Bitcoin BTC$80,148.25 returned to $79,000 after briefly surpassing $80,000 during Asian hours. At the time of writing, the leading cryptocurrency by market value was still up 0.4% over 24 hours. The CoinDesk 20 Index rose 0.4% alongside a nearly 1% rise in Ether (ETH) and marginal gains in XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL). According to […]
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has accused former custodial partner Etana and its CEO, Dion Brandon Russell, of embezzling more than $25 million in customer funds, according to a second amended complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Colorado. The crypto exchange alleges that Etana Custody, which is undergoing court-supervised liquidation
Are stablecoins stable? Come on, it’s in the name! Of course, the crypto industry has certainly seen some misnamed categories. Anyone remember NuBits? Surely you lost money on Terra? Last year, DeFi stables including Synthetix and Ethena lost their foothold. And even robust stablecoins like USDC and Circle’s Tether have seen a temporary pullback over
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GameStop (GME) is aiming for a major expansion with a proposed $55.5 billion acquisition of online marketplace eBay (EBAY), raising new questions about whether its Bitcoin BTC$79,948.23 the assets could help finance the transaction. The video game retailer, which holds approximately $368 million in BTC, submitted a non-binding offer on Sunday to buy eBay for
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Chainlink (LINK), up 2.7% since Friday, was also one of the best performers.
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Hut 8 (HUT), a Bitcoin miner turned energy computing and AI company, has refinanced its Bitcoin-backed credit facility, replacing its existing Coinbase credit agreement with a new $200 million facility with FalconX. With this new agreement, Hut 8 reduced its fixed interest rate from 9% to 7%, an improvement of 200 basis points, according to
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Crypto-related stocks rebounded on Monday, led by Circle (CRCL) and Coinbase (COIN), thanks to progress in U.S. digital asset legislation and Bitcoin. BTC$80,294.72 surpassing $80,000 boosted sentiment across the sector. Circle, issuer of the stablecoin USDC, jumped 18%, extending its recent gains, while Coinbase, the U.S.-focused crypto exchange, rose about 7%. BitGo (BTGO), a digital
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Tetra Trust Company, a Canadian digital technology and financial services provider, has launched CADD, a Canadian dollar stablecoin approved by the Alberta Treasury and Finance Board. The company said it is the first CAD-pegged stablecoin issued by a regulated financial institution in Canada. The reserves are held in trust under Canadian law and dedicated for
