Bitcoin 5% flash crash leads to $165M in leveraged crypto liquidationsLeverage traders are nursing losses of over $165 million, as the price of Bitcoin tumbled 5%.Apr 2, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Phishing scam thefts on Base are up 1,900% from January — Scam SnifferThe near 1,900% surge in phishing scams on Base since January comes amid an explosion in total value locked on the Ethereum layer-2 chain.Apr 2, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Memecoin madness is breaking the Bitcoin halving cycleLiquidity seems to have skipped a few steps and gone from Bitcoin straight into memecoins amid a “weird” bull market, say observers.Apr 2, 2024Martin Young
Crypto VC funding surged 53% in March, Optimism wins largest shareVenture capital funded over $1.1 billion across 180 investments last month, with the biggest being Optimism’s early-March private token sale.Apr 2, 2024Jesse Coghlan
5 crazy April Fools pranks that Crypto X almost fell forRadio-wave crypto transmission, Vitalik Buterin’s new "degen communism" philosophy, and Solana’s newest vice president of decentralization — only on April 1st.Apr 2, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Andreessen Horowitz to invest $30M in tech-fueled gaming startups $750,000 will be handed out to a maximum of 40 companies, however, a16z’s early-accelerator only accepts around 1% of applicants.Apr 2, 2024Brayden Lindrea
6 Questions for Illuvium founder Kieran WarwickKieran Warwick, the founder of crypto GameFi project Illuvium, spoke to Cointelegraph about his life — includin his experience dabbling in ayahuasca years ago.Apr 2, 2024Cointelegraph
ZachXBT onboarded as custodian for return of funds in $63M Munchables exploit“All user funds are safe, lockdrops will not be enforced, all blast related rewards will be distributed as well,” wrote the Munchables team in an X post.Apr 1, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
It won’t be long before crypto plays a role in daily payments beyond LuganoThe Swiss city of Lugano is allowing its residents and visitors to use cryptocurrency for everyday transactions — including their tax payments.Apr 1, 2024Gracy Chen
Binance forms board of directors for the first timeGabriel Abed, the ambassador of Barbados to the United Arab Emirates, chairs the crypto exchange’s board of directors.Apr 1, 2024Turner Wright
FTX saga ends as Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison: Law DecodedSBF became the first person tied to FTX and Alameda Research to face prison time following the collapse of the exchange in November 2022.Apr 1, 2024David Attlee
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks out after sentencing: ‘I never thought what I was doing was illegal’ The statement to the media may be one of the last the former FTX CEO made before going to a federal prison, which was suggested to be in the San Francisco Bay Area.Apr 1, 2024Turner Wright
BTC price slips 4% to weekly low as Bitcoin bids line up toward $62KBitcoin fails to capitalize on its best-ever monthly close, with BTC price support nearer $60,000 becoming increasingly important.Apr 1, 2024William Suberg
Second phase of crypto bull market about to start, says on-chain analyst The crypto market is transitioning from the “enthusiastic bull” phase to the “euphoric bull” phase, claims on-chain analyst James Check in a latest Cointelegraph interview.Apr 1, 2024Giovanni Pigni
Open-source Bitcoin education aims to spread global financial literacyMi Primer Bitcoin, a pioneering Bitcoin education initiative in El Salvador, released the latest edition of its program, emphasizing open-source resources and community-led education.Apr 1, 2024Savannah Fortis
Upbit’s trading volume falls below $4B after reaching yearly high in MarchUpbit’s 24-hour trading volume reached a yearly high of nearly $15 billion on March 5 before dropping to as low as $2.6 billion on March 31.Apr 1, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Tether completes ‘gold standard’ security auditThe independent audit represents the highest level of security compliance an organization can demonstrate.Apr 1, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Chinese gov’t launches public blockchain infrastructure platform with Conflux NetworkThe blockchain initiative comes despite mainland China’s hostile attitude toward cryptocurrencies.Apr 1, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Can the future of music be decentralized, community-focused and AI-friendly? Cointelegraph spoke with the blockchain-based music streaming platform Audius on its new marketplace, AI integrations, and music-focused approach to crypto and Web3.Apr 1, 2024Savannah Fortis
NFTs are like nightclubs, crypto is a volatile religion: NFTStats, NFT CollectorCrypto is the most volatile religion in the world, says renowned NFT Statistics guru Sam Gellman.Apr 1, 2024Greg Oakford
Vitalik Buterin shares the next steps for Ethereum PurgeThe Purge will introduce history expiration via EIP-4444 to limit the amount of historical data stored.Apr 1, 2024Prashant Jha
Thailand’s biggest crypto exchange goes on hiring spree ahead of IPO Bitkub targets to go public on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2025 and is planning to hire 1,000 employees by IPO launch.Apr 1, 2024Helen Partz
Telegram channels eligible for 50% ad revenue, but there’s a catch Telegram Messenger is the third-biggest messenger app in terms of monthly downloads after WhatsApp and Snapchat.Apr 1, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Nearly $100M recovered from hacks in March — PeckShieldMost of the recovered funds were from the Munchables incident, in which the hacker returned the stolen crypto after negotiations.Apr 1, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Highest monthly close ever — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this weekBitcoin sets multiple records at the end of Q1 as anticipation grows for a return to BTC price discovery.Apr 1, 2024William Suberg
Tether boosts Bitcoin reserves with latest acquisitionThe acquisition of 8,888 Bitcoin makes Tether the seventh-largest BTC holder.Apr 1, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Australia poised for ‘inflection point’ of crypto demand — Kraken Aus MDKraken Australia’s Managing Director Jonathon Miller said institutional crypto demand is lagging in Australia, but stablecoins and the right policy moves could help it catch up.Apr 1, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitwise CIO ‘excited’ for a product that gives exposure to Ethereum DeFiBitwise’s Matt Hougan said he has “extraordinary confidence” in the Ethereum ecosystem, hinting that a “great product” would be able to capture a slice of the action.Apr 1, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Polygon CEO says L3s are taking value away from Ethereum, sparking debateIf all layer 3s settled to one layer 2, Ethereum would capture no value, and its security would be at risk, argues Polygon CEO Marc Boiron.Apr 1, 2024Martin Young
Tron argues SEC ‘not a worldwide regulator’ and lawsuit goes ‘too far’Tron asked for the SEC’s suit to be dismissed, saying it has no authority over “foreign digital asset offerings to foreign purchasers on global platforms.”Apr 1, 2024Jesse Coghlan