Crypto News

Today’s Top Crypto News, Tuesday January 3rd •On Bitcoin’s 14th Birthday, Its 1,690,706,971% Gain Looks Kind of Normal– Bloomberg “Impressive, but not unprecedented.” •Solana Price Gains as Dog Coin Bonk Fires Up Community Interest– Reuters “Bonk was airdropped to several Solana NFT projects and has steadily gained interest among holders.”

Today’s Top Crypto News, Friday December 30th •Alameda Research Liquidates Ethereum-Based Token Holdings for Bitcoin– CoinDesk “Data from Arkham Intelligence indicated that $1.7 million worth of the tokens was sold.” •Bitcoin’s biggest buy-and-hold evangelist sells BTC for first time ever after spotting lucrative U.S. tax loophole– Fortune “MicroStrategy Inc., the

Today’s Top Crypto News, Wednesday December 28th •Bitcoin Miner Argo Will Avoid Bankruptcy With $100M Bailout From Novogratz’s Galaxy– CoinDesk “Galaxy will buy Argo’s Helios facility for $65 million and provide $35 million loan to help the miner amid restructuring.” •Crypto exchange Kraken to stop operations in Japan– Reuters “U.S.-based

Today’s Top Crypto News, Thursday December 22nd •Crypto Market May See Renewed Volatility as Whales Begin to Accumulate Bitcoin– CoinDesk “Calm waters do not last long in bitcoin, so be prepared for a sharp move here shortly, one observer said, referring to the cryptocurrency’s ultra-low historical or realized price volatility.”

Today’s Top Crypto News, Wednesday December 21st •Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy, Expects Support From Some Debt Holders– Bloomberg “The publicly traded miner expects support from some of the holders of its convertible notes in a restructuring deal.” •Crypto platform Paxful removes ETH from its marketplace– CoinTelegraph “Paxful

Today’s Top Crypto News, Tuesday December 20th •First Mover Americas: Bankrupt BlockFi Asks US Court to Greenlight Withdrawals– Coindesk “Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi has asked a U.S. court to greenlight customer withdrawals that are locked up in the platform, court filings show.” •Nio Blackmailed for Millions in Bitcoin by Data-Stealing

Today’s Top Crypto News, Monday December 19th •Grayscale Considers Tender Offer for Bitcoin Trust Fund If SEC Lawsuit Fails– Bloomberg “Grayscale Investments is considering appealing to the same US regulator that it’s currently suing for permission to buy back shares of its heavily discounted Bitcoin trust should the firm’s lawsuit fail.”

Today’s Top Crypto News, Friday December 16th •Bitcoin Few Weeks Away From Its First Weekly Chart ‘Death Cross’– Coindesk “Bitcoin has never seen a death cross on its weekly chart before and the ominous-sounding indicator has a bad reputation of trapping sellers on the wrong side in traditional markets.” •Crypto

Today’s Top Crypto News, Thursday December 15th •US Senators Warren, Marshall Introduce Digital Assets Anti-Money Laundering Bill – Coindesk “The proposal will bring know-your-customer rules to crypto participants such as wallet providers and miners.” •FTX paid spox Kevin O’Leary received $18M, previously called Bitcoin ‘garbage’– Fox Business “Kevin O’Leary, who

Today’s Top Crypto News, Wednesday December 14th •Goldman Sachs Sees Gold Outperforming Bitcoin in the Longer Term: Coindesk “Bitcoin adoption will need to be driven by the development of real uses rather than speculative interest, the report said.” •Bitcoin bear market 70% dip kills BTC ‘tourists’ as metric screams buy–

Today’s Top Crypto News, Tuesday December 13th •Move Your Funds ‘Immediately’—Serious $2.2 Billion Crypto Warning Issued After Sudden Bitcoin And Ethereum Rival Price Crash: Forbes “Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have cratered this year (though leaks have revealed a $65 billion earthquake could be fast approaching).” •’FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

Today’s Top Crypto News, Monday December 12th •US Prosecutors Look to Charge Binance and CZ on Possible Money Laundering Violations: Coindesk “The Department of Justice has also discussed possible plea deal with Binance’s lawyers, the report added.” •Cathie Wood says FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried disliked Bitcoin because he ‘couldn’t control it’–

Today’s Top Crypto News, Friday December 9th •Grayscale, Under Pressure as GBTC Discount Widens, Says DeFi Fund Now Trading– CoinDesk “Grayscale Investments, manager of the world’s biggest publicly-traded bitcoin fund, said a new decentralized finance (DeFi) fund has started trading on over-the-counter markets.” •Dogecoin’s Bitcoin-Beating Bounce May Be Bad News

Today’s Top Crypto News, Thursday December 8th •GBTC ‘elevator to hell’ sees Bitcoin spot price approach 100% premium– CoinTelegraph “Bad times for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) get even worse this week as its discount to BTC/USD approaches 50% for the first time.” •Ether Breaks Trendline From Previous Bear Cycle

Today’s Top Crypto News, Wednesday December 7th •Binance’s Bitcoin Reserves Are Overcollateralized, Says Audit– CoinDesk “Mazars performed a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabities audit on the centralized exchange.).” •Early Bitcoin Pioneer Ian Freeman Goes to Trial in New Hampshire– Coindesk “Freeman is facing eight counts related to tax evasion and operating an

Today’s Top Crypto News, Tuesday December 6th •Leaked Twitter Code Reveals Secret Crypto Bombshell, Raising Serious Bitcoin And Dogecoin Questions– Forbes “Tech sleuths claim to have unearthed a secret new Twitter feature that could be about to play havoc with the world of bitcoin and crypto (including Elon Musk’s favorite,

Today’s Top Crypto News, Monday December 5th •Bitcoin’s Status Quo Is Making Some Long-Time Observers Nervous– Bloomberg “Cryptocurrencies are maintaining the status quo in the wake of the most recent market downturn and that is being viewed by some long-time observers as an ominous sign.” •Crypto community baffled by SBF

Today’s Top Crypto News, Friday December 2nd •Bitcoin Slips as US Economy Added a Strong 263K Jobs in November– CoinDesk “The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%.” •Bitcoin miner outflow ratio hits 6-month high in new threat to BTC price– CoinTelegraph “Bitcoin miners are upping sales, but BTC price metrics

Today’s Top Crypto News, Thursday December 1st •Crypto Lenders’ Woes Worsen as Bitcoin Miners Struggle to Repay Debt– Bloomberg “Beleaguered crypto lenders are being dealt another blow from Bitcoin miners as they weather the aftermath of the FTX collapse.” •Compass Mining Launches Bitcoin Miner Protection Plan– CoinDesk “On Monday, GMX

Today’s Top Crypto News, Wednesday November 30th •First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises Toward $17K Despite Investor Unease– CoinDesk “ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that most of Grayscale’s digital asset trusts are trading at a deep discount, and that many other digital asset trusts that have significant assets face the same predicament.”