Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan.Three Missouri men were charged over an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Cloudflare introduced programmable Wallets for AI agents and said payment features using stablecoins will launch in a future update.Cloudflare introduced Cloudflare Wallets on Tuesday, a programmable wallet for artificial intelligence (AI) agents des...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Hayes likened the debt-fueled AI infrastructure boom to the 2008 credit bubble, but evidence suggests financial strain is uneven across Big Tech.BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said the debt-fueled artificial intelligence infrastructure boom could end...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Matt Hougan argues that regulatory guidance from the SEC and CFTC would keep the industry moving even if Congress fails to pass landmark market structure legislation this year. A failure to pass the CLARITY Act this week will put the bill in a “walki...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bybit’s Austrian payments subsidiary gained regulatory approval to develop card, merchant, open-banking and person-to-person payment services.Bybit’s European payments subsidiary has secured an electronic money institution license in Austria, providi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
EIP-8363 is a newly published draft proposal that would cut net consensus-layer rewards as the Ethereum staking ratio heads toward 50%.A group of six Ethereum researchers and developers, including Ethereum Foundation’s Justin Drake, has proposed chan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
In a July 8 meeting, US and UK regulators highlighted the implementation of the GENIUS Act, payment modernization and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing a shared framework for digital asset oversight.The United States and the United Kingdom reaffi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The custody giant is expanding beyond safekeeping by adding staking services, allowing eligible institutional clients to earn yield on proof-of-stake assets. BNY and Galaxy have partnered to integrate institutional crypto staking into BNY’s digital a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin built on $64,000 as hopes of the Strait of Hormuz reopening to oil traffic sent the S&P 500 index to a record $70 trillion market cap.Bitcoin saw new August highs into Tuesday’s Wall Street open as markets bet on US-Iran tensions again ea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A 16-year agreement secures 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity in Norway, highlighting how crypto mining companies continue to pursue new revenue streams beyond Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer has signed a 16-year lease agreement valued a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Galaxy said that at least 15 different attackers have exploited the Coldcard vulnerability, which may have been avoided with just $2 worth of AI hardening, according to Dragonfly’s managing partner.At least 15 different attackers have exploited the C...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Transform Ventures founder Michael Terpin says Bitcoin could have another 30% downside from its current price before he is confident the market has reached a bottom.Bitcoin may have already erased half of its market cap, but veteran crypto investor M...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Monday’s announcement that Texas Governor Greg Abbott set a moratorium on approval of ERCOT-linked data centers pending an audit won’t impact miners’ approved electricity contracts.Bitcoin miners with operations in Texas are not expected to be impact...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
XAUt added to its bullion backing during gold’s worst quarter since 2013, as tokenized commodity holder counts continued to rise.The physical gold reserves backing Tether Gold (XAUt) increased 9.5% in the second quarter, which Tether said reflected g...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Italy’s largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo increased its staked Ether ETF position to $7.1 million while reducing its holdings in two spot Bitcoin ETFs.Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, tripled its position in an iShares staked Ether exchange...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The CNBC personality said he’ll sell his Bitcoin holdings due to fears about quantum computing, as some cryptocurrency investors celebrated, referencing the popular “inverse Cramer” meme.[Update, August 4, 1:43 pm UTC: Adds comments from Bitfinex ana...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A former FBI supervisory agent pleaded guilty to stealing about $1 million worth of digital assets from an adversarial country and forfeited about $925,000 in funds to government-controlled wallets.Former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The preferred shares have recovered nearly 24% from their June closing low as Strategy builds its cash reserve and repurchases STRC.Strategy’s variable-rate preferred stock, STRC, closed above $90 for the first time in seven weeks, extending its reco...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The first US-Japan joint yen intervention in 28 years came amid record bond yields and worries about the yen carry trade.Joint currency interventions in the yen by Japan and the US could ultimately benefit Bitcoin and risk assets.& Washington’s g...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Apple restored Telegram after the messaging platform removed content that violated its child safety policies and banned the user who posted it.Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after its review found content that violated its policies...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The ruling leaves New York’s case against Kalshi in place while allowing the CFTC to renew its request before Judge Victor Marrero.Judge Jed S. Rakoff denied without prejudice an emergency Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) request for a tem...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The framework specifies how existing tax obligations apply to crypto disposals and rewards, with some withheld amounts payable in the originating token.Nigeria’s revenue agency has issued rules requiring crypto platforms and peer-to-peer (P2P) market...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Crypto executives say restricting powerful AI models may initially be justified, but it doesn’t make sense as open-source alternatives become more capable. Many of crypto’s biggest players are still waiting to gain access to powerful new AI models to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Galaxy Research said 90% of the stolen Bitcoin remains unmoved as investigators examine a suspected fourth wave that could lift losses to $130 million.Confirmed losses from the Coldcard wallet incident have exceeded $100 million, with 1,596 Bitcoin (...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitmine said it now holds about 4.8% of Ether’s circulating supply as it pursues its 5% acquisition target.Ether treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought another 10,399 Ether last week and repurchased 4.5 million of its shares as it con...
