Litecoin's foundation called the weekend exploit a zero-day. The litecoin-project GitHub repository shows the consensus vulnerability was privately patched between March 19 and 26, more than four weeks before the attack.
IBIT options open interest topped Deribit on Friday, signaling rapid institutional adoption of regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S.
Trump is expected to speak at his crypto conference in Palm Beach shortly.
Mean-reversion models suggest bearish targets imply a 0.4th percentile event, far beyond typical market corrections.
Bitcoin market participants favored a short-term return to $73,000 as resistance stayed in place, with some analysis seeing even lower levels.
Price holds in tight range after high-volume move, with compression signaling a decisive move as institutional demand quietly builds.
The significant staking by Grayscale and Bitmine could tighten Ethereum's supply, potentially impacting its market liquidity and price dynamics.
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"Tokenization is that it will become part of the ETF ecosystem, but we’re a couple of years away from some good use cases,” said the bank.
Strong earnings season trumps geopolitical risks for now, one trader said, as equities and crypto markets "stopped caring" about Iran war headlines.
Bitcoin and risk assets faced an uphill struggle after the S&P 500 hit new all-time highs as analysis warned that BTC price support was at risk.
Bitmine Immersion also spent about $10 million when it bought 5,000 ETH from the Ethereum Foundation last month.
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are set to raise more than $240 billion combined from June through year-end, a capital pull larger than every venture-backed US IPO since 2000 combined, and crypto sits in the same liquidity pool.
Fluent launched its Ethereum Layer 2 mainnet alongside its BLEND token and a native stablecoin with $50 million in day-one liquidity.
Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli derived a 15-bit elliptic curve key on a publicly accessible quantum computer, Project Eleven said.
Morgan Stanley launched a government money market fund for stablecoin issuers to hold reserves in line with GENIUS Act requirements.
Bitcoin price action has one more week to go until it potentially achieves its biggest month's gains since late 2024.
BTC holds a tight range as open interest drops, signaling cooling momentum, while altcoins show mixed performance and ZEC attracts fresh bullish interest.
Market analyst Mati Greenspan said bitcoin has not gone through a “winter,” rather a pullback within a broader bull market, adding the next leg up for bitcoin will be driven by nation-state adoption.
Spot bitcoin ETFs logged $223.2 million in net inflows on Thursday, led by $167.5 million into BlackRock's IBIT.
The surge in Intel shares, up more than 22% after earnings, has significantly boosted the value of the U.S. government’s position.
Metaplanet has issued 8 billion yen, or about $50 million, in zero-interest bonds to fund additional bitcoin purchases.
In the first quarter of this year, Metaplanet purchased 5,075 BTC, bringing its total to 40,177 BTC as of March 31.
The Wall Street giant has announced a fund build specifically for stablecoin issuers. Here is what it does and means for the market.
Spot bitcoin ETFs logged their first 8-day inflow streak since October, but on-chain profit-taking is already running at 3x the rate that has marked every local top this year.
Crypto markets weaken amid rising Japan inflation, Iran war oil disruptions, and expectations of a hawkish Bank of Japan.
Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 may be a sign that the downtrend is ending, but a multi-day candle close above $80,000 would help strengthen the odds of a trend change holding.
“Flows have turned positive for the year,” Global Head of ETFs at BNY Asset Servicing Ben Slavin told The Block.
Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine has staked roughly 3.5 million ETH, worth more than $8 billion, out of its roughly 5.08 million ETH holdings.
Bitcoin brought its bull market support band as a key level for BTC price action to reclaim during the weekly candle close.
Analysts say bitcoin's rally still faces a stiff test from profit-taking, macro risk and a crowded resistance zone.