Pan-African exchange Yellow Card has said it will seek licensing in the country.
Solana now ranks as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap yet trails behind its main Layer 1 blockchain rivals in December price growth.
Microstrategy's CEO Michael Saylor tweeted on Wednesday that the company had acquired an additional 14,620 bitcoin.
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The latest purchase, at $42,110 per BTC, brings MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries’ total holdings to 189,150 Bitcoin.
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Jana Bertram, head of strategy at RARI Foundation, tells The Agenda podcast that the use cases for NFTs go well beyond digital art.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs may take people further from self-custody and potentially create “millions of unbacked Bitcoin,” Trezor’s Josef Tetek believes.
The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the collapse of Terra, Celsius and FTX.
The Shimmer bridge, a tool that transfers value between different blockchains that connect to LayerZero, will launch today.
2023 has been a turbulent year for the crypto markets, but X encapsulated the rollercoaster of sentiments and became the perfect ledger to recall what occurred.
Solana ecosystem tokens have surged several multiples in the past month. Traders could now be taking profits to rotate funds into newer plays.
Public officials will also be provided an asset disclosure service starting next year to report crypto and other holdings.
The Public Official Ethics System will give Korean citizens access to at least 5,800 officials’ declarations in 2024.
African nations were busy introducing various initiatives for cryptocurrencies in 2023. Read about the most significant innovations and crypto-related progress made during the year.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) are also planning a sandbox to provide guidance on compliance.
BitMEX says it’s concerned about the impact on ETFs of the SEC’s rules, which insist that authorized participants (APs) must maintain in-cash creations and redemptions instead of traditional in-kind redemptions.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood expects some investors to “sell on the news” of spot Bitcoin ETF approval in the short term, but the long-term perspective is promising.
Up or down, volatility is now all but guaranteed, Matthew Hyland says as Bitcoin price tools line up signals.
The criteria for obtaining an HKMA license will include full backing of all circulating stablecoins with reserves “at least equal to the par value.”
Some $45 million stemmed from altcoin futures in an unusual move – with bitcoin accounting for a relatively lesser $36 million in liquidations.
Some $45 million stemmed from altcoin futures in an unusual move – with bitcoin accounting for a relatively lesser $36 million in liquidations.
Bullish bets by institutional investors and knowledgeable market participants have reached an all-time high on the CME, data tracked by MacroMicro show.
Bullish bets by institutional investors and knowledgeable market participants have reached an all-time high on the CME, data tracked by MacroMicro show.
The latest bust is another salvo in China’s war on capital flight — which some believe is the real reason behind the country’s continued ban on cryptocurrencies.
“Go run the script or admit that you're just virtue signaling on twitter and are uninterested in stopping inscriptions,” said Rijndael, a Taproot Wizards contributor.
Grayscale has “finally surrendered” to cash creations in its amended filing to convert GBTC into a spot Bitcoin ETF.
The decentralized trading platform confirmed a 3rd party compromise has led to funds being drained from 114 wallets but claims it has already fixed the issue. The hacker has a different take.
Crypto investors will have to keep their eyes peeled for sophisticated phishing scams and a plethora of smart contract vulnerabilities next year, according to blockchain security firms.
The firm said it's priorities now are to keep KyberSwap’s Aggregator and Limit Order functions up and running and to reimburse impacted customers.