Month: April 2025

Binance Co-Founder Changpeng Zhao and Binance Charity, following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, have leveraged cryptocurrency to facilitate rapid relief deployment in Myanmar and Thailand. The earthquake originated in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, and has caused widespread destruction and infrastructure damage. The same was the case in Thailand, as...

Vitalik Buterin just quietly reshapes the world of private finance, or PrivFi. The Ethereum crypto community is now talking about Privacy Pools, a new tool inspired by research co-authored by Vitalik Buterin himself. Launched by 0xbow, this cypherpunk-inspired innovation has the goal to boost on-chain privacy while keeping transactions...

The total market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin (BTC) miners tracked by JPMorgan (JPM) dropped 25% in March, the third-worst monthly performance on record, the Wall Street bank said Tuesday. Only one stock, Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG), outperformed bitcoin (BTC) last month, the report noted. Miners with high...

Pi Network price continued its strong downward trend as buyers remained on the sidelines and concerns about the upcoming token unlock grew. Pi Network (PI) dropped to a low of $0.7012, its lowest level since Feb. 25, and is now…...

Blockchain development firm Peersyst Technology has confirmed the live testnet launch of an Ethereum-compatible sidechain for the XRP Ledger. The project, known as the XRPL EVM sidechain, is being propelled by a collaboration that includes RippleX—the research and development arm of Ripple—as well as the Web3 interoperability platform Axelar...

Grayscale Investments has filed an S-3 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to convert its Digital Large Cap Fund into an exchange-traded fund. The April 1 filing seeks to transition the private investment vehicle into a publicly traded…...

The world of blockchain and crypto is undergoing a significant acceleration. The regulatory environment globally is converging, and it is converging on an operating model that permits a wider range of products and services. Companies that were sitting on the sidelines are jumping in and those already in are...

Zodia Custody’s Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Hugh, has departed the London-based firm earlier this year, the company said. Samuel Howe, the company’s former COO, also recently left the crypto custodian, as reported by CoinDesk. “Jonathan has been a valued member of the Zodia Custody team for the last two...

Stablecoin issuer Tether increased its bitcoin holdings to 92,646 BTC, adding 8,888 BTC for $735 million in the first quarter of 2025. The company is staying true to its plan to put 15% of its profits each quarter into additional bitcoin purchases. Its current bitcoin stack is worth $7.7...

The crypto market crawled back slightly on April 1 as investors bought the dip after a brutal quarter in which Bitcoin and Ethereum dropped by 12% and 45%, respectively. Bitcoin (BTC) price rose slightly to $84,000, while Pepe (PEPE), EOS…...