Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
The US Treasury told Congress this month that crypto mixers have legitimate uses — including protecting consumer privacy.
Days later, federal prosecutors in Manhattan moved to put the man who built one of the most-used mixers back on trial.
A Split...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office sold off all of 320 (BTC) recovered from hackers and returned them to the national treasury.
The Bitcoin Heist
According to a piece published by Chosun Ilbo, The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Offic...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
The debate surrounding the CLARITY Act, a key piece of legislation aimed at defining the crypto market structure in the US, remains stalled as the banking and crypto sectors engage in a fierce contest for its passage.
Negotiations Between Banking An...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Ethereum has reclaimed the $2,000 level after several weeks of volatile price action, offering the market a brief period of relief following sustained selling pressure across the broader crypto sector. The recovery comes as derivatives activity begin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Bitcoin is drawing renewed attention after Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss transferred approximately $130 million worth of BTC to Gemini hot wallets over the past week. Movements of this scale from early holders often attract market scrutiny because tra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
A new Bank of International Settlement (BIS) paper argues that self-custodied crypto could become the next weak point in anti-money laundering enforcement if regulators tighten rules around other payment rails without closing the gap around user-cont...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Most traders are watching Dogecoin on the daily or weekly chart, reacting to intraday price action. However, the monthly candlestick chart tells a different story, one that has been developing since the 2021 cycle and is now approaching an inflection...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
A former Ripple senior engineer, Steven Zeiler, has reignited a long-forgotten discussion in the XRP community by explaining why the once-promising Codius project quietly faded from view years ago. Zeiler argued that the project lacked a token, and w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Ethereum may be back above the pivotal $2,000 price level, but the broader cryptocurrency landscape is still struggling to regain a bullish trajectory. Even with the market struggling with persistent volatility, Ethereum buying activity on the instit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Crypto pundit Xaif has shared an aspect in which Vitalik Buterin admitted that XRP is ahead of Ethereum in. This comes as Ripple looks to dominate the payments industry using XRP, RLUSD, and the XRP Ledger.
Vitalik Shares What Aspect XRP Leads Ether...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Zcash Open Development Lab, the company formed by the team formerly known as Electric Coin Company, has raised more than $25 million from a roster of heavyweight crypto investors including a16z, Paradigm, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Cypher...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Bitcoin crossed back above $70,000 on Monday as traders responded to signals that the US military campaign against Iran might be winding down — pushing the broader crypto market up 3% in 24 hours before a fresh round of war rhetoric from US President...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on March 9, Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, said there is “some bipartisan support” for legislation to codify the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, even...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Despite its disappointing performance over the last bull run, Ethereum has remained a top choice for investors across the crypto sector. Its position as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap makes it one of the first stops for new and old i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has continued its accumulation push with a fresh acquisition involving 17,994 tokens of the cryptocurrency.
Strategy Has Expanded Bitcoin Reserve With New $1.28 Billion Buy
In a new post on X, Strategy chairman Micha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
US banks may need regulatory clarity more than the crypto industry, a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chief said, arguing they risk falling behind the rest of the world.
Regulatory Uncertainty Could Leave US Banks Behind
On Sunday...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
The South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, is facing significant legal and operational challenges following a major system error in February. This resulted in more than $43 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) being distributed to users, promp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Flow Foundation is asking a Seoul court to halt the delisting of FLOW on South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges.
FLOW Fights Back
In an announcement made on March 8, Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs (a venture‑backed Web3 company best known for creat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Three deals last February ate up nearly half of all the money raised in crypto that month. Just three. That single fact tells you more about where crypto funding stands right now than the headline numbers do.
A Shrinking Pool Of Big Bets
According to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Kraken parent Payward has partnered with Nasdaq to build what the companies describe as an “equities transformation gateway,” a new infrastructure layer designed to connect regulated tokenized equity markets with permissionless blockchain networks. F...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Bitcoin continues to struggle to reclaim the $70,000 level as volatility persists across the cryptocurrency market. After several attempts to recover from recent declines, price action remains fragile, reflecting a market environment where investors...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Shiba Inu (SHIB) whale activity has intensified as major token holders shift their assets away from centralized exchanges (CEXs). Exchange reserves have plummeted to record lows, while the SHIB burn rate has accelerated dramatically, suggesting these...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
Ripple, a crypto payments company has found itself at the center of fresh speculation once again after a large XRP transfer surfaced on-chain, catching the attention of market watchers and community members. The scale of the transfer and the fact tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
The XRP price has shifted deeply into a bearish state following the weekend sideways performance, and its market dynamics are starting to experience a similar change. Amid persistent downside action, significant liquidity is evident around key levels...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 months ago
X Money, a payments platform developed by SpaceX CEO and Dogecoin (DOGE) enthusiast, Elon Musk, has officially launched its beta version with impressive financial perks. However, despite years of speculation and expectations that the tech billionaire...