Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Crypto capital evolution: VCs consolidate, IPO markets surge

Funding of crypto companies doubled y-o-y, although remained disciplined, favoring revenue-generating platforms over speculative token plays.

South Korea crypto exchange Bithumb says system flaws led to $40 billion error

South Korea's Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange's internal system susceptible to potential sabotage and failed to prevent an erroneous transfer of more than $40...

Bitcoin loses Trump-era gains as crypto market volatility signals uncertainty  

Bitcoin could drop further  after wiping out all of its price gains since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump as liquidity is expected to remain thin for the near future. ...

The reasons behind Bitcoin's bloodbath

With each passing week, crypto investors are hurting more. The week of January 19: -5.7%. The following week: -11.17%. This week: -12.57% so far. In four months, BTC has lost 40% of its value, or...

Big US banks boost Washington lobbying muscle as policy fights heat up

Big U.S. banks' lobbying spend jumped 12% last year, the most in more than a decade, as they intensified efforts to navigate major policy flux in Washington under President Donald Trump's...

Bitcoin plummets, driving $2 trillion tumble in crypto market value

Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares. The world's...

Bitcoin under $73K: has it bottomed out?

Crypto markets have deeper bear-market risk against emerging rebound signals.

Precious metal price fluctuations could test fast-growing gold token market

A surge in the price of gold is driving demand for so-called tokenized gold, a fast-growing niche of the digital asset market, which experts warn carries custody and regulatory risks that are not...

Bitcoin falls below $80,000, continuing decline as liquidity worries mount

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by 6.53% at $78,719.63 at 12:48 p.m. ET on Saturday, continuing its decline from the previous session. On Friday,...

Investors gain some Fed clarity with Warsh choice, but mull rate path

The choice of Kevin Warsh to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve clears uncertainty on Wall Street about the central bank's likely next chair, but leaves investors weighing how the former Fed governor's...

Weaker dollar, stronger bitcoin?

DXY is at multi-year lows, but bitcoin's usual inverse response is breaking down amid volatility, tight credit, and rising bond yields.

US banks may lose $500 billion to stablecoins by 2028, Standard Chartered warns

U.S. dollar-backed crypto tokens known as stablecoins could pull around $500 billion in deposits out of U.S. banks by the end of 2028, Standard Chartered estimated on Tuesday - new analysis that could...

Crypto money-laundering hit $82 billion in 2025, researchers say

Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in part by fast growth among Chinese-speaking groups, blockchain researchers...

Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter

Tether, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, added about 27 metric tons of gold to its fund exposure in the fourth quarter of 2025, it said on Monday, broadly unchanged from its third-quarter...

Ledger targets IPO of over $4bn in 2026

The countdown to Ledger's stockmarket debut has begun. After a decade of growth, marked by both successes and turbulence, Ledger is preparing to clear a hurdle that few crypto start-ups can afford.

SEC agrees to dismiss case over crypto lending by Winklevoss' Gemini

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday agreed to dismiss its enforcement case against a cryptocurrency exchange founded by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, after...

UBS explores crypto investing for select private banking clients, Bloomberg News reports

UBS is planning to offer cryptocurrency investment options to some private banking clients, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.  The Swiss lender...

Yen pressured as BOJ holds rates, dollar set for steep weekly drop

The yen stayed under pressure after the Bank of Japan held rates steady on Friday, as expected, while the U.S. dollar headed for its steepest weekly drop since June as geopolitical tensions and abrupt...

Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners ETF targets gold, metals, bitcoin as alternative to currencies

As geopolitical tensions soar and government debt loads rise in many nations, digital assets investment firm Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners, a division of a Florida-based multi-family office,...