Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Irish authorities recovered 500 Bitcoin in criminal proceeds, bringing the total seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau to about $92 million in BTC for 2026.Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) confirmed the seizure of another 500 Bitcoin, currently...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
US spot Bitcoin ETFs post $221.7 million inflows, the strongest daily intake since early May, as Bitcoin recovers above $61,000.US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their first daily net inflow above $200 million since early M...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Peter Stokes, 19, has been charged in the US for allegedly taking part in a hacking group’s unsuccessful $8 million crypto ransom scheme.A teenager suspected of involvement with the “Scattered Spider” hacking group has been extradited to the US over...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Mark Zuckerberg’s comments came on the same day that Meta expanded its Meta Business Agent globally for businesses on Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI agent development at the firm is progressing more slowly than exp...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
New data from Allium suggests that US users are bypassing geoblocks to bet on markets offered on Polymarket’s global platform.US-based users are the biggest political bettors on Polymarket, despite the crypto-based prediction market’s efforts to rest...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Strategy's STRC offer of high yields and low volatility was always a questionable fit for buying Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency offers neither. Strategy’s era as the dominant Bitcoin buyer may have come to an end following...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Securitize has issued tokenized versions of its shares on Solana and Avalanche, marking the first time a newly public company has done so on its debut.Tokenization platform Securitize rallied on its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, as it br...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Bitcoin bulls may make a run on $70,000 after weak US jobs data eased rate hike fears and capital looks to rotate into BTC and gold. Key takeaways:Bitcoin reclaimed the $61,000 mark following a disappointing US job market report. Traders grew less c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Analysts are divided on Bitcoin's next move, but there's some hope at last. Meanwhile, SharpLink has resumed buying Ether after an eight-week pause, and other market news. Bitcoin (BTC) reacted positively to US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s rem...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
While engaged in negotiations over ethics in a crypto market structure bill in Congress, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she had “no involvement” in her son’s derivatives exchange, backed by at least one industry figure.Chris Larsen, co-founder and e...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
The global lender says blockchain-based finance could streamline markets but warns that fragmented standards and regulations may create new systemic risks. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says tokenization could fundamentally reshape how financ...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
EU authorities already preemptively sanctioned Russia’s digital ruble in 2025 as part of measures in response to the country’s war against Ukraine. Russia’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, confirmed that the country was prepared to roll out...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Bitcoin took daily gains to nearly 4% on the second day of "green July" as US labor-market signals supported an easing inflation policy from the Federal Reserve.Bitcoin (BTC) passed $62,000 at Thursday’s Wall Street open as crypto reacted to weak US...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Strategy is a registered US government contractor, though Kash Patel claimed that “no current conflict exists” with his $100,001 and $250,000 worth of the company’s stock that he reported late.Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigati...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Ondo's latest partnership adds shareholder governance to tokenized stocks as competition in blockchain-based equity offerings accelerates.Ondo Finance is adding shareholder voting rights to its tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) throug...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
From Ethereum’s Glamsterdam to Solana’s Alpenglow, 2026’s most important developments are protocol upgrades, not price charts.Most crypto investors still obsess over price charts. But in 2026, a growing share of attention is shifting back to improvin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with new forms of digital money.UK regulators are calling for tokenization and “new forms of digital m...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year incentives to build liquidity and adoption.Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has deployed its V3 lending protocol on Mon...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.Standard Chartered and USDC issuer Circle have developed a system that lets institutional clients mint...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
The Solana Foundation launched a framework for protocol-level governance, enabling validators with at least 100,000 delegated SOL to publish new proposals.The Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that supports the Solana network’s development, l...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
SBI Crypto will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31 after more than five years, ranking 12th globally with about 2.2% of hashrate share.SBI Crypto, a cryptocurrency-focused division of Japanese financial conglomerate SBI, is shutting down it...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Yield-bearing stablecoin supply fell 15% in Q2 as sUSDe and sUSDS contracted, while Treasury-backed products including BUIDL, USYC and USDY continued to grow.Yield-bearing stablecoin supply fell by more than $3.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to ISIS-K to its sanctions list, including 131 Tron addresses that received more than $1.4 million in crypto donations, according to Chainalysis.The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Taiko restored bridge transfers after replenishing asset backing and completing security fixes following an 11-day network disruption.Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Taiko reopened its bridge and restored full operations after a June exploit drained up t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Metaplanet bought 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter, reducing its average acquisition cost to $106,500 per BTC, and reported $10.9 million in revenue from its income generation strategy.Japanese investment company Metaplanet acquired 2,823 Bitc...
