Mastercard tokenizes 30% of transactions in 2024.
In 2024, Mastercard tokenized 30% of its transactions and acknowledged stablecoins’ potential to disrupt traditional finance. The…
Liquity v2 suffers $17M outflows after stability pool alert
After telling consumers to leave Stability Pools while an internal investigation into a possible problem was underway, Liquity v2 saw $17…
Goldman Sachs Boosts Ether ETF Holdings 20-Fold
According to the filing, Goldman Sachs raised its Ether ETF investments from $22 million to $476 million. With a 2,000% growth in its Ether…
Bitpanda Expands UK Services with FCA Approval
Bitpanda’s deputy CEO, Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, stated that the company’s cryptocurrency offering in the UK will not differ from…
zkLend loses $4.9M Starknet breach offers hacker 10% bounty
zkLend lost nearly $5M in a Starknet hack; the protocol offers the hacker a 10% bounty if the remaining funds are returned by Feb. 14. After a…
xAI Engineer Resigns After Grok 3 Post on AI Ranking
After refusing to remove a post that ranked AI models, including the impending Grok 3, an AI engineer at xAI quit, igniting a controversy…
Trump to appoint a16z’s Brian Quintenz as CFTC chair
President Donald Trump intends to appoint Brian Quintenz, the head of policy for a16z’s crypto unit, as the Commodity Futures Trading…
IRS Asks Court to Dismiss Crypto Exec’s Appeal
The IRS has urged an appeals court to dismiss a crypto founder’s bid to overturn summonses, countering claims of improper notification.…
Tether Chooses Arbitrum for Cross-Chain Stablecoin
By market capitalization and usage, Tether’s USDt is the biggest stablecoin in the world, with a value of about $141 billion. The…
OpenSea Denies NFT Airdrop Rumors
Devin Finzer, CEO of OpenSea, stated that the community discovered a “test website” and that the terms and conditions it included…
Story Protocol Mainnet Launches on February 13
Story Protocol’s mainnet launches on Feb. 13, introducing the IP token to empower creators in monetizing and protecting their digital…
Osprey Funds Seeks Review of Grayscale Lawsuit
Grayscale won the case against Osprey Funds for unfair trading practices in Connecticut, but Osprey now requests that the decision be…
South Korean Lawmaker Acquitted in Crypto Case
South Korean lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk was acquitted of crypto concealment charges. The court rules that he’s not required to disclose…
Solana Sees February Inflow, Targets $200
Solana has declined since closing at $252.42 on January 19, losing almost 20% of its value. However, a recovery might be in the works when the…
Klarna Targets Crypto Ahead of Public Offering
The CEO of Klarna asked the cryptocurrency community to contribute ideas for incorporating digital assets into the company’s ecosystem.…
Metaplanet Stock Surges 4,000% on Bitcoin Strategy
Metaplanet’s stock surged 4,000% in a year after adopting a Bitcoin-only strategy, mirroring MicroStrategy’s approach to hoarding BTC as…
UK Landfill Holding $768M Bitcoin Hard Drive to Shut Down
According to reports, a landfill in the UK at the heart of a man’s battle to retrieve a misplaced hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin is…
BERA Surges to $8 Ahead of Airdrop and Mainnet Launch
Berachain’s BERA airdrop, worth an estimated $632M, ranks among the largest in recent years, with 80M tokens distributed ahead of the…
Strategy Reports Record Bitcoin Purchase in Q4
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, rebranded to focus on AI and Bitcoin, reporting $120.7M in Q4 2024 revenue while expanding its BTC holdings…
CFTC Fines EmpiresX Founders With $130M in Fraud Case
A US court fined the Brazilian creators of EmpiresX more than $130 million for running a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam that deceived…