Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
Crypto transfers tied to suspected human trafficking networks surged 85% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis.
Reports say the total volume reached hundreds of millions of dollars across services that investigators have linked to forced...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
Bitcoin continues to struggle below the $70,000 level as persistent selling pressure keeps the market in a defensive posture. The inability to reclaim this psychological threshold has weighed on sentiment, with traders increasingly cautious amid elev...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 days ago
A fresh debate has been ignited by the CEO of Ripple across the crypto market after delivering what many are calling a major bombshell for XRP holders. This new debate is centered around major upcoming updates that could shape the future of the token...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
American multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs recently disclosed its massive altcoin holdings, revealing a substantial stake in XRP. The bank reportedly invested $152 million in Spot XRP ETFs, shocking the broader crypto market. Given the altc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Organisations around Cardano, Avalanche, Sui and IOTA have filed a joint response to the UK Financial Conduct Authorityâs CP25/40 consultation, arguing that the rulebook should draw hard lines around âcustody and controlâ and avoid sweeping non-custo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) moved this week to build a new bridge with the crypto industry, naming a 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee that includes top exchange and blockchain leaders.
Reports say the roster gives industry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Bitcoinâs quantum-security discussion just gained a concrete new artifact in the code-and-spec pipeline: an updated draft of BIP-360 has been merged into the official Bitcoin Improvement Proposals repository, proposing a Taproot-adjacent output type...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
The UK government has tapped HSBCâs blockchain platform to run a pilot for issuing digital government bonds, called the Digital Gilt Instrument, or DIGIT.
The move marks a concrete step toward testing whether blockchain technology can improve effici...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
The XRP Ledger has activated Token Escrow (XLS-85) on mainnet on Feb.12, extending the networkâs native escrow mechanics beyond XRP to Trustline-based tokens (IOUs) and Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs). The amendment was enabled today with 88% consensus (...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has highlighted how the Bitcoin Spot Volume spiked during the price drawdown, but it has since cooled off.
Bitcoin Spot Volume Shot Up During The Selloff
In its latest weekly report, Glassnode has talked about the la...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Ethereumâs network dynamics are shifting in a way that could reshape its market structure. On-chain data shows that roughly 30% of all Ethereum (ETH) supply is now locked in staking contracts, marking a record high for the protocolâs proof-of-stake e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Bitcoin remains under selling pressure below the $70,000 level as the market confronts renewed uncertainty and weakening liquidity conditions. The inability to reclaim this key psychological threshold has reinforced a cautious tone among investors, w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Bitcoin continues to struggle to reclaim the $70,000 level, with persistent selling pressure limiting upside momentum and keeping the market in a cautious posture. Repeated failures to break above this threshold suggest that traders remain defensive,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Heightened volatility in the market continues to keep the price of Ethereum below the $2,000 mark, capping every attempt towards the upside. During the persistent downward price action, a divergence has emerged among ETH investors, with large holders...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Rippleâs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brad Garlinghouse has outlined XRPâs irreplaceable role within the crypto company. In a recent discussion, the crypto executive talked about how XRP is driving adoption and growth across Rippleâs ecosystem, high...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Crypto analyst ChartNerd has indicated that XRP is on the verge of a major bullish structure shift that could send it to new highs. The analyst also noted that it was key for the altcoin to stay above the psychological $1 level for confirmation of a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) experienced an unexpected service disruption on Wednesday, just hours before the company is scheduled to report its fourthâquarter 2025 earnings.Â
The outage left users temporarily unable to buy, sell, or trans...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 3 days ago
BlockFills, a Chicago-based institutional crypto lender and liquidity provider, has temporarily stopped client bitcoin deposits and withdrawals after a sharp slide in Bitcoin.
The firm told customers the move was taken âin light of recent market and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
A Deutsche Bank strategist argued that bitcoin has âdecoupledâ from gold and no longer fits the âdigital goldâ label, pointing to a sharp divergence in 2025 performance as regulation uncertainty and ETF outflows weigh on sentiment.
In a Yahoo Finance...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
Three Cardano ecosystem announcements landed onstage at Consensus Hong Kong yesterday, spanning cross-chain rails, a new stablecoin rollout timeline, and a privacy-focused networkâs march to mainnet.
#1 Cardano Taps LayerZero
Intersect said via X its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
Danske Bank has started offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to customers for the first time, but the bank still doesn’t endorse crypto assets.
Danske Bank Now Offers Bitcoin & Ethereum ETPs
As announced in a press release, Danske Bank’...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
BlockFills, a Chicagoâbased cryptocurrency trading and lending firm that caters to institutional investors, has temporarily halted client deposits and withdrawals following the latest sharp downturn in digital asset markets.Â
The decision came after...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
Africaâs promise of cheaper remittances via stablecoins is clashing with reality in many places. According to data from Borderless.xyz, Januaryâs median spread for stablecoin-to-fiat conversions across Africa reached nearly 300 basis points â about 3...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
Paxful, once one of the largest peerâtoâpeer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplaces, has agreed to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.Â
The charges include...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 days ago
Hong Kong financial authorities have announced new rules to expand the scope of product offerings, allowing the integration of crypto margin financing and perpetual contracts into the local virtual assets market.
Hong Kong Approves Crypto Margin Fin...