Cryptocurrency News

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 10, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk's daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Sam Altman, the founder of Worldcoin and CEO of OpenAI, has voiced his concerns regarding the escalating efforts by the US government to regulate and exert authority over the cryptocurrency market. He has likened these a...

The police in the Australian state of South Australia recently seized cryptocurrency worth $1.5 million from an alleged dark web drug dealer. Police also recovered a “large quantity” of the synthetic opioid nitazene ...

Chinese officials say uptake for the digital yuan is rising among overseas visitors - while more citizens are receiving their salaries in CBDC wallets. Per the Hangzhou Daily, state-run banks in the Hangzhou Asian Games ...

The author of the white paper, Robin Linus, based BitVM's architecture on Ethereum's optimistic rollups with fraud proofs and recent Merkle tree developments.

Bitcoin Ordinals marketplace Ordswap has lost control of its official domain, resulting in temporarily shutting down operations. On October 9, the Ordswap team notified users, acknowledging that they had lost control of ...

Circle, the stablecoin issuer, has announced its plans to begin minting USD Coin (USDC) directly on the Polygon network. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, USDC is now accessible to users and developers on t...

Meanwhile, bitcoin's dominance continues to climb

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes expects Bitcoin to be $750,000 by 2026. Here's how and why.

Blockchain data analytics platform Nansen's CEO Alex Svanevik just outlined six themes that he thinks will play a role in the next "cycle" in the crypto market via a Tweet thread. Many analysts talk about macro themes su...

Bitcoin (BTC), the world's oldest and most valuable digital currency, couldn't climb above $28,000 recently. This is because investors are feeling cautious due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is b...

Failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital's (3AC) attempt to pursue a $284 million claim against crypto lender BlockFi was put into mediation by the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing BlockFi's case.

On October 5, American grocery store chain Trader Joe's filed a federal lawsuit against a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform named Trader Joe. The lawsuit accuses the DeFi platform of trademark infringement and seeks ...

Tensions were high in Manhattan Federal Court Tuesday as former CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison, began her star witness testimony against Sam Bankman-Fried. The petite, glasses-wearing Ellison took a decent amo...

Major blue-chip cryptocurrencies continue to slide, with Bitcoin (BTC) last trading in the $27,300s, down close to 1%, and Ether (ETH) last trading just to the north of $1,550 and down a little over 1%. Bitcoin remains i...

MATIC price has retraced a majority of its recent gains. Cointelegraph explores why.

Binance Marketing Partner Rebuildingsociety has been sanctioned by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), informing them that they cannot act on behalf of Binance for financial promotions under current law....

Attorneys defending ex-FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried are keen to interrogate the former CTO of the now-dissolved exchange concerning personal loans ranging from $200-300 million, a fresh letter from Cohen & Gresser LLP rev...

China-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining machine manufacturer Bitmain has resolved a recent salary delay issue by finally paying its employees for the month of September. This move comes after Bitmain issued an internal notice o...

Leading crypto exchanges Coinbase, Revolut, and Binance have updated their mobile and web applications to comply with the new regulations from the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Coinbase and Revolut in...

Since 2016, Simplex’s bond with Bitcoin.com has continued strengthening, aimed at streamlining access to cryptocurrencies and increasing adoption globally. As part of Nuvei, a NASDAQ listed company with over 20 years i...

Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and enc...