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Cipher Digital (CIFR) lowers premarket after revenue miss, bets big on hyperscale future

Cipher Digital ( CIFR ) shares fell about 5% in premarket trading after the company reported fourth-quarter results that missed Wall Street expectations and highlighted its shift away from bitcoin BTC$63,036.25 mining and towards high performance data centers (HPC). The company, formerly known as Cipher Mining, reported fourth-quarter revenue of $60 million, below analysts’ estimates […]

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BTC Price Falls Near $63,000 As Pippin’s Rally Shows Speculative Skim Remnants: Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) While bitcoin BTC$63,267.23 and other major tokens remain under pressure, an AI-generated memecoin shines on the Solana blockchain. Pippin (PIPPIN), which started as a ChatGPT-generated unicorn image and evolved into an autonomous AI agent that interacts on social media platforms, is up 135% over the past

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Bitcoin Moves Towards $60,000 As Traders Prepare For Potential Washout: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin BTC$63,205.72 fell for a fourth straight day to around $63,100, the lowest since Feb. 6’s $60,200, CoinDesk data shows. The latest move to the downside coincides with risk-off sentiment from investors across global markets. US stocks have lost ground this week, with the dollar index (DXY) up 0.5% since Asian hours on Monday. BTC

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Step Finance closes operations after $27 million hack in January

Decentralized finance (DeFi) portfolio tracker Step Finance said it will wind down operations with immediate effect. The Solana-based platform was the subject of a hack in late January where 261,854 SOL, worth around $27 million at the time, were stolen. Step said it was unable to secure a viable outcome following the hack after it

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Canaan expands US mining operations with acquisition of Cipher’s Texas JV stake

Canaan Inc. ( CAN ), a maker of bitcoin mining hardware and a crypto mining infrastructure operator, said it bought a 49% equity stake in a joint venture linked to several mining projects in West Texas from Cipher Mining ( CIFR ) for $39.75 million in stock. The transaction covers Cipher’s stake in ABC Projects,

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RedotPay stablecoin payments firm said to be considering $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg

RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments upstart, plans to raise more than $1 billion in a US initial public offering (IPO) that could value it at over $4 billion. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that the company, which achieved unicorn status last September, has tapped banking heavyweights such as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and

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BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP extend losses as AI scare trading unsettles risk markets

Macro jitters from a burgeoning AI-disrupted trade are compounding crypto-native weaknesses, with majors posting 8-11% weekly losses across the board. Bitcoin fell to around $62,900 on Tuesday, down 2.1% on the day and 7.5% on the week, extending an abrasive move lower that has so far refused to produce either a clean break or a

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Who Will ZachXBT Reveal As ‘Insider Traders’ On Thursday? Polymarket believes these companies

Blockchain researcher ZachXBT has yet to name the target. Polymarket punters are already pricing it. A prediction market asking which crypto firm ZachXBT will expose to insider trading has pulled in nearly $3 million in volume since the chain’s forwarder posted on X that a “major investigation” into one of crypto’s most profitable companies would

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Jane Street faces allegations of insider trading that precipitated Terraform’s 2022 collapse

High-frequency trading powerhouse Jane Street is accused of insider trading that precipitated the 2022 demise of crypto project Terraform Labs, which destroyed billions of investors’ wealth. Todd Snyder, the administrator winding up Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs, has sued Jane Street seeking damages from its co-founder Robert Granieri and employees Bryce Pratt and Michael Huang, according

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