Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said US dollar stablecoins may pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager, Pablo Hernández de Cos, on...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Strategy’s Michael Saylor posted “Think Even Bigger” on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has hinted at another large Bitcoin purchase, just a week after the company disclose...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Brian Armstrong has now predicted that AI agents will not only transact onchain more than humans but will outnumber employees at his company very soon.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company has started testing AI agents on Slack and email to a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the company’s information up for sale for $2 million.Vercel, a cloud hosting provider popular among crypto projects, confirmed it suffered a security breach that allowed ha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security.Quantum computing has long been viewed as a distant, largely theoretical threat to blockchain systems. However, that perspecti...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Polymarket’s potential $15 billion valuation would still put it below the $22 billion valuation of competitor platform Kalshi in its latest funding round.Prediction market platform Polymarket is reportedly in talks with investors to raise another $40...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.Ethereum Name Service gateway eth.limo has revealed that the domain hijacki...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin briefly crashed below $74,000 on Sunday as Iran threatened retaliation for a US military seizure of an Iranian cargo ship.Bitcoin erased its weekend gains as it fell below $74,000 on Sunday after the US military seized an Iranian cargo ship,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol.Total value locked on decentralized lending protocol Aave dropped by nearly $8 billion over the weekend after hackers behind...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.The impact of stablecoins on the banking sector appears “limited” at the current phase of the adoption cyc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.The impact of stablecoins on the banking sector appears “limited” at the current phase of the adoption cyc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Volatility and upside have been declining with each Bitcoin halving cycle, but the new dynamics may not be permanent, according to Galaxy's Alex Thorn.The current Bitcoin (BTC) market cycle is “dramatically” weaker than the three previous cycles, acc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of Curve Finance.The exploit of the Kelp liquid restaking protocol shows how non-isolated lending and integrations in decen...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin foreshadows fresh market mayhem as it appears that the US-Iran war has returned, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz oil route.Bitcoin (BTC) sought to protect $75,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as crypto encountered fresh uncertaint...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Alcoa is nearing a deal to sell its idle upstate New York Massena East smelter to NYDIG as US industrial sites increasingly shift toward Bitcoin mining and AI data centers.US aluminium giant Alcoa is reportedly nearing a deal to offload its long-idle...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities executives have separately aired interest in prediction markets, but each is looking to steer clear of sports offerings.Traditional finance giants Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities are both considering enteri...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities executives have both aired early interest in getting involved in prediction markets, but are looking to steer clear of sports offerings.Traditional finance giants Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities said they’r...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
A group of JENNER memecoin buyers sued Jenner and her late manager, Sophia Hutchins, in November 2024 claiming they lost thousands when the token plummeted in value.US media personality and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner has escaped a class-action la...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
SEC Chair Paul Atkins is under fire from Senator Elizabeth Warren, who says he “may have been deliberately trying” to mislead Congress about the agency’s enforcement activity.US Senator Elizabeth Warren has accused Paul Atkins, the head of the US Sec...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers said.Kelp, a liquid restaking protocol, was the target of a cyber attack on Saturday, causing the platform to pause smart c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
SOL’s steady recovery alongside the wider crypto market has traders debating whether $100 could be the next stop for the altcoin.Key takeaways:Solana maintains its market dominance in DEX volume and TVL despite SOL’s underperformance versus its peers...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
The average block time at publication is about 9.8 minutes, falling slightly short of the 10-minute block target, according to CoinWarz.The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the BTC blockchain, fell on Sa...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 weeks ago
Bitcoin miners have faced challenges over the past year, amid reduced block rewards, rising energy prices, a crypto bear market and geopolitical shocks.Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the BTC blockchain...