Ethena's Bullish Pump on Bankless

bankless.com Exchange Integrations. Many crypto tokens are finding themselves in the red, but Ethena’s ENA has managed to defy the trend, up nearly 10% to start the week! What is causing…

Tether Partners With Telegram To Bring Crypto Payments To 900 Million Users

thedefiant.io Telegram users can now send and withdraw USDT for free. Leading stablecoin issuer Tether has integrated with Telegram to bring USDT payments to one of the most popular…

New Stablecoin Bill Draws Mixed Reactions

thedefiant.io U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kristen Gillibrand have introduced new legislation for stablecoin issuers. After months of drafting and deliberations, U.S. Senators Cynthia…

India Crypto Purchase Simplified Amid Alchemy Pay & Bitget Partnership

coingape.com Alchemy Pay, a global leader in payment solutions, has collaborated with Bitget, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, to streamline crypto purchases for…

Stablecoin surge: Tether's headroom for growth

coindesk.com The market cap for stablecoins has grown considerably in the past six months, increasing from $122 billion in October 2023 to $157 billion in April 2024. Among stablecoin…

Just-In: BitMEX Launches Bitcoin, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE Options

coingape.com BitMEX, a leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has officially launched a new options trading platform in collaboration with PowerTrade, a specialized crypto options…

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Plots Europe Expansion With CitiPay Investment

coingape.com USDT issuer Tether has announced plans to extend its presence across Eastern Europe. The crypto firm intends to achieve this feat with an additional investment in the…

Is Ethereum About to Take a Massive Drop? Here’s Why ETH Price Could Drop By 70%

coinpedia.org The post Is Ethereum About to Take a Massive Drop? Here’s Why ETH Price Could Drop By 70% appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The volatility has made its way into the…

Tether expands Eastern European operations with CityPay.io investment

cryptobriefing.com Tether today announced an additional investment in CityPay.io to strengthen its Eastern European presence. The funding will enhance the payment processor’s reach in over 600…

Tether partners with Swan to expand Bitcoin mining operations

cryptoslate.com Stablecoin issuer Tether has expanded its mining endeavors by collaborating with Swan’s Managed Bitcoin Mining service. According to the press statement, the firm has…

Bybit integrates Ethena Labs’ USDe as trading collateral

finbold.com Bybit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of trading volume, has incorporated Ethena Labs’ synthetic dollar, USDe, as a collateral option for…

Solana Full Send

decrypt.co SOL leads majors higher, DEX volume flips ETH. ETH burn rate hits yearly low. BTC needs to reach $67k for a ‘higher high’. Robinhood receives Wells Notice from SEC. Only 10%…

Bitfinex Pay and Awepay for Enterprise Payments Collaboration

cryptopotato.com [PRESS RELEASE – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 8th, 2024] Awepay.io, a digital payments technology provider known for its early pioneership of financial technologies for…

Earn Using BetFury Crypto Loans With the Lowest Interest Rate

ambcrypto.com BetFury is the 1st iGaming platform that launched competitive Crypto Loans, expanding its crypto ecosystem. Every BetFury user can now create positions with a minimum…

South Korean OTC Crypto ‘Thieves’ Admit Guilt in USDT Trial

cryptonews.com Four suspected South Korean OTC crypto “thieves” have pleaded guilty to stealing around $735,000 from a crypto buyer in a “bogus” USDT deal. Five men appeared at the Incheon…

Bitcoin ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton Bullish On Solana (SOL), Foresees It As 3rd Largest Crypto

newsbtc.com In the wake of the November 2022 crypto market crash, which saw the bankruptcy and collapse of FTX and other firms, Solana (SOL) has emerged as a standout performer,…

Bull Run: 8% Price Surge And Robust Double-Digit Growth In Key Metrics

newsbtc.com a Layer-1 (L1) protocol, and its native token, FTM, have experienced significant gains and notable achievements in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. According to a…

TON and STX suffer major losses, ETFS and OP take the lead

ambcrypto.com Amidst the current market turmoil and Bitcoin’s crash, many cryptocurrencies like Toncoin (TON) and Stacks (STX) have become victims of the market’s volatility, recording…

Can Ethereum Reclaim $4,000? Fragile Fundamentals Threaten To Send ETH Crashing

newsbtc.com Ethereum has put on a disappointing performance for its investors over the last few weeks, leading to concerns on whether the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has…

5 Projects to Watch on Aptos on Bankless

bankless.com With APT at all-time highs, eyes are shifting to the Aptos DeFi ecosystem. Aptos's APT native token just broke all-time highs today after mounting an impressive revenge run…

House Democrats Propose Bill to Intensify Scrutiny on Bitcoin Mixers

tftc.io New legislation is expected to be introduced by House Financial Services Committee Democrats, targeting Bitcoin mixing services. Representative Sean Casten (D-Ill.), a…

7 Cryptos to Watch This Week as the Market Heats Up

investorplace.com Last week, cryptos to watch got their first real scare of the year. Following the media firestorm over the original blockchain asset’s halving event, all eyes shifted to the…

Cartier Heir Charged by DOJ for Allegedly Laundering ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Partially via USDT Transfers

dailyhodl.com Prosecutors are charging three Colombian nationals and a purported direct descendant of the Cartier watch and jewelry-making family for allegedly laundering hundreds of…

Cartier Family Member Indicted for Using USDT to Launder Hundreds of Millions in Drug Trafficking Money

news.bitcoin.com Maximilien De Hoop Cartier, a descendant of the family famous for their French luxury goods Cartier, has been indicted for his participation in a network that allegedly used…

Crypto Mixers Targeted in U.S. House Democrats' Effort to 'Clamp Down' on Money Laundering

coindesk.com None A new bill from House Financial Services Committee Democrats is expected to target crypto mixing services this week. • None Legislation from the minority party is…

What Visa’s ‘Organic’ Stablecoin Report Misses

coindesk.com What do we talk about when we talk about bots in crypto? Although crypto advocates often think about the suite of these peer-to-peer blockchain-based tools and currencies as…

Coingape: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Analysis

coingape.com BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has made a bold prediction regarding ENA, the governance token of Ethena, suggesting it could reach $10. This forecast aligns with the recent…

Ethena Integrates With Bybit To Add USDe As Collateral Asset

thedefiant.io Traders will also get exposure to zero-fee trading with BTC and ETH pairs. Synthetic stablecoin startup Ethena Labs today unveiled an integration with Bybit to add its USDe…

Layer-1 Landscape

coinmetrics.substack.com Get the best data-driven crypto insights and analysis every week: • None The innovations taking place across Layer-1 platforms is heating up, bringing changes that require…

More DeFi protocols could snub US users as crypto airdrops explode

dlnews.com A version of this article appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on May 7. Sign up here. GM, Aleks here filling in for my colleague Tim. Here’s what caught my DeFi-eye…

The Usage & Evolution of Decentralized Exchanges (DEX’s)

coinmetrics.substack.com Get the best data-driven crypto insights and analysis every week: • None Regulatory Impact and Market Adaptation: The SEC's scrutiny of Uniswap highlights the regulatory…

Ethena Partners With Bybit. Will It Catalyze USDe’s Growth?

unchainedcrypto.com Ethena has partnered with Bybit, a global cryptocurrency exchange, to integrate its synthetic dollar asset, USDe, which launched almost three months ago. USDe will now be…

XRP News: Ripple’s Strategy Unfolded at Las Vegas 2024 Conference

coinpedia.org Qadir Ak is the founder of Coinpedia. He has over a decade of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2010.…

Markus Thielen Says Forget the Idea of the Ethereum Flippening Bitcoin

beincrypto.com The crypto community has long debated whether Ethereum (ETH) might one day surpass Bitcoin (BTC) in market capitalization—a scenario often referred to as “the flippening.”…

XRP Price Is Ready to Hit $5 By End of 2024

coinpedia.org Mustafa has been writing about Blockchain and crypto since many years. He has previous trading experience and has been working in the Fintech industry since 2017. Ripple’s…

US Government Now Holds $13.82B Worth of Bitcoin

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker US Government Now Holds $13.82B Worth of Bitcoin According to data from the blockchain intelligence firm Arkham, the US government’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings have…

Reasons Why XRP Might Target $5 By Year-End

coingape.com XRP has been known for its frozen or constant slow performance, as the token has failed to move much from its average value of $0.5. It has been stuck around that average…

Stablecoins dominated by bots, only 10% real users

ambcrypto.com None Over 90% of stablecoin volumes are linked to bots and large traders. • None The findings suggest that stablecoin payments haven’t hit mainstream adoption yet. Only less…

Top Reasons Why Bitcoin Price Reaching $150K Might Be a Long Road Ahead

coinpedia.org Writer by choice, CryptoCurrency Writer, and Researcher by chance. Currently, focusing on financial news and analysis, as well as cryptocurrency news and data. One may not…

NEAR Price Rally: 9% Surge Recaptures Key Level, Records 160% TVL Growth In Q1

newsbtc.com Decentralized application (dApp) platform Near Protocol exhibited notable growth in key metrics during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, driving its native token NEAR to…

Cartier Jewelry Heir Busted for Laundering Money with Crypto

cryptonews.com The US Justice Department (DoJ) arrested an heir to the Cartier empire on May 2. He was charged with laundering proceeds of drug trafficking using Tether’s USDT stablecoin.…

Tether Partners With Chainalysis To Boost Compliance and Monitor Sanctioned Addresses

dailyhodl.com Stablecoin issuer Tether is working with blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis to develop a solution for monitoring transactions involving entities beyond those that directly…

Crypto lobbyists are busy preparing for the 2024 election

protos.com For the 2024 US presidential election, cryptocurrency is probably very low on the list of priorities for most voters. Domestically, there are many important issues like…

Paolo Ardoino Dismisses Rumors That Bitfinex Suffered Database Breach Last Month

dailyhodl.com Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino is rejecting rumors that the crypto exchange was a victim of a database exploit last month. Ardoino, who also serves as…

90% of Ethereum, Tron, Solana Stablecoin Transactions Are ‘Inorgranic Activity’, Visa Says

decrypt.co Nearly all stablecoin transactions are tied to “inorganic activity,” according to payments giant Visa and enterprise blockchain data provider Allium. The companies have…

Dark Bling: Heir To Jewelry Giant Cartier Indicted In Cocaine And Crypto Scandal

bitcoinist.com Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, heir to the famed jewelry dynasty, was arrested by US authorities for allegedly laundering millions of dollars for a Colombian drug cartel.…

Ethena Price Prediction as ENA Closes In On $1

cryptonews.com The Ethena price has rallied by 13% today, reaching $0.9165 as the cryptocurrency market rises by 1% in the past 24 hours. ENA – which is the governance token of the Ethena…

Joins Top 10 Cryptocurrencies with $20.8B Market Cap

coinspeaker.com Joins Top 10 Cryptocurrencies with $20.8B Market Cap Toncoin (TON), one of the popular cryptocurrencies in the market today, has achieved a significant milestone by entering…

Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report

coindesk.com None More than 90% of stablecoin transaction volumes aren’t coming from genuine users, analysis co-developed by Visa finds, according to a Bloomberg report. • None Out of…

One Bitcoin Whale Moved $44 Million While Another Sold $14 Million

beincrypto.com whales have stirred the cryptocurrency market with their recent transactions. One whale moved a significant amount of BTC after a decade-long dormancy, while another…

TON Rises 15% As Telegram Achieves 900 Million Users

coinpedia.org The post TON Rises 15% As Telegram Achieves 900 Million Users appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Telegram, the popular messaging platform has made it to a staggering…

Heir to Cartier empire arrested for attempted money laundering using USDT

crypto.news The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has arrested Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, a successor to the French luxury brand Cartier, over money laundering charges using…

A jailed Binance exec, a $35m money laundering case, and an Interpol manhunt

dlnews.com The cryptocurrency community is no stranger to drama. In its short history, it has endured all manner of online heists, rug pulls, multi-billion dollar meltdowns, and lost…

Flash News: OKX Launches Cryptopedia Season 17 Campaign Featuring 6,666,666 Ultiverse Token Prize Pool

benzinga.com SINGAPORE, May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKX, a leading Web3 technology company, has issued updates for May 6, 2024. OKX today announced the launch of Season 17 of…

Ripple to Launch USD-Backed Stablecoin in June? CTO David Schwartz Hints

cryptonews.com Ripple is reportedly planning to launch its much-anticipated USD-backed XRP stablecoin, the company’s CTO hints at an event. The information surfaced during the XRP Las…

Visa Reveals Only 10% of Stablecoin Transactions Are Real

beincrypto.com Visa and Allium Labs dashboard disclosed that only 10% of stablecoin transactions in April were authentic. This finding suggests that stablecoins are still far from becoming…

Binance To Remove This BTC, ETH, & USDT Pair, Here’s All

coingape.com The leading crypto exchange, Binance has fueled discussions in the crypto market, with its recent announcement of removing a specific pair for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT…

BTCC Exchange Launches World Trading Competition with Record-breaking 10M USDT in Prize Pools

cryptopotato.com [PRESS RELEASE – Vilnius, Lithuania, May 6th, 2024] BTCC Exchange, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency platform, announces the BTCC World Trading Competition (BWTC)…

900 Million Telegram Users Send TON Token Soaring 15%

newsbtc.com Telegram, the messaging giant, has reached a staggering 900 million users. This surge directly impacts Telegram Open Network (TON), the blockchain designed to work…