Key takeaways:Bitcoin bears hold strong incentives below $114,000, likely intensifying pressure ahead of the options expiry.AI-sector spending concerns add turbulence and weigh on investors’ broader risk appetite.A total of $13.8 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to...
Several cryptocurrency and blockchain associations advocating for the industry are pushing for a “prompt confirmation” of Brian Quintenz as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).In a Wednesday letter to US President Donald Trump, representatives from...
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins suggested only a small fraction of crypto tokens should be considered securities, as part of the agency’s changing approach to what constitutes a security under its purview.Speaking from the...
The US Treasury Department has issued a call for comments related to the passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in July.In a Monday notice,...
Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor signaled an impending Bitcoin (BTC) purchase by the company, as the price of Bitcoin hovered below the all-time high of over $124,000 reached on Thursday.The company’s most recent Bitcoin acquisition occurred on Monday, when...
The crypto sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on track to become its second-largest industry in the next five years, due to the country’s regulatory policies and attractive business environment, according to Chase Ergen, a board...
The 2024–2025 crypto bull market will be remembered for many things: the runaway success of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, the surge in institutional adoption, and a wave of industry IPOs.Digital asset exchange operator Bullish is the latest crypto-native company...
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has redesignated cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe to its list of sanctioned entities.In a Thursday notice, OFAC said it had redesignated Garantex as well as sanctioned its “successor,” Grinex, three...
Google searches for “altcoin” have reached their highest level since 2021 and interest in “Ethereum” is at a two-year peak, according to Google Trends data. The surge comes alongside a flurry of crypto-related exchange-traded fund (ETF) activity and...
Key takeaways:Ether derivatives data shows weak demand for leveraged bullish positions.Corporations and TradFi favor independent layer-1 chains, challenging Ethereum’s dominance in decentralized finance.Ether (ETH) surged to $4,518 on Tuesday as traders showed a higher risk appetite following a...
