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The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 4, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk's daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused of "wrongfully" profiting from its users' facial and fingerprint scans. "Coinbase collects, stores, possesses, otherwise obtains, uses, and disseminates...

A growing number of malware creators are now taking advantage of the significant interest in Chatgpt to lure victims, Facebook owner Meta has noticed. According to its head of information security, the AI-based chatbot i...

The jury is out on whether the benefits outweigh the risks of central bank digital currencies, but stymying research and passing premature legislation comes with its own harms.

Bitblox Games will exclusively build crypto games on the Hxro Network, a Solana-based distributed liquidity layer for betting applications.

Coinbase last week argued that the SEC is providing insufficient regulatory guidance for U.S. companies operating in the crypto sector.

Former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain has been found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering in the first insider-trading trial involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A federal court in Manhattan, New York h...

Following a quarter-point increase in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, precious metals such as silver and gold experienced a surge in value against the U.S. dollar, with gains ranging from 0.87...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took one small step backwards in regulating the crypto sector on Wednesday, when it deleted what would have been its first formal definition of "digital asset" from its l...

BTC traded flat after a slight dip early Thursday. Ether also traded in a narrow range.

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The average transaction fee on Bitcoin has shot above $7, pushing total fees up nearly five-fold in two weeks- thanks to a surge in Ethereum-style "BRC-20" tokens and NFT-like "inscriptions" on the increasingly popular O...

The new liquidity pools aim to help users reduce financial risks and increase their profits across networks.

For the full year, Block's bitcoin revenue declined 29% from 2021 due to the fall in the price of bitcoin, the company said.

The crypto exchange reported first quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) bulls are currently holding the cryptocurrency above the key psychological $0.00010. Nonetheless, price predictions are becoming more bearish. LUNC is the cryptocurrency that powers the original...

Bitcoin is presently hovering just below the $29,000 mark following a successful close of yesterday's trading session above the highly-monitored level, with a 1.89% price increase in the past 24 hours. Despite achieving ...

As the United States stares down the barrel of a potential debt default come June, a curious and intriguing solution has emerged: crafting a single $1 trillion platinum coin. This unusual tactic exploits a legal loophole...

A House Financial Services Committee panel together with a House Agriculture subcommittee plan to unpack digital asset regulation during a hearing next week. Both of those subcommittees' digital asset focused subcommitte...

Coinbase's former chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan has settled his bet from March that Bitcoin would reach $1 million in just 90 days, while warning the public that he still believes hyperinflation is coming. "...

Ethereum's Shanghai upgrade spurred deposit inflows to liquid staking protocols, including to the largest player Lido.