Bitcoin BTC$63,083.82once hailed as an anti-establishment asset and anti-Wall Street, may now bow to sharp traders from the same floors. Trading of the leading cryptocurrency is steadily shifting towards CME Group, and the exchange’s shift to 24/7 derivatives later this year could cement its role as the dominant venue for institutional crypto risk. The change […]
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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
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
Bitcoin BTC$63,244.67 dipped below $63,000 in Asian hours, extending overnight weakness amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs and AI jitters dampening investor sentiment. The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization is already down nearly 7% for the week, trading at levels last seen on Feb. 6, when prices nearly fell to $60,000, CoinDesk data shows. “Like stocks,
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Spain’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bit2Me, moved 5.3 billion euros (about $6.24 billion) in trading volume in 2025, an eightfold increase since 2023, when it switched from a consumer-facing platform to backend infrastructure for banks and law enforcement. That volume was accompanied by growth in business-to-business revenue, which jumped from 18% of the total in 2023
Bitdeer (BTDR), a Singapore-based bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure company, has reduced its bitcoin treasure holdings to zero, marking a sharp break from the miner’s handbook of hoarding coins as a signal of conviction seen by the likes of Strategy (MSTR). The company reported zero BTC holdings as of February 20, excluding customer deposits. It
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is offloading millions of ether (ETH), adding bearish pressure to an already weak market. Buterin has sold 1,869 ether, worth $3.67 million, over two days after withdrawing 3,500 ether from Aave, according to data tracked by blockchain practitioner Lookonchain. Ether’s price has fallen nearly 3% over the past 48 hours, hitting
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Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded bitcoin company, made a small BTC acquisition last week, adding 592 coins for $39.8 million. That’s an average purchase price of $67,286 per bitcoin, with the purchase financed entirely through the sale of common stock, according to an SEC filing. The company now has 717,722 bitcoins acquired for
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Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas, one of the country’s richest individuals, has not been shaken by the recent price drop of bitcoin. “Take advantage and buy now while it’s down,” Salinas said in a Sunday X post. “Investing in Bitcoin is protecting your money from inflation and keeping it out of the hands of those who
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Based , a Web3 consumer app for trading and consuming crypto, has raised $11.5 million in a Series A round led by Pantera, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures and Karatage. The company said the fresh capital will be used to expand into new markets and build its onchain financial infrastructure. Launched eight months
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