In no surprise given the lame crypto price action in the first quarter of 2025, BlackRock (BLK) posted a sizable slump in net inflows into its spot bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) ETFs. In all, investors put $3 billion into BlackRock’s digital asset-focused ETFs in the first three months...

Crypto criminals are taking increasing pains to evade detection, moving assets between a multitude of blockchain ecosystems in an effort to throw investigators off their trail. A full 20% of complex cross-chain investigations now span more than 10 different blockchains, according to new data from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic....

U.S. President Donald Trump’s memecoin (TRUMP) will undergo a major token unlock next week, with the team behind the project set to receive $320 million, around 20% of the circulating supply. The unlock might be another blow for the thousands of investors who reportedly lost a collective $2 billion...

As economic fault lines deepen between the United States and China, the ripple effects are reverberating beyond traditional markets and into the crypto sector. The latest move, a 125% tariff increase on US goods announced by China, comes as a direct counter to Washington’s own tariff hike earlier in...

Balancer has deployed its v3 protocol on Avalanche, marking another expansion into one of the fastest-growing DeFi ecosystems.  The move aims to unlock new liquidity opportunities for developers, liquidity providers, and institutional players, while reinforcing Avalanche’s (AVAX) position as a…...

The United States Congress recently voted to repeal the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) controversial decentralized finance (DeFi) broker rule, a big win for crypto. And on Thursday President Trump killed the measure for good. But let’s not fool ourselves — there’s more pain to come. In December 2024, the...

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Fartcoin (CRYPTO: FARTCOIN) continues to defy skeptics with a sharp move higher, surging another 20% as momentum builds toward a potential all-time high. What Happened: Prominent trader Unipcs said on Friday that he publicly called and longed the bottom of Fartcoin weeks ago, undeterred by the uncertainty surrounding Trump’s...

U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday after futures rose and then fell amid market reaction to earnings reports, tariffs and new economic data release. The S&P 500 was down 0.44%, while the Nasdaq fell 0.2% after the opening bell. However,…...

BlackRock’s digital asset growth highlights increasing investor interest, yet market volatility and low-fee structures challenge profitability. The post BlackRock draws $3 billion in digital asset inflows in Q1, AUM reaches $11.6 trillion appeared first on Crypto Briefing....