Tag: News

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to $90,000 for the first time since March 7, adding more than 5% in the past five days as the paths of the largest cryptocurrency and traditional equities diverge. In comparison, the S&P 500 was trading above 5,700 points on March 7 and has since slipped...

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 2556.62, up 2.1% (+52.39) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Fifteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+7.5%) and POL (+7.5%)....

IOTA will implement its largest network upgrade to date on May 5, transitioning its mainnet to the new IOTA Rebased protocol.  The upgrade introduces full decentralization, staking, Layer 1 smart contract support via MoveVM, and scalability exceeding 50,000 transactions per…...

The Japanese yen continued its strong surge against the U.S. dollar as investors embraced its role as a safe-haven asset. The USD/JPY exchange rate plunged to 139.92 on Tuesday, its lowest level since September last year and 11.5% below its…...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is regaining attention as a hedge against systemic risk as concerns mount over the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve. What Happened: According to Standard Chartered‘s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoffrey Kendrick, Bitcoin has a dual role as both a tech-correlated asset and a...

Coinbase confirms that it is actively considering appyling for a banking license in the United States....

With global trade tensions flaring and economic uncertainty gripping the markets, Bitcoin seems to be quietly charting its course above the chaos. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap has defied the downtrend in equities, surging to a six-week high of over $89,000 and emerging as an unlikely financial...

[PRESS RELEASE – Herzeliya, Israel, April 22nd, 2025] Kasrate, a crypto infrastructure company specializing in performance-driven mining optimization, has officially launched its private Kaspa (KAS) mining pool aimed at high-volume miners. The Kasrate Pool introduces a proprietary infrastructure layer that significantly increases profitability while maintaining hardware stability and operational...

[PRESS RELEASE – New York City, New York, April 22nd, 2025] Arch is building the permissionless financial rails for a Bitcoin-denominated world Arch Labs has closed a $13 million Series A funding round at a $200 million valuation. The round was led by Pantera Capital with participation from other...

Circle’s decision to unveil the Circle Payments Network (CPN) on 21 April has set the stage for the first head‑to‑head contest between a fully reserved stable‑asset rail and Ripple’s decade‑old Ripple Payments (formerly On-Demand Liquidity – ODL) product. Circle Enters Payments Arena Announced in a post on X, Circle...