According to records from the Central Reserve Bank, only 20 registered bitcoin service providers (BSPs) are actively operating in El Salvador, one of which is Chivo, the official government wallet that will soon be disbanded. Barren Land: Only 20 Bitcoin Service Providers Operate in El Salvador While El Salvador was one of the first countries […]
Ocean is a decentralized bitcoin mining pool launched by longtime Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr in 2023 and backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Ocean to Power Tether’s New Decentralized Bitcoin Mining Strategy Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, has teamed up with Ocean, a decentralized Bitcoin mining pool founded by veteran […]
The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, a small Pacific US territory just north of Guam, has killed the legislation that would have allowed one of the territory’s local governments to launch a fully backed US dollar-pegged stablecoin. In an April 11 letter seen by Cointelegraph, Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold Palacios said he vetoed […]
Tech giant Meta has been given the green light from the European Union’s data regulator to train its artificial intelligence models using publicly shared content across its social media platforms. Posts and comments from adult users across Meta’s stable of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, along with questions and queries to the company’s […]
The US is exploring many ways to increase its Bitcoin reserve without taxpayer dollars, including through tariff revenue and revaluing the government’s gold certificates, according to the executive director of the Trump administration’s crypto council. “We’re looking at many creative ways, whether it be from tariffs, there’s literally countless ways in which you can do […]
The two best performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. both made leveraged bets against ether and racked up mind-blowing returns as a result. The Year of the ETH Short: How Bearish Investors Are Raking in ETF Profits Ethereum’s ether ( ETH) has had a rough year, nosediving almost 51% since January. Savvy investors have […]
Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank, a private bank and Bitcoin custodian, reported a surge in Bitcoin trading volumes in the first quarter as its high-net-worth members scooped up Bitcoin amid market turbulence. Xapo Bank said that Q1 trading volume grew 14.2% compared to the Q4 2024, as the Bitcoin (BTC) price drop helped drive trading volume growth […]
Ethena, a synthetic dollar protocol, has partnered with the decentralized reinsurance platform Re to enable users to earn yield by depositing stablecoins into reinsurance risk pools. Synthetic Dollar Protocol Ethena Taps Re for High-Yield Reinsurance Pools The integration allows users to lock USDe and sUSDe stablecoins into Re’s Risk Pools, managed by qualified Cell Managers, […]
The amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to crypto fund issuer Bitwise. Total company Bitcoin (BTC) holdings rose to around 688,000 BTC by the end of Q1, with firms adding 95,431 BTC over the quarter, Bitwise reported in an April […]
The SEC just hit pause on a game-changing move that could supercharge ether ETFs with staking rewards and reshape crypto investing. SEC Delays Verdict on Grayscale’s Ether Staking ETF as June Countdown Begins The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended its review period for a proposed rule change tied to the Grayscale Ethereum […]
Decentralized exchange KiloEX has confirmed it has suspended usage of its platform and is tracing stolen funds after suffering a $7.5 million exploit. The exploit has been contained, with use of the platform suspended and an investigation underway, the KiloEX team said in an April 14 statement to X. “The team has immediately suspended platform […]
Kraken just shattered the finance status quo, unleashing commission-free trading for 11,000 stocks and ETFs alongside crypto in one seamless, all-access trading platform. Kraken Breaks the Barrier: 11,000 Stocks and ETFs Now Live Alongside Crypto Crypto exchange Kraken announced on Monday that it has entered the equities market, offering commission-free trading for more than 11,000 […]