BTC price climbs above $28.6K as Bitcoin awaits ‘very dovish’ Fed Powell speechBitcoin may witness a “very dovish” move from Powell as high U.S. bond yields cause a stir, while BTC’s price passes $28,600.Oct 19, 2023William Suberg
Atomic Wallet freezes $2M in ‘suspicious deposits’ on exchangesThe freeze resulted from a collaboration between Atomic Wallet, forensic companies and centralized exchanges following reports from users claiming unauthorized transactions from their wallets.Oct 19, 2023Helen Partz
Bitcoin-centric AI language model aims to drive BTC education and adoptionSpirit of Satoshi is a novel AI language model trained on seminal Bitcoin resources to drive education and power BTC-related products and services.Oct 19, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Big Questions: What did Satoshi Nakamoto think about ZK-proofs?What was once a passing interest of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, zero-knowledge-proof technology is now a major part of the crypto world.Oct 19, 2023Felix Ng
Grayscale files for new spot Bitcoin ETF on NYSE ArcaGrayscale Investments filed a new registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the regulator must look again at the company’s application.Oct 19, 2023Helen Partz
Hashing It Out: Diving into cross-chain DeFi lendingMultiChainZ chief operating officer Aanchal Thakur believes that cross-chain lending platforms will open users up to more liquidity.Oct 19, 2023Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Bitpanda crypto exchange gets license in Norway amid European expansion bidBitpanda already holds a license in Austria, Germany, France, Czechia and Sweden.Oct 19, 2023David Attlee
New York Attorney General sues Gemini, Genesis, DCG for allegedly defrauding investors A filing from New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that the cryptocurrency companies defrauded investors of over $1 billion.Oct 19, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
UAE emirate launches new free zone for digital assets, Web3 and AIRas Al Khaimah, known for its rich cultural sites, is turning to the digital assets sector to diversify its economy away from traditional avenues such as tourism.Oct 19, 2023Hermi De Ramos
Hodling hard: Bitcoin’s long-term investors own over 76% of all BTC for the first timeBTC supply dynamics show all-time high percentage ownership by long-term holders, and Bitcoin investors should “do the math” as a result, analysis says.Oct 19, 2023William Suberg
Elon Musk, Mark Cuban team up to contest SEC trial strategiesThe context of the legal challenge centers around the SEC vs. Jarkesy case, in which George Jarkesy contends that his Seventh Amendment rights were violated.Oct 19, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Coinbase selects Ireland as its European crypto hubThe crypto exchange has applied for a license under the EU’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation with the Central Bank of Ireland and, if successful, will be able to “passport” its services across EU states.Oct 19, 2023Helen Partz
US OCC to host discussion on tokenization of real-world assetsThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency highlighted the “emerging divide” between crypto and tokenization and strongly criticized crypto for being “marked by rampant scams.“Oct 19, 2023David Attlee
India state refiner HPCL to use blockchain to verify purchase ordersHindustan Petroleum, one of India’s largest oil and gas companies, is launching a blockchain system to enable automated verification of purchase orders.Oct 19, 2023Helen Partz
Bitcoin Amsterdam highlights hurdles for consensus over improvement proposalsThe ongoing development of the Bitcoin protocol has long been a point of contention for the ecosystem, as was evident in historical events like the block size debate in 2017.Oct 19, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%Monthly active developers across the crypto ecosystem fell 28% year-on-year in October, but some have managed to buck the trend.Oct 19, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Aptos resumes operations after 5-hour outage that ‘impacted’ transactionsAptos suffered a five-hour outage, coincidentally in the same week the network launched in 2022.Oct 19, 2023Martin Young
Sui token struggles to regain despite denial of ‘unfounded’ allegationsThe price of the SUI token plummeted after allegations of supply manipulation from regulatory officials in South Korea.Oct 19, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Tesla earnings: Bitcoin bags untouched as firm splashes out on AITesla held onto its sizeable Bitcoin holdings in the third quarter and upped its spending on artificial intelligence and research and development.Oct 19, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to BitcoinTaproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs.Oct 19, 2023Brayden Lindrea
OpenAI partners with G42 in Dubai, eyeing Middle East expansionThe two companies said they plan to use OpenAI’s models in industries in which G42 has connections and experience, such as energy, finance, healthcare and public services.Oct 18, 2023Savannah Fortis
Just how bullish is the Bitcoin halving for BTC price? Experts debateAnalysts recently debated whether or not the Bitcoin halving is still a meaningful catalyst for BTC’s price discovery.Oct 18, 2023Ray Salmond
Inspector General wants FDIC to refine crypto risk assessment process, guidanceThe bank deposit insurer should assess the sufficiency of its risk mitigation measures and then provide them in a more organized manner, the inspector general found.Oct 18, 2023Derek Andersen
Universal Music Group enters partnership to protect artists’ rights against AI violations The new partnership between Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies focuses on ethical AI usage to protect artist and songwriter rights.Oct 18, 2023Savannah Fortis
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is telling a story of classic financial deceitDisgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wasn’t the first financial kingpin to get creative with balance sheets, and he won’t be the last.Oct 18, 2023J.W. Verret
ECB officials move to ‘preparation phase’ for digital euroThough the issuance of a digital euro is not a certainty, officials with the European Central Bank are moving to the next phase of the project.Oct 18, 2023Turner Wright
Meta makes progress toward AI system that decodes images from brain activityThe system is entirely non-invasive and could have near-term applications for some.Oct 18, 2023Tristan Greene
Ethereum DeFi protocol Hope Lend drained after exploitThe protocol, which had 526 Ether in total value locked, was emptied in an attack on Oct. 18.Oct 18, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
MetaMask briefly pulled from App Store, British MPs argue for caution with NFT copyright infringement: Nifty NewsletterDecentraland Foundation executive director Yemel Jardis believes the NFT market slump is not a sign of regression but maturity.Oct 18, 2023Savannah Fortis
Bitcoin price holds $28K range as institutional investor maneuvering boosts sentimentComments from institutional investors and amendments to the spot Bitcoin ETF applications could be behind the recent improvement in investor sentiment.Oct 18, 2023Kyle White