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What happened to sUSD? How a crypto-collateralized stablecoin depegged

What happened to sUSD? How a crypto-collateralized stablecoin depegged

sUSD depeg, explained: Why Synthetix’s stablecoin fell below $0.70 In a significant and concerning event in the cryptocurrency space, sUSD, the native stablecoin of the Synthetix protocol, saw its value plummet to $0.68 on April 18, 2025.  This drop represents a dramatic 31% deviation from its intended peg of 1:1 with the US dollar, a […]

XRP To Hit $8, No Double Digits This Cycle — Warns Crypto Analyst

XRP To Hit $8, No Double Digits This Cycle — Warns Crypto Analyst

Chart technician “Charting Guy” told his audience that XRP’s current four-hour structure suggests a measured climb toward a cycle peak near $8—yet nothing higher. Displaying a BITSTAMP four-hour chart overlaid with multi-sigma deviation bands, he wrote that XRP is “over this standard deviation and we likely move up quickly to the next one at the […]

Playing Web3 games with one wallet still the ‘vision’ — The Sandbox

Playing Web3 games with one wallet still the ‘vision’ — The Sandbox

Wallet interoperability still remains the vision for Web3 gaming, according to Arthur Madrid, the co-founder and CEO of the decentralized metaverse and gaming platform The Sandbox.  In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph at the Crypto Polo event in Dubai, Madrid and The Sandbox co-founder and chief operating officer Sebastien Borget told Cointelegraph that Web3 gaming […]

7,2 milliards de $ d’options expirent, Bitcoin tient bon : les baleines passent à l’attaque

Et s’il en fallait plus pour prouver que Bitcoin n’est plus un simple actif spéculatif ? Ce 25 avril, le marché a connu l’une des plus grandes expirations d’options de son histoire, avec pas moins de 76 709 contrats BTC réglés pour un montant estimé à 7,2 milliards de dollars. Et pourtant, alors que tous […]

Stacks Asia expands Bitcoin initiatives with Abu Dhabi partnership

Stacks Asia expands Bitcoin initiatives with Abu Dhabi partnership

The Stacks Asia DLT Foundation has become the first Bitcoin-based organization to establish an official presence in the Middle East, aiming to promote institutional Bitcoin adoption through expanded educational initiatives. Stacks Asia has partnered with the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) — one of the world’s fastest-growing financial centers — in a move that could […]

Crypto ETPs hit 3rd-largest inflows on record at $3.4B — CoinShares

Crypto ETPs hit 3rd-largest inflows on record at $3.4B — CoinShares

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) bounced back with their third-largest inflows on record last week, according to CoinShares. Global crypto ETPs collectively posted $3.4 billion of inflows in the trading week of April 21–25, marking the highest level since December 2024, CoinShares reported on April 28. The inflows were just 13% below the all-time high of […]

Explosion du Monero (XMR) : des hackers font bondir le cours de 37% en revendant 3 520 BTC

Tôt ce matin, le cours du Monero a explosé, passant de 230 à 317$ en l’espace de quelques heures. Malheureusement, les raisons de cette hausse ne sont pas réjouissantes. Bien que les détenteurs de Monero se frottent les mains, l’origine illicite de cette hausse laisse dubitatif. Ainsi, des hackers semblent avoir massivement converti des fonds […]

ZachXBT flags suspicious $330M Bitcoin transfer triggering Monero surge

ZachXBT flags suspicious $330M Bitcoin transfer triggering Monero surge

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT has flagged a suspicious transfer involving 3,520 Bitcoin (BTC) (valued at $330.7 million) that may indicate a major theft. The transaction, reported on April 28, saw funds moved from a potential victim’s wallet to the address bc1qcry…vz55g. Following the transfer, the stolen stash was quickly laundered through over six instant exchanges and […]

Économie : Warren Buffett détient 4,6 % de tous les bons du Trésor américain en circulation

Buffet fait sauter la banque ! Le milliardaire Warren Buffett est connu pour être un investisseur très conservateur. Et quoi de plus sûr que les bons du Trésor américain ? C’est en tout cas ce que semble penser le magnat de la finance, dont l’entreprise Berkshire Hathaway vient d’atteindre un nouveau record dans ce domaine. En effet, […]

Crypto : Stripe lance un nouveau stablecoin, mais pas pour les USA, l’UE ou le Royaume-Uni

Stablecoin is money. Le secteur des stablecoins est décidément en pleine ébullition et il est difficile de passer une semaine sans avoir une nouvelle annonce. C’est d’autant plus vrai dans le secteur des paiements où après PayPal, c’est maintenant Stripe qui veut lancer le sien, le tout dans un secteur qui pourrait représenter des milliers […]

Beyond tariffs and chaos — blockchain emerges as the backbone of a parallel economy

Beyond tariffs and chaos — blockchain emerges as the backbone of a parallel economy

Opinion by: Ross Shemeliak, co-founder and chief operating officer of Stobox The Trump administration is pushing a much-revived policy trajectory, marked by tariffs and sanctions that aim to reshore production. Despite exemptions favorable to technology, this dramatic turnaround may seem like a case of the White House treating global trade as its playground. The president’s […]

Bitcoin upside could stop at $100K despite $3B in ETF inflows

Bitcoin upside could stop at $100K despite $3B in ETF inflows

Key points: High Bitcoin ETF inflows don’t always signal a price top as historical data is mixed. Spot Bitcoin inflows often precede short-term price rises, not reversals. Bitcoin may hit $100K but faces resistance. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price recovery may be stalled at $100,000 as questions emerge whether high ETF inflows have always marked the local […]

Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks

Caitlin Long slams US Fed over stablecoin policy favoring big banks

Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has criticized the US Federal Reserve for quietly maintaining a key anti-crypto policy that favors big-bank-issued stablecoins, despite relaxing crypto partnership rules for banks. In an April 27 thread on X, Long explained that while the Fed recently rescinded four prior crypto guidelines, it left intact a […]

XRP Headed For $1,000 – CryptoGuard Exec Drops Bold Prediction

XRP Headed For $1,000 – CryptoGuard Exec Drops Bold Prediction

CryptoGuard Chief Operating Officer Matthew Brienen is demonstrating considerable confidence in XRP. Speaking during the first episode of the “Ask Matty Show,” Brienen explained that he is convinced that XRP is likely to surge to a high of $1,000. His remarks occur at a time when the altcoin remains the world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market […]

Nexo back in the United States as Trump Jr. attends exclusive event

Nexo back in the United States as Trump Jr. attends exclusive event

Cryptocurrency services platform Nexo announced that it is reentering the US market after facing previous regulatory challenges. According to an April 28 announcement, Nexo’s reentry event featured Donald Trump Jr., who said that he thinks “crypto is the future of finance,” adding: “We see the opportunity for the financial sector and want to ensure we […]

Melania memecoin team sells $1.5M tokens as price pumps 21%

Melania memecoin team sells $1.5M tokens as price pumps 21%

The team behind the Official Melania Meme (MELANIA) token sold more than $1.5 million of tokens over the past three days, suggesting a programmatic selling strategy that may add downside pressure to the token. The team behind the Melania memecoin sold another $930,000 worth of tokens on April 28, two days after selling $630,000, according […]

Dogecoin On Track For $10+ Explosion By October 2025, Says Crypto Pundit

Dogecoin On Track For $10+ Explosion By October 2025, Says Crypto Pundit

Crypto pundit ÐOGECAPITAL—known on X as @DimaPotts36—circulated a sweeping ten-year weekly chart that projects a late-cycle peak for the meme coin near double-digit territory. “DOGE $10+ DOGECOIN?!” he teased in the accompanying post, setting an audacious tone for what is otherwise a rigorously constructed piece of cycle analysis. Dogecoin Targets $10 Cycle Peak Potts’ chart […]

Crypto : À Wall Street, les ETF Bitcoin et Ethereum ont vécu une semaine historique

Les ETF Bitcoin sont de retour. La semaine dernière, les ETF Bitcoin au comptant ont enregistré plus de 3 milliards de dollars d’entrées, marquant ainsi la meilleure semaine pour ces fonds depuis novembre 2024. Ce chiffre impressionnant montre un regain d’intérêt massif pour le Bitcoin, surtout après sa récente hausse de prix. Les points clés […]