Has Off The Grid fired the starting GUN for the gaming supercycle? Pudgy Penguins meet Monopoly on Ice in LOL Land, and more: Web3 Gamer. After five months of anticipation, the most exciting Web3 game of 2024 finally rolled out its cryptocurrency token this week. Third-person battle royale shooting game Off The Grids native token,...Continue Reading

A quantum-resistant Bitcoin upgrade is inevitable, but ignoring full node incentives could accelerate centralization. Fixing this flaw now is the only way to secure Bitcoin’s future. Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) has long been hailed as unbreakable and untouchable, a digital stronghold against the forces of change. Bitcoin’s bedrock...Continue Reading

Tether acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in Q1 2025, boosting its total holdings to over 100,000 BTC despite looming regulatory pressures. Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2025, according to onchain data. Onchain transaction data shows that Tether moved its newly acquired Bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $750 million at...Continue Reading

Crypto hacks totaled $1.63 billion in Q1 2025, up 131% year over year, with the Bybit breach alone accounting for 92% of the losses. Hackers stole more than $1.63 billion in cryptocurrency during the first quarter of 2025, with the Bybit exploit accounting for more than 92% of total losses, according to blockchain security firm...Continue Reading

Trump-linked stablecoin USD1 may complicate bipartisan efforts to pass US stablecoin legislation, raising conflict of interest concerns in Congress. A US dollar-pegged stablecoin launched by a cryptocurrency platform tied to US President Donald Trump’s family could complicate ongoing bipartisan efforts to pass stablecoin legislation in Congress, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest. The Trump-linked...Continue Reading

European Economic Area users can still custody non-MiCA-compliant tokens, such as Tether’s USDt, and trade them in perpetual contracts. Binance has discontinued spot trading pairs with Tether’s USDt in the European Economic Area (EEA) to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has delisted spot trading pairs with several non-MiCA-compliant tokens...Continue Reading

US President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting crypto markets, where his own family has significant investments. Meanwhile, DeFi hacks are costing the industry. March was a rough month for markets — US President Donald Trump’s uncertain tariff policies created volatility in Bitcoin and crypto markets; meanwhile, decentralized finance (DeFi) struggled with security concerns. Retaliatory...Continue Reading

The firm behind the Gutter Cat Gang NFTs said “niche technical issues” prevented the GANG tokens from launching on ApeChain on March 31, as initially planned. Non-fungible token (NFT) project Gutter Cat Gang (GCG) saw a rocky token launch of its GANG token on Apechain on March 31, attributed to a “technical issue” by a...Continue Reading

BTC inflows to major exchanges have declined by almost two-thirds since November, a trend giving analysts hope that a bullish market may be around the corner. Bitcoin (BTC) faces a new “consolidation zone” as exchange inflows tag multiyear lows, new analysis says. In an April 1 post on X, Axel Adler Jr., a contributor to...Continue Reading

Research from Fidelity Digital Assets suggests that the Bitcoin bull market is not done yet, as the “acceleration cycle” has yet to produce a blow-off top. A recent Fidelity Digital Assets report questioned whether Bitcoin’s price had already seen its cyclical “blow off top” or if BTC (BTC) is on the cusp of another “acceleration...Continue Reading