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Ripple-linked token sitting idle in wallets now gets easier DeFi access

XRP has a liquidity problem that has nothing to do with price: More than 2 billion tokens, or about 3.5% of the circulating supply, are not actually circulating. Around $3 billion worth of tokens are held in Xaman wallets and are largely locked out of decentralized finance (DeFi). Accessing DeFi means downloading new wallets, bridging […]

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UK investors only have until April to add crypto ETNs to their ISAs: FT

British investors will no longer be able to add crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to their tax-free individual savings accounts (ISAs) after the start of the new tax year on April 6, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will reclassify cryptocurrency ETNs as qualifying instruments only for Innovative Finance

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Falls Below $48,000 on Lighter as $67M Sell Order Triggers Flash Crash

While the broader crypto market edged higher on Wednesday, bitcoin BTC$68,056.93 briefly fell 30% to below $48,000 on decentralized perpetual exchange Lighter in a violent move that lasted a few seconds. The flash crash was in stark contrast to price action elsewhere. During the same session, bitcoin rose from below $64,000 to above $69,000, marking

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Senate hearing for US banking regulators gets crypto to star

As the US Senate Banking Committee opened its routine hearing on oversight of banking regulators on Thursday, a flurry of crypto topics had already dominated the conversation, including a significant stablecoin policy proposal from the Office of the Controller of the Currency. On the eve of the US banking watchdogs’ testimony to lawmakers, the OCC

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ZachXBT claims Axiom employee engaged in insider trading

Blockchain practitioner ZachXBT said Thursday that an executive at onchain trading platform Axiom Exchange allegedly abused internal access to user data to track private wallets and potentially trade memecoins using insider information. In a thread posted to X, ZachXBT said that Broox Bauer, a New York-based senior business development officer at Axiom, used internal dashboards

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Decibel goes live on Aptos with full onchain perpetuals exchange

Decibel, a fully onchain perpetuals exchange incubated by Aptos Labs, is now live on the Aptos mainnet, the Decibel Foundation said Wednesday. The debut follows a public testnet that drew more than 700,000 unique accounts and 132,000 daily active users, according to the foundation. Users executed over 1 million trades per day during the test,

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Indiana is preparing to put bitcoin (BTC) into its public pension plans

The Indiana state legislature authorized public pension and savings plans to gain exposure to digital assets and spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), while confirming residents’ access to crypto investments. Governor Mike Braun is expected to sign HB 1042 into law within the next 10 days. Indiana joins at least seven other states, including Wyoming, Wisconsin, Michigan

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STS Digital raises $30 million to expand crypto options platform

STS Digital, a trading firm specializing in crypto options, said it raised $30 million in a strategic round backed by CMT Digital, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken Payward, and other investors. The company plans to use the funds to scale its institutional trading platform and strengthen its role as a liquidity provider in

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Bitcoin Has Range As Leverage Builds In Ether And Cardano: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin BTC$68,054.53 cooled off in Asian hours on Thursday, trading at $68,600 after testing $70,000 during a torrid US session on Wednesday. As February draws to a close, the major cryptocurrency remains in a trading range that has persisted since the beginning of the month, after testing $62,500 on Tuesday and $71,100 to the upside

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