Month: April 2025

With IRS audits on the rise for 2025, cryptocurrency holders face more scrutiny than ever. It’s not just about paying taxes. The evolving rules mean even small oversights can lead to large penalties or expensive audits. You’re reading Crypto Long & Short, our weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and...

Fidelity Investments rolled out a retirement plan that invests directly in crypto on Thursday, giving investors another method for tapping this asset class. The brokerage firm offers bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) to any U.S. citizen over the age of 18. The assets are custodied by Fidelity...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is increasingly popular among corporate buyers, with on-chain data suggesting ongoing accumulation by other large entities. What Happened: In a detailed X thread on Wedneday, research firm CryptoQuant pointed out that despite public companies accumulating 91,781 BTC in Q1, Bitcoin dropped 12%, from $94,400 to $82,500....

[PRESS RELEASE – Mombasa, Kenya, April 2nd, 2025] DePIN Summit Africa, the premier global event for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), is set to return in 2025, taking place on July 2nd in Mombasa, Kenya, and July 4th-5th in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The summit, organized by EV3, Share, and ThreeFold,...

[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, April 2nd, 2025] Decentraland’s flagship virtual event returns April 9–12, showcasing digital fashion as a new canvas for storytelling, activism, and global identity. Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW) returns to Decentraland from April 9–12, amid a shifting fashion landscape characterized by declining traditional luxury sales...

[PRESS RELEASE – Stuttgart, Germany, April 2nd, 2025] Rivalz AI, developer of verifiable enterprise agentic systems, today announced a strategic partnership with 51nodes, a German consultancy focused on system integration and digital transformation. The partnership will apply Rivalz’s agent systems in real-world industrial settings, starting with German companies in...

Digital assets have grown into a multi-trillion-dollar market, yet they remain largely disconnected from traditional finance. Institutional investors increasingly want to own and monetize digital assets, but most banks, broker-dealers and asset managers operate on infrastructure designed for stocks and bonds — not blockchain-based assets. While spot crypto ETFs...

Ripple, an enterprise-focused blockchain service closely tied to the XRP Ledger (XRP), said on Wednesday it has integrated its stablecoin to the company’s cross-border payments system to boost adoption for Ripple USD (RLUSD). Select Ripple Payments customers including cross-border payment providers BKK Forex and iSend are already using the...

Following the $1.5 billion Bybit hack—the largest crypto theft to date—the entire crypto industry was forced to take a hard look in the mirror, confronting the critical vulnerabilities it still faces. However, the incident also showed how coordinated the public and private sectors can be—more than $40 million in...

The beginning of this week has turned out to be bullish for Bitcoin after several weeks of robust volatility, which constrained its price below the $90,000 level. Although BTC’s price has briefly gained upside movements, there is potential for a pullback as its Open Interest shows significant weakness. A...