Bitcoin price upside has “more to prove” to convince market participants as macroeconomic uncertainty gathers ahead of the US tariff “Liberation Day” on April 2. Bitcoin (BTC) repeated earlier volatility at the April 1 Wall Street open as US trade tariff talk kept markets nervous. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro...Continue Reading

The fund holds a diverse basket of cryptocurrencies, including altcoins such as ETH, SOL, ADA and XRP. Asset manager Grayscale has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding a diverse basket of spot cryptocurrencies, US regulatory filings show. On April 1, Grayscale submitted an S-3 regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission...Continue Reading

After more than six years leading the blockchain advocacy organization, Kristin Smith will leave to become the president of the Solana Policy Institute on May 19. Kristin Smith, CEO of the US-based Blockchain Association, will be leaving the cryptocurrency advocacy group for the recently launched Solana Policy Institute. In an April 1 notice, the Blockchain...Continue Reading

Senator Tommy Tuberville introduced the Financial Freedom Act in 2022 and 2023. Both times, the legislation failed to get out of committee. For the second time, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is set to reintroduce a bill aimed at allowing Americans to add cryptocurrency to their retirement savings plans. In a March 31 Fox News interview,...Continue Reading

The investment is part of the firm’s plans to acquire 21,000 BTC by 2026 and lead Japan’s national Bitcoin adoption efforts. Japan-based Metaplanet has expanded its Bitcoin holdings, purchasing 696 BTC for 10.2 billion yen ($67 million), the company announced in an April 1 post on X. The investment lifts Metaplanet’s total Bitcoin stash to...Continue Reading

ACT token lost 58% of its value in minutes as altcoins and memecoins tumbled on April 1, with Binance margin changes triggering major liquidations. A number of altcoins and memecoins saw a sharp sell-off on April Fools’ Day, April 1, with some tokens, including Act I The AI Prophecy, dropping nearly 60% in minutes. Act...Continue Reading

Open-source platform UPCX lost $70 million worth of tokens due to unauthorized access. The team suspended operations while they investigated the breach. Update April 1, 1:42 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Cyvers co-founder and chief technology officer Meir Dolev. An unauthorized party withdrew about $70 million in digital assets...Continue Reading

Bybit is shutting down its NFT and inscription marketplaces on April 8, 2025, as part of a broader strategy to streamline its offerings amid declining market interest. Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the shutdown of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. In an April 1 announcement, Bybit warned its users that its NFT marketplace will cease...Continue Reading

Bitcoin mining has shifted away from coal as an energy source despite global coal usage increasing to new highs in 2024. The use of hydrocarbon fuels in Bitcoin mining has seen a sharp decline over the past 13 years, with the use of coal energy dropping significantly. The share of coal energy use in Bitcoin...Continue Reading

Coinbase experienced its worst quarterly stock performance since the FTX collapse, dropping 33% in Q1 2025 despite strong revenue expectations. Publicly traded US-based crypto exchange Coinbase saw its worst quarter since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022. Coinbase shares started 2025 trading at just over $257 on Jan. 2 and ended the quarter...Continue Reading