Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer announced that it has completed its acquisition of FTX Japan, making it a fully owned subsidiary. The deal, finalized on July 26, will have bitFlyer taking 100% ownership of FTX Japan’s outstanding shares. Crypto Custody Services In a Friday press release, bitFlyer detailed its plans to rebrand the newly acquired entity...Read More
While Indian crypto users were granted no relief from the draconian tax rules in the country’s budget for 2024-2025, a “discussion paper” outlining its policy stance on the industry could be released before September this year. The main objective behind the discussion paper is to gather inputs from relevant stakeholders on the ideas outlined in...Read More
Hashdex, a crypto asset management firm, has filed its registration statement, S-1, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF. Notably, the move is a step in its plans to be the first index-based crypto ETF in the U.S. that will track some digital assets in the Nasdaq...Read More
Amidst significant backlash for opting not to speak at the Bitcoin Conference, Vice President Kamala Harris has found an ally in SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci. Voicing his support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Scaramucci criticized the ongoing narrative suggesting Harris’s administration’s hostility towards crypto. He contrasted this with former President and Republican nominee Donald...Read More
The Solana blockchain saw the launch of 30 meme tokens by celebrities last month, including those from notable figures like Andrew Tate and Soulja Boy, according to Jupiter Slorg’s recent statistics. On average, they have fallen by 94% from their peak values, with the top-performing tokens still suffering losses of over 70%, while half saw...Read More
Marathon Digital, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining company, has announced its latest purchase of $100 million worth of BTC, increasing its stash to more than 20,000 BTC. According to a press release, Marathon is changing its approach to its Bitcoin treasury policy and adopting a full HDOL strategy. This means that the miner will hold...Read More
Coinbase’s UK unit – CB Payments Limited (CBPL) – was fined $4.5 million by the UK financial regulatory agency, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), for repeatedly violating a requirement that barred the firm from providing services to high-risk customers. While CBPL itself does not handle crypto transactions for customers, it serves as a “gateway” for...Read More
A Bitcoin mining device with a hashrate of only 500 gigahashes per second (Gh/s) managed to mine a block on July 24, earning a reward of $206,000 in Bitcoin. This event stands out given that the device has only a 1 in 1.1 billion chance of achieving this approximately every ten minutes. $206,000 Block Reward...Read More
Investment management firm VanEck has outlined a scenario in which bitcoin (BTC) could reach $2.9 million per coin by 2050. This forecast is based on their “base case scenario,” which envisions bitcoin becoming a key international medium of exchange and ultimately growing to be one of the world’s reserve currencies. The Road to $2.9 Million...Read More
Harris, who was nominated as candidate for the presidential election when Joe Biden bowed out of the race on July 21, may even speak at the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville which starts on July 25. On July 24, the CEO of the event, David Bailey, said that they were in talks with the...Read More
Developers at BitcoinOS (BOS) made blockchain history on Tuesday by successfully verifying the first-ever zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) on Bitcoin mainchain. This milestone opens the door to truly minimized Bitcoin layer 2 rollup systems, offering limitless scalability and functionality for Bitcoin without needing changes to its underlying consensus code. Bitcoin Now Has ZK Proofs According to...Read More
Fold, a popular Bitcoin financial services platform, has confirmed arrangements to become a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The firm’s entry will add another tally to the growing list of public stocks that keep a large swath of Bitcoin directly on their balance sheet. Bitcoin Banking Gone Public Per a press release...Read More
On July 23, Cynthia Lummis released a report arguing against the Biden administration’s proposed 30% excise tax on the energy consumed by Bitcoin miners. Lummis argues that this tax could severely impact the growing Bitcoin mining industry in the U.S., based on what she describes as “unfounded concerns” about environmental pollution and risks to the...Read More
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election race caused a significant stir in the crypto market. Bitcoin initially fell by 3% in response to the news but later recovered and even tapped a multi-week peak. According to Bitfinex analysts, this was a knee-jerk reaction to temporary uncertainty in the market. By Monday morning, Bitcoin...Read More
Beginning in early July, the defunct crypto exchange – Mt. Gox – initiated repayments to creditors affected by the 2014 hack. While Kraken has completed the distribution of all the Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash owed to Mt. Gox creditors, the former’s price remained stable. This could be due to the fact that creditors on Kraken...Read More
Ether’s has failed to gain any upward traction despite the hype around it. Instead, the altcoin ended up shedding nearly 2% over the past 24 hours as it hovered near $3,460 despite a strong debut for spot Ethereum ETFs. This tepid price movement contrasts with the strong trading activity recorded by these new investment vehicles...Read More
Bitcoin movements from the rehabilitation trustee of the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox are still ongoing. The wallet linked to the defunct entity just moved $2.47 billion worth of bitcoins (BTC) to an unknown address. According to data from the blockchain intelligence platform Arkham, the wallet transferred 32,371 BTC to the unlabelled address at around...Read More
Spot Ethereum ETFs began trading in the United States for the first time on July 23, and the initial picture isn’t pretty for the world’s largest crypto asset manager. As expected, Grayscale’s newly converted Ethereum Trust (ETHE) hemorrhaged $484 million on day one of trading. If the situation mirrors that when Grayscale converted its Bitcoin...Read More
Coinbase-incubated Layer 2 network – Base – is seeing a significant surge in daily activity thereby suggesting growing interest and adoption amidst an improved sentiment in the broader market. The Base mainnet also saw a recovery in its TVL after nearly two weeks of slump. Base Layer 2 Growth Over the past week, Base has...Read More
The US government transferred 58.742 BTC – worth nearly $4 million, to crypto exchange Coinbase on Monday. According to the latest data compiled by blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, the transfer came from an address labeled “US Government: Ryan Farace Seized Funds,” identified on the blockchain as 3B2jEBZi8fJWGEDrh6Pe7hDMaJ6iGfFtaU. These funds were confiscated three years ago...Read More
India has decided to uphold its existing crypto tax regulations for the 2024/25 fiscal year despite ongoing appeals from industry leaders for a reduction in the current rates. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed this decision during her budget presentation on Tuesday for the 2024/25 fiscal year. India’s Latest Budget Keeps 1% Crypto TDS India’s latest...Read More
Bitcoin miners are in the green again following BTC’s massive recovery over the past week. On-chain data suggests miners’ BTC sales to upgrade machinery and sustain operations are ending. The Miner Sustainability metric, an indicator that evaluates the profitability of mining activities after accounting for the cost of hardware and operations, shows that this cohort...Read More
The Coinbase premium turned positive in early July after a period of concern following a dip in mid-May According to research from Kaiko, this could hint at a resurgence of institutional interest in Bitcoin. Renewed Institutional Interest The Coinbase premium, which measures the difference between hourly bitcoin prices on Coinbase’s BTC-USD pair and Binance’s BTC-USDT...Read More
Following weeks of adjustments to registration statements, several spot Ethereum ETFs have been approved and will start trading on Tuesday. Ether’s price has not experienced any significant changes so far. Kaiko suggests that in the coming days, the crypto asset will likely be “sensitive” to inflows from spot ETFs, especially given the tepid demand for...Read More
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are back in favor among institutional investors this week, with Monday, July 22, registering the largest daily inflow since June 4. A whopping $533.6 million entered four of the eleven listed spot BTC ETFs in the United States, according to preliminary data from Farside Investors. There have now been 12 consecutive days...Read More
Ethereum prices dropped more than 3% from an intraday high of $3,540 on July 22 to a low of $3,425 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. They have recovered slightly since but analyst ‘Kaleo’ predicted that there is a “high likelihood we see some type of pullback after the spot ETF launches.” He predicted...Read More
On July 23, Hong Kong will launch Asia’s first Bitcoin futures inverse product, the CSOP Bitcoin Futures Daily (-1x) Inverse Product (7376.HK). This new exchange-traded fund (ETF) by China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd (CSOP) is designed to provide investors with an opportunity to profit from declines in Bitcoin’s price. Asia’s First Bitcoin Futures Inverse...Read More
Investment in digital asset products continued to rise, with inflows reaching $1.35 billion last week, totaling $3.2 billion over the past three weeks. Trading volumes for Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) also saw a significant increase, up 45% week-over-week to $12.9 billion. However, this accounted for a lower-than-usual 22% of the overall crypto market volumes. Bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin’s latest uptrend and surge to the $67,000 level have put many investors in the money, with the majority of addresses holding the primary cryptocurrency flashing green. A tweet from IntoTheBlock has revealed that 93% of addresses holding BTC are in profit again. Historical data from the on-chain intelligence platform shows that Bitcoin holders have...Read More
WazirX has increased its White Hat recovery reward by 10%, which is now worth $23 million. This move follows a severe cyber attack that resulted in the theft of over $230 million from a multi-signature wallet. WazirX Increases Bounty Reward As a way to recover funds, the exchange announced a Bounty Program, calling on global...Read More
