Investor shares story of falling victim to $100K crypto hack“I thought that my heart would stop,” said Matthias Mende, who told Cointelegraph how he felt when he realized he lost $100,000 in crypto assets to a hacker.Jun 28, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Kraken’s Jesse Powell donates $1M in crypto to Trump campaignJesse Powell, the Kraken co-founder, backs Trump with $1 million in Ether, supporting pro-crypto policies against regulatory crackdowns.Jun 28, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
Nigeria’s SEC boss says crypto can aid 38M unbankedEmomotimi Agama noted that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can considerably lower remittance costs, making it easier and cheaper for Nigerians abroad to send money home.Jun 28, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Crypto platform Yield App shuts down citing FTX lossesYield App halts operations, citing losses from FTX exposure, despite previous assurances of no significant impact.Jun 28, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
Bolivia lifts ban on Bitcoin, authorizes crypto transactions via banksThe change in regulatory stance marks the end of a ban on crypto use in the country in place since 2014.Jun 28, 2024Prashant Jha
Bitcoin miner sell pressure ‘weakening’ as BTC withdrawals drop 85%BTC withdrawals from miner-affiliated wallets have gone from above 50,000 per day to under 10,000 since the halving, data shows.Jun 28, 2024William Suberg
Bitcoin activity drops to lowest level since 2010The lack of retail participation is suspected of dropping Bitcoin wallet activities as celebrity memecoins attract speculators away from more established cryptocurrencies.Jun 28, 2024Yohan Yun
Major crypto projects to unlock $755M in JulyAbout $755 million in crypto assets from AltLayer, Arbitrum, Optimism and other projects will be released in July as their vesting period concludes.Jun 28, 2024Ezra Reguerra
History Associates joins Coinbase in FDIC legal battleThe History Associates suit aims to hold the FDIC and other regulatory agencies accountable for their actions and ensure transparency in their regulatory practices.Jun 28, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Bitfarms adds board member to deter Riot Platforms takeoverDespite initially planning to buy all Bitfarms’ shares at $2.30 per share, Riot withdrew the offer, stating that cooperating with Bitfarms’ current board was difficult.Jun 28, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Bitcoin social sentiment decline may signal market bottomThe BTC price has failed to hit a new all-time high in over three months, even after the Bitcoin halving in April.Jun 28, 2024Prashant Jha
Australia’s revamped data program to ‘catch out’ crypto tax cheats The Australian Tax Office is collecting over a decade of crypto transaction data, and tax dodgers could be busted if they don’t properly file this tax season.Jun 28, 2024Jesse Coghlan
T-Rex files for ‘ghost pepper’ 2X leveraged MicroStrategy ETFFinancial services firm T-Rex Group has applied for what could be the “most volatile ETF” ever seen in the United States.Jun 28, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
PolitiFi memecoins tank amid Trump vs. Biden presidential debateThe Jeo Boden memecoin was hardest hit, falling over 53% from its 24-hour high during presidential debate night.Jun 28, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Spot Solana ETF might 9x the price of SOL — GSR MarketsThe crypto market maker’s forecast for Solana was based on a “blue sky” scenario, while its “bear” scenario only predicted a 1.4x increase in Solana’s price.Jun 28, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Logan Paul sues Coffeezilla for defamation over CryptoZoo videosLogan Paul claims YouTuber Stephen Findeisen, also known as Coffeezilla, “maliciously and repeatedly” made false statements about his NFT project CryptoZoo.Jun 28, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Biden-Trump debate: Crypto goes completely unmentionedJoe Biden and Donald Trump didn’t discuss crypto in their first head-to-head debate despite a multibillion-dollar crypto lobbying war chest to influence the elections.Jun 28, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin spikes as betting markets favor Trump during debate with BidenThe price of Bitcoin jumped as much as 1.1% after the presidential debate kicked off on June 27, with Donald Trump extending his lead over Joe Biden in prediction markets.Jun 28, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin 'wholecoiners' hold above 1 million mark for 13 monthsThe number of Bitcoin wholecoiners tends to rise and fall with the crypto market’s ebbs and flows, but it has stayed above 1 million for over a year now.Jun 28, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Solana ETF possible with a change in POTUS, SEC: BalchunasTwo industry pundits believe a change in SEC chair is needed to even entertain the idea of a spot Solana ETF.Jun 28, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Coinbase and payment processor Stripe form partnership for onboardingThe partnership will bring USDC support to Stripe on Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, and several other integrations.Jun 27, 2024Vince Quill
S&P Global joins Singapore's Project Guardian tokenization trialsThe rating agency will provide its perspective on risk mitigation in tokenized fixed income transactions.Jun 27, 2024Derek Andersen
OpenAI inks deal with Time while facing added lawsuit from news nonprofitThe nonprofit suing OpenAI produces the Mother Jones and Reveal news websites.Jun 27, 2024Tristan Greene
The Asia-Pacific market is heating up for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFsTwo Bitcoin ETFs launched in Australia in June — after six Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs launched in Hong Kong in April. We’ll see soon if more enter the market.Jun 27, 2024Abel Seow
Coinbase global adviser to join President Biden’s reelection campaignIt’s unclear whether Keisha Lance Bottoms will advise the campaign on crypto, but she spoke about digital assets in Atlanta the day before the presidential debate.Jun 27, 2024Turner Wright
Paradigm calls on European markets regulator to show nuance regarding MEVThe venture capitalist firm said ESMA’s approach to crypto market abuse could be a disaster for the industry without suggesting any better ideas.Jun 27, 2024Derek Andersen
Tron network deposits drop to 6-month low as TRX price rallies — Trouble in paradise?Tron’s total value locked plummeted to a six-month low of $7.6 billion as TRX price rallied. Cointelegraph investigates.Jun 27, 2024Marcel Pechman
Coinbase ‘not aware’ of any customer data breach after Au10tix credential leakCompliance platform Au10tix said that although a credential was leaked, there is no evidence that it was used to obtain customer data, and Coinbase said it is unaware of any breach.Jun 27, 2024Allen Scott
Binance to remove prime brokerage loophole The change came after some Binance Link clients reportedly took advantage of the program’s multi-tiered fee structure through arbitrage.Jun 27, 2024Vince Quill
US Fed CIO says it’s ‘hard to justify’ hiring human coders over AIThe Federal Reserve’s leadership seemingly views generative AI as a “super analyst” capable of turbocharging the agency’s work process.Jun 27, 2024Tristan Greene