Archives par catégorie: Flash News

Blockaid has announced a partnership with the Sui Foundation to enhance the Sui ecosystem’s security. According to the announcement, Blockaid will add protection to Sui wallets and respond to smart contract exploits, offchain threats and operational faults on Sui. The Sui Foundation supports the growth of Sui, a layer-1 blockchain launched in May 2023 with […]

In this week’s newsletter, check out non-fungible token (NFT) gaming project Axie Infinity’s new trailer for its upcoming Web3 game, Atia’s Legacy. In other news, luxury fashion giant LVMH has been sued for NFT patent infringement, and NFT sales have tumbled by 63% since December 2024.  Axie Infinity teases new Web3 game as NFT outlook […]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission may be preparing to end its enforcement action against Ripple Labs after more than four years. According to a March 12 X post from Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, the SEC’s case against Ripple was “in the process of wrapping up” after the parties filed an appeal and cross-appeal, […]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed ruling on whether or not to permit Cboe BZX Exchange to list options tied to asset manager Fidelity’s Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETFs).  The agency has given itself until May 14 to approve or disapprove of Cboe BZX’s request to list options tied to Fidelity Ethereum Fund […]

The Chicago Board Options BZX Exchange (Cboe) has submitted an application on behalf of asset manager Franklin Templeton to list a Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. According to the March 12 filing, Franklin Templeton’s proposed ETF will hold spot SOL, and the filing encouraged the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow […]

Binance announced on March 12 that its Alpha platform has implemented a new comprehensive token review framework that will aim to remove tokens that don’t meet certain quantitative and qualitative criteria. The quantitative metrics include trading volume stability, liquidity depth, frequency of onchain transactions and distribution of tokenholders. The qualitative metrics include project team credibility, […]

The recent GENIUS stablecoin bill is merely a thinly veiled attempt to usher in central bank digital currency (CBDC) controls through privatized means, according to Jean Rausis, co-founder of the Smardex decentralized trading platform. In a statement shared with Cointelegraph, Rausis said that the US government will punish stablecoin issuers that do not comply with […]

Bitcoin (BTC) bounced from $76,606 on March 11, but the bulls could not sustain the price above $84,500 on March 12. Nansen principal research analyst Aurelie Barthere told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin is in a macro correction in a bull market, with the next crucial level being “$71,000-$72,000, top of the pre-election trading range.” Glassnode also […]

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), dropped below $2,000 on March 10, and the altcoin has struggled to regain a position above the psychological level. While Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP (XRP) exhibited minor recoveries over the past 24 hours, Ether prices failed to display bullish momentum in the charts. The altcoin plummeted to a multi-year low […]

Officials with India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced the arrest of Lithuanian national Aleksej Bešciokov, who was alleged to have operated the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex.  In a March 12 notice, the CBI said police in the Indian state of Kerala had coordinated with national authorities to arrest Bešciokov. The Lithuanian national was reportedly vacationing […]

Opinion by: Sasha Ivanov, founder of Waves and Units.Network Not long ago, the idea that an internet joke could become a multibillion-dollar asset class seemed laughable. Today, memecoins are not just mainstream. They are reshaping entire market cycles. The US now has an official memecoin associated with the president. What started as a niche community […]

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX has invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency exchange Binance, potentially marking one of the biggest funding deals in the industry’s history. In a March 12 announcement, Binance said the transaction was the first institutional investment in the cryptocurrency exchange. Once finalized, the deal will be funded entirely through stablecoins. Binance declined […]

US reserves status quo: Gold, oil and the emerging role of Bitcoin The US government has long relied on gold and oil as reserve assets, but with the growing institutional adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), its potential role as a strategic reserve has increased substantially. This possibility and potential of the Bitcoin strategic reserve have seen […]

A large cryptocurrency trader, known as a whale, lost more than $308 million on a leveraged Ether position, underscoring the risks of leveraged trading during volatile market conditions. The unknown crypto trader was liquidated on their 50x leveraged long position for over 160,234 Ether (ETH), worth more than $308 million at the time of writing, […]

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a classic Wall Street sell-off on Mar. 12 as bears tempered a welcome US inflation slowdown. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price reverses at key bull market trendline Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching three-day highs of $84,437 on Bitstamp before reversing. The January print of the […]

The Russian central bank is considering a three-year experimental regime to authorize select Russian investors to trade cryptocurrencies. On March 12, the Bank of Russia announced a proposal to allow a “limited circle of Russian investors” to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). “In accordance with the instructions of the President of Russia, the […]

Bitcoin’s next significant price catalyst may arrive Friday as the US debt suspension period comes to an end, potentially injecting fresh liquidity into markets and driving a price rebound. The US Treasury hit its $36 trillion debt ceiling a day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. A “debt issuance suspension period” began then […]

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company Securitize has selected RedStone as the primary oracle provider for its tokenized products, which include BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and the Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund (ACRED). According to a March 12 announcement, RedStone will deliver price feeds for current and future tokenized products offered by Securitize. […]

American asset manager Franklin Templeton has entered the growing XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) race, becoming the latest firm to file for a spot XRP ETF in the United States. Franklin Templeton’s XRP (XRP) ETF is designed to track the performance of the XRP price, with XRP holdings stored at Coinbase Custody Trust, according to an […]

Gemini crypto exchange, founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is expanding its trading capabilities for institutional clients in Europe by introducing US dollar payment support Gemini has partnered with Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick to enable US dollar payment rails for institutional customers in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the firm said in an announcement shared with […]