Avalon Labs Launches Institutional Layer on Bybit to Enhance Bitcoin Lending and Yield
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Avalon Labs has launched its institutional layer on Bybit, aimed at transforming bitcoin lending and yield opportunities within the centralized exchange ecosystem. This new feature allows bitcoin holders to access enhanced yield by leveraging Avalon’s fixed-rate institutional borrowing layer alongside the FBTC asset, which is a bitcoin−pegged token with over $1.25 billion in total value […]

Binance, KuCoin, MEXC report service issues due to AWS network interruption
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Binance, KuCoin, MEXC and other exchanges and wallet providers have been experiencing service issues due to a significant network interruption by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) were hit by an AWS data center outage, which reported “connectivity issues” that affected at least 12 of its services on April 15. AWS Service health. […]

Xapo Bank Reports Record Bitcoin Trading Volume in Q1 2025
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Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank, a digital asset-friendly regulated bank, has announced that Bitcoin trading volume reached record highs in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 14.2% increase compared to the previous quarter. The surge in trading activity is attributed to strong Euro and USDC deposits, as bitcoin prices experienced a dip below $100,000 during February. […]

HTX 2025 Q1 Performance Highlights: Net Deposits Surge 210% QoQ, Multiple Key Metrics Reach All-Time Highs
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This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, April 15, 2025 — HTX, a leading crypto exchange, has released its Q1 2025 performance report, demonstrating significant growth across user activity, asset onboarding, and platform utility despite a turbulent crypto market. With net inflows soaring 210% quarter-over-quarter and multiple operational milestones achieved, HTX continues […]

Tether to Use Ocean for Decentralized Bitcoin Mining
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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 […]

Northern Marianas vetoes bill for Tinian to launch its own USD stablecoin
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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 […]

Meta gets EU regulator nod to train AI with social media content
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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 […]

US has ‘countless’ ways to bolster Bitcoin reserve: Bo Hines
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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 […]

Shorting ETH Has Been the Best ETF Strategy this Year
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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 […]

Ethena Partners With Re to Offer up to 23% APY Through Reinsurance Risk Pools
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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, […]