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Bitcoin exchange buying is back as 'Spoofy the Whale' lifts $90K asks

Bitcoin exchange buying is back as 'Spoofy the Whale' lifts $90K asks

Key points: Whales on Binance joins Coinbase in adding BTC exposure as Bitcoin recovers above $90,000. The Coinbase premium is back in the green amid a broad risk-asset relief rally. Resistance attributed to an entity dubbed “Spoofy the Whale” at $90,000 disappears. Bitcoin (BTC) has fresh whale buying pressure across major exchanges as large-volume investors […]

What are spot Solana ETFs with staking? Canada’s crypto innovation explained

What are spot Solana ETFs with staking? Canada’s crypto innovation explained

What are spot Solana ETFs and why are they important? A spot Solana ETF is an exchange-traded fund that holds Solana (SOL) tokens directly, providing investors real-time exposure to the asset’s market price. Rather than using complex trading platforms or crypto wallets, you can access Solana via a regulated financial product traded on a traditional […]

Bitcoiners should be cautious over rally as stablecoin indicator lags: Analyst

Bitcoiners should be cautious over rally as stablecoin indicator lags: Analyst

Bitcoin’s 12% rally over the week and a surge in related exchange-traded fund inflows have analysts thinking it could soon reach $100,000, but one crypto analyst has said to temper hopes as a key indicator is still giving mixed signals. “Given that our stablecoin minting indicator has yet to return to high-activity levels, we remain […]

Ethereum bounces back as market dominance recovers from all-time low

Ethereum bounces back as market dominance recovers from all-time low

Ethereum’s price has surged after having been in the doldrums for weeks, helping boost its market share after it hit record lows. Ether (ETH) has surged almost 15% over the past 24 hours, topping $1,800 on April 23. It has outperformed Bitcoin, which notched a 6% gain, and the wider crypto market, which has climbed […]

Cantor plans $3B crypto venture with SoftBank, Bitfinex and Tether: Report

Cantor plans $3B crypto venture with SoftBank, Bitfinex and Tether: Report

Brandon Lutnick, chair of investment banking firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is reportedly partnering with SoftBank, Tether and Bitfinex to create a $3 billion crypto acquisition company. Lutnick and the consortium hope to create a publicly listed crypto acquisition company to capitalize on the market under crypto-friendly US President Donald Trump, and replicate Michael Saylor’s company Strategy, […]

Bitcoin price hits 7-week high as Trump softens tone on trade war

Bitcoin price hits 7-week high as Trump softens tone on trade war

Bitcoin has broken above $93,000 for the first time in seven weeks, extending its post-Easter rally as recent macro events have analysts expecting more upside. Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed 5.62% over the past 24 hours and surpassed $93,000 on April 22 for the first time since March 3, continuing a 12% price rally its seen […]

Tesla holds onto Bitcoin as Musk says time at DOGE to ‘drop significantly’

Tesla holds onto Bitcoin as Musk says time at DOGE to ‘drop significantly’

Tesla has held onto its Bitcoin during the first quarter of 2025 as CEO Elon Musk promised shareholders that he would scale back his time working as the Trump administration’s cost-cutting czar. Musk’s comment appears to have been the main catalyst behind Tesla’s (TSLA) 5.4% price jump in after-hours trading on April 22 to $250.80 […]

SEC says it won’t re-file fraud case against Hex’s Richard Heart

SEC says it won’t re-file fraud case against Hex’s Richard Heart

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has said it doesn’t intend to refile its securities fraud complaint against Hex founder Richard Schueler, who goes by Richard Heart. “Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission provides this notice that it does not intend to file an amended complaint in this matter,” the regulator’s lawyer, Matthew Gulde, stated in an […]

Trump Media inks deal with Crypto.com for ‘Made in America’ ETFs

Trump Media inks deal with Crypto.com for ‘Made in America’ ETFs

US President Donald Trump’s media conglomerate, Trump Media and Technology Group, has signed an agreement with crypto exchange Crypto.com to launch exchange-traded funds “with a Made in America focus.” Trump Media, which operates the social media site Truth Social, said on April 22 that it signed a binding agreement with Crypto.com and asset manager Yorkville […]

Australia’s top court sides with Block Earner, dismisses financial regulator's suit

Australia’s top court sides with Block Earner, dismisses financial regulator's suit

The Federal Court of Australia has sided with fintech firm Block Earner in an appeal against a ruling that found it was required to hold a financial services license for its now-discontinued crypto-related products.  Block Earner’s crypto-linked fixed-yield earning product is not a financial product, or a managed investment scheme, and is not a derivative […]

SEC and feds charge man over $200M crypto trading scheme

SEC and feds charge man over $200M crypto trading scheme

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors have charged a man they allege created a crypto scheme that swindled 90,000 people out of $200 million in the hopes of earning returns from Bitcoin and forex trading. The SEC said on April 22 that it had charged Ramil Palafox, a dual citizen of the […]

Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton sworn in as interim US attorney for Manhattan

Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton sworn in as interim US attorney for Manhattan

Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton confirmed that he has been appointed as the interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York after the Democratic Party’s Senate leader used a “blue slip” to block a vote confirming Clayton’s position. The appointment comes a little over five months after US President Donald Trump nominated Clayton […]

XRP Ledger Foundation spots ‘crypto stealing backdoor’ in code library

XRP Ledger Foundation spots ‘crypto stealing backdoor’ in code library

The XRP Ledger Foundation has identified a “serious vulnerability” in the official JavaScript library used for interacting with the XRP Ledger blockchain network, the nonprofit said. On April 22, blockchain security specialist Aikido said in a blog post that XRP Ledger’s open-source JavaScript library was “compromised by sophisticated attackers who put in a backdoor to […]

Chiliz meets with SEC Crypto Task Force amid US market reentry plans

Chiliz meets with SEC Crypto Task Force amid US market reentry plans

Chiliz, a SportsFi company, has met with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss an investment and reentry into the US crypto market under the crypto-friendly White House and increased push for regulatory clarity surrounding digital assets. According to the meeting request made public by the SEC, Chiliz plans a reentry into […]

Bitcoin analysts target $95K as Trump’s trade war cools — Do BTC futures agree?

Bitcoin analysts target $95K as Trump’s trade war cools — Do BTC futures agree?

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to a 45-day high above $91,000 on April 22, and the upward movement coincided with gold reaching a new all-time high. The price gains reflect investors’ concerns over a potential economic recession amid ongoing global trade tensions. The tides are shifting, but does data support a Bitcoin price rally above $95,000? Bitcoin […]

Peirce signals SEC ‘reorientation’ under new chair Paul Atkins

Peirce signals SEC ‘reorientation’ under new chair Paul Atkins

US Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce, currently leading the agency’s crypto task force, offered a preview of what the industry could expect now that Paul Atkins has been sworn in as the regulatory body’s chairman. Speaking to Cointelegraph before the US Senate confirmed Atkins’ nomination and he took his position as SEC chair, […]

Bitcoin breaks downtrend with spike toward $92.6K, but who’s behind the price momentum?

Bitcoin breaks downtrend with spike toward $92.6K, but who’s behind the price momentum?

Bitcoin (BTC) price surged over the Easter weekend, jumping 9% and crossing the $91,000 threshold on April 22. This strong performance diverged sharply from the stock market’s lukewarm rebound and mirrored gold’s bullish behavior, which briefly touched a new all-time high of $3,500.  While the BTC rally and its growing decoupling from equities are noteworthy, […]

DeFi Development Corp adds $11.5M SOL, shares jump 12%

DeFi Development Corp adds $11.5M SOL,  shares jump 12%

DeFi Development Corporation, formerly known as Janover, is ramping up its Solana treasury strategy following a buyout led by Kraken executives. According to an April 22 announcement, the company added 88,164 Solana (SOL) to its treasury, worth $11.5 million and bringing its Solana stake to $34.4 million. On April 7, DeFi Development Corporation was acquired […]

Bitcoin price prepares for ‘70% to 80%’ gain as onchain metrics and spot BTC ETF inflows spike

Bitcoin price prepares for ‘70% to 80%’ gain as onchain metrics and spot BTC ETF inflows spike

Bitcoin (BTC) price has been in a persistent downtrend since January, but the April 22 surge past $91,000 marks its first higher high breakout of the year and the potential start of a new longer-term uptrend. Bitcoin 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView The higher high pattern occurred after BTC moved above its previous lower high and […]

Lawyer hopes Hashflare co-founders can 'self-deport' after sentencing

Lawyer hopes Hashflare co-founders can 'self-deport' after sentencing

A lawyer representing one of the co-founders of crypto mining service Hashflare has addressed how their criminal case may move forward after the pair received “self-deport” letters from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In an April 11 filing in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, Hashflare co-founders Sergei Potapenko […]