Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

100 billion a day: the discreet reign of stablecoins - Crypto review

Long confined to the margins of the financial system, stablecoins are changing dimension. From simple crypto conversion tools, they are becoming large-scale payment instruments, challenging banks and...

Binance among crypto exchanges hit by Amazon Web Services outage

Crypto exchange Binance said it briefly stopped allowing users to withdraw from the platform on Tuesday, due to an issue involving an Amazon Web Services data centre, while other crypto exchanges...

Binance seeks to curb US oversight during deal talks with Trump's crypto company, WSJ says

Binance executives met U.S. Treasury officials last month and discussed loosening government oversight of the company, while exploring a business deal with President Donald Trump's crypto venture,...

Are American institutions turning pro-crypto?

Donald Trump has signed a law that overturns an IRS rule and eases obligations for decentralized finance players, which were previously treated as traditional finance brokers. Political interest and...

New York attorney general urges Congress to bolster crypto regulations

New York Attorney General Letitia James urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation to create a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, arguing that digital asset investors urgently...

The great chaos of 2025 : What does it mean for the crypto market

Tariff-induced uncertainty is rattling both stocks and crypto markets. This volatility could drive Bitcoin’s price into bearish territory, threatening to disrupt its traditional 4-year cycle.

Who'd have thought Bitcoin would last? - Crypto review

While global markets teeter on the brink of Donald Trump's tariff shock, an unexpected asset is resisting: bitcoin, though often considered too young and too volatile, is showing an intriguing...

EU markets watchdog warns of crypto-related financial stability risks

The European Union's securities watchdog warned on Tuesday that problems in the cryptocurrency industry could pose risks to broader financial stability in future, as the sector grows and as ties...

Crypto: Make Bitcoin Cheap Again

As the trade war reignited by Donald Trump sends global stockmarkets reeling, the cryptocurrency market has not been spared. Bitcoin fell sharply, dropping back below $80,000 and reaching a low of...

Democrats ask SEC to preserve records related to Trump's crypto business, probing conflicts

WASHINGTON -A pair of top Democratic lawmakers asked the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday to preserve records related to President Donald Trump's crypto venture World Liberty Financial and...

Strategy’s new bitcoin fundraising tools: STRK, STRF, and the $3T fixed income play

With STRK and STRF, Michael Saylor wants to siphon capital from the global bond market into bitcoin. The strategy might just work—but it’s not without risks.

Ghibli effect: ChatGPT usage hits record after rollout of viral feature

The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image-generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily limiting the...

IMF's Georgieva says initial signs from US on digital deregulation are encouraging

Initial signs from the Trump administration on its plans to deregulate digital assets are quite encouraging, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a Reuters NEXT...

Hut 8, Eric Trump to launch bitcoin mining company

Hut 8 said on Monday it had joined hands with President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, to launch a bitcoin mining company called American Bitcoin. Miami, Florida-based Hut 8 merged the...

Trump's pick to lead markets watchdog faces Senate amid agency tumult

Paul Atkins, a former Wall Street regulator whom President Donald Trump has tapped to run the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is set to testify at a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday...

The rise of Hyperliquid: can HYPE match the platform’s momentum?

Hyperliquid has emerged as DeFi’s leading derivatives DEX with deep liquidity, high performance, and its own blockchain—now evolving into a full DeFi stack. Can the HYPE token live up to that...

Fidelity Investments tests dollar-pegged stablecoin

U.S. asset manager Fidelity Investments is exploring whether to launch its own stablecoin, in the latest sign of mainstream investors looking to cash in on a revival of interest in cryptocurrencies. ...

BlackRock's European Bitcoin Debut: A New Chapter in Crypto Investing

In a move that could be described as both bold and inevitable, BlackRock has unveiled its first bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe. This launch is a strategic step to capture the burgeoning...

US scraps sanctions on Tornado Cash, crypto 'mixer' accused of laundering North Korea money

The U.S. Treasury on Friday lifted economic sanctions against Tornado Cash, a firm that makes cryptocurrency transactions harder to track, which the Biden administration had accused of helping launder...