Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 hours ago
An average of 327,000 wallets were created each day on average over the past week, likely pushed by a flurry of financial activity combined with recent network upgrades.A combination of protocol-level upgrades, stablecoin activity, and a shift in cry...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 4 hours ago
Ugandan officials claimed that they could also shut down the internet-free, encrypted messaging app last week, but haven't done so yet.Bitchat has become the most-downloaded app in Uganda as state officials confirmed that internet access has been cut...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 hours ago
The “digital-first“ bank created in 2022 is set to go public on the Nasdaq, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.Old Glory Bank, a crypto-friendly lender, said it will merge with Digital Asset Acquisition Corporation to form a Texas-based...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 hours ago
The all-stock deal adds Semler’s 5,048 BTC to Strive’s treasury, lifting total holdings to 12,797.9 BTC and ranking it 11th among public companies.Strive’s stock fell about 12% on Tuesday after the asset manager announced an all-stock deal to acquire...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 7 hours ago
Jeremy Barnum told JPMorgan shareholders that yield-bearing stablecoins risk creating a parallel banking system without the safeguards of traditional regulation.Stablecoins emerged as a topic during JPMorgan Chase’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Tu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 7 hours ago
Ethereum remains the leader in total value locked, but declining usage and economic uncertainty in the United States may hinder a rally to $4,000.Key takeaways:Ether trades near $3,200 as weaker network usage and US economic uncertainty limit its pri...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 9 hours ago
Steady ETF inflows, a bullish cup and handle chart pattern and improving sentiment across the total crypto market could propel Solana price to $190.Solana (SOL) is getting more attention from traders now that its price structure is tightening beneath...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 9 hours ago
Bitcoin’s muted 2025 rally and fading altcoin cycle point to a structural market shift, leaving crypto’s 2026 outlook tied to institutions, rates and retail return.2025 proved disappointing for many cryptocurrency investors, as Bitcoin’s traditional...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 hours ago
With the CLARITY Act scheduled for a markup on Thursday, some lawmakers could still be at odds over decentralized finance, stablecoins and ethical concerns.As US senators prepare to mark up a major crypto market structure bill this week, industry lea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 hours ago
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron told Cointelegraph that the acquisitions position the network as a regulated payments platform built to move stablecoins onchain at scale.Polygon Labs has agreed to acquire US-based crypto payments company Coinme and wall...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 hours ago
Bitcoin made new weekly highs above $93,000 despite a delay in the CLARITY Act legislation by US lawmakers. Can BTC hold its gains without a surge in ETF flows and retail investor demand?Bitcoin’s (BTC) price made a new weekly high of $93,500 on Jan....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 12 hours ago
Why regulation favors stablecoins over Bitcoin for salaries and how compliance, volatility and payroll rules are shaping crypto wage adoption worldwide. Crypto payroll refers to paying employee salaries using blockchain-based digital currencies. Empl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 12 hours ago
Bitcoin may take the lead over gold in 2026 as liquidity expansion and cycle fractals point to a rally that can take BTC price to $144,000.Bitcoin’s (BTC) 52-week correlation with gold reached zero for the first time since mid-2022 and may turn negat...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 12 hours ago
The eight-figure investment in Genius Trading highlights how execution-focused tools are gaining relevance as crypto trading activity spreads across blockchains.YZi Labs, an independent investment firm led by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, has inves...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 13 hours ago
The NFT Paris cancellation offers insight into sponsorship pressure, lower volumes and how the NFT market is reshaping in 2026.NFT Paris’ cancellation highlights pressure on sponsorship budgets rather than just falling NFT prices.NFT activity continu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 13 hours ago
Bitcoin sought new weekly highs as US CPI numbers came in below expectations and President Donald Trump called for more interest-rate cuts.Bitcoin (BTC) eyed one-week highs at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as markets surged on low US inflation data.Key...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 14 hours ago
Tightening KYC regulations and growing scrutiny on the digital economy are triggering more investor demand for privacy-preserving digital assets like Monero.Privacy-preserving cryptocurrency Monero surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday as tighteni...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 14 hours ago
By integrating WalletConnect Pay, Ingenico is testing whether stablecoins can function as a practical alternative to card networks in everyday commerce.Payments terminal provider Ingenico has partnered with WalletConnect Pay to enable in-store stable...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 14 hours ago
Franklin Templeton is amending institutional money market funds to support stablecoin reserves and onchain cash use without launching new crypto-native products.Franklin Templeton has amended two Western Asset institutional money market funds (MMFs)...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 15 hours ago
Crypto experts say political pressure on the US Federal Reserve could drive volatility, but also shift flows toward Bitcoin and gold in the long run.Global central bank leaders have rallied behind US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, warning that...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 15 hours ago
ZKsync’s 2026 plan shifts focus from experimentation to production-ready infrastructure designed for banks, enterprises and regulated financial systems.Layer-2 network ZKsync released a 2026 roadmap that puts privacy, deterministic control and native...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 16 hours ago
BNB Chain’s Fermi hard fork goes live on Wednesday, cutting BSC block times from 0.75 seconds to 0.45 seconds and tightening fast-finality rules.BNB Chain’s Fermi upgrade, which goes live Wednesday, will cut BNB Smart Chain (BSC) block times from 0.7...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 17 hours ago
The 21Shares Bitcoin Gold ETP allocates two-thirds to gold and one-third to Bitcoin and trades in pounds sterling and dollars on the London Stock Exchange.21Shares, a major global exchange-traded product (ETP) provider, has expanded access to its inv...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 17 hours ago
Truebit lost $26 million after a smart-contract overflow bug let an attacker mint tokens at near-zero cost, sending the TRU price down 99%.A $26 million exploit of the offline computation protocol Truebit stemmed from a smart-contract flaw that allow...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 17 hours ago
The move adds Ukraine to a growing list of countries, including France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Thailand and Australia, where Polymarket is already restricted.Ukraine has blocked access to the prediction market platform Polymarket, classifyin...
