Sony Electronics Singapore partnered with Crypto.com to enable USDC payments, highlighting a growing trend of stablecoin adoption in the region. The online store of a Singapore-based subsidiary of Japanese tech behemoth Sony is now accepting USDC payments through Crypto.com. According to an April 2 announcement, Sony Electronics Singapore now accepts USDC (USDC) stablecoin payments through...Continue Reading

Bitcoin midterm holders — even those with a cost basis at around $3,600 — are still refusing to sell despite major profits and BTC price volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) investors who bought BTC in 2020 or later are still waiting for higher prices, new research says. In findings published on X on April 1, onchain analytics...Continue Reading

The new fund will differ from GoMining’s product aimed at retail miners and feature a 2% annual management fee. GoMining, a platform that allows users to mine Bitcoin (BTC) through data centers, is launching a $100 million Bitcoin mining fund for institutional investors. Custodied by Bitgo, the fund promises annual distributions from mining yield and...Continue Reading

The Securities and Exchange Commission and Gemini have asked for a 60-day stay of the regulator’s lawsuit to “explore a potential resolution.” The US Securities and Exchange Commission and crypto exchange Gemini have asked to pause the regulator’s suit over the exchange’s Gemini Earn program, saying they want to discuss a potential resolution.  In an...Continue Reading

GameStop’s board had greenlit an investment in Bitcoin and US-dollar-pegged stablecoins using the convertible debt offering and cash reserves on March 25. Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with some proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin. The offering was initially set to raise at least $1.3...Continue Reading

The US-led tariff war gets all the blame for Bitcoin’s year-to-date weakness, but there are other factors weighing on BTC price. Despite Bitcoin’s 2.2% gains on April 1, BTC (BTC) hasn’t traded above $89,000 since March 7. Even though the recent price weakness is often linked to the escalating US-led global trade war, several factors...Continue Reading

Crypto-friendly Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine have won Florida’s special elections for the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts of the US House. Two Republicans who received a combined $1.5 million from the crypto-backed political action committee (PAC) Fairshake will enter the US House after winning special elections in Florida. Republican Jimmy Patronis won the...Continue Reading

Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions is the third state-level regulator in the past month to drop its action over Coinbase’s staking rewards. Kentucky’s finance watchdog has dismissed its lawsuit against Coinbase over the exchange’s staking rewards program, following its peers in Vermont and South Carolina. Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions filed the stipulation to dismiss...Continue Reading

Google threat intelligence says North Korea’s fake workers have also increased extortion attempts as they’re under pressure to maintain money streams amid a US crackdown. Fraudulent tech workers with ties to North Korea are expanding their infiltration operations to blockchain firms outside the US after increased scrutiny from authorities, with some having worked their way...Continue Reading

Blockchain and tech trade associations want UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office to follow the US and appoint a special envoy dedicated to crypto. Several British trade associations have asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office to appoint a special envoy dedicated to crypto and for a dedicated action plan for digital assets and blockchain technology....Continue Reading