Tether, the largest stablecoin company in the cryptocurrency space, has become one of the largest buyers of U.S. treasuries as a way of backing the value of the over 140 billion USDT issued. According to data posted by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, the company purchased over $33 billion in treasuries in 2024, only falling behind […]
A Chinese economist, Zhang Ming, argues that U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, not Bitcoin or Ethereum, are strengthening the U.S. dollar’s global dominance. Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins Bolstering Dollar’s Global Role According to Zhang Ming, deputy director of the Institute of Finance and Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, not bitcoin ( BTC) or […]
Cryptocurrency wallet providers are getting more sophisticated, but so are bad actors — which means the battle between security and threats is at a deadlock, says a hardware wallet firm executive. “It will always be a cat and mouse game,” Ledger chief experience officer Ian Rogers told Cointelegraph when describing the constant race between crypto […]
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Last week as markets wobbled, tariffs seemed to be the consensus culprit. But are tariffs just an easy scapegoat? How Much Do Tariffs Matter? This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished. As equity and crypto markets […]
DOJ asks victims to claim $7 million recovered from a global crypto scam that used fake platforms, shell companies, and coercion to drain investor funds. Feds Recover $7M—Now DOJ Urges Victims to Claim Share of Recovered Funds The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 21 that $7 million in proceeds from a cryptocurrency […]
Coinbase CEO backed Treasury’s shift on crypto regulation, urging crime crackdowns that protect innovation, privacy, and free speech without punishing open-source technology. Coinbase to Treasury: Let’s Crush Crypto Crime Without Killing Innovation Brian Armstrong, the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), has endorsed the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s decision to reverse sanctions on […]
Bitcoin’s crashes often spark 190% rebounds, making Bitwise more bullish than ever as market chaos signals a prime setup for explosive upside. Bitwise CIO Says Bitcoin’s ‘Dip Then Rip’ Pattern Is Flashing a Bullish 190% Setup Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at asset management firm Bitwise, used his March 17 memo to explain why bitcoin […]
In a notable regulatory pivot, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has rescinded sanctions targeting Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-powered service for algorithmic mixing of digital assets, reigniting discourse about its operational integrity. Even as legal barriers dissolve, industry observers and digital defense professionals urge extreme caution against using the platform. Experts […]
Fidelity Investments, overseeing $15.1 trillion in client assets, took a pivotal step toward launching a solana ( SOL)-focused investment product by registering a Fidelity Solana Fund in Delaware on March 20, 2025—a precursor to a potential spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). Fidelity Enters Solana ETF Race with Strategic Delaware Move The Delaware filing (filing #10138042) paves […]
Gold-backed stablecoins will outcompete US dollar-pegged alternatives worldwide due to gold’s inflation-hedging properties and minimum volatility, according to Bitcoin (BTC) maximalist Max Keiser. Keiser argued that gold is more trusted than the US dollar globally, and said governments of foreign nations with an adversarial relationship to the United States would not accept dollar-pegged stablecoins. The […]
North Korea’s cybercrime collective Lazarus Group persists in transferring bitcoin to obscured wallets, with its reserves diminishing by 109 BTC ($9.1 million) over the past two days. The Sleight of Hand Behind Lazarus’ Bitcoin Vanishing Act Today’s activity recorded by Arkham Intelligence, reveals a deliberate effort to redistribute substantial amounts of bitcoin ( BTC). Since […]
The current Bitcoin (BTC) bear market, defined as a 20% or more drop from the all-time high, is relatively weak in terms of magnitude and should only last for 90 days, according to market analyst and the author of Metcalfe’s Law as a Model for Bitcoin’s Value, Timothy Peterson. Peterson compared the current downturn to […]