200 million times in the first half of the year.Aug 16, 2024Jesse Coghlan
‘I’m not leaving’ — Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom to fight US extradition“I love New Zealand. I’m not leaving,” said Bitcache and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on X after the New Zealand Justice Minister signed off on a United States extradition order.Aug 16, 2024Martin Young
Bitcoin critical indicator prints ‘bearish cross’ as it sinks below $58KThe crossing of the indicator on two different timeframes has signaled to traders that short-term performance may be weakening, sparking fear in the market.Aug 16, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Bitcoin sidechain creators tout new ‘permissionless’ version BitVM2Robin Linus has unveiled a new whitepaper for BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge, two new developments that offer significant improvements to the original version of BitVM.Aug 16, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
ZachXBT claims 21 North Korea crypto devs are making $500K a monthOnchain sleuth ZachXBT claims to have found a network of North Korean developers who have been working on dozens of crypto projects.Aug 16, 2024Stephen Katte
IMF execs float raising crypto mining electricity prices by 85%A tax on the energy used by crypto miners could cut emissions by 100 million tons a year, equal to Belgium’s emissions, say two IMF executives.Aug 16, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin stagnates as bearish headwinds continue to blow Bitcoin price falls as demand for leveraged long BTC futures and stablecoins drops.Aug 15, 2024Marcel Pechman
‘I expect to see no mention of Bitcoin’ — MARA CEO on Harris’ platformDepending on the November presidential election outcome, Fred Thiel said he would consider “looking outside the US” for Bitcoin mining firm MARA’s operations.Aug 15, 2024Turner Wright
Low users, sex predators kill Korean metaverses, 3AC sues Terra: Asia ExpressSouth Korean metaverses are failing, 3AC takes Terra to court, SBI and Ripple’s NFT partnership: Asia ExpressAug 15, 2024Yohan Yun
Ethereum traders say ETH price at risk of a deeper correction to $1.6KMultiple analysts believe that Ethereum price is likely to touch new lows near $1,600.Aug 15, 2024Nancy Lubale
Public miners raised $2.2B as cash flow crunch intensifies post-halvingA total of nine out of 13 US-listed Bitcoin mining companies raised capital through stock offers in the second quarter of 2024.Aug 15, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Circle proposes new capital-risk framework for stablecoinsIn July 2024, Circle became the first stablecoin issuer to comply with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulatory framework.Aug 15, 2024Vince Quill
Anchored Coins warns of potential issues for AEUR amid FlowBank collapseThe stablecoin issuer said there was a risk of a “respective loss for the holders of AEUR tokens” due to FlowBank’s bankruptcy in June.Aug 15, 2024Turner Wright
Haun Ventures backs Chaos Labs with $55M Series A fundingOther investors in the round include PayPal, Lightspeed, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute, F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures and The Spartan Group.Aug 15, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Tron network exceeds Ethereum revenue over the past 90 daysAccording to data from DefiLlama, the Tron network has accrued $1.31 million in network revenue during the past 24 hours alone.Aug 15, 2024Vince Quill
Solana ETFs will not see significant demand — Sygnum research headLow uptake of Grayscale’s Solana fund is an early indicator, she said.Aug 15, 2024Alex O’Donnell
‘No matter how bad it gets, there’s a lot going on with NFTs’: 24 Hours of Art, NFT CreatorNFTs are a renaissance in art and success is inevitable, says Roger Dickerman from 24 Hours of ArtAug 15, 2024Greg Oakford
Wall Street sounds AI bubble alarm — Will crypto AI projects survive?After Black Monday, the stock market fears recession and Wall Street predicts an AI bubble burst, with Nvidia and tech stocks under pressure. Will crypto AI projects survive?Aug 15, 2024Daniel Ramirez-Escudero
Nixon ended gold standard 53 years ago today — WTF happened in 1971?In his 1971 speech ending the gold standard, Richard Nixon promised to stabilize the dollar, but instead, nearly everything has gone up in price.Aug 15, 2024Allen Scott
Key Bitcoin bull signal flashes for first time in nearly 2 years, hinting at 2x price surgeThe Bitcoin price could increase by over two-fold based on a key bull signal historically correlated with price rallies.Aug 15, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Vitalik Buterin donates over $500K in animal-themed coins to charityVitalik Buterin urged the community to send the memecoin token funds they want to send him directly to charities.Aug 15, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Chainalysis alerts rise in crypto hacks and ransom in 2024Cryptocurrency hackers have been returning to their roots to targeting centralized exchanges amid a spike in the Bitcoin price in 2024.Aug 15, 2024Helen Partz
Immutable taps Fireblocks to help game developers manage digital assetsImmutable teams up with Fireblocks to secure asset management for Web3 games, NFTs and DeFi projects within its ecosystem.Aug 15, 2024Ezra Reguerra
OKX Wallet expands Blinks to EVM-compatible chainsOKX Wallet now supports blockchain links (Blinks) across all EVM-compatible chains, enhancing multichain transactions without switching platforms.Aug 15, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
WazirX schedules maintenance to restore balances after $234M hackWazirX’s ability to restore balances and secure assets on its platform will impact its future and the security of the broader industry.Aug 15, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha