Bitcoin played second fiddle as KAVA, XRP, TRX, RPL and RNDR led the crypto market in May

The cryptocurrency market experienced a dull month, with Bitcoin (BTC) dropping 7.37% — its worst performance since November 2022 — and Ether (ETH) losing 0.22% in May.  The average loss across the... Read more »

Bitcoin fragments could become more valuable than full Bitcoins

Since January, there have been over 10 million inscriptions on the largest blockchain in the world, and this number continues to grow exponentially. To provide some context, the Ordinals Protocol allows for... Read more »

‘The Bitcoin Standard’ author becomes economic adviser to El Salvador

Dr. Saifedean Ammous, the author of an explanatory book about Bitcoin (BTC) called The Bitcoin Standard, has been appointed the economic adviser to the National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador. On May 30,... Read more »

Researchers propose new scheme to help courts test deanonymized blockchain data

A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg recently published a paper detailing methods investigators and courts can use to determine the validity of deanonymized data on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. The team’s preprint... Read more »

BitFlyer adopts crypto deposit limits to comply with Travel Rule

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan are preparing for the enforcement of the Financial Action Task Force’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations known as the Travel Rule. On May 30, major Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer announced... Read more »

Mining difficulty passes 50 trillion — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in an altogether different mood as the weekly candle close brings a move higher. The largest cryptocurrency, still stuck in a narrow range, is at last... Read more »

Bitcoin reclaims $28K, and charts suggest ARB, XRP, EOS and AAVE could follow

The United States looks to avoid a catastrophic debt default after the White House and the House Republicans agreed upon a tentative deal on May 27. The U.S. equities markets rallied in... Read more »

Why have Bitcoin and crypto lost 60% of their market cap since their all-time highs?

Macro Markets, hosted by crypto analyst Marcel Pechman, airs every Friday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel and explains complex concepts in layperson’s terms, focusing on the cause and effect... Read more »

Cheds recounts how he leaned on crypto during his toughest times

Technical analyst Cheds has dreamed of being a trader since his childhood. However, the journey he had to take to fulfill his dream wasn’t very straightforward.  In an episode of Cointelegraph’s Crypto... Read more »

FTX 2.0 coming up, Multichain FUD, Worldcoin raises six figures

Top Stories This Week Binance suspends deposits for bridged tokens, seeks clarity from Multichain team Crypto exchange Binance suspended deposits for 10 bridged tokens following days of uncertainty surrounding the Multichain protocol.... Read more »