Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Tether’s latest move in South Korea goes beyond protecting a product name. The company behind the world’s largest stablecoin filed seven trademark applications with the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service on May 19, cov...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
As volatility persists in the market, Bitcoin faces a potential retest of the $70,000 price level following the recent pullback. With this waning price action, demand for the flagship asset among investors and traders is exhibiting a trend that could...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
US authorities are reportedly stepping up efforts to disrupt Iranâs cryptocurrency activity, as Washington works to choke off financial channels linked to the regime amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.Â
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
More of XRPâs supply is being chipped away, as whales continue to accumulate the token, increasing their control of the cryptocurrency. According to new reports from on-chain analytics platform Santiment, Whales are currently holding over 450 billion...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Tech entrepreneur Austen Allred was among the victims. His wallet, tied to a project called Kelly Claude AI assistant, was drained of Ether â though the hacker left his memecoin holdings untouched. Allred said there was no sign anyone else had logged...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Martti Malmi, one of Bitcoin’s earliest developers who worked directly with Satoshi Nakamoto in the protocol’s founding years, has released a new version of Nostr VPN â an open-source mesh VPN that discards the entire trust model underlyi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said he is increasingly encouraged by three trends reshaping crypto infrastructure: a stronger industry focus on security, continued product development during quieter markets, and the growth of real-world assets a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Trump Media-linked Truth Social Bitcoin ETF, B.T. has asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its spot Bitcoin ETF registration, ending, at least for now, one of the more politically visible attempts to enter the already crowded U...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Japanâs key financial authority has expanded its framework to officially treat foreign trustâissued stablecoins as electronic payment instruments instead of securities under domestic law.
Foreign Stablecoins Recognized As Payment Instruments
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has revealed how the typical altcoin investor has generally been realizing losses since late 2024.
Median SOPR In The Altcoin Sector Has Been Stuck Below 1
In a new post on X, Glassnode has talked about the latest tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoinâs on-chain profitability has recovered sharply from its March lows, but analyst Axel Adler Jr. says the market still lacks a stronger behavioral confirmation that a durable reversal is underway.
In his May 19 âBitcoin Morning Brief,â Adler po...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin has lost the $80,000 level as selling pressure and market uncertainty converge on a price structure that analyst Rei Researcher has identified as one of the most sensitive zones Bitcoin has occupied in this entire cycle. The breakdown is not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Despite its consistent downside price action, the Solana network remains unshaken, with activity continuing to grow significantly. One of the areas the SOL network is currently seeing massive growth again is its Real-World Asset (RWA) ecosystem.
RWA...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Project Eleven, a company focused on post-quantum cryptography, said Tuesday that it has partnered with Ripple to support post-quantum readiness on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) blockchain.Â
The announcement arrives amid intensifying concern across the crypt...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
US President Donald Trump appears to have quietly shifted his crypto focus from meme coins to Bitcoin (BTC). While his self-titled meme coin, Official Trump (TRUMP), continues to trade in the market after a more than 80% crash, new federal disclosure...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Citadel Advisors, a powerful Wall Street hedge fund founded by billionaire Ken Griffin, has reportedly made a series of moves into Spot XRP ETFs, according to unverified reports circulating across the crypto markets. The firm, known for its highly di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Senator Elizabeth Warren is taking a new aim at the crypto industry, now challenging how the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has handled national trust bank charters for digital asset firms.Â
Her latest concern centers on the OCCâs ap...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
While a large portion of the cryptocurrency industry is still preoccupied with short-term trends and price speculation, Ethereum is gradually solidifying its position in the background. Even though its price has experienced a sharp pullback from its...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Market expert CharuSan has provided an updated roadmap on how XRP will rally to $300 once the CLARITY Act boosts its utility. He cited how banks will begin to adopt the altcoin via Rippleâs On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which will, in turn, boost its pr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
XRP is moving quietly, but the blockchain activity surrounding it is becoming louder by the day. Fresh exchange flow data has sparked speculation that large buyers may be accumulating behind the scenes while the market remains focused on price consol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
The XRP Ledger community is debating whether an approaching v3.1.3 upgrade amounts to a hard fork after infrastructure operators warned that nodes failing to update before the fix amendment activates will no longer be able to communicate with the net...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Echo Protocol is investigating a security incident involving its bridge on Monad after crypto on-chain analysts said an attacker minted 1,000 eBTC and used part of the position to extract WBTC liquidity through Curvance.
The first public alarm came f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has announced its second-largest acquisition of 2026, costing the firm more than $2 billion.
Strategy Has Added 24,869 Bitcoin To Its Holdings
In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor has s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
South Koreaâs KB Financial has completed a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) for won-denominated stablecoin as lawmakers and experts push to advance the countryâs digital asset framework.
KB Stablecoin Pilot Cuts Fees, Speeds Transfers
On Sunday, KB Financial...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
XRP is experiencing increased price pressure, mirroring the broader crypto market’s drop, with the token falling 6% over the past week. This pullback has forced XRP to lose the $1.40 support level for now.Â
Despite this recent weakness, market...