Month: April 2025

Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability fell 7.4% in March, investment bank Jefferies said in a research report Friday. The drop was due to a 11.2% decline in the average bitcoin price and a 9.1% drop in transaction fees, the report said. U.S.-listed miners mined 3,534 bitcoin in March versus 3,002...

Imagine you could borrow a million dollars instantly and with no collateral. The whole thing would happen anonymously, and you wouldn’t need to assume liability for the loan.  Sounds crazy? That, in a nutshell, is how flash loans work. In the financial demimonde of DeFi they’re perfectly normal and...

[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, April 14th, 2025] Elliptic data shows that 33% of complex cross-chain investigations involved more than three blockchains, 27% involved more than five, and 20% involved more than ten, underscoring the critical need for cross-chain visibility to detect and trace illicit on-chain activity. Elliptic, the...

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has acquired an additional 3,459 BTC for approximately $285.8 million at an average price of $82,618 per Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), bringing its total holdings to 531,644 BTC—equivalent to more than 2.5% of Bitcoin’s total supply. What Happened: According to an SEC filing on Monday, the...

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has emphasized the critical role of USDT (CRYPT: USDT) in providing dollar access to emerging markets, highlighting Tether’s growing impact in purchasing U.S. government debt. What Happened: “We created the first stablecoin in 2014, and it’s an honor to think that after 11 years, the...

Solana’s price declined sharply to begin April, declining 60% from its all-time high of $294.33 in mid-January. The sudden drop has raised concerns about the scalability and resilience of Solana, a leading meme coin ecosystem, and its native token $SOL, one of the top altcoins – but created an...

Radix, a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain, is shifting 1 billion XRD from its treasury into a two-year community incentives program aimed at deepening ecosystem engagement and improving long-term tokenomics—positioning itself as a deliberate “antidote to airdrops.” Announced on April 14,…...

Ai16z is gearing up to launch an open-source launchpad Auto.fun as the AI16Z token trades 95% below its all-time high. In its Q1 roadmap for this year, Ai16z (AI16Z) announced plans to launch an AI-focused platform inspired by Solana’s (SOL)…...

Visa’s entry into the stablecoin consortium could accelerate mainstream adoption of digital currencies, bridging traditional finance and crypto. The post Visa joins Robinhood, Kraken, and Galaxy Digital as member of Global Dollar Network appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

As Canada approaches a pivotal election on April 28, 2025, Lucas Matheson, CEO of Coinbase Canada, is positioning the cryptocurrency giant for influence in a market he believes is primed for blockchain innovation. I spoke with him about the cryptocurrency exchange’s expanding presence in Canada, the unique characteristics of...