Crypto investment funds attract $36M in capital despite market turmoil

Cryptocurrency investment funds recorded a sizable increase in inflows last week, signaling that institutional investors were still gaining exposure to digital assets despite extreme volatility in the market.  Digital asset investment products... Read more »

Crypto Exchange Bitmex’s Founders Plead Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Violations

The founders of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitmex, Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, have pled guilty to violations of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act. “As a result of its willful failure to implement... Read more »

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to donate $5M to Ukraine, if they post a DOT address

More and more people are donating to the Ukrainian side of the conflict since Russia’s decision to invade the neighboring country. Most of these donations are funneled through traditional means of fundraising... Read more »

Hodl, don’t trade, says the AI Bitcoin trading bot

“Hodling” really is the way when it comes to accumulating Bitcoin (BTC). At least, that’s the conclusion made by an artificial intelligence (AI) trading bot coded up by a Portuguese software developer.... Read more »

European Parliament to Cancel Vote on Crypto Assets Framework

The European Parliament will not hold a planned vote on crypto regulations after texts that can be interpreted as an attempt to ban coins with energy-intensive mining sparked negative reactions. The lawmaker... Read more »

Non-zero BTC addresses hit all-time high of 40 million

On-chain statistics through February have suggested positive sentiment for Bitcoin as addresses with a non-zero balance of BTC reached an all-time high. Additionally, those wallets with a positive BTC balance are increasingly... Read more »

With Russia cut off from SWIFT, could Bitcoin play a role in avoiding sanctions?

Following the invasion of Russian forces into Ukraine, several countries (i.e., the U.S. and a number of EU members) have imposed strict economic sanctions on Russia which, among other things, will preclude... Read more »

Bitcoin’s Hashpower Drops, BTC Mining Difficulty Expected to Jump Higher in 4 Days

The processing power behind the Bitcoin network has dropped 30% since the hashrate’s all-time high (ATH) on February 15, sliding from 249 exahash per second (EH/s) to 169 EH/s. Furthermore, four days... Read more »

Bitcoin fails to beat resistance as $40K stays out of reach into weekly close

Bitcoin (BTC) faced down $40,000 on Feb. 27 as hopes for the weekly close hinged on avoiding a fourth red monthly candle in a row. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView... Read more »

Finally, U.S. authorities indict founder of $2 billion BitConnect fraud

Three years after the official closure of BitConnect, an infamous crypto exchange platform, the United States authorities are still in the business of bringing the brains behind it to book for allegations... Read more »