Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitcoin paused its rally toward new range highs while the S&P 500 came within an inch of a fresh year-to-date high, leading analysts to warn that traders are overconfident.Bitcoin (BTC) circled $74,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as US stocks...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
EIP-8105 proposes a scheme-agnostic encrypted mempool for Ethereum, designed to hide transaction payloads until after inclusion and reduce harmful MEV.Sandwich attacks cost Ethereum users an estimated $60 million per year. Transactions broadcast to t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The UK financial regulator has launched a consultation on crypto rules covering stablecoins, trading and staking ahead of a broader UK crypto regime expected to take effect in 2027.The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Wednesday...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The new proposal outlines multi-year lockups and opt-in token burn, as the Trump-linked DeFi platform responds to pressure over delayed liquidity access.Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform World Liberty Financial on Wednesday posted a governance pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Only 4% of Danish citizens own crypto, far below other European countries, as banks, taxes and risk fears limit adoption, according to a new staff paper from the country's central bank.Only 4% of Danish citizens own cryptocurrencies, a figure that ha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Fireblocks launched Earn, giving institutions direct access to Aave and Morpho-based stablecoin lending as firms seek yield on idle balances.Update April 15, 2026, 2:00 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a comment from a Fireblocks sp...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Virginia signed a law bringing digital assets into unclaimed property rules, requiring in-kind transfer and limiting how quickly the state can sell them.The US state of Virginia has approved changes to its unclaimed property framework, bringing digit...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Pakistan’s central bank has allowed banks to open accounts for licensed virtual asset service providers, ending years of restrictions and marking a shift toward a regulated framework.Pakistan’s central bank has allowed banks to open accounts for lice...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
EU officials plan to reassess MiCA as companies test its limits, with industry feedback set to shape potential changes to the bloc’s crypto framework.A European Commission adviser said the European Union’s landmark MiCA crypto regime is likely to evo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The exchange said the new product is available across the European Economic Area through its Malta-based MiFID business, with up to 10x leverage and multi-asset collateral.OKX said Wednesday it is rolling out a Europe-specific crypto derivatives prod...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
EToro is set to acquire self-custodial wallet provider Zengo, and the trading platform’s CEO predicted a Bitcoin rally above $250,000 after another quarter of crypto market downside.EToro said Wednesday it agreed to acquire self-custodial crypto wall...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Ripple and Kyobo Life are piloting tokenized government bond settlement as South Korea builds rules for token securities and digital asset payments.Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of South Korea’s largest life insurers, to pilot b...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Societe Generale-FORGE said MetaMask will add its MiCA-compliant USDCV stablecoin, extending distribution for one of Europe’s bank-backed digital dollars.Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital asset arm of French banking giant Societe Generale, has inte...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
It is the second long-term social-engineering attack this month, after the $280 million exploit of the Drift Protocol.Crypto wallet Zerion revealed that North Korean-affiliated hackers used AI in a long-term social engineering attack to steal about $...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Tat Thang, a partner at the prediction platform Polymarket, suggests X is building a Web3 equivalent of the Chinese WeChat Pay citing its recent moves to scrub crypto bots.Social media platform X has launched its smart cashtag feature on iPhones in t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Elastic Security Labs says a multi-step social engineering scam is aimed at those in crypto and finance, using a community plugin feature on a note-taking app to spread malicious device-controlling software.Crypto users have been warned of a new soci...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Apple told Cointelegraph that the fake Ledger Live app was removed and that the developer was terminated from its app store.Apple has confirmed it took down a malicious app that impersonated the Ledger self-custody crypto wallet after an onchain anal...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Crypto Valley raised $728 million across 31 deals in 2025, outpacing global blockchain funding growth as a $400 million TON deal lifted totals.Switzerland’s Crypto Valley captured 47% of European blockchain venture funding in 2025, raising $728 milli...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
The authors described it as a “private incentive to upgrade” because lost or frozen coins will make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more.Update (April 15, 6:45 am UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Jameson Lopp.Cypherpu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Bitwise's Matt Hougan previously estimated that if Bitcoin captures 17% of the store-of-value market over the next decade, it could be worth $1 million a coin.Bitcoin’s addressable market has the potential to surpass the $34 trillion gold market if i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
Kraken’s market valuation has dropped from $20 billion to $13.3 billion since the company confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC in November.Crypto exchange Kraken has hinted it is still going ahead with an initial public offering despite repor...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 month ago
US Senator Thom Tillis will publicly share an agreement to end a crypto and banking clash over stablecoin yields, but both sides are resisting the proposal, Politico reports.Bank and crypto lobbyists have both relayed concerns over the latest proposa...