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SOL, ADA, DOGE pullback, bitcoin holds above $74,000 as Asia recovers Iran war losses

Bitcoin held above $74,000 on Wednesday as a wave of risk appetite swept through global markets, with Asian stocks joining Wall Street benchmarks in fully recouping losses incurred since the US-Iran conflict began in late February. Ether rose 4% on the week to trade near $2,325, outpacing bitcoin’s 3.9% move. Solana fell 1.5% to $83, […]

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Bitcoin approaches breakout above $75,000 with short squeeze risk

Bitcoin BTC$74,346.87 is pushing toward $75,000, a price it has repeatedly failed to surpass since early February, putting the broader crypto market on breakout watch after more than two months of range-bound trading. Traders have built short positions around that level, betting on another rejection. Data from CoinGlass shows that around $200 million in shorts

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DOJ Opens $40 Million OneCoin Victim Claim After $4 Billion Global Crypto Fraud

Victims of the OneCoin $4 billion fraud scheme can now seek compensation through a $40 million seized asset fund, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday. Between 2014 and 2019, Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood, co-founders of OneCoin Ltd. (OneCoin), and others an international cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded up to 3.4 million investors

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Visa to operate an ‘anchor validator’ on Stripe’s Tempo blockchain

The Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain gained a pair of heavyweight validators in Visa ( V ) and Zodia Custody, the crypto depository majority owned by Standard Chartered ( STAN ). Alongside Stripe, Visa and Zodia will participate in the Tempo blockchain by maintaining network security and verifying transactions. Visa, a longtime partner of the payment service

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Tether (USDT) launches crypto wallet to bring stablecoin, bitcoin (BTC) payments directly to users

Tether, issuer of the most popular stablecoin USDT USDT$1.0002on Tuesday rolled out a self-storage crypto wallet aimed at putting its stablecoin network directly into the hands of users, aiming to make crypto payments as easy as sending a message. The new app, called tether.wallet, allows users to hold and send USDT and USAT (USAT) stablecoins,

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BTC tests $75,000 ‘structural breakout’ level with $85,000 upside in view

Bitcoin BTC$74,072.19 rose to a one-month high above $75,000 in early US trading hours on Tuesday, now up 6% over the past 24 hours to $75,300. The move is attracting increased attention from analysts, who told CoinDesk that the level could mark an important shift in the market’s current range structure. “A clean break above

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XRP Ledger adds zero-knowledge proofs targeting institutional privacy gaps

XRP Ledger added native support for ZK proof verification by integrating with Boundless, a ZK proof network, in what the company claims is the first implementation of its kind on the ledger. The move is designed to let financial institutions transact privately on the public blockchain while meeting regulatory requirements. It addresses a specific barrier

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Foundation unveils $1 million. audit grant program

The Ethereum Foundation doubles down on one of the ecosystem’s most critical needs: security. On Tuesday, the organization unveiled a new initiative aimed at tackling an ongoing challenge in crypto development — the high cost of smart contract security auditing. Through its “Audit Subsidy Program,” the Foundation partners with leading audit providers and ecosystem firms

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Rakuten integrates XRP into payment networks for millions of users in Japan

Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten is adding XRP to its Rakuten Pay app, allowing its 44 million users to use Ripple’s cryptocurrency as a payment method with more than 5 million merchant locations across the country. In an announcement via X on Tuesday, Tatsuya Kohrogi, Ripple’s senior ecosystem growth manager, said that Rakuten is also enabling

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