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Bitcoin Slips Towards $42K as Interest Rates Soar; Chainlink's LINK Defies Crypto Slump
5.2.2024
Cryptocurrencies slid lower Monday with bbitcoin nearing $42K as soaring U.S. interest rates amid strong economic data, hawkish Powell weighed on prices
EigenLayer Lifts Staking Cap, TVL Soars Past $3B
5.2.2024
Liquid restaking protocol EigenLayer has removed its 200,000 ether {{ETH}} staking cap, spurring a $TkTkTk rise in TVL in a matter of hours
Former Terraform Labs Financial Officer Has Been Extradited to South Korea — Montenegro Police
5.2.2024
Montenegro recently extradited the former Terraform Labs financial officer Han Chang-joon to South Korea where he faces fraud-related charges. According to the Montenegro police, the decision to extradite Han was made by the country’s Justice Ministry. Han Faces Criminal Charges in South...
Why Crypto’s Most Altruistic Project Is Going (Kinda) Corporate
5.2.2024
Gitcoin, which rewards developers for working on open-source projects, is embracing money-making initiatives to increase its capacity for good
Making a successful video game Kickstarter in 2024
5.2.2024
A great example! Also: Next Fest algo notes & lots more
Weekly Crypto Roundup: Standouts From FLR, LINK and Stumbles From MANTA, and CFX
5.2.2024
In the span from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, 2024, while bitcoin and ethereum have remained stagnant within their trading ranges, a selection of cryptocurrencies have enjoyed significant weekly upsurges, registering double-digit gains against the U.S. dollar. Specifically, flare, chainlink, and bittensor...
Taproot Wizards Recovers From Tech-Marred Debut, Selling $11M of Bitcoin NFTs
5.2.2024
With almost two hours left for whitelisted buyers to claim the digital-art collectibles, at least 2,560 of the series of 3,000 had been claimed, at a fixed price of 0.1 BTC ($4,274 each)
Bitcoin: A New Regulatory Attack Vector
5.2.2024
The Bitcoin miner survey launched by the U.S. Energy Information Administration is not an innocuous information-gathering exercise. And, it could end up hurting much more than just the crypto ecosystem
Multicoin Capital Is in Talks to Sell Roughly $100M FTX Bankruptcy Claim: Source
5.2.2024
Positive news around the FTX bankruptcy has seen claims being sold for upward of 70 cents on the dollar, now climbing towards the eighties
Craig Wright Accused of ‘Industrial Scale’ Forgeries in First Day of COPA Trial
5.2.2024
A highly anticipated trial probing Australian computer scientist Craig Wright’s claim to fame as the pseudonymous author of the groundbreaking 2008 Bitcoin manifesto kicked off Monday at a U.K. high court, where a judge decided Wright could add some new evidence to back up his case
WisdomTree Bets On Advisor Adoption For Bitcoin ETF Success
5.2.2024
WisdomTree, one of the ten issuers of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), expects its product to be more successful towards the second half of the year thanks to adoption by financial advisor platforms
Stablecoin Issuer Tether Leads $25 Million Funding Round for Mobile Payment Startup Oobit
5.2.2024
On Monday, Tether, the leading issuer of stablecoins, revealed its role as the lead investor in the Series A funding round of mobile payment startup Oobit, which successfully garnered $25 million. The investment round saw contributions from notable entities such as Titan Fund, Solana’s Anatoly...
Curtain Fell: Ideal Cooperation Blockchain (ICB) Presents Advanced Blockchain Network at ICO Level
5.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, February 5th, 2024 – ICB Crypto Services eagerly announces the initiation of Ideal Cooperation Blockchain (ICB), a prominent venture introduced by ICB Labs. After its recent inception a few years ago, ICB Labs is going to organize an official launch of the blockchain...
Victoria VR Aims to Be the First Crypto-Related App for Apple’s Vision Pro
5.2.2024
Victoria VR is slated to become the inaugural crypto-related application for the Apple Vision Pro. With a focus on active user engagement and a blockchain-based economy, the game will have to navigate the challenges posed by App Store policies as it relates to applications involving crypto....
Bitcoin To Reach $70K By Year End: Markus Thielen
5.2.2024
The macro environment, monetary tailwinds, U.S. election cycle and increasing TradFi demand all point to higher prices
Blockchain Parser Discovers Strange Spending of $58.7M Worth of Sleeping Bitcoins From 2017
5.2.2024
In the past week, several strange movements of dormant bitcoins have captured the attention of onchain analysts, with nine transactions on Jan. 31, 2024, mobilizing 726 bitcoins that had been stagnant since Mar. 30, 2016. Merely two days after, a staggering 1,210 bitcoins, originating from...
Bitcoin ETFs See $700M Net Inflows as BlackRock, Fidelity Gains Offset GBTC Outflows: CoinShares
5.2.2024
New U.S. bitcoin ETFs have amassed $7.7 billion in funds since debut, offsetting the $6 billion outflows from incumbents, according to CoinShares data
Top Meme Coin Sees Price Growth As Investors Brace For 11PM Sponge V2 Bridging Deadline – Only Hours Left to Stake
5.2.2024
Monday, February 5, 2024 – Leading 2024 meme coin Sponge token is racing towards its Sponge v1 staking deadline at 11PM UTC – so don’t miss out on your last chance to stake and qualify for Sponge V2.This comes as the highly anticipated deadline for the transition from Sponge V1...
Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media
5.2.2024
Real CoinDesk journalists don't ask for money. Also, please be wary of links sent from people claiming to work for us
Farcaster Records Surge in Daily Users with Frames Launch
5.2.2024
The number of daily active users on the decentralized social protocol Farcaster surged to nearly 30,000 on February 4, 2024, according to on-chain data by Dune Analytics. The nearly tenfold increase since January 26 is due to the launch of the Frames feature across Farcaster’s protocols. Much...