DeFi

BTC showing safe-haven signs, holding up as stocks tumble on macro fears

Safe-haven asset? The action is volatile, but bitcoin BTC$71,520.29 for the moment is continuing to hold just above the $70,000 even as other risk...

MiCA rules may leave fewer but stronger crypto firms in Europe, SwissBorg says

The European Union’s recently-adopted Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations is beginning to reshape the region’s digital-asset industry, creating new opportunities and barriers for...

Puffer Teams Up With Anchorage to Bring Ethereum Restaking to Institutions

With the restaking sector in a slump, the protocol is betting that institutional distribution can reignite growth.Ethereum restaking protocol Puffer Finance has partnered with...

Tether Backs Ark Labs in $5.2M Round to Expand Stablecoins on Bitcoin

Tether’s investment arm has invested in Ark Labs, the developer of the programmable Bitcoin infrastructure Arkade, as part of a $5.2 million funding round...

Tether Backs Ark Labs to Bring Stablecoins Back to Bitcoin

The strategic investment is the latest in a string of Bitcoin infrastructure bets by the stablecoin giant.USDT issuer Tether has made a strategic investment...

CFTC Launches Sweeping Review of Prediction Markets

The agency issued an advance rulemaking notice and a staff advisory encouraging innovation.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday issued a pair of...

Why Every Blockchain Suddenly Wants Its Own Perp Dex

In crypto’s latest infrastructure race, blockchains are competing to host perpetual futures exchanges. Many are now launching or incubating decentralized derivatives markets themselves, even...

BlackRock debuts staked ether ETF as demand grows for yield in crypto funds

After the first wave of spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds launched without staking, BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), one of the industry’s...

AI Agents Can Now Transact Via MetaMask Without Accessing Private Keys, Says CoinFello

A new OpenClaw skill from CoinFello addresses a key security issue with AI agents using crypto. The team behind AI agent CoinFello today announced...

Bonk.fun Domain Hijacked to Push Crypto Wallet Drainer

Bonk.fun warned users not to use its site after attackers hijacked the domain and pushed a fake wallet-draining prompt.Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent...

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Bitcoin ETFs post third straight weekly inflows despite $465 million in late-week losses

The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin BTC$65,269.91 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have...

Prices retake $65,000 as oil slides, ETH outperforms

Risk-on peace trades are back in vogue after the...

Bitcoin (BTC) is the canary in the coal mine for the quantum computing threat

Quantum computing is a risk factor for every encrypted...

Ether leads crypto higher as bitcoin trades around $65,500

Bitcoin is likely to stay range-bound, said Jeff Ko,...

South Korea trade giant POSCO puts receivables onchain in tokenization test with LG

POSCO International, South Korea's largest trading company, has begun...