Month: April 2025

Semler Scientific CEO Eric Semler announced on April 30 via X that the company has acquired an additional 165 Bitcoins for $15.7 million.  The latest purchase brings the company’s total Bitcoin (BTC) holdings to 3,467 BTC, now valued at $330.6…...

The Crypto Council for Innovation is making a case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that staking is not only a virtue for digital asset markets, but it should be hands-off for the securities regulator. The group — a coalition of staking interests, including Kraken, a16z, Lido, Galaxy,...

What one hour ago was looking like another positive day in markets has turned decidedly negative as the latest economic data fueled growing stagflation fears. First up was ADP jobs numbers for April. Coming two days ahead of the government’s own employment data for April, the ADP report showed...

Strategists for two U.S. bills meant to create an oversight regime for crypto are setting out plans this week to pass legislation in the summer, Bo Hines, the White House official at the center of those efforts, told CoinDesk. Hines, who President Donald Trump hired as executive director of...

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2733.26, down 2.0% (-57.08) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: POL (+0.2%) and BTC (-0.6%)....

Following the massive price turbulence throughout the entire cryptocurrency market in the past few months due to US President Donald Trump’s controversial foreign policies, including the worrisome trade war, bitcoin seems to have turned the tables and garnered the attention of investors once again. This is particularly true for...

Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD) will be reporting its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Wall Street expects 33 cents in EPS and $922.53 million in revenues as the company reports after market hours. The stock is up 199.39% over the past year, 25.18% YTD. Let’s look at what the charts indicate...

FIFA Collect, the official digital collectibles platform of FIFA, is upgrading its infrastructure and migrating to a new EVM-compatible FIFA Blockchain, the organization announced.  The migration is expected to begin no earlier than May 20, 2025, with users notified in…...

Embracing crypto payments can enhance global business reach and efficiency but requires navigating volatility and regulatory complexities. The post Accepting crypto payments: What are the pros and cons appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

A US Federal court has ruled that the Department of the Treasury is barred from reinstating its sanctions against crypto mixer Tornado Cash. The decision follows the Treasury Department’s attempt to claim the case was moot after delisting the protocol from the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) Specially...