Bitcoin price unlikely to hit all-time high before the halving — Here’s whyBitcoin price might fail to top $70,000 before the April 2024 supply halving, but the longer-term projection looks positive.Feb 17, 2024Marcel Pechman
FTX creditors sue bankruptcy law firm S&C, alleging fraud involvementFTX creditors are seeking damages against the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell for its prior involvement with the crypto exchange.Feb 17, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
OpenAI’s valuation reportedly soars to $80 billion in latest dealThe firm reportedly plans to sell current shares in a tender offer allowing employees to sell their shares, differing from a standard funding round to raise capital for business operations.Feb 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Tech giants pledge to curb AI election interferenceThe agreement is voluntary and doesn’t go as far as a complete ban on AI content in elections.Feb 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Bitcoin mining difficulty surpasses 80 trillion ahead of halvingAt its automated readjustment on Feb. 15, Bitcoin mining difficulty was due to increase by an estimated 6%.Feb 17, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Jupiter’s compliance division revokes investment in Ripple XRP ETP: ReportJupiter Asset Management’s compliance department reportedly flagged and then canceled the Ripple XRP ETP purchase, resulting in a minor loss.Feb 17, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Celsius distributes $2B of crypto to 172K creditorsAccording to the court filing, around 20,500 Bitcoin and 301,000 Ether tokens have been distributed among eligible creditors without any security or operational issues.Feb 17, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Crypto could learn about whistleblowers from the SECCryptocurrency needs a whistleblower program to diminish the likelihood of FTX-style manipulation or fraud during the bull market ahead.Feb 16, 2024Farzam Ehsani
Honduras regulator bans banks from holding, transacting with cryptoThe National Banking and Securities Commission of Honduras imposed the ban because of the country’s lack of regulation.Feb 16, 2024Derek Andersen
Coinbase donates $3.6M to Bitcoin developers through BrinkThe donation went through Coinbase’s GiveCrypto initiative, which the exchange announced in December it planned to wind down.Feb 16, 2024Turner Wright
Crypto Biz: Franklin Templeton doubles down on crypto, Bakkt seeks capital, and moreThis week’s headlines include Franklin Templeton’s entry into the Ether ETF race, Ripple’s new custody deal, Bakkt’s sale of securities and CoinShares’ Q4 earnings.Feb 16, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Ethereum traders target $3K, but historical data raises a few red flags for ETH priceETH bulls call for $3,000 as the next stop for Ether, but the altcoin corrected by 46% the last time it traded above this level.Feb 16, 2024Marcel Pechman
Digital euro will have better privacy than private systems, ECB exec saysAn ECB board member told the European Parliament the digital euro will free users of threats to private payment technology.Feb 16, 2024Derek Andersen
Arkham Intelligence identifies MicroStrategy Bitcoin holdings pooled with FidelityRoughly 107,000 BTC of MicoStrategy’s holdings appeared pooled with Fidelity Custody, while 79,000 BTC was “held in segregated custody including Coinbase Prime.”Feb 16, 2024Turner Wright
3 key Bitcoin price metrics point to new BTC all-time highs in 2024 Key Bitcoin price metrics hint at new all-time highs for BTC in 2024.Feb 16, 2024Nancy Lubale
Starknet’s airdrop dilemma, ETH gas fees hit 8-month high: Finance RedefinedETH gas fees hit an eight-month-high amid the ERC-404 token craze, while the Starknet network deals with an ongoing airdrop frenzy.Feb 16, 2024Prashant Jha
Your right to bear AI could soon be infringed uponThe more powerful artificial intelligence becomes, the more challenging it will be to regulate it without restricting civil liberties.Feb 16, 2024Tristan Greene
Price analysis 2/16: BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, ADA, AVAX, DOGE, LINK, DOTSpot Bitcoin ETF demand remains robust, but Bitcoin could face stiff resistance near $52,000. How could altcoins react?Feb 16, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
Ethena Labs secures $14M in funding for synthetic dollarEthena Labs believes that financial instruments tied to the U.S. dollar offer a new frontier for markets outside the United States.Feb 16, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Bitcoin price holds $52K even as Fed rate cut odds dropBitcoin bulls get no help from the latest U.S. macro data as $52,000 forms sturdy BTC price resistance.Feb 16, 2024William Suberg
XCAD founder defends YouTuber KSI against pump and dump allegationsCrypto investigator Coffeezilla argued that saying one thing and trading against it is still a pump-and-dump and unethical.Feb 16, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Mad Lads’ Backpack Exchange surpasses $300M trading volume in 24 hoursThe popularity of the exchange propelled Mad Lads to the third most-traded NFTs of the day.Feb 16, 2024Zoltan Vardai
FTC’s rule update targets deepfake threats to consumer safetyThe Federal Trade Commission’s updated rule empowers the agency to initiate federal court cases directly to compel scammers to return funds acquired through impersonating government or business entities.Feb 16, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Animoca’s Mocaverse, KuCoin to streamline cross-platform identityThe partnership will combine Mocaverse’s Moca ID, KuCoin’s user accounts and Halo’s Genesis membership pass to “redefine on-chain identity and facilitate growth” in the Web3 space.Feb 16, 2024Hermi De Ramos
Uniswap v4 to launch in Q3 following Ethereum’s Dencun upgradeUniswap Foundation shared a tentative date for the deployment of v4 of the decentralized exchange following the upcoming Ethereum Dencun upgrade.Feb 16, 2024Ezra Reguerra
GoFundMe shuts down Tornado Cash legal defense crowdfundingThe crowdfunding for the Tornado Cash legal battle was canceled by GoFundMe, citing a breach of terms of service. All contributions made to the fundraiser were returned to the respective donors.Feb 16, 2024Arijit Sarkar
20% of Bitcoin hashrate could go offline after halving — Galaxy DigitalMost older mining rigs will struggle to break even after Bitcoin block rewards halve in April, prompting miners to take them offline, according to research from Galaxy Digital.Feb 16, 2024Jesse Coghlan
OpenAI text-to-video model Sora wows X but still has weaknessesOpenAI’s latest AI video generation tool, Sora, has left social media users in awe over its realism, though it’s not yet ready for a full public release.Feb 16, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
MicroStrategy listing in the S&P 500 index could expose millions to BitcoinMicroStrategy’s market cap would need to rise another $3.7 billion and meet other eligibility criteria to have a chance of making it on the popular index.Feb 16, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Big banks are nudging the SEC for a slice of sweet Bitcoin ETF actionThe banking associations argued that U.S. banks were “notably absent” as asset custodians for Bitcoin ETFs despite them playing that role for other ETPs.Feb 16, 2024Martin Young