Month: April 2025

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...

South Korea’s 7-Eleven stores are now accepting the Bank of Korea’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) as part of a limited-time test that runs through June. The company is participating in the “Hangang Project” pilot of the CBDC. Customers with accounts at one of seven partner banks — including...

Crypto Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin ‘Digital Risk’ Amid Tariff Fears: ‘If It Were Truly Digital Gold…’ Circle’s Revenue Grows, But IPO Filing Shows Falling Profitability Why Are Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Down Over 15% In The Past Week? Bitcoin Braces For Trump Tariff Announcement: ‘Short-Term Optimism’ Has The Upper Hand,...

Over the past 24 hours, Chainlink’s (CRYPTO: LINK) price has fallen 3.07% to $13.63. This continues its negative trend over the past week where it has experienced a 12.0% loss, moving from $15.37 to its current price. The chart below compares the price movement and volatility for Chainlink over...

Crypto trading firm Backpack, which bought the European arm of bankrupt exchange FTX, has begun the process for customers to claim their funds. Backpack, which purchased FTX EU for $32.7 million in January, directed customers to complete the first step of know-your-customer (KYC) verification in a post on X...

Zach Burks, CEO of Mintology, shared with crypto.news some sentiment on current market conditions. Burks shared, in a note to crypto.news, that gold remains the preferred safe-haven asset for institutions, while Bitcoin (BTC) is increasingly the retail investor’s hedge against…...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up to $85,500 as market observers and analysts debate the impact of Wednesday’s tariff announcements. What Happened: In his latest podcast, prominent crypto trader Mayne pointed out that Bitcoin’s next major move hinges on how equities react to the news. Trump’s recent aggressive stance on...