The crypto exchange’s parent company says Mazars’ withdrawal from its 2022 audit caused millions in damages and tied the dispute to Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has won a $22 million arbitration award against former auditor Mazars USA and asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter judgment on...Continue Reading

Dune data shows Tether’s USDT has become crypto’s dominant payments stablecoin while Circle’s USDC powers DeFi, highlighting how blockchain choice shapes stablecoin use. The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) serving distinct roles across the crypto ecosystem rather than competing head-on. Dune’s Digital Asset...Continue Reading

Mercado Bitcoin will use the funding to expand tokenized finance across Latin America, adding to Tether’s growing portfolio of infrastructure investments. Tether has invested $20 million in Brazilian crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin to support the company’s expansion into tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, lending and other blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. Since its 2013 launch,...Continue Reading

The Reform party leader and Brexit champion confirmed that he was the subject of probes by UK authorities following reports of what he called “gifts” from figures tied to cry pto ventures. Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK’s Reform party, announced that he would resign as a member of Parliament and stand in the...Continue Reading

The funding round comes as institutional investors continue backing crypto market infrastructure despite slower venture investment across the digital asset sector. EDX Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on institutional investors, has raised $76 million in a Series C funding round led by Japan’s SBI Holdings, marking one of the larger funding rounds this year for...Continue Reading

Bitcoin came off two-week highs while US stocks dipped and John Bollinger described BTC price action as “at a critical point.” Bitcoin (BTC) circled $63,000 after Tuesday’s Wall Street open as chip companies led a dip in US stocks. Key points: Read moreContinue Reading

APO lets a Bitcoin signature authorize any compatible UTXO rather than one fixed outpoint. It allows for rebindable pre-signed transactions for Lightning, vaults, and layer-2 protocols without new key management overhead. This is Part 3 in the technical article series about Bitcoin covenants by Cointelegraph Research. To read the previous article click here.  SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, as...Continue Reading

Novel models for RWA tokenization could allow SMEs to receive credit using tangible assets as collateral. A new Cointelegraph Research report presents a case study. After the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, regulations forced European banks to hold more capital against riskier loans. As a result, SME loans became less attractive because they carried similar underwriting...Continue Reading

Some Bitcoin analysts point to a deeper downside risk, while others believes they can see the early signs of a recovery. Bitcoin is trading in a market that’s getting harder to define. Hovering around $64,000 at the time of writing, Bitcoin is down by almost 50% from its cycle peak. That’s a much shallower draw...Continue Reading

K33 said Bitcoin has historically bottomed within weeks of more than half of its circulating supply being held at a loss, with strong one-year returns following in most previous cycles. The growing Bitcoin supply held at a loss suggests that the crypto market is nearing its cycle bottom, according to digital asset brokerage company K33....Continue Reading