Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Binance kicked off its $1 billion SAFU conversion into Bitcoin with a $100 million purchase, shifting its user protection fund out of stablecoins and into BTC.Crypto exchange Binance bought its first 1,315 Bitcoin as part of its conversion plan for t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Ether treasury firms are pressured by the crypto market downturn, as Trend Research was forced to sell $77 million in Ether at a loss, while others are holding through paper losses.Corporate Ether treasury companies are facing significant paper losse...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Crypto ETPs posted two consecutive weeks of outflows, totaling $3.43 billion and driving $1 billion in year-to-date losses, according to CoinShares.Crypto investment products continued their sell-off last week as investor sentiment weakened, marking...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin price action headed toward the 2021 bull market highs as crypto traders warned over a future sub-$50,000 BTC price bottom.Bitcoin (BTC) started the first week of February near 16-month lows, with traders expecting further downside.BTC price w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Hong Kong's monetary authority said only a small number of stablecoin issuers will be approved initially, as application reviews near completion.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong's financial regulator, is preparing to grant its first...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin bets on Polymarket show elevated downside risk in 2026 as analysts point to bearish trends and tight US liquidity conditions.Prediction markets have turned more bearish on Bitcoin after a weekend sell-off briefly pushed prices below $75,000 o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Nomura's CFO, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, reportedly reaffirmed the company's long-term commitment to digital assets but said it had to manage short-term risks.Japanese banking giant Nomura will reportedly reduce its exposure to crypto, citing the current tou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
The amount of crypto stolen in January is also a 214% increase from the month before, with a majority of the value lost due to a single phishing incident.The value of cryptocurrency stolen through exploits and scams reached $370.3 million last month,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Following its weekend rout, Bitcoin dropped to $74,600 on Monday, marking a nine-month low for the cryptocurrency.Bitcoin is trading below the average cost basis of US spot Bitcoin ETFs after they recorded their second and third-biggest outflow weeks...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Vitalik Buterin said the current creator token model favors those already popular and rewards mass content creation over high-quality content.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new creator token model that combines decentralized auton...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
A Moscow court has reportedly ordered BitRiver CEO Igor Runets to remain under house arrest as investigators pursue tax evasion charges.The founder and CEO of Russian Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver, Igor Runets, has reportedly been detained and charged...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Bitcoin’s decline is mirroring SaaS stocks, proving that it is unlikely a crypto-specific narrative is driving the recent selloff, one analyst argues.A major market downturn that saw crypto markets lose $250 billion in total capitalization over the w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
The latest crash came after US President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending Bitcoin down to $75,892 late on Sunday.Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has hinted his firm added to its Bitcoin hol...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
Crypto bridge CrossCurve has told users to pause interacting with its protocol while it conducts an investigation into a smart contract breach.Update (Feb. 2, 12:20 am UTC): This article has been updated to add a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar.Cr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 days ago
New CryptoQuant data shows how January’s US winter storm disrupted Bitcoin mining as operators curtailed power use amid grid stress.New data is providing a clearer picture of how January’s US winter storm affected Bitcoin mining operations, showing t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Based on dollar-weighted flows, aggregate returns for investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust have turned negative following Bitcoin’s recent sell-off.Bitcoin’s sharp decline over the weekend has likely pushed the aggregate investor position i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Real-time Truflation data show US price pressures easing, a shift that could reshape expectations for Fed policy and influence cryptocurrency and risk-asset markets.Alternative inflation data is pointing to a sharp cooling in US prices, reinforcing t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin bear market history was "repeating," said BTC price analysis after key support failed and realized price flipped to new resistance.Bitcoin (BTC) gained sub-$50,000 ahead of Sunday’s weekly close as bulls failed to recover from ten-month lows....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
An Abu Dhabi investment vehicle backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, agreed to buy 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500M.A UAE-backed investment vehicle quietly agreed to buy nearly half of World Liber...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%.Step Finance, a decentralized finance portfolio tracker on Solana, has disclosed a se...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%.Step Finance, a decentralized finance portfolio tracker on Solana, has disclosed a se...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in a series of recent X posts that US president Donald Trump was “right on crypto,” while Joe Biden “bungled crypto.”Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has ramped up his social media praise for US president Don...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in a series of recent X posts that US President Donald Trump was “right on crypto,” while Joe Biden “bungled crypto.”Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has ramped up his social media praise for US President Don...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
Bitcoin advocate and accountant Rajat Soni warned, “Never trust a weekend pump or dump,” as Bitcoin plunged and over $2 billion was wiped from the crypto market.Bitcoin’s fall of around 7% to $77,000 on Saturday might have marked the low of this cycl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 days ago
SOL falls to lows not seen since April 2025, but Solana’s price-to-fundamentals gap and its wider correlation to macro markets may provide hope for investors.Key takeaways:SOL fell to 2026 lows as tech sector layoffs and artificial intelligence reven...
