Chairman of the Digital Euro Association: ‘The primary aim of the digital euro is still not clear’Jonas Gross spoke with Cointelegraph about the digital euro’s risks for private banks and the goals of the ECB.May 13, 2022Veronika Rinecker
No rescue for Terra: Swiss asset manager denies $3B LUNA/UST bail-out talksGAM Investments has called fake news on a fabricated announcement claiming it would invest $3 billion to help Luna/UST recovery efforts.May 13, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Bitcoin gains superior to stocks in the long term, economist saysCrypto is more volatile than stocks and thus is associated with higher risks, but it also offers better return opportunities, industry executives agree.May 13, 2022Helen Partz
Bitcoin to the sky: Emirates to accept BTC payments and launch NFT collectiblesEmirates is embracing new technologies such as the metaverse and NFTs to expand its reach, according to chief operating officer Adel Ahmed Al-Redha.May 13, 2022Ezra Reguerra
Breaking: Binance suspends LUNA and UST trading amid issues on Terra blockchain Binance suspended LUNA/BUSD and UST/BUSD on its spot trading platform following the halting of the Terra blockchain.May 13, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
DeFi protocols declare losses as attackers exploit LUNA price feed discrepancyVenus Protocol and Blizz Finance announced that their protocols were exploited due to the difference in LUNA market price and price feed as Chainlink paused the LUNA oracle.May 13, 2022Ezra Reguerra
BitKwonnect? ‘Luna Brothers’ moment sees Terra inflate token supply 3,500% overnightThere is now 6.9 trillion LUNA in circulation, while the coin’s value is practically zero in U.S. dollar terms.May 13, 2022William Suberg
Bitcoin price sees ‘hell of a reversal candle’ as 168,000 BTC leaves exchangesNothing keeps a Bitcoin bull down for long, and now, BTC price action is back above $30,000 after 24-hour gains of 30%.May 13, 2022William Suberg
Trust in stablecoins ‘infinitely more important’ than collateralAs the debate over the trustworthiness of stablecoins intensifies due to Terra, one expert thinks builders should push for the coins to be decentralized with a clear use case.May 13, 2022Brian Newar
SEC’s Hester Peirce says new stablecoin regs need to allow room for failureThe SEC’s “crypto mom” Hester Peirce has said the regulatory “movement” around stablecoins needs to allow for “trial and error” and room for failure.May 13, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Buterin donates $4M to Uni of NSW for pandemic detection tool “Imagine if someone had detected COVID-19 before it spread around the world — that is our vision,” said professor Raina MacIntyre.May 13, 2022Brian Quarmby
TZ APAC’s Colin Miles: Blockchain will be taught in classrooms in 3-5 yearsTZ APAC’s Colin Miles says that a new partnership with the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing will help students learn about Tezos and blockchain.May 13, 2022Philip Wu
Robinhood shares spike 30% after Sam Bankman-Fried buys $650M stakeShares in the popular online brokerage Robinhood have spiked over 30% in after-hours trading following billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried acquiring a 7.6% stake in the company.May 13, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
Aurora launches $90M fund to finance DeFi apps on Near ProtocolAurora, an EVM scaling mechanism on the Near protocol, has launched a $90 million token fund in partnership with Proximity Labs to attract new developers.May 13, 2022Tom Mitchelhill
How to protect yourself from the recent spate of ‘crypto muggings’Cointelegraph spoke with security experts who shared tips on how to keep crypto safe after a slew of robberies in the U.K. successfully stole thousands worth of crypto from everyday holders.May 13, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Coinbase junk bonds tank amid market rout and creditors’ fears “Nothing about Coinbase changed this week, we are the same company we were yesterday, or a year ago. If anything, we are in an even stronger position given our balance sheet,” assured Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.May 13, 2022Brian Quarmby
Analysts say Ether price must hold this key level to avoid a capitulation-like moveTraders identify key support and resistance levels that Ethereum must hold as ETH price trades at levels not seen since July 2021.May 12, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Shanghai court affirms that Bitcoin is virtual property, subject to property rightsA district court in Shanghai ruled on a Bitcoin owner’s right to compensation in a case involving an unpaid loan and decided on Bitcoin’s legal status in the process.May 12, 2022Derek Andersen
US Senate confirms Jerome Powell for another four years as Fed chairIn a 80–19 vote in the Senate, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Jerome Powell as the next chair of the Federal Reserve System, where he will also serve as a board member until 2028.May 12, 2022Turner Wright
Crypto-associated stocks hammered as COIN and HOOD drop to record lowsThe stock price of listed BTC mining companies and other businesses with exposure to cryptocurrency are dropping to yearly lows as the crypto market continues to sell-off.May 12, 2022Jordan Finneseth
Nasdaq partners with XP to launch cryptocurrency exchange in BrazilThe exchange, known as XTAGE, is currently scheduled to launch in Q2 2022.May 12, 2022Cassio Gusson
Germany outlines favorable tax guidelines, gains on BTC and ETH sold after a year tax-freeGermany’s Finance Ministry has released new cryptocurrency tax guidelines with no tax payable on gains from BTC and ETH sold 12 months after acquisition.May 12, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
Stablecoins’ recent depegging is not a ‘real threat to financial stability,’ says Janet YellenTerra's UST dropped as low as $0.29 and Tether's USDT stablecoin briefly depegged from the dollar to hit $0.96 on Wednesday.May 12, 2022Turner Wright
How long will the crypto bear market last? Raoul Pal’s macro analysisIn an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, macro investor Raoul Pal analyzes the macro factors that are keeping the crypto markets under pressure and the triggers that could spark the next Bitcoin rally.May 12, 2022Giovanni Pigni
Bitcoin could target $32K, says trader as LUNA crashes below one pennyBitcoin price action appears to be back with a bang as record-breaking long leverage builds on Bitfinex.May 12, 2022William Suberg
Breaking: Terra blockchain officially halted following LUNA price collapseValidators decided to halt chain operations on Thursday in anticipation of governance attacks as the LUNA token plunged over 99%.May 12, 2022Sam Bourgi
Binance will delist LUNA/USDT contracts as price falls below 0.005The major crypto exchange said on Thursday it would delist the trading pair if the price fell under 0.005 USDT, which has already happened.May 12, 2022Turner Wright
Dogecoin eyes ‘oversold’ bounce as DOGE price gives up 90% of yearly gainsElon Musk could play a key role in reviving the Dogecoin market from the ongoing, TerraUSD-led bearish slumber.May 12, 2022Yashu Gola
Chainalysis announces $170M funding round, platform now valued at $8.6 billionThis is the tenth and largest funding for the blockchain aggregation and reporting service since its inception in October 2014.May 12, 2022Tom Farren
How blockchain archives can change how we record history in wartimeWe are coming into a great age of blockchain technology, but there are limits that need to be solved before decentralized archives enter the mainstream.May 12, 2022Emily Tonelli