Hong Kong Said Likely to Approve Spot Bitcoin ETFs Next Week: Reuters

Hong Kong regulators are likely to approve the first set of applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds next week, making it possible that the products could be ready for an April launch, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Bullish Quarter Eases Consumer Skepticism: Deutsche Bank

While 40% of respondents to the German bank’s survey said bitcoin will thrive in the coming years, 38% said they expect the cryptocurrency to disappear. дальше »

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EigenLayer welcomes Google Cloud as a mainnet node operator

Google Cloud has launched its EigenLayer mainnet node operator, a significant development for the restaking protocol and its ecosystem. In an X post on April 10, Sam Padilla, web3 product manager and node operator at Google Cloud, said, “Excited to… дальше »

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Telegram refutes CertiK’s auto-download security risk claim

Blockchain security startup CertiK said Telegram’s desktop application poses risks to use due to a media auto-download feature, but the social network challenged such claims. дальше »

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Lummis: Crypto Will Erupt as Big Issue in Senate Races Including Banking Chair Brown's

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said that the high-stakes Ohio election that could decide both the Senate majority and the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee is likely to dig into cryptocurrency issues, and she encouraged industry insiders to make sure it does. дальше »

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Binance CEO says company moving into ‘greater maturity’

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance CEO Richard Teng said the company has overcome cultural issues after several setbacks. дальше »

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Solana-Based Zeta Markets Debuts Governance Token Z

The launch of governance token is part of a broader strategy that involves plans to release Solana's first layer 2 scaling solution, Zeta Markets said in the press release. дальше »

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Japan’s Metaplanet stock soars 89% after disclosing investment in Bitcoin

Shares of Japanese listed firm Metaplanet saw over 89% gains after the firm disclosed it accumulated JPY 1 billion ($6.5 million) worth of Bitcoin (BTC). The Web 3.0 and metaverse-focused entity said the investment was a strategic pivot in embracing digital assets and aligning with the future of finance. The company added: Our transition to […] дальше »

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Financial Stability Study Calls for Consistent Regulatory Response to Stablecoins

Countries have varying definitions and categorizations for stablecoins that may pose a risk to financial stability, the report by the Financial Stability Institute said. дальше »

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US Treasury official targets Tether USDT stablecoin in Russian sanction evasion

US Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale Adeyemo said Russia was increasingly using alternative payment mechanisms like Tether’s USDT stablecoin to bypass economic sanctions, according to his written testimony on April 9 to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. дальше »

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Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein

Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said. дальше »

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Swiss central bank believes retail CBDCs could destabilize financial system

Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Thomas Jordan said the central bank “sees no need” to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for public use despite the benefits of a wholesale version. дальше »

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Stablecoin Growth Is More Important Cue for Crypto Bull Market Than Bitcoin ETF Inflows: Analyst

Rapidly expanding stablecoin supply shows that "fiat money is being moved into crypto at an accelerated pace," 10x Research's Markus Thielen said. дальше »

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MicroStrategy stock rallies on a super bullish analyst note

MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) is up more than 10% on Monday after a Benchmark analyst issued a super bullish note in its favour. Why is Benchmark bullish on MicroStrategy stock? Mark Palmer reiterated his “buy” rating on the business intelligence company that owns close to a quarter-million Bitcoin and said its shares could climb to […] дальше »

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Bitcoin Halving Is Not a Volatility Event, Analyst Says as Implied Volatility Rises

Options implied volatility is overpricing the event, Amberdata's Greg Magadini said. дальше »

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Ripple CTO Joins XRP Burn Conversation, What Was Said

Ripple CTO outlines proper way to burn LP tokens дальше »

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Ancient Ethereum Whale With 12,566 ETH Makes Surprising Return: Details

Said whale received 12,566 ETH at Ethereum Genesis in July 2015, at ICO price of $0.31 дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Acceptance as 'Digital Gold' May Spur Demand From New Investors: Coinbase

Gold has outperformed after the Federal Reserve expressed a cautious stance on the pace of future interest-rate cuts, the report said. дальше »

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Coinbase International set to list ORDI and WLD perpetual futures

Coinbase’s institutional client-facing subsidiary has revealed plans to list perpetual future contracts for the BRC-20 token Ordinals and Worldcoin on April 11. In an April 5 X post, Coinbase International Exchange said that it would list perpetual futures products for… дальше »

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Adam Back's 'Buy Bitcoin' Message Deepens Ahead of Halving

Adam Back said he would advise his younger self to bet on Bitcoin дальше »

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XRP Eyes Mega Surge To High Prices As Ripple Readies To Storm $155 Billion Stablecoin Market

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Coinbase Says Canadian License Makes It Country's Biggest Registered Crypto Exchange

Coinbase's expansion into Canada has cleared the hurdle of a "restricted dealer" registration, the company said on Thursday, making it the biggest registered crypto exchange in that jurisdiction. дальше »

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Ether Could Avoid Designation as a Security With Centralization Risk Easing, JPMorgan Says

Staking platform Lido’s share in staked ether has continued to fall, reducing concerns about concentration in the Ethereum network, the report said. дальше »

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Binance to end Bitcoin NFT support in marketplace within a week

Crypto exchange Binance said its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace will discontinue support for Bitcoin NFTs by April 18, per an April 4 statement. According to the exchange: “Starting from 2024-04-18 06:00 (UTC), users will no longer be able to buy, deposit, bid on, or list NFTs on the Binance NFT Marketplace via the Bitcoin network. дальше »

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Bitcoin halving: IREN mines 353 BTC in March as monthly revenue jumps

IREN (NASDAQ: IREN), a data center business specializing in Bitcoin mining, and AI, said in its monthly investor update that it successfully mined 353 Bitcoins in March. Bitcoin mining in March The 353 Bitcoins mined by IREN (Iris Energy Limited) just ahead of the halving season were made possible by maintaining an average operating hashrate […] дальше »

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Google Takes Legal Action Against Alleged Crypto Scammers for Uploading Fraudulent Apps

The defendants are said to have committed hundreds of acts of wire fraud, "causing harm to Google and at least approximately 100,000 Google users." дальше »

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Bitcoin Cash Spikes 10% After Halving, Bitcoin Hovers Above $66K

Analysts said BTC traders are probably waiting for macroeconomic signals before making a move, referring to the current market lull. дальше »

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Pal: HODL, Crypto Is Being Adopted Twice As Fast As The Internet

Despite a recent price dip in crypto, including Bitcoin, Raoul Pal, the founder of Real Vision, remains bullish, citing accelerating adoption and strong underlying fundamentals. In a recent post on X, Pal said though prices are dropping after strong gains, cryptocurrencies and its underlying technology are being adopted twice as fast as the internet. At this pace, […] дальше »

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Billionaire Steve Cohen on Bitcoin: "Maybe It's the New Gold"

Cohen has also said that Bitcoin is just a piece of the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem дальше »

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Central Bank Group Starts Tokenization Project to Enhance Monetary System

The project will investigate the integration of tokenized commercial bank deposits with central bank money using smart contracts and programmability, the Bank for International Settlements said. дальше »

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Binance Says Compliance Exec Detained in Nigeria Has No Decision-Making Power at Firm

Tigran Gambaryan should not be held responsible in ongoing talks with Nigerian government officials, Binance said in a statement, as he and the exchange face tax evasion charges. дальше »

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Binance Says Compliance Chief Detained in Nigeria Has No Decision-Making Power at Firm

Tigran Gambaryan should not be held responsible in ongoing talks with Nigerian government officials, Binance said in a statement, as he and the exchange face tax evasion charges. дальше »

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Galaxy Digital-Owned Crypto Custody Specialist GK8 Unveils Tokenization Wizard

The first client to use the tool will be a partnership between asset manager DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy to manage a fully collateralized euro-denominated stablecoin, GK8 said. дальше »

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Robinhood Initiated as Market Perform at KBW as Retail Trading Returns

Retail engagement materially accelerated in the first quarter, the report said. дальше »

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What a Judge Said About the SEC's Suit Against Coinbase

Coinbase and Custodia both lost early and preliminary court fights. The Coinbase loss was more or less expected – companies rarely win much on a motion for judgment at such an early stage – but still pretty enlightening. дальше »

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Hut8 Mining CEO says Bitcoin’s coming halving will be on a ‘different scale’

Hut 8 Mining CEO Asher Genoot said the coming Bitcoin halving will be on a “different scale” in terms of impact on the mining industry. Genoot said during an interview with Bloomberg on April 2 that large scale miners must become “low-cost operators” to ensure they can survive the turbulent market conditions post-halving. дальше »

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Tether Grants BTCPay Server $100,000 To Continue Working On Enabling Anyone To Accept Bitcoin

Tether said this donation further underscores the company’s support for the FOSS movement. дальше »

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Ethereum Could Face 'Hidden Risks' From Ballooning Restaking Market: Coinbase

Restaking has grown into the second-largest DeFi sector on the Ethereum blockchain and is likely to become a core part of the network’s infrastructure, the report said. дальше »

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Crypto Market Conditions That Fueled FTX, Bankman-Fried, No Longer Hold: Galaxy Digital

U.S. investors now have access to regulated bitcoin ETFs that provide the same protections as buying stocks and reduce the incentive to move to unregulated offshore exchanges, the report said. дальше »

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Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘I never intended to hurt anyone’

Sam Bankman Fried (SBF), the most infamous name in the industry right now, has made his last statements before heading to Federal prison. “I never thought that what I was doing was illegal,” SBF said in an interview with ABC… дальше »

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Crypto Market Setup Looks Positive for Second Quarter: Coinbase

The bitcoin halving, expected in mid-April, remains the main supply-side event, the report said. дальше »

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Sam Bankman-Fried Expresses Remorse for His Actions After Getting a 25-Year Prison Sentence

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has said "of course" he is remorseful for his actions after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud last week. дальше »

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Coinbase CFO believe Ethereum is unlikely to be classified as a security

Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas believes that “Ethereum (ETH) is not a security,” and regulators are unlikely to label it as such. Haas shared her view on the matter during an interview with Fortune and pointed to the fact that both the SEC and the CFTC have said the same thing in the past. дальше »

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CFTC’s Caroline Pham says KuCoin charges may infringe on SEC authority

CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham said on March 29 that her agency’s charges against KuCoin may infringe on the duties of the SEC. Pham acknowledged the CFTC case as an “aggressive enforcement action” and commended the Division of Enforcement for the move. дальше »

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Bitcoin Ready To Rip? Indicator Prints Bullish Signal After 9 Years

One analyst on X thinks Bitcoin bulls may be in for a treat in the coming months after one key indicator printed a buy signal for the first time in nearly a decade. While pointing to a bullish crossover on the 2-month chart’s Golden Moment Indicator, the analyst said the signal is again flashing green in almost nine years. дальше »

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Solana Foundation Says It Can Filter Through the Offensive Meme Coin Problem

Panelists at a BUIDL Asia summit said racist meme coins can be handled with a light touch. дальше »

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Bitwise CIO predicts $1T BTC inflow via ETFs from institutional investors

Bitwise chief investment officer Matthew Hougan said institutional investors would likely pour as much as $1 trillion into Bitcoin through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as they steadily move into crypto. дальше »

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Brazil’s stock exchange B3 got approved to offer Bitcoin futures starting April

Brazil’s popular stock exchange, B3, has announced the receipt of approval to provide Bitcoin futures starting April 17. B3 said that the Bitcoin futures will be tied to the Nasdaq Bitcoin Reference price. дальше »

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Court rules in favor of Apple in class action over crypto payment policies

A California judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against Apple that accused the tech giant of imposing restrictions on third-party crypto payments on March 26. District Judge Vince Chhabria said the complaint contained “several fatal problems,” including inadequately alleged agreements between Apple and other payment services. дальше »

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Bitwise CIO expects institutions to inject over $1 trillion into Bitcoin via ETFs

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said institutions will inject more than $1 trillion into Bitcoin via ETFs over the coming year as due diligence is completed and further exposure is approved. Hougan shared his perspective in the latest weekly investor note from the company, where he reflected on the challenges and opportunities facing investors in the […] The post Bitwise CIO expects institutions to inject over $1 trillion into Bitcoin via ETFs appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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