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Gemini has announced that it has obtained an Investment Firm License from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), allowing the company to offer regulated derivatives across the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) under the MiFID II framework. This development marks a significant step in Gemini’s 2025 European expansion, enabling the platform to … Read more
Bitcoin is trading at $101,645, down 2.79% over the past 24 hours, while ethereum follows at $2,432, marking a 2.9% daily decline. The downward movement coincides with a cascade of liquidations across the crypto derivatives market. Over the last 24 hours, a total of $699.71 million in leveraged positions were wiped out, with long traders … Read more
In its Q1 2025 report, blockchain intelligence company Messari highlights significant developments in Rootstock, a bitcoin sidechain, including a record-high merged mining participation rate of 81%, up from 56.4% in the previous quarter. This came following the integration of Foundry, the largest bitcoin mining pool. Transaction costs on the network dropped by 60% due to … Read more
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder and former CEO of Binance, shared a security warning after receiving a message regarding a hack of Ledger’s Discord admin account, where a scammer falsely claimed a security flaw and urged users to enter their recovery phrases on a phishing site. Zhao highlighted two critical lessons: the necessity of never sharing … Read more
Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), a publicly listed bitcoin treasury company in Japan, has announced the acquisition of an additional 1,241 bitcoin as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations, bringing its total holdings to 6,796 bitcoin. The latest purchase was made at an average price of 14,848,061 yen per bitcoin, … Read more
Zimbabwe has launched a blockchain-enabled carbon credit registry to enhance transparency and restore investor trust after previous disruptions in the carbon credit market. In 2023, the country faced backlash for abruptly canceling projects and claiming a portion of proceeds, affecting developers like the Kariba Redd+ Project. Authorities have since established the Zimbabwe Carbon Markets Authority … Read more
The city of Belo Horizonte has turned into a bitcoin capital after lawmakers passed a new bill that seeks to transform it into an innovation hub for crypto and bitcoin companies. The bill, which was passed on Wednesday amid a heated argument between lawmakers, establishes incentives for businesses to accept bitcoin as payment, offering to … Read more
Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, believes crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) will be a $1 trillion company in the future, following its acquisition of Deribit. In a statement on X, Hougan signaled strong confidence in Coinbase’s strategic direction, stating: “This is an insanely great acquisition. Coinbase is going to be a … Read more
Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for defrauding customers and manipulating the price of the platform’s native token, CEL. In December 2024, Mashinsky pleaded guilty to one count of commodities fraud and one count of securities fraud, admitting to misleading investors about Celsius’s … Read more
Bitcoin cracked the $100,000 ceiling on Thursday for the first time since February, notching a high-water mark that had traders buzzing. During the morning stretch, it floated near $99,800 before catapulting to an intraday top of $101,454. The breakout rides the wave of buoyancy in U.S. equities after Trump announced that fresh trade agreements with … Read more