The US Securities and Exchange Commission has flagged in a lawsuit that third-party Bitcoin mining hosting services can be a securities offering, a position strongly opposed by one industry executive.The SEC sued the Bitcoin (BTC) mining company VBit and its…

United States President Donald Trump offered positive remarks about pro-crypto Fed chair nominee Chris Waller at a recent press conference, as speculation continues over his final choice.“I think he’s great. I mean, he’s been a man who’s been there a…

Coinbase, the largest US-based crypto exchange, has appointed George Osborne, a former United Kingdom chancellor of the exchequer, to run the company’s internal advisory council.The decision to appoint Osborne, who began working as a Coinbase advisor in 2024 during its…

XRP exchange-traded funds have surpassed $1 billion in assets due to the long-standing recognition of the token among mainstream market participants, combined with its strong price performance over the past few years, according to a crypto executive.It comes as spot…

Perpetuals trading platform Synthetix is returning to Ethereum’s mainnet, with its founder arguing the network is now more than capable of supporting high-frequency financial applications after years of network congestion drove derivatives activity elsewhere.“By the time perp DEXs became a…

The long-awaited Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, is moving closer to passage, with a Senate markup expected in January, says White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks.Sacks posted to X on Thursday that Senate Banking…

Not long before he died, Grandad said something that I thought was a little silly, a little old-fashioned.He declared that he didn’t trust the banks, and he didn’t want them to know what he did with his money. I scoffed…

Bitcoin (BTC) moved closer to reclaiming $90,000 after US inflation cooled more than expected, with the November CPI coming in at 2.7% year-over-year versus forecasts of 3.1%. The softer print narrows the gap to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, easing…

Recent claims of a major Bitcoin mining crackdown in China’s Xinjiang region rippled through the digital asset industry this week, but data by TheMinerMag suggests the actual impact was far smaller than early narratives implied.According to the latest Miner Weekly…

Bitcoin’s price may look deceptively familiar, but according to onchain analyst James Check, the market beneath the surface has changed far more than most investors realize.In a new interview with Cointelegraph, Check revisits a question he was asked earlier this…

Key takeaways:US-listed Ether ETFs saw heavy outflows, signaling fading institutional interest as network fees, staking and leverage demand declined.ETH futures premiums and open interest declined, indicating cautious positioning and limited confidence, without a clear shift to outright bearishness.Ether (ETH) plunged…

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, has raised concerns about how a potential AI bubble could affect Bitcoin by 2026.Ardoino shared his outlook on Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto industry on Thursday during…

Bitcoin (BTC) ramped up volatility into Thursday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to surprise US inflation data.Key points:Bitcoin traders weather more snap BTC price volatility as CPI surprises to the downside.US inflation unexpectedly drops to multiyear lows, fueling bets…

The rise of digital asset treasury (DAT) companies will go down as a meta-narrative of 2025, but the longevity of the movement will be decided by capital management and sound business strategies.According to Solmate CEO Marco Santori, all DATs have…

A crypto attacker apparently took over a whale’s multisig wallet minutes after it was created 44 days ago, and has been draining and laundering funds in stages since.In a Thursday post on X, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that a…