Ethereum, the smart contract blockchain, now handles more daily activity than its cheaper sidechains, called Layer -2 networks. But this comeback has a catch – not all of that Ethereum activity appears to reflect genuine user demand. The number of daily active addresses on Ethereum climbed toward the 1 million mark earlier this month, briefly […]
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UBS (UBS), with $6.6 trillion in assets under management (AUM), plans to begin allowing select private clients to buy bitcoin and ether, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the story, the decision to start offering crypto services stems from growing demand from its wealthy clients. “As part of UBS’s digital
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Bitcoin BTC$89,538.64 on Friday, the US session started again with a sharp move lower, falling back to $88,500, although precious metals continued with breakneck rallies, with silver topping $100 an ounce for the first time ever. Gold was just shy of $5,000 an ounce, while platinum rose 5% to a new all-time high. Not a
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Bitcoin BTC$89,454.83 regained the $91,000 level in the early US afternoon hours on Friday, continued volatile action and threatened to sustainably break out of its tight week-long range of around $88,000-$90,000. Possibly behind the rapid 2% move from the morning’s lows was suspicion of intervention in the foreign exchange market by Japanese authorities. The Bank
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Binance is considering bringing back tokenized stock trading on its platform after abandoning the product in 2021. Share tokens are digital representations of shares in public companies. Instead of owning an entire share of Apple or Microsoft, an investor can buy a fraction of a share – held and settled on a blockchain – which
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While stablecoins settled about $35 trillion last year, only about 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and wages, a new report found.
The United States nabbed a top-ten most wanted fugitive when it arrested Ryan Wedding, a former top snowboarder who is said to have used digital assets in his crimes.
The latest draft of the major crypto legislation is starting to be targeted with changes as the Senate Agriculture Committee approaches its hearing next week.
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The SEC said Gemini Earn customers had already received 100% of their assets back through Genesis’ bankruptcy, warranting dismissal of the case.
The OCC says the trust-bank filing linked to President Donald Trump-linked World Liberty Financial will proceed without the senator’s requested break.
