Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly more capital is flowing into stablecoins and the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization sector, which refers to financial products and tangible assets such […]
Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly, more capital is flowing into stablecoins and the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization sector, which refers to financial products and tangible assets such […]
Optimistic Rollups remain a crucial scaling solution for layer one blockchains, despite the recent hype around newer technologies. Industry experts, including Cartesi co-founder Felipe Argento, emphasize optimistic rollups’ continued dominance in the layer-two (L2) landscape. Optimistic Rollups Fundamental to Multi-Layer Blockchain Infrastructure Optimistic Rollups (OR), once hailed as a revolutionary scaling solution for layer one […]
Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to see modest inflows last week, extending a reversal from a record-breaking streak of outflows. Global crypto ETPs posted $226 million in inflows in the last trading week, adding to the prior week’s $644 million inflows, CoinShares reported on March 31. Despite the two-week positive trend after a five-week outflow […]
Several members of US President Donald Trump’s family are backing a new venture to launch what aims to become the world’s largest Bitcoin mining firm. Hut 8, a digital asset mining and infrastructure company, announced on March 31 that it is acquiring a majority stake in American Bitcoin, formerly known as American Data Center. The […]
Key takeaways US crypto investors must file their 2024 tax returns by April 15, 2025, ensuring all crypto transactions are accurately reported to the IRS. Crypto held for less than a year is taxed as ordinary income (10%-37%), while holdings over a year qualify for lower capital gains rates (0%, 15%, or 20%). Selling, trading, […]
Coinbase users may have lost as much as $46 million to suspected phishing scams over the past two weeks as rising crypto prices continue to attract bad actors to the industry. Scams such as address poisoning and wallet spoofing involve tricking victims into sending assets to fraudulent wallet addresses that closely resemble legitimate ones. According […]
Coinbase users may have lost as much as $46 million to suspected phishing scams over the past two weeks as rising crypto prices continue to attract bad actors to the industry. Scams such as address poisoning and wallet spoofing involve tricking victims into sending assets to fraudulent wallet addresses that closely resemble legitimate ones. According […]
Nigeria’s government has accused Binance of facilitating terrorism and kidnapping financing through illicit fund transfers on its cryptocurrency exchange platform. Binance Faces Increasing Legal Challenges in Nigeria Prior to the Nigerian government’s crackdown on Binance, kidnapping gangs and terrorists funneled illicit funds through the cryptocurrency exchange, Information Minister Alhaji Mohammed Idris recently stated. Idris said […]
What is typosquatting in crypto? Typosquatting in crypto involves registering domain names that mimic popular platforms with slight misspellings to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, cryptocurrencies have become a significant form of currency, enabling decentralized and borderless financial transactions. Along with its growing popularity, however, new cyber threats […]
Bitcoin (BTC) limps into the end of Q1 on 13% losses as fresh macroeconomic volatility looms. BTC price action risks a fresh dip below $80,000 as new US trade tariffs weigh on risk-asset sentiment. Crypto traders’ tariff woes focus on April 2, dubbed “Liberation Day” by US President Donald Trump, while gold heads higher. Despite […]
Metamask, one of the largest wallet companies in the cryptocurrency industry, recently launched a crypto debit card in Argentina. The wallet is already available digitally, with its physical version arriving in the country in the next weeks. Metamask director Daniel Lynch specified the idea behind this initiative was to link decentralized finance to the real […]