XRP’s “bullish pennant” could send it to $3.80 before the end of the year. XRP (XRP) registered its highest weekly candle close in years at $2.60. It was also its first higher high-top since January 2018, approximately seven years ago. XRP 1-week chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView With the altcoin’s monthly chart exhibiting a multimonth breakout above...Continue Reading

The Dec. 8 segment on the news program featuring Brad Garlinghouse did not mention that a federal judge ruled XRP was not a security in specific cases. Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of blockchain payments firm Ripple Labs, took to social media to say certain information was “shockingly left out” of a 60 Minutes’ segment covering crypto’s...Continue Reading

Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko shares his 2025 crypto predictions, including Bitcoin’s growth potential and outlook on altcoins, in an exclusive Cointelegraph interview. Mark Yusko, founder of Morgan Creek Capital, shared his insights on the crypto market in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, offering a comprehensive outlook for 2025. Yusko remains a strong believer...Continue Reading

If it follows through with its proposal, Riot Platforms will join many of its colleagues in paying top prices for BTC. Riot Platforms has announced that it proposes to raise $500 million to buy more Bitcoin. The company may conduct a private bond issue for qualified institutional investors. Its decision comes as Bitcoin hovers around...Continue Reading

A swathe of older altcoins colloquially known as “dino coins” have rallied while many of the newer tokens have stalled; analysts explain some of the reasons why. The blistering rallies staged by a swathe of “dino coins,” including Ripple, Tron, Cardano, and Hedera, have left many crypto-natives in disbelief, seeming to have come out of...Continue Reading

1971 Capital chief investment officer Brian Russ says Ethereum is undervalued and that Bitcoin, gold and silver are in a long bull market. For some investors, Bitcoin’s recent rally to the $100,000 milestone gave the signal that the asset is here to stay and the same could be said for traditional finance’s embrace of the...Continue Reading

El Salvador reportedly expects to reach an agreement with the IMF on a $1.3 billion loan deal in return for changes in its Bitcoin Law. El Salvador, the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, is reportedly scaling back its BTC ambitions under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). El...Continue Reading

Core DAO’s Adam Bendjemil highlighted Bitcoin-based DeFi’s potential at Bitcoin MENA 2024, highlighting security-first blockchain innovation. The Bitcoin MENA conference in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 9 gathered leading figures in blockchain innovation to discuss the future of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain security. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Adam Bendjemil, head of ecosystem growth...Continue Reading

MicroStrategy keeps stacking Bitcoin despite BTC hitting all-time high prices, with its co-founder Michael Saylor confident that his company will still buy it at $1 million per coin. MicroStrategy, one of the largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, continues stacking BTC despite the cryptocurrency surging to new all-time high prices above $100,000. MicroStrategy acquired 21,550 BTC...Continue Reading

XRP price data indicates that the current correction is a buy-the-dip opportunity for whales and displays the altcoin’s potential to move higher. XRP (XRP) price has dropped significantly over the last seven days, dipping as low as $2.16 on Dec. 5. Its price is down as much as 16% from its multi-year highs of around...Continue Reading