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Coinbase files brief with US Supreme Court in support of taxpayers' privacy
30.4.2025
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed an amicus brief in the country’s Supreme Court in support of a taxpayer fighting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gaining access to his data from a digital asset platform.In an April 30 filing in the Supreme Court of the United States...
Stablecoins on track for $2T market cap by 2028 — US Treasury
30.4.2025
US Dollar-pegged stablecoins are on track to reach an aggregate market capitalization of approximately $2 trillion by 2028, according to the United States Department of the Treasury’s Q1 2025 report. Stablecoins’ cumulative market cap currently stands at roughly $230 billion,...
3 Ethereum charts flash signal last seen in 2017 when ETH price rallied 25,000%
30.4.2025
Key takeaways:Ether price printed a rare monthly Dragonfly doji candlestick, which is often seen before major ETH bull market cycles.ETH is retesting its long-term parabolic support zone that preceded its historic 2017 rally.The MVRV Z-Score has entered the accumulation zone, signaling...
CZ aims to teach 1 billion kids through Giggle Academy — Token2049
30.4.2025
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao wants to provide free education for up to a billion children worldwide with his Giggle Academy venture, he told an audience at Token2049 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)."In a few years, I think, I want to teach 100 million or 1 billion kids...
Bitcoin ‘aging’ chart projects sixfold BTC price rally above $350K
30.4.2025
Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s price increased by sixfold each time its age increased by 40%.If the pattern holds, Bitcoin could rally to $351,046 in 2025.New data highlights a historical pattern that results in Bitcoin (BTC) price increasing by sixfold. Using a logarithmic chart to illustrate...
Tether plans US stablecoin launch as soon as this year — Report
30.4.2025
Tether plans to launch a stablecoin product in the United States as soon as this year, the stablecoin issuer’s CEO, Paul Ardoino, said in an April 30 CNBC interview. Tether’s flagship stablecoin, USDT (USDT), is already the US dollar’s top “exporter,” Ardoino told...
VC Roundup: Funding surge targets confidentiality, tokenization and Web3 infrastructure
30.4.2025
After months of volatility and extreme fear, crypto markets turned a positive corner in the second half of April, highlighting the industry’s big sentiment shift. For venture capital, it was business as usual, with investors continuing to pour money into promising startups across layer-1...
Ethereum Pectra upgrade goes live next week — Will ETH price rally?
30.4.2025
Key takeaways:ETH price has underperformed its peers during the current bull market, but gas sponsorship could lure developers and traders back to the network.Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra upgrade promises to improve staking efficiency, potentially increasing demand for ETH.Data suggests...
Ripple $4B-$5B bid to purchase Circle rejected — Report
30.4.2025
Blockchain payments firm Ripple has reportedly bid up to $5 billion in an effort to acquire stablecoin issuer Circle, but the offer was rejected.According to an April 30 Bloomberg report, Ripple put in a bid of $4 billion to $5 billion as part of an attempted takeover of Circle, which was rejected...
Price predictions 4/30: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, LINK, AVAX
30.4.2025
Key points:Bitcoin’s 7-day volatility is the lowest in 563 days, signaling an impending range expansion.Bitcoin’s breakout above $95,000 could swiftly take it to $100,000 and above.Although the probability is low, traders should remain cautious about a pullback in the near term.Bitcoin...
Price predictions 4/30: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, LINK, AVAX
30.4.2025
Key points:Bitcoin’s 7-day volatility is the lowest in 563 days, signaling an impending range expansion.Bitcoin’s breakout above $95,000 could swiftly take it to $100,000 and above.Although the probability is low, traders should remain cautious about a pullback in the near term.Bitcoin...
Global demand grows for non-dollar stablecoins, says Fireblocks exec
30.4.2025
Governments outside the US, including Singapore, are increasingly interested in stablecoins not tied to the US dollar, despite their currently limited liquidity, Fireblocks director of policy Dea Markova told Cointelegraph at Token2049.In an exclusive interview, Markova described the competition...
Bitcoin selling at $95K is ‘profit-taking pressure test’ but BTC whales are still buying
30.4.2025
Key Takeaways:US GDP shrank -0.3% in Q1, far below +0.3% forecasts, sparking recession fears.Bitcoin faces selling pressure with its spot volume delta dropping $300 million in 3 days.Whales are accumulating BTC, but smaller holders are selling, hinting at profit-taking.Bitcoin’s (BTC) price...
Ex-Binance CEO chides Europe over crypto adoption
30.4.2025
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies.Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were...
Grayscale launches Bitcoin adopters exchange-traded fund
30.4.2025
Asset manager Grayscale launched the Grayscale Bitcoin Adopters exchange-traded fund (ETF), an investment vehicle that tracks companies employing a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury, or holding strategy.According to the April 30 announcement, the ETF will provide exposure to companies across seven business...
Bitcoin drops under $93K after US GDP data shows shrinking economy, raising recession alarms
30.4.2025
Key points: US GDP shrank in Q1, raising recession alarms while also prompting calls for Fed rate cuts.Bitcoin dropped to $92,910 as GDP figures were released, but sustained buy-side demand could provide support. Today’s crypto derisking is likely transitory; market fundamentals...
Solana, Litecoin, and XRP Lead 2025 ETF Approval Odds
30.4.2025
Bloomberg Intelligence exchange-traded fund (ETF) analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have released updated odds for 2025 U.S. spot cryptocurrency ETF approvals, assigning a 90% chance to solana ( SOL). Bloomberg Intelligence Analysts Forecast 90% Chance for Solana, Litecoin Spot ETFs...
EU digital product passports won’t solve food fraud, but blockchain can
30.4.2025
Opinion by: Fraser Edwards, co-founder and CEO, CheqdBrutal honesty has its place, especially when confronting discomfort, so here’s one that can’t be sweetened with honey: 96% of imported honey in the UK is fake! Tests found that 24 of 25 jars were suspicious or didn’t meet...
Bitcoin price recovers, Ethereum RWA value up 20%: April in charts
30.4.2025
April 2025 witnessed crypto markets rocked by more tariffs at the direction of US President Donald Trump — controversial policies that could have influenced the outcome of Canada’s elections on April 28. On April 2, Trump levied “discounted reciprocal tariffs” on...
China’s DeepSeek launches new open-source AI after R1 took on OpenAI
30.4.2025
Chinese artificial intelligence development company DeepSeek has released a new open-weight large language model (LLM).DeepSeek uploaded its newest model, Prover V2, to the hosting service Hugging Face on April 30. The latest model, released under the permissive open-source MIT license, aims...