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Iran’s decision to accept Bitcoin as payment for oil shipping tolls through the Strait of Hormuz gave fresh weight to a question already circulating in Washington: does the US military actually understand crypto well enough to use it as a tool of national power? Related Reading: Countdown To C...

The price of Bitcoin has been enjoying significant bullish momentum over the past few weeks, with last week delivering the largest gains in over three months. According to different pundits, the flagship cryptocurrency’s latest rally above $79,000 was primarily driven by demand in the perpetua...

Crypto-related kidnappings in France continue to be a major issue following recent information shared by the National Prosecutor’s Office for Anti-Organized Crime. In the last three years, authorities have reported over 100 of these incidents, describing a rapidly evolving criminal practice. R...

The odds of a landmark US crypto bill passing this year stand at 50-50, according to one of the industry’s own analysts — even as his CEO boss says the deal is all but done. Related Reading: Iran’s Crypto Lifeline Hit As US Freezes $344 Million In Funds A Bill With Big Promises Galaxy Digital ...

Bitcoin (BTC) has staged a notable recovery in April, rebounding from around $67,000 to as high as $78,000. A key highlight of this move is BTC’s successful reclaim of the $73,700 level, a zone now acting as a crucial support base for the ongoing trend, according to MVRV Pricing Bands data. Related ...

Bitcoin was built with many of the qualities typically associated with a safe-haven asset: it is portable, censorship-resistant, and independent of traditional financial systems. In theory, those characteristics make a compelling case for BTC as a refuge in times of instability, particularly in a wo

Bitcoin’s price action has been climbing steadily off its February low around $61,300, but what stands directly ahead is not just another resistance zone. It is a statistical threshold that has held firm through multiple market cycles. According to data, every time Bitcoin has staged a 30% rec...

Iran had already begun collecting crypto payments from ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz when US authorities moved to cut off the money. Related Reading: Crypto Crime Hit Hard: $700 Million Frozen By DOJ Strike Force On Friday, the Treasury Department announced it had frozen over $340 million in c...

Barely a month after its first transaction with BitMine, the Ethereum Foundation has announced another sale of significant amounts of Ether tokens to the digital asset treasury (DAT) company. BitMine Picks Up Additional 10,000 ETH From Ethereum Foundation In an April 24th post on the X platform, the...

A crypto investor who paid just $500 got a seat at the table. That detail alone tells you something about the crowd gathering at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. Related Reading: Crypto Crime Hit Hard: $700 Million Frozen By DOJ Strike Force A Token That Lost 93% Of Its Value Morten Christensen, who attended...

After the early-week jitters, the Bitcoin price eventually mustered the bullish momentum that has become a mainstay of its weekly performance. Rising from its sub-$74,000 ashes, the premier cryptocurrency soared to an almost three-month high above $79,000 on Wednesday, April 22. However, there has b...

Over the last week, XRP prices have dropped by almost 3%, returning to settle in a consolidation around the $1.43 zone. Notably, this performance aligns with a broader negative sentiment among traders, who are confidently bearish on the altcoin direction. However, an underlying accumulation pattern ...

Crypto pundit RWA Investor said that XRP traders going short on the altcoin are trapped, just like Bitcoin bears. This came as he revealed the roadmap for XRP’s rally to a new all-time high (ATH) of $7. Pundit Says XRP And Bitcoin Bears Are Trapped In an X post, RWA Investor said that the XRP ...

Aave DAO has unveiled a proposal to deploy 25,000 ETH from its treasury to support a coordinated recovery effort following the recent Kelp DAO exploit. The move forms part of a broader “DeFi United” initiative aimed at restoring user funds and stabilizing affected lending markets. On April 18, KelpD...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets a total of eight times a year, where members of the committee review economic and financial conditions in the US, and this usually has serious implications for the crypto market. With the end of each meeting comes an announcement where the Fed chair rev...

South Africa has released new draft regulatory proposals that, if implemented, could significantly change how residents interact with certain wealth holdings—including crypto. The document, published as part of the country’s latest attempt to tighten rules around the crypto industry, would require p...

A Tokyo-listed company is borrowing $50 million to buy Bitcoin — and it won’t pay a single dollar in interest to do it. Metaplanet announced Thursday it had sold its 20th series of ordinary bonds, worth 8 billion Japanese yen, to EVO Fund — a Cayman Islands-based investor tied to Evolution Fin...

A renewed push to tighten anti–money laundering (AML) and sanctions requirements in the United States has sparked a fresh debate between traditional banking advocates and crypto policy leaders. The latest round of attention comes from the Washington, DC-based Bank Policy Institute (BPI), which relea...

Ethereum is consolidating around $2,300, holding a level that represents meaningful recovery from the February lows but still sitting well below the highs that defined the previous cycle. The price action is tentative — not breaking down, not breaking out — and the market is in the kind of cautious,...

A US law enforcement task force seized hundreds of fake investment websites and unsealed warrants against two suspects tied to a Burmese crypto scam compound. Related Reading: $467K In Crypto Seized As Spain Cracks Down On Illegal Piracy Platform US Reward For Scam Center Tips The US State Departmen...