Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Stablecoins became the default settlement layer for AI agents as crypto payment rails can handle sub-dollar transactions more efficiently, says a report from Keyrock.Artificial intelligence agents settling payments have gone from concept to reality i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
"We’re not going to be outspent or out-organized by entrenched interests protecting their monopolies," said John Bivona, head of government relations at Kalshi.
Kalshi has backed a new lobbying group for prediction markets called Americans for Fair M...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The SEC has reportedly delayed releasing a proposal permitting tokenized stock trading after receiving industry concerns.The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly postponed its plan to allow trading of tokenized stocks after stock exch...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Fixed-income investors are in a "panic" as government securities, once seen as low-risk, begin to crack, according to BitMEX researcher Shang Wu.Rising government bond yields signal a coming “structural” shift that will create a Bitcoin “supercycle”...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The Ethereum Foundation holds less than 1% of all ETH in circulation while other protocol foundations typically hold 10-50% of their native token's supply, the founder said.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to growing criticisms of the Et...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The law firm agreed to a settlement in February 2026 and is facing a separate $525 million lawsuit over its role in the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.
Fenwick & West LLP, the principal law firm that advised former cryptocurrency exchange FT...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
ETH’s bearish chart setup points to a 25% drop toward $1,600, risking over $10 billion in paper losses for BitMine in the coming weeks.Tom Lee’s BitMine faces about $7.3 billion in paper losses on its Ethereum treasury as Ether (ETH) traders weigh wo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
A New York Times investigation found that senior CFTC officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini were suspended and pushed out.Senior officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) who raised concerns about pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
William Mougayar says critics are measuring the Ethereum Foundation by the wrong standard, claiming it was never meant to pump ETH or court institutions.A blockchain researcher has pushed back against growing criticism of the Ethereum Foundation, arg...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
William Mougayar says critics are measuring the Ethereum Foundation by the wrong standard, claiming it was never meant to pump ETH or court institutions.A blockchain researcher has pushed back against growing criticism of the Ethereum Foundation, arg...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Rising short-term bond yields and Warsh's hawkish comments in the past are reviving fears of a December rate hike, which could slam the brakes on Bitcoin's recovery.Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $74,190 on Saturday, its lowest level in more than a month, des...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Stablecoin issuer StablR says it has been compromised, with Blockaid suspecting the cause is a private key compromise of an owner of a multisig wallet used for minting tokens.Stablecoin issuer StablR has said it has suffered an exploit, resulting in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The suspected cause is a private key compromise of one owner in the minting multisig account, said Blockaid. An ongoing exploit is impacting StablR, resulting in the depeg of its Euro and USD stablecoins, while a compromised private key has been blam...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that final details of a deal with Iran are currently being discussed, giving crypto markets a lift.Crypto markets have recovered around $75 billion in value after US President Donald Trump said on Satu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The price of Bitcoin is about $75,800 at the time of publication, a nearly 40% decrease from the all-time high of about $126,000 reached in October 2025.The price of Bitcoin may be headed to the $60,000 level after breaking past a “crucial” support z...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The current Federal Funds target rate is between 350 and 375 basis points, which traders project to rise by at least 25 basis points in December 2026.Kevin Warsh, who was sworn in as the chairman of the US Federal Reserve on Friday, will likely slash...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The ECB warned EU finance ministers that expanding euro stablecoin issuance could weaken bank lending and complicate monetary policy.The European Central Bank warned EU finance ministers on Friday that proposals to expand euro stablecoin issuance cou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The cash-settled, European-style contracts will trade under the ticker QBTC on Phlx, but still require CFTC approval before trading can begin.The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq’s proposal to list cash-settled Bitcoin index opt...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor said the goal is to maximize Strategy’s Bitcoin per share by 2033.Strategy chairman Michael Saylor has not ruled out the company offloading some Bitcoin as early as this year, after recently softening his long-held “n...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Ethereum’s dominance in DeFi, stablecoins and staking is strengthening the long-term ETH accumulation thesis, despite it’s 28% price decline in 2026.Ether’s (ETH) long-term investment case is drawing fresh attention as Ethereum continues to lead in k...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Laszlo Hanyecz's 2010 post, offering 10,000 BTC in exchange for two pizzas delivered to his home, marked the first recorded commercial BTC payment. The Bitcoin community celebrated the 16th anniversary of “Pizza Day” on Friday, marking the first reco...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, but investors forecast no chance of a rate cut in 2026.Kevin Warsh was sworn in on Friday as the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, but in...