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With MiCA stablecoin rules taking effect in June, CoinDesk reached out to regulators in all 27 EU member states to show where countries are at with implementation. Europe is getting ready to enforce MiCA. (Danielle Rice/ Unsplash) European Union member states are gearing up to enforce MiCA, the landmark crypto law that requires national regulators to license and supervise service...
Stripe co-founder and President John Collison said, "crypto is finding real utility," in a keynote on Thursday. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images) Stripe will reintroduce crypto payments later this year, initially only for Circle's USDC stablecoin, on the Solana, Ethereum and Polygon blockchains. The fintech giant stopped supporting bitcoin in 2018 during the first crypto winter. 02:12 Bitcoin Price Crossed $57K; Is...
The massive sum is a “conservative measure” of Terraform Labs and Do Kwon’s ill-gotten gains, according to the SEC. Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The SEC asked a New York judge to impose $5.3 billion in fines against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon to resolve the civil fraud case against them. The regulator says the...
After the halving, fees spiked to $146 for a medium-priority transaction and $170 for a high-priority transaction. (data.hashrateindex.com) Bitcoin transaction fees have significantly come down post-halving The floor price for the Runes NFT collection has also come down. Runes was supposed to be the tool that maintained fee revenue post-halving Bitcoin(BTC)started the week stable, changing hands above $65,800, as transaction...
Institutions launching bitcoin ETFs this year have buoyed the bitcoin price to record levels. Does that mean the impact of the halving — the four-year slashing of the bitcoin reward — could be relatively muted? (Giovanni Calia/Unsplash) This year’s halving — the quadrennial slashing of the amount of new bitcoin(BTC)entering into circulation — may be the most important since the...
Some other catalyst needs to happen before bullish sentiment returns, says one trader. The Ether Trend Indicator. (CoinDesk Indices) BTC is up, trading above $64,000 while ETH prices continue to decline. The CD20 is flat, trading at 2,174. Ether(ETH)was changing hands just above $3,000 during the opening hours of the Asia trading day as the CoinDesk Indices Ethereum Trend Indicator...
Bitcoin miner selling could last for four to six months after the halving, amounting to as much as $5 billion worth, according to an analyst. Bitcoin miner selling could last for four to six months after the halving, amounting to as much as $5 billion worth, according to an analyst. There could be a large outflow of Bitcoin from miners...
Ondo Finance's governance token (ONDO) jumped Thursday after the tokenized asset platform tested out the newly introduced ability to do near-instant conversions between Circle's USDC stablecoin and BlackRock's new BUIDL token. An Ondo wallet on Ethereum redeemed $250,000 worth of BUIDL tokens in exchange for USDC, Etherscan data shows. That was an attempt to try out the USDC-to-BUIDL feature announced...
Bitcoin Buckles Below $69K as Crypto Bulls Endure $175M Liquidations Bitcoin price on April 9 (CoinDesk) Bitcoin and ether dropped 4%, while SOL and DOGE lost 6%-7% in the past 24 hours. The move lower triggered the largest amount of leveraged long liquidations in a week, CoinGlass data show. Bitcoin(BTC)buckled below $69,000 as cryptocurrencies slid Tuesday, paring optimism after Monday's...
Bitcoin is "well positioned" for a strong weekly close, but not everyone is trusting of traditionally unreliable weekend BTC price action. Bitcoin is "well positioned" for a strong weekly close, but not everyone is trusting of traditionally unreliable weekend BTC price action. headed higher into the April 7 weekly close as uncharacteristic weekend BTC price action boosted bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour...
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