West Virginia’s Bitcoin bill seeks to allow the state treasurer to invest up to 10% of state funds in BTC, stablecoins and precious metals. West Virginia’s Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve bill would give the state more sovereignty from the federal government and freedom from a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), State Senator Chris Rose...Continue Reading

Bitcoin could return to $76,000 lows, analysis warns as risk assets prepare for US trade tariff volatility, but a daily chart breakout is on the cusp of confirming. Bitcoin (BTC) reached new April highs at the April 2 Wall Street open as markets braced for US “Liberation Day.” BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Data from...Continue Reading

Bitcoin rallied for a second day as spot volumes soared, but geopolitics and a global tariff war could put a lid on BTC’s price upside. Bitcoin price caught an unexpected bid by rallying to a session high at $88,500, but will the price gains be capped at a multimonth overhead resistance that is aligned with...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s market structure is shifting back to bulls, increasing the chance of BTC price seeking new all-time highs. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is off to a swift start in Q2, rallying by 5.53% to an intraday high of $87,333 on April 2. Currently, Bitcoin is emerging from a ten-week downtrend that began on Jan. 20 when...Continue Reading

Over $2 billion was lost to crypto hacks in Q1 2025, with Bybit’s $1.4 billion exploit leading the surge in access control attacks. Over $2 billion was lost to cryptocurrency hacks in the first quarter of 2025. According to a report shared with Cointelegraph by crypto cybersecurity firm Hacken, in Q1 2025, nearly $1.63 billion...Continue Reading

According to CoinList, DoubleZero’s validator round is the first token sale available to accredited US investors on the platform since 2019. The DoubleZero Protocol, a blockchain infrastructure network aiming to multiply speeds and efficiency for distributed networks, announced a validator funding round to sell token-purchase agreements for its native token to prospective validators. Applications for...Continue Reading

Bitcoin bulls are trying to clear a critical overhead hurdle at $88,000. Will large-cap altcoins follow? Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have pushed the price above the $87,000 level even as US trade tariffs are slated to kick in on April 2. Bitcoin may remain volatile in the near term, but analysts remain bullish for the long...Continue Reading

First Digital Trust has denied Justin Sun’s claims of liquidity issues, saying it is part of a “smear campaign” to hinder competition. The First Digital US dollar-pegged stablecoin (FDUSD) depegged on April 2 following claims of insolvency from Tron network founder Justin Sun, who said that the issuer of the tokenized fiat equivalent, First Digital,...Continue Reading

Representative Maxine Waters suggested that any stablecoin bills in Congress should receive no support unless Republicans address Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest. California Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, used her opening statement at a markup hearing to criticize President Donald Trump’s business and ethical entanglements with the crypto...Continue Reading

XRP’s daily settlement volume in US dollars has risen substantially after Trump’s reelection but remains far below Bitcoin and Ethereum despite its price rally. XRP (XRP), the native cryptocurrency of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), has been touted by proponents as a high-speed, low-cost solution for cross-border payments. But just how much value flows through the...Continue Reading