Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury blacklisted 49 bitcoin (BTC) and monero (XMR) addresses connected to Behrouz Parsarad, an Iran-based figure accused of overseeing the defunct Nemesis darknet marketplace (DNM), as part of persistent initiatives to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
France is resisting calls to seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine aid, warning that confiscation would violate international law, destabilize the eurozone, and set dangerous economic precedents. France Stands Firm Against Seizing Russian Assets fo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Bitwise’s executives have criticized the U.S. crypto reserve’s inclusion of ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA, arguing bitcoin alone is a true reserve asset. Bitwise Reacts to Trump’s Crypto Reserve—Did Altcoins Just Weaken the Plan?...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Blackrock warns that bitcoin’s scarcity is more severe than widely believed, predicting that if every U.S. millionaire sought just one BTC, there wouldn’t be enough to meet demand. Blackrock Warns: Not Enough Bitcoin for Every Millionai...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Veteran trader Peter Brandt slams Trump’s crypto reserve plan, citing a credibility loss for including altcoins like ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA. Peter Brandt Calls Trump’s Crypto Reserve a ‘Huge Defeat’ for True Crypto Fans Ve...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
The SEC’s new Crypto Task Force is launching roundtables to reshape crypto regulation, starting March 21, as enforcement cases drop and pro-innovation policies take hold. SEC’s Crypto Roundtables Signal Major Policy Shift The U.S. Securities and Exch...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Hut 8 Corp. has reported $80.7 million in crypto-related revenue for 2024, driven by bitcoin mining and GPU-as-a-service operations. The company expanded its bitcoin reserve to 10,171 BTC and secured a $125 million partnership with Bitmain. Hut 8 Exp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Blockchain analysis reports from Arkham Intelligence indicate that North Korea’s Lazarus Group has fully laundered the ethereum (ETH) proceeds from the Bybit breach, with a significant share of the assets now converted into bitcoin (BTC). From...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
As of 4:35 p.m. ET on March 4, 2025, bitcoin commanded a valuation of $88,165, boasting a market capitalization of $1.72 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $69.81 billion. The digital asset oscillated between an intraday trough of $81,463 and a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
As bitcoin holds steady above the $88,000 threshold, Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly Microstrategy) maintains a 29% gain on its extensive BTC holdings. Meanwhile, MSTR shares have climbed more than 11% over the past week, defying the broad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
The cryptocurrency market remains stable at $2.78 trillion, despite a 6.7% decline over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has slipped 6% in the last day, hovering slightly above $85,000, while ethereum has fallen 7.5%, settling around the $2,100 mark. Only...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
President Donald Trump in what some have dubbed “The Trump Effect,” caused a 7.28% slump in crypto markets on Tuesday after confirming that the U.S. will slap a 25% tariff on nearly all Canadian and Mexican imports. Bitcoin Dips Below $82K Following...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Though the Trump administration has softened regulatory oversight targeting select cryptocurrency firms and absolved Ross Ulbricht via a full pardon, many believe that systemic inequities demand further redress. Since Ulbricht’s release, a vocal cont...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Anza, the Solana-focused software development firm in charge of the Agave client, has released its roadmap for 2025. The main focus is to make Solana a faster and more effective network, aiming to reach the 1 million transactions per second (TPS) mar...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
MegaETH, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution backed by Vitalik Buterin and Dragonfly Capital, will deploy its testnet this week, offering developers and users a first look at its high-speed blockchain infrastructure. Ethereum L2 MegaETH Begin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
David Bailey, a former aide of the Trump campaign, called for an audit of the U.S. bitcoin, stressing the current state of the digital assets owned by the U.S. was unacceptable. He remarked few or nobody was able to ascertain the state of the 200,000...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
The week began with bitcoin ETFs experiencing a net outflow of $74 million, while ether ETFs marked their eighth consecutive day of withdrawals, totaling $12 million. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Continue to See Capital Outflows The crypto exchange-traded...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal revealed that the company has submitted a FOIA request to gain a complete understanding of the costs and the individuals involved in the SEC’s actions against crypto, focusing on its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. Coinba...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Economist Neil Record has criticized the UK’s digital pound initiative, calling it an “ill-fated venture” due to a lack of customer demand. Cash Use Decline British businessman and economist Neil Record has described the United King...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff is calling for a Congressional investigation into U.S. President Donald Trump’s two Truth Social posts, which he claims were part of a “pump and dump scheme.” Pump and Dump Scheme Economist Pet...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland , March 4 2025 – TRON DAO made its way to ETH Denver 2025, one of the most talked about blockchain conferences in the industry. While attending ETH Denver, TRON DAO came...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Uphold has announced the relaunch of its staking services in the United States after dropping the service back in 2023. Following the resumption of staking in the United Kingdom earlier this year, Uphold’s US customers...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Morocco has launched an investigation into residents suspected of using cryptocurrencies to buy properties abroad without approval. Global Exchanges Fingered The Moroccan Foreign Exchange Office has reportedly launched an investigation into residents...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Copyleaks found that 74.2% of text generated by Deepseek-R1 closely resembles OpenAI’s stylistic patterns, suggesting potential unauthorized reliance on OpenAI’s model during training. This raises concerns about intellectual property, tra...