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New UK Law Empowering Authorities to Seize and Destroy Crypto Assets Takes Effect Today
A new law enabling the National Crime Agency and police to seize, freeze, and destroy crypto assets is now in effect in the UK....
Republic First Bank Fails, Triggers Minor Crypto Market Downturn Amid Banking Sector Concerns
The United States witnessed its first banking failure of 2024 with the closure of Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, creating...
Contrary to Crypto Influencer Hype, Data Reveals ‘It is Not Altcoin Season’
Over the past 90 days, while bitcoin has shown steady performance, 19 other cryptocurrencies have outpaced the leading digital...
Swiss National Bank Chief Raises Concerns About Adding Bitcoin to Currency Reserves
The chairman of the Swiss National Bank has expressed reservations about incorporating bitcoin into the central bank’s...
Bitcoin Conference to Bring Star-Studded Lineup of Speakers to Hong Kong on Dawn of Historic ETFs
PRESS RELEASE. Excitement is brewing in the heart of Asia as Hong Kong regulators pave the way for a new era of innovation with the...
Bank of Russia and Rosfinmonitoring Reveal Fiat-to-Crypto Tracking System Pilot
The Bank of Russia and Rosfinmonitoring revealed the existence of a ‘know your crypto customer’ system pilot, that aims...
Acinq to Withdraw Phoenix Wallet From US Markets Amid Regulatory Concerns
On Friday, April 26, Acinq announced that its Lightning Network bitcoin wallet, Phoenix, will cease services for U.S. residents...
Slothana Presale Hits $15M and Enters Final Stage Amid Growing Industry Interest
London, United Kingdom, April 26th, 2024, Chainwire The Slothana (SLOTH) presale has raised over $15 million in funding and is...
Deutsche Bundesbank President on Digital Euro: ‘The Eurosystem Has No Interest in Monitoring People’s Payment Patterns’
Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, praised the privacy traits a hypothetical upcoming digital euro would possess....
China’s former CBDC chief is under government investigation
China investigating Yao Qian, the former head of the Digital Yuan project. Local media reports say Yao is under probe for...
Unlocking New Possibilities: Solama Teams up With BingX and AssetDash
PRESS RELEASE. Solama, one of the most captivating Solana meme coin 2024 craze, is partnering up with two essential platforms for a...
Pantera Capital buys more Solana (SOL) from FTX
Pantera Capital has purchased more Solana (SOL) from the FTX bankruptcy estate. FTX is auctioning off SOL, with more tokens to be...
Bitcoin Miners’ Average Revenue Per Block Dips 25% in 3 Days, Falling to 3.83 BTC
In the last 24 hours, bitcoin miners have faced significantly reduced earnings, with the current hashprice lingering at a...
UK authorises police to seize illicit crypto without arrests
UK police now have powers to seize, freeze or destroy criminal crypto holdings. It follows new legislation that comes into effect...
The Non-Custodial Conflict: US Government Actions Stir Crypto Community Concerns
Over the past two days, there has been a notable uptick in concern within the crypto community regarding the U.S....
BloFin Sponsors TOKEN2049 Dubai and Celebrates the SideEvent: WhalesNight AfterParty 2024
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Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Sees Subdued Trading Amid Bearish Signals
As of April 26, 2024, bitcoin continues to exhibit fluctuating fortunes, with the latest trading session closing at $64,095. Amid a...
Stripe Re-Enters Crypto Payments With USDC on Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana
Stripe, the fintech giant, has decided to re-enter the cryptocurrency payment space after a six-year hiatus, starting with USDC...
Kenya Establishes Working Group to Draft Rules Governing Crypto Entities
The Kenyan government recently established a multi-agency technical working group tasked with developing a framework for regulating...
SEC sues Bitcoin miner Geosyn Mining for fraud; Bitbot presale nears $3M
SEC sues Geosyn Mining and co-founders for misappropriated funds and misleading investors. Bitbot revolutionizes crypto trading...
Pantera Capital Targets $1 Billion for New ‘All-in-One’ Blockchain Fund Set for 2025 Launch
Pantera Capital is planning to launch Pantera Fund V in April 2025, aiming to raise over $1 billion for investment in a diverse...
Proof of Pitch: Revolutionizing the Pitch Competition Landscape with AI-Driven Insights and Top Web3 VC
Paris, France, April 25th, 2024, Chainwire Prize pool of over 1M€ value including media grant from Cointelegraph Proof of Pitch is...
Brazilian Neobank Nubank Introduces New Crypto Wallet Features for Bitcoin, Ether and Solana
Nubank, a Brazilian neobank, has introduced new features for its cryptocurrency customers. The Sao Paolo-based organization...
Velocity Labs and Ramp Network facilitate fiat to crypto onramp on Polkadot via Asset Hub support
zug, SWITZERLAND, April 25th, 2024, Chainwire Velocity Labs is proud to announce a fiat to crypto onramp using Ramp Network through...
BNB Announces Native Liquid Staking Addition in BSC
BNB Chain, one of the largest smart contracts-enabled ecosystems in the crypto environment, has announced the inclusion of native...
Shiba Inu (SHIB) unveils ambitious Shibarium plans as Kangamoon steals the show
Shiba Inu unveils Shibarium plans including upgrades to ShibaSwap and the introduction of TREAT token. Kangamoon blends meme...
The Rise of Hugewin: New Face of Crypto Casino
PRESS RELEASE. When it comes to crypto casinos, Hugewin leads the charge in transforming the online gambling landscape with its...
Franklin Templeton tokenizes $380M fund on Polygon and Stellar for P2P transfers
The Franklin OnChain FOBXX investors can now transfer the fund’s BENJI token directly between each other without any intermediary....
Standard Chartered Updates Prediction: Doubts SEC Will Approve Spot Ether ETFs in May
Standard Chartered, which was previously optimistic about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving spot ether...
Morgan Stanley to Broaden Availability of Spot Bitcoin ETFs: Report
Morgan Stanley, a leading global investment bank, is reportedly considering expanding access to bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds...
‘No ETF Has Ever Done Anything Close’ — Analyst Highlights Record GBTC Outflows, Surpassing All ETFs
While Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, experienced a continuous influx for 71 days before halting...
Consensys sues SEC for clarification on Ethereum (ETH) classification as a security
Consensys recently received a Wells notice from the SEC for its MetaMask product. Consensys aims to defend Ethereum’s status as a...
Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Wallets Hold Over $20,000 in Runes Tokens, Arkham Data Shows
Amid the excitement of Bitcoin’s new Runes protocol, Blackrock’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) wallets now contain over...
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeing PayPal and OpenAI partnerships
Worldcoin recently announced plans to launch its open-source blockchain, World Chain. Worldcoin has faced regulatory challenges...
Cryptopunk #635 Achieves $12.41M Sale, Joins Ranks of Top Priciest NFTs
On Thursday, a Cryptopunk NFT with an alien theme changed hands for 4,000 ether, equivalent to $12.41 million. This particular...
Bitget Wallet’s BWB Points makes debut on Whales Market, ranks second in 24-hour trading volume
Victoria, Seychelles, April 25th, 2024, Chainwire On April 24, the trading of Bitget Wallet’s BWB Points made its debut on Whales...
Marketplaces See Surge in Runes-Based DOG Token Trading, Market Cap Now at $319M
On Thursday, the newly launched Runes protocol token named “DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON” climbed to the pinnacle of Runes-based tokens in...
Kadena Announces Annelise Osborne as Chief Business Officer
New York, New York, April 25th, 2024, Chainwire Kadena, the only scalable Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain, expands its leadership...
Salvadoran Official Crypto Wallet Chivo Dismisses Alleged Hacking Event
Chivo wallet, the official cryptocurrency wallet of El Salvador, has dismissed an alleged hack of the source code of its software...
Bitget Cites High Adoption Rates in MENA Following 1,400% Surge in Region’s Active Users
Between November 2023 and April 10, the number of active cryptocurrency users from the Middle East and North Africa using the...
Bitbot’s 12th presale stage nears its end after raising $2.87 million
Key takeaways Bitbot is currently in its 12th presale stage and has raised nearly $2.9 million. The presale price will increase to...
Tesla Maintains Bitcoin Holdings — Balance Sheet Shows $184 Million in Digital Assets
Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, has maintained its bitcoin holdings. The company’s Q1 balance sheet shows...
Australian, Indonesian Tax Bodies Sign Agreement to Share Crypto Information
The tax authorities of Australia and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to share information on cryptocurrency....
OP_CAT Proposal Assigned BIP-347, Aims to Enhance Bitcoin With Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts
OP_CAT, a proposal aimed at introducing Ethereum-like smart contract functionality to Bitcoin, has been assigned the Bitcoin...
S&P Global Report: New Legislation Could ‘Boost’ US Stablecoin Landscape
According to a report from S&P Global Ratings, the introduction of the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act on April 17,...
SEC Seeks $5.3 Billion in Final Judgment Against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the court to order Terraform Labs and Do Kwon to pay around $5.3...
Edward Snowden Defends Crypto Privacy, Criticizes DOJ for Samourai Wallet Arrests
Edward Snowden criticized the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for targeting app developers aimed at restoring financial privacy,...
Meta Faces Tough Market Response as AI Investments Surge and Metaverse Losses Continue
Meta’s shares dropped 15% in after-hours trading following announcements in April of plans for significant investment in AI,...
Filecoin and Dogecoin price dips shock investors; is Rebel Satoshi arcade the next opportunity?
Filecoin slumps 22% in a week, but experts expect bulls to resurface soon. Dogecoin plummets 20% in a week, and analysts believe...
Block Unveils Bitcoin Conversion Feature for Square Merchants
On Wednesday, Block, the financial services firm, disclosed that merchants using Square can convert their daily sales into bitcoin...
Iconic ‘Buy Bitcoin’ Sign From Janet Yellen’s Testimony Sells for $1 Million in Crypto Auction
Christian Langalis, famously known as “Bitcoin Sign Guy,” has auctioned the “Buy Bitcoin” sign he...
SUI, Solana, and Rebel Satoshi (RBLZ) top the list of the best cryptocurrencies to hold in 2024
Solana (SOL) analysts foresee a bullish correction as developers move to fix network congestion. Sui (SUI) is poised for upward...
Former Binance Boss CZ Apologizes, Accepts Responsibility Ahead of Sentencing
Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has publicly apologized for his past decisions and accepted full responsibility for his...
Stacks Launches Nakamoto Upgrade to Enhance Bitcoin L2 Functionality
Stacks has initiated the rollout of its Nakamoto upgrade introducing improvements to its Bitcoin layer two (L2) solution. The...
US Authorities Charge Founders of Bitcoin Mixer Samourai Wallet for Laundering Over $100 Million
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, and William Lonergan Hill, on...
Chainlink announces general availability for its CCIP
Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is now in general availability (GA). Developer can leverage CCIP...
Nigerian Central Bank Disavows Letter Directing Banks to Sever Ties With Crypto Exchanges
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disavowed a letter that allegedly instructed financial institutions to sever ties with four...
Bitcoin payments app Strike is now available in Europe
Strike, a payments app focused on the Bitcoin blockchain, is now available in Europe. The platform recently expanded to Africa and...
Bitcoin’s First Post-Halving Adjustment Raises Mining Difficulty to Record High
Bitcoin recently completed its first difficulty adjustment following the fourth halving, recording a 1.99% increase and pushing the...
Worldcoin update: What’s going on with the WLD token?
Worldcoin subsidiary plans to sell up to 36 million WLD tokens over next six months WLD supply could increase by as much as 19%....
Trading of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Starts April 30
Per the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, the region’s newly authorized spot bitcoin and ethereum...
Research Reveals Mobile Devices as Catalysts for Efficient Decentralized Infrastructure Networks (DePINs)
Zug, Switzerland, April 24th, 2024, Chainwire Researchers from the University of Zürich’s Communication Systems Group, in...
US Prosecutors Seek 36-Month Sentence for Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Over Legal Violations
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 36-month prison sentence for Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the cryptocurrency exchange...
Crypto Poker Site CoinPoker Launches CSOP Tournament Series with $1M Pot and Removes Cashout Fees
Willemstad, Curacao, April 24th, 2024, Chainwire CoinPoker, the world’s largest cryptocurrency poker platform, has launched its...
HBAR Token Price Soars 96% After Misinterpreted Blackrock Announcement
A misinterpreted announcement by the HBAR Foundation suggested that Blackrock’s ICS US Treasury Fund was tokenized on the...
Crypto price predictions: BitBot, Pepe, Algorand (ALGO)
Cryptocurrency prices drifted upwards this week as investors reacted to the risk-on sentiment in the market. That view is supported...
South African Regulator Licenses 75 Institutions as Crypto Asset Service Providers
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority said on April 22 that it has approved 75 institutions to be licensed as...
Arthur Hayes says macro setup favours Bitcoin bulls as KangaMoon attracts investors
Arthur Hayes is bullish on crypto amid the macro setup that he says could present a golden opportnity He says altcoins as well as...
Noones CEO Ray Youssef Blasts Bitcoin Fees: ‘We Have Failed the Global South’
Ray Youssef, the former Paxful CEO, has commented on the negative impact of high transaction fees on bitcoin adoption in emerging...
Cosmos Developers Patch Critical Flaw in IBC Protocol, Safeguarding $126 Million in Assets
Cosmos developers have successfully rectified a critical security vulnerability in its Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC)...
Injective’s INJ 3.0 upgrade goes live after community passes proposal
INJ 3.0 went live on the mainnet today, Injective announced. Injective price rose slightly after the vote, hitting highs of $29.15....
Philippines Securities Regulator Requests Apple and Google to Remove Binance Apps
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has requested that tech giants Apple and Google remove Binance apps...
Crypto.com delays South Korea launch amid regulatory hurdles
Crypto.com planned to launch its trading services in South Korea on April 29. The company had acquired OK-BIT and PnLink for...
Venezuelan State Oil Company to Accelerate USDT Adoption for Settlements; Tether Vows to Uphold OFAC Sanctions
PDVSA, the state-owned Venezuelan oil company, would be preparing to migrate more of its payments portfolio to USDT, a dollar...
BlackCard Redefines Crypto Payments With Token Launch And Key Listings
By introducing a plethora of useful features for crypto users, including the launch of the $BcCoin token (which will be featured on...
Ripple Asks Court to Reject SEC’s $2 Billion Penalty Request in XRP Case
Ripple Labs has filed its opposition to the request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the company to pay $2...
Jack Dorsey’s Block Targets Chip Advancement With 3nm Bitcoin ASIC Mining Rig
On Tuesday, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Block, took to X to announce that the company is “building a mining rig.”...
K33 Research cautions Mt. Gox’s imminent $9B payout could impact Bitcoin (BTC)
Gox to distribute 142,000 BTC and 143,000 BCH, valued at over $9 billion, to creditors. The payout process could commence as early...
SEC Lawyers Resign After Judge Sanctions the Regulator for ‘Gross Abuse of Power’
Two lead attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case against crypto firm Debt Box have reportedly...
BlackRock tokenizes Money Market Fund on Hedera, HBAR soars
Archax, Ownera and The HBAR Foundation have enabled the first tokenization of BlackRock’s money market fund (MMF) on Hedera. This...
Fidelity Digital Assets ‘Signals’ Report Revises Bitcoin Outlook to ‘Neutral’
The latest quarterly report from Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) Research reveals key insights into the bitcoin and ethereum markets...
Argentina’s financial regulator introduces mandatory registration for all cryptocurrency service providers
Last month Argentina’s financial regulator, Comisión Nacional de Valores, introduced mandatory registration for all cryptocurrency...
Paypal Promotes Low-Carbon Bitcoin Mining With New Research Paper
Paypal, in collaboration with Energy Web and DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc., has introduced an approach to promote environmentally...
Bitget Wallet’s Chief Operating Officer Presents Web3 Wallet Security Strategies at Blockchain Life Dubai
Victoria, Seychelles, April 23rd, 2024, Chainwire At this month’s Blockchain Life Dubai conference, Bitget Wallet‘s Chief Operating...
Exclusive ‘Epic Satoshi’ Auction Launches, Bids Already Double to 2 BTC
Coinex has launched the auction for the ‘epic satoshi’ from the fourth halving, originally mined by the mining pool...
Akash Network’s AKT rallies by 54% today as Algotech’s presale approaches $4m
TL;DR AKT is the best performer amongst the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap today, adding 54% to its value. Algotech’s...
Developing Countries Need Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks – Karam Lakshman
Karam Lakshman, CEO of Wifi Dabba, asserts that a country like India, which is the world’s fifth-largest economy, needs...
Mauritania Central Bank Partners With Giesecke+Devrient to Develop a National CBDC
The Central Bank of Mauritania (CBM) has partnered with Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to develop and launch a digital version of the...
Vitalik Buterin Among Several High-Profile Names With Over $1 Million Locked in Bridges
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, reportedly has over $1 million trapped in the Optimism bridge, a situation highlighted in...
SEC seeks $5.3 billion from Terraform Labs and Do Kwon
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks a $5.3 billion judgement against Terraform Labs and co-founder & CEO Do...