Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
South Korean crypto exchange Coinone has reportedly begun selling major shareholder stakes, with Coinbase rumored to be eyeing a strategic entry.Coinone, one of a handful of regulated South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, is reportedly up for sale,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Japan’s financial regulator is weighing rule changes that could allow crypto assets to qualify for ETFs, signaling a possible shift in retail access.Japan’s financial regulator is weighing potential rule changes that could pave the way for cryptocurr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says Binance doesn’t need a “backseat driver,” even though he says his pardon from Donald Trump could allow him to.Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has ruled out returning to the crypto exchange, despite a pardon fr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Financial Conduct Authority has begun seeking final feedback on a set of proposals aiming to apply traditional finance standards to the UK crypto sector.The UK’s financial watchdog is entering the final stages of its consultation process for a ho...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ETHZilla acquired two aircraft engines for $12 million, just weeks after the company said it was renewing its focus on tokenizing real-world assets.The Ethereum treasury company ETHZilla has purchased two jet engines after selling off some of its cry...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Gold reached a record over $5,000 amid trade tensions while Bitcoin fell to $86,000, marking a sharp divergence as the precious metal surged 17% in January.Gold prices have topped $5,000 amid rising geopolitical and global trade tensions, while Bitco...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Entropy founder and CEO Tux Pacific says that, after four years and multiple pivots, the project was unable to find a scalable business model.Crypto start-up Entropy is closing down and handing funds back to investors, citing issues with scaling and...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Senate Democrats have threatened to block a funding bill if it includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, making traders fearful of another possible US government shutdown.Around $100 billion was wiped from the crypto market late on Sund...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Winter storm Fern has triggered widespread power outages across the US, prompting Bitcoin miners to curtail operations to ease grid strain.The Bitcoin mining hashrate secured by Foundry USA’s mining pool fell by roughly 60% since Friday as miners acr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
GameStop just made a significant move with its Bitcoin holdings, Ethereum hones in on post-quantum security: Hodler’s Digest
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Major changes to the Bitcoin protocol should be well-thought-out and rare, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor previously said.The biggest threat to the Bitcoin network is “ambitious opportunists” who want to push through protocol changes, according t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Tallinn protocol upgrade marks Tezos' 20th major update since launching in 2018, and was implemented without a network fork.Tezos, a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain network, implemented its latest protocol upgrade, Tallinn, on Saturday, which r...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The fourth-quarter crypto pullback hit ARK ETFs, with Coinbase emerging as the biggest drag on performance.Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has increased its exposure to crypto-linked equities, adding shares of Coinbase, Circle and Bullish as prices slid acr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
AFP Protección says access to the Bitcoin-linked fund will be limited to qualified investors and will not alter the core allocation of Colombian pension savings.Colombia’s second-largest private pension and severance fund manager, AFP Protección, is...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Gemini-owned NFT platform will close on Feb. 23, 2026, entering withdrawal-only mode as another major casualty of the sector’s prolonged downturn.Nifty Gateway, one of the earliest and most recognizable NFT marketplaces, is set to shut down opera...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The spike in Polymarket odds comes just days after United States President Donald Trump said “we’re probably going to end up in another Democrat shutdown.”Polymarket betters are pricing in a 77% chance that the US government will shut down again befo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The extended outflow streak comes as a widely used crypto sentiment indicator has stayed within the “Extreme Fear” range since Wednesday.US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have extended their outflow streak to five days as crypto mark...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Crypto sales are taxable under current United States policy, but lawmakers have proposed tax exemptions for small transactions.The biggest obstacle to Bitcoin (BTC) being used as a payment method is tax policy, not scaling technology that reduces set...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) memecoin had a market capitalization of about $387,000 before the US White House published its post.The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) token, a memecoin launched on the Solana layer-1 blockchain network, surged by abo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) memecoin had a market capitalization of about $387,000 before the US White House published its post.The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) token, a memecoin launched on the Solana layer-1 blockchain network, surged by abo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Bitcoin proposal caps arbitrary data in an attempt to combat spam from non-monetary transactions on the Bitcoin network.The number of Bitcoin (BTC) nodes signaling support for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110), a temporary soft fork limi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Some European policymakers have floated the idea of selling off US debt as a way of combating US belligerence, but it may be much more difficult in practice.The United States’ geopolitical brinkmanship over Greenland has thrown its economic ties to t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Proposed US crypto rules could push stablecoin investors toward offshore and synthetic dollar products as onshore yield options are restricted.The proposed restrictions on stablecoin yields under the US CLARITY Act risk driving capital out of regulat...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Investors and crypto users warn the proposed unrealized gains tax could drive an exodus of capital and talent.The Netherlands plans to tax unrealized capital gains on a range of investments, including stocks, bonds and cryptocurrencies, sparking warn...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Ethereum developers to launch biweekly sessions on quantum-resistant transactions as Foundation commits $2 million in new funding to harden core cryptography.The Ethereum Foundation has made post-quantum security a central focus of the network’s long...
