Telegram to Provide More User Data to Governments After CEO’s Arrest

Messaging app Telegram made significant changes to its terms of service, chief executive officer Pavel Durov said in a post on the app on Monday. дальше »

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Harris delivers crypto-positive remarks, says she’ll invest in “America’s future”

Vice President Harris reveals her stance toward AI and digital assets at a New York fundraiser Harris wants to help boost investment in AI and crypto Jake Chervinsky, chief legal officer at Variant, said Harris’s remarks showed “progress” US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has spoken about crypto during a New York […] The post Harris delivers crypto-positive remarks, says she’ll invest in “America’s future” appeared first on CoinJournal. дальше »

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VanEck reports surge in Bitcoin interest amid growing institutional, sovereign adoption

VanEck said interest in Bitcoin (BTC) is significantly higher than 12 months ago as institutions and nations continue to push for adoption. According to a Sept. 19 report, the key reasons behind this surge in interest include growing institutional adoption through exchange-traded products (ETPs) and sovereign involvement in mining and global transactions. дальше »

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MicroStrategy wraps up $1.01b convertible notes offering in 4 days

MicroStrategy has completed its $1.01 billion offering of convertible senior notes, set to mature in 2028, less than a week after announcing the sale. MicroStrategy, one of the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holders, said in a press release on Friday,… дальше »

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Ether Is Going to Shine Again, Steno Research Says

The recent Federal Reserve interest cut will fuel increased onchain activity, and this will strongly benefit the Ethereum blockchain, the report said. дальше »

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How Bitcoin Price Spent The Past Months Building a Huge Bullish Pattern – $90K Will Come ‘Quickly’

Crypto analyst “@CryptoJelleNL” reported that Bitcoin (BTC) has spent months building a huge bullish flag right below its all-time highs over the past year. He said the breakout from this pattern could drive Bitcoin’s price to $90,000 rapidly. дальше »

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Blockchain adoption in Asia Pacific will expand into SMEs — Blockdaemon

Blockdaemon executive Andrew Vranjes said that tax regulations and the lack of uniform regulations across jurisdictions hold back institutions from adopting blockchain.  дальше »

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Stablecoins Are Becoming Systemically Important, Bernstein Says

Stablecoin supply is back to all-time highs with $170 billion in circulation, the report said. дальше »

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Ethena Labs halts website after frontend hack

Hackers attacked synthetic dollar issuer Ethena, but the protocol said its core blockchain infrastructure remained uncompromised. On Sept. 18, bad actors successfully breached the website of decentralized finance service provider Ethena Labs (ENA). The team’s alert explained that only its… дальше »

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MANTRA announces mainnet launch set for October

Real-world assets platform MANTRA has announced that the mainnet launch for its MANTRA Chain will go live in October 2024. MANTRA (OM), a layer-1 blockchain for RWA tokenization, said in a Sept. 18 announcement that the mainnet launch will offer… дальше »

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Cash Is Still King, Consumers Would Prefer to Use Money Over CBDCs: Deutsche Bank

44% of those surveyed said they would rather use cash then a central bank digital currency and 57% said they would prefer to use a debit or credit card than a CBDC, the bank's survey showed. дальше »

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MicroStrategy increases convertible note offering by 25% to buy more Bitcoin

MicroStrategy has raised its convertible note offering to $875 million, with plans to use the proceeds for redeeming existing debt and acquiring more Bitcoin. Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, one of the largest corporate holders of Bitcoin (BTC), said in a… дальше »

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Memecoins, P2P and TON drove 1,614% user growth in Africa — Bitget

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said that as millions of Africans use Telegram, the rise of TON contributed to Bitget's user growth in the region.  дальше »

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Ethereum ETFs would’ve ‘done better’ if launched in January: Bitstamp exec

Bitstamp’s Bobby Zagotta said Ether ETFs came at a “burdened moment” for risk assets but was optimistic things would pick up at the end of the year.  дальше »

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Crypto poised for boost if Fed cuts rate by 50 bps, says hedge fund boss

If the Fed cuts rates by just 25 bps, “crypto will likely fall along with that,” said CEO of crypto hedge fund Asymmetric, Joe McCann. дальше »

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Australia’s central bank launches 3-year program for wholesale CBDC

RBA Assistant Governor Brad Jones said the potential benefits of a retail CBDC in Australia appear modest or uncertain at present. дальше »

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Bitcoin exchange deposits plummet to six-year low - What it means for BTC

Bitcoin exchange deposits have hit a six-year low, marking the lowest level of BTC deposits in that time.  That being said, HODLERS are key in preventing a drop to the $55K support. BitcoinThe post Bitcoin exchange deposits plummet to six-year low - What it means for BTC appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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U.S. CFTC Chair Behnam Says Regulator Will Keep Pursuing Kalshi Case

After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's court defeat last week in the agency's pursuit of Kalshi's election contracts, the regulator's chairman, Rostin Behnam, said it will still keep pursuing the case against what it continues to contend is illegal activity. дальше »

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OMFIF Survey Respondents Believe Substantial Level of Tokenization is Still Three Years Away

The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum's digital assets report said that 92% of its respondents believe that financial markets will experience tokenization at some point. дальше »

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DYdX to Debut Perpetual Futures on Prediction Markets as DEX Seeks to Raise Profile

Decentralized finance needs to develop a unique offering relative to centralized venues, dYdX Foundation CEO Charles d'Haussy said. дальше »

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Cathedra Bitcoin cools off mining to tap MicroStrategy playbook

Cathedra Bitcoin said Bitcoin mining simply hasn’t provided enough shareholder value on a Bitcoin basis over the last three years, which prompted a change in strategy. дальше »

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Risc Zero aims to bring blockchain security to ‘any’ off-chain app

Next-gen zero-knowledge proofs are “orders of magnitude” cheaper than existing options, Risc said.

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Hoskinson Says Leios Upgrade Will Make Cardano Faster Than Solana As Timeline for $15 ADA Price Is ‘Revealed’

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Bitcoin Dogs poised for growth as Saylor predicts BTC surge to $13 M

MicroStrategy Inc. co-founder Michael Saylor has issued another exceptionally bullish forecast for Bitcoin despite immense volatility in recent months. Speaking with CNBC on September 11th, the American entrepreneur said the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap could hit $13 million per coin by 2045. дальше »

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Tether onboards head of government affairs from PayPal

Jesse Spiro said he intended to work with industry leaders and lawmakers to help grow the ecosystem in his role at Tether.

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Binance lists Telegram mini-app game Catizen on Launchpool

Binance has announced the Telegram mini-app game Catizen as the 59th project on the Binance Launchpool, allowing users to farm the gaming bot’s native token ahead of trading. In its announcement on Sept. 13, Binance said Catizen will go live… дальше »

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Institutional demand for Bitcoin mining stocks on the rise, analyst says

Institutional interest in Bitcoin mining stocks is surging, analysts at H.C. Wainwright said after hosting an investment conference in New York.  The HCW Annual Global Investment Conference gathered major publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miners and industry leaders like MicroStrategy’s Michael… дальше »

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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Purchased 18.3K More Bitcoins for $1.1B

The firm now holds over 244,800 bitcoin, founder Michael Saylor said in an X post. дальше »

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Polymarket Bettors See 84% Chance of Donald Trump Starting His Own Token

The bump came as Trump said he would launch the family-helmed World Liberty Financial project on Monday. дальше »

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eToro Reaches Settlement with SEC and Will Cease Trading Nearly All Crypto Assets

Trading platform eToro agreed to pay $1. 5 million to settle charges it operated an unregistered broker, an unregistered clearing agency and facilitated trading certain crypto assets as securities, the U. дальше »

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Crypto Bank Anchorage Digital, BitGo Take on Custody for ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF

The first and only U.S. federally chartered crypto bank, Anchorage Digital, is taking on the custody role for a leading issuer of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 21Shares, the companies said in a Thursday statement. дальше »

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Ethereum’s Buterin vows to support only highly decentralized Layer-2 projects

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced a change in how he will discuss Layer 2 (L2) projects starting next year. In a Sept. 12 X post, Buterin said he would only publicly recognize L2s that have reached Stage 1 or higher in their decentralization efforts regardless of his investment. дальше »

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Bitcoin Could Hit $125K by Year-End if Trump Becomes President, $75K if Harris Triumphs: Standard Chartered

Bitcoin is expected to end the year at new all-time highs regardless of who wins the U.S. election, the report said. дальше »

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Grayscale’s Sui Trust opens for accredited investors

Grayscale has announced that its recently launched Sui Trust is now open to qualified investors. The digital assets manager said in an announcement on Sept. 11 that the Sui (SUI) trust was accessible to eligible accredited investors. Grayscale launched the… дальше »

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UK Introduces Bill to Clarify Crypto's Legal Status

The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection. дальше »

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Friend.tech team sold $52M in 6 months, faces rug pull allegations

The Friend.tech team said on Sept. 10 that they have no plans to discontinue their website application. 

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Bitcoin Mining Was Significantly Less Profitable in August, Jefferies Says

September could be another difficult month for the miners as bitcoin remains below $60K and the network hashrate continues to rise, the report said. дальше »

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Caroline Ellison Shouldn't Go to Jail After FTX Collapse, Attorneys Say

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison should be sentenced to time served and a non-custodial term after her cooperation with prosecutors in taking down Sam Bankman-Fried, her attorneys said in a late Tuesday night filing. дальше »

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Second U.S. Firm tZero Said to Become Crypto Broker Dealer Under SEC Oversight

A second company, tZero Group Inc., said it's achieved status as a fully registered U.S. broker dealer under a rule allowing for crypto firms to join those ranks, following a path previously blazed by Prometheum Inc. дальше »

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‘Asia’s MicroStrategy’ Metaplanet Tops Up Bitcoin Portfolio With $2 Million Worth Of BTC

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Core Scientific Is Uniquely Placed to Deliver AI Data Center Scale in the Near Term: Bernstein

The bitcoin miner benefits from readily available sites and power, less competition and the ability to hire strong data center talent, the report said. дальше »

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Crypto Retail Market Is Poised for a Rebound: Gemini

Crypto adoption has remained steady in the U.S. and the U.K. in the past two years, the report said. дальше »

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Crypto becomes US election issue for the first time — Survey

Up to 73% of US respondents who currently own cryptocurrency said that a candidate’s position on crypto would influence their vote in the presidential election. дальше »

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Nigeria SEC to Commence Enforcement Action on Unlicensed Crypto Firms: Reports

We are certainly going to commence enforcement actions on anyone who wants to operate in this market and does not have the intention of being regulated, Emomotimi Agama, the SEC's Director General said. дальше »

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Bitcoin Trading Volume Surged to $2.8T in January to August Period

The rise in crypto volatility has been accompanied by increased market participation in the bitcoin market, Kaiko said. дальше »

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SEC ‘dug in’ on bank crypto custody rule as agency’s stance ‘unchanged’

SEC chief accountant Paul Munter said agency staff views on a divisive rule curtailing banks from offering crypto custody services “remain unchanged.” дальше »

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Judge issues temporary stay in Kalshi v. CFTC election betting case

Judge Jia Cobb said the court would hold a hearing on Sept. 12 to address competing motions filed by the CFTC and Kalshi over betting on US elections. дальше »

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Crypto market rebounds on Yellen’s positive macro outlook - Gains ahead?

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the US economy is healthy and there are no signs of a recession. The crypto market has recovered slightly, with Bitcoin reclaiming $54,000. дальше »

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Vitalik Buterin shuns layer 2 investments for THIS reason

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said he will not invest in layer 2 projects in the foreseeable future.  His statement comes amid an intense debate on the benefits that these protocols The post Vitalik Buterin shuns layer 2 investments for THIS reason appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Coinbase secures partial victory over SEC in motion to compel discovery

Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, said the SEC would be compelled to produce “important discovery” in its civil case after a judge’s order. дальше »

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