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Malaysia may introduce crypto and blockchain legislation to regulate the sector and keep pace with other jurisdictions, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said during a visit to Abu Dhabi. “I suggested several months ago how our agencies including security, finance and Bank Negara look into how Malaysia can explore this so that we are […]

On Wednesday, bitcoin (BTC) briefly surpassed $100,000 for the fourth time, with trader sentiment shifting to greed from fear as the price fluctuates between $90,000 and the six-figure level. The largest cryptocurrency can take several attempts to push through $100,000, as previous CoinDesk research showed. Since reaching an all-time high of around $108,000 on December

Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP, which failed to set new price highs during the 2020-21 bull run due to regulatory battles, is on pace for its fastest rise in years, with derivatives linked to the token seeing record activity. The cryptocurrency’s price has surged 50% to seven-year highs above $3 this month, extending the past quarter’s 240%

Pakinomist– Bitcoin extended its rally for a third straight session on Thursday, hovering near the critical $100,000 level supported by broad market optimism following softer US inflation data. rose 2.5% to $99,478.4 at 01:12 ET (0612 GMT). The token has rallied strongly this week, rising to a session high of $100,499.8 on Wednesday, but gave

Indian telecom and technology company Jio Platforms (JPL) is taking significant steps to improve the digital experience for its more than 450 million users. Jio Platforms is a wholly owned subsidiary of energy giant Reliance Industries. Reliance is headed by one of Asia’s richest men, Mukesh Ambani, and his family. Jio has partnered with Polygon

US prosecutors have asked a federal judge to greenlight the return of nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex. In a court filing Tuesday, prosecutors said the 94,643 bitcoins the government recovered from the original wallet used by the hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, can be paid to Bitfinex

Pakinomist – EOS traded at $0.8748 at 18:47 (23:47 GMT) on the Pakinomist index on Wednesday, up 10.07% on the day. That was the biggest one-day percentage increase since January 15. The upward move pushed EOS’s market cap up to $1.3428B, or 0.04% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its peak, EOS’ market cap

Decentralization is the foundation of blockchain technology, promising a more robust and censorship-resistant alternative to centralized systems. But are industry-leading protocols as decentralized as they claim to be? Decentralization can be measured across several dimensions. At first glance, the number of devices participating in the validation or block mining process of a network is one

Pakinomist – Litecoin traded at $113,876 at 17:56 (22:56 GMT) on the Pakinomist index on Wednesday, up 11.09% on the day. That was the biggest one-day percentage increase since January 15. The upward move pushed Litecoin’s market cap up to $8,000B, or 0.23% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its peak, Litecoin’s market cap

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly roundup of the top stories in cryptocurrency technology development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s opinion and features editor. In this issue: Sony’s blockchain faces memecoin controversy Bubblemaps prepares BMT and new intel desktop Babylon improves Bitcoin interoperability Prosecutors seek 95k BTC Bitfinex return This article is featured in the latest