Tornado Cash developers are facing criminal charges, and affected parties have civil lawsuits pending against the US Treasury over sanctioning the crypto mixer. Many in the crypto industry are still reeling from an appellate court decision that the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) overstepped in sanctioning certain smart...Continue Reading

According to Bitcoin-only financial services firm River, 62 publicly traded companies use a Bitcoin treasury strategy as of November 2024. Mining company MARA, formerly Marathon Digital, updated investors on November 27, outlining its acquisition of 6,474 Bitcoin (BTC) through its recent 0% $1 billion convertible note offering. According to the announcement, the company purchased an...Continue Reading

Despite recent price corrections, Bitcoin’s valuation metrics still indicate a bull cycle ahead.  Bitcoin’s valuation metrics suggest the bull market is far from over and could be setting the stage for even further highs. With no signs of overvaluation typically seen at price peaks, analysts are eyeing a current potential target of $146,000 in this...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s strong recovery shows aggressive buying on every minor dip, but the bulls may struggle to overcome the $100,000 resistance. Bitcoin’s (BTC) pullback found support at $90,791 on Nov. 26, and the bulls pushed the price back above $96,000 on Nov. 27. BTC Markets head of finance and crypto analyst Charlie Sherry told Cointelegraph that...Continue Reading

Investors rotate into altcoins along a risk curve, starting with large-cap assets and eventually migrating into riskier low-cap coins. CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju recently argued that altcoin season — a period of rapidly appreciating altcoin prices typically following a Bitcoin (BTC) bull market — will require new capital injections from retail traders...Continue Reading

NFTs recorded a weekly sales volume of $158 million, showing a strong weekly performance compared to the start of November. In this week’s newsletter, read about how non-fungible token (NFT) sales have continued their upward momentum, and find out why Sky Mavis, the company behind Axie Infinity, laid off 21% of its workforce. In other...Continue Reading

Responsible marketing in crypto cultivates transparency, education and trust, serving as a critical tool for project legitimacy and industry growth. Opinion by: Samantha Yap, Founder and CEO of YAP Global. The crypto bull market is in full swing and so is the familiar cycle: Bitcoin breaks record highs, retail investors rush in and new projects...Continue Reading

Paradoxically, one of crypto’s biggest selling points keeps institutions from embracing Web3 and distributed ledger technologies. Institutions are hesitant to adopt Web3 technologies due to the highly transparent nature of public, permissionless, blockchains. Avidan Abitbol, the project director for the Data Ownership Protocol (DOP) privacy solution, told Cointelegraph that selective disclosure through zero-knowledge technology solves...Continue Reading

Cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins, still only pay for 0.2% of online commerce transactions globally, according to the report.  Stablecoins are gaining traction, but they still only pay for a small fraction of global online commerce transactions — and stablecoins pegged to currencies besides the United States Dollar (USD) are too scarce, according to a report published...Continue Reading

Ethereum futures hit new records, possibly signalling a fresh bull run in ETH. Ether (ETH) surged 15% between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27, flirting with the $3,500 level for the first time in four months. This rally coincided with a record-high Ether futures open interest, raising questions among traders about whether the elevated leverage signals...Continue Reading