‘Painful to think about’: NFT Creator Nate Alex on selling 70 CryptoPunks too earlyAfter selling 70 CryptoPunks and 30 Autoglyphs “too early” to lock in profits, Nate Alex went on to create ChainFaces and Squiggly WTF.Jan 18, 2024Greg Oakford
Impact of Bitcoin ETFs: ‘Revolutionary change’ or colossal ‘dud’?As the dust settles on a momentous week for the crypto industry, what will be the lasting aftereffects?Jan 18, 2024Andrew Singer
Spot Bitcoin ETFs one week on: BTC sells off, but ETFs reap successGrayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF sold more than 27,000 BTC in the first days of trading, but other issuers bought 40,000 BTC combined.Jan 18, 2024Helen Partz
Stablecoins most-preferred crypto for illicit transactions in 2023: ReportChainalysis notes that in 2022 and 2023, stablecoins saw the most volume among illicit transactions.Jan 18, 2024Ezra Reguerra
TrueUSD deploys new reserve audit system in attempt to recover dollar pegTrueUSD’s price fell to $0.97 on Jan. 18 despite its efforts to assure users of its fiat reserves.Jan 18, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Solana’s rise due to resilient community — Exchange Art exec Larisa BarbuLarisa Barbu, the chief operating officer of Exchange Art, credits Solana’s recent explosion to the resilient nature of its community, focusing on developers and FOMO after major roadmap updates.Jan 18, 2024Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Anthropic fights back against Universal Music Group in AI copyright lawsuitAI developer Anthropic filed an opposition to copyright infringement claims from Universal Music Group and other music companies, calling them invalid and saying they were filed in the wrong court.Jan 18, 2024Savannah Fortis
Reddit to launch IPO in March: ReportSocial media giant Reddit reportedly intends to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March, nearly three years after hiring IPO advisers.Jan 18, 2024Prashant Jha
3 reasons why Solana price could approach $200 by MarchSolana is on the cusp of a bullish breakout amid growing market expectations of a spot Solana ETF and prospects of interest rate reductions.Jan 18, 2024Yashu Gola
Did a $5B Bitcoin whale sale spark the post-ETF BTC price crash?Bitcoin on-chain analysis leads one analyst to suggest that BTC price pressure could be down to one long-suffering Bitcoin buyer from 2021.Jan 18, 2024William Suberg
Thailand opens doors to retail investments in infrastructure-backed digital tokensThe new rules cancel the previous limit of 300,000 baht ($8,500) for retail investors concerning investments in digital tokens backed by real estate or infrastructure.Jan 18, 2024David Attlee
OKX doubles down on McLaren deal as F1 continues to attract crypto firmsOKX’s branding will prominently feature on McLaren’s race cars in 2024 as it expands its partnership with the Formula 1 team.Jan 18, 2024Gareth Jenkinson
Cosmos-powered dYdX claims top spot in DeFi, beats Uniswap in daily tradingThe dYdX market recorded a trading volume of $757 million, taking the top spot in 24-hour volume.Jan 18, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Google’s 2024 forecast: Job cuts to propel AI initiativesThe CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, outlined a plan for job cuts in an internal memo, stating the need to eliminate roles in exchange for ambitious goals, such as artificial intelligence.Jan 18, 2024Savannah Fortis
Cryptocurrency sector faces stricter AML regulations with EU provisional agreementThe latest provisional agreement comes just a day after the EU banking watchdog extended AML guidelines for crypto firms.Jan 18, 2024Prashant Jha
Chasing Ronaldo: Binance users to employ creative tactics in class-action lawsuitBinance users involved in a class-action lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo are taking unconventional steps in their pursuit, filing a motion to serve the elusive soccer star through alternative channels, including X.Jan 18, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Bitwise spot Bitcoin ETF in top 5% of largest ETFs launched in 2023Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley announced on X that BITB took in another $68 million and bought Bitcoin.Jan 18, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Memecoin trader briefly becomes millionaire off throwaway Elon Musk X gagA crypto trader turned $10,000 into $1.3 million with a well-timed purchase of the TROLL token after Elon Musk updated his bio to “Chief Troll Officer” on X.Jan 18, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin miners in ‘selling mode,’ dumping $450M BTC in a dayBitcoin miners have been offloading again as reserves slump to a yearly low, dropping more than 10,000 BTC in a single day.Jan 18, 2024Martin Young
Algorand shaves block times by 20% after Dynamic Lambda upgradeLayer-1 blockchain Algorand recently went live with its Dynamic Lambda or “dynamic round times” update, which touts higher throughput and increased network performance.Jan 18, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Donald Trump vows to ‘never allow’ creation of a CBDC in the United StatesU.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump made the promise during a campaign speech in Portsmouth to a round of cheers and applause.Jan 18, 2024Martin Young
‘Wen solana ETF?’ — Hopes raise after Franklin Templeton lauds blockchainThe trillion-dollar asset manager heaped praise on the Solana network in an X post, leading enthusiasts to hope a spot Solana ETF may eventually be on the cards.Jan 18, 2024Brayden Lindrea
SEC struggled to argue Beanie Babies aren’t securities — Crypto lawyersCrypto and securities lawyers weighed in on a judge’s remarks after a five-hour court hearing on Coinbase’s motion to dismiss an SEC lawsuit.Jan 18, 2024Jesse Coghlan
9 out of 10 multichain devs work on an EVM chain — Electric CapitalEthereum Virtual Machine-compatible chains remain the network of choice for crypto developers, with 87% of all active multichain developers working on at least one EVM network, according to new data.Jan 17, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Coinbase argues stocks, Terraform Labs and Howey in 5-hour SEC face-offDistrict Judge Katherine Polk Failla heard arguments from attorneys for the SEC and Coinbase for five hours on Jan. 17. Cointelegraph has a rundown of the hottest topics.Jan 17, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
3 reasons why Ethereum (ETH) price is strengthening against BitcoinEther is ignoring bearish headwinds in the crypto market by showing strength at the $2,500 support level.Jan 17, 2024Nancy Lubale
Bitcoin hash rate drops by 34% amid freezing temperatures in TexasMany areas of the Lone Star State experienced subzero temperatures in January — a weather event that has previously led to Bitcoin miners temporarily curtailing operations.Jan 17, 2024Turner Wright
Unstoppable Domains launches badge-gated group chat feature for username holdersThe Unstoppable Domains app now allows messaging within groups instead of just between individuals, and badges can be used to automate membership.Jan 17, 2024Tom Blackstone
Chainlink (LINK) rebounds toward multi-month high — What’s behind the move?Traders are turning bullish on Chainlink again, but what’s driving the price move?Jan 17, 2024Nancy Lubale
Rocket Pool X account hacked, falsely reporting smart contract hackThe X account of the fifth-largest Ethereum DApp has been taken over by bad actors urging users to transfer their funds because of bad actors.Jan 17, 2024Derek Andersen