In a survey by the Digital Currency Group, 70% of swing state voters agreed the current financial system is “outdated” and in need of an overhaul, but most didn’t think crypto was the answer either.
FTX plans full pay back of all creditors ‘plus billions in compensation’
Under the plan, 98% of FTX creditors will get up to 118% of their claims back — the remainder will receive all of their claims “plus billions in compensation,” says FTX.
Grayscale withdraws its Ethereum Futures ETF application
The withdrawal comes a little over two weeks before the United States securities regulator will be forced to make a decision on at least one spot Ether ETF application.
Ore wins Solana hackathon despite disrupting Solana’s network in April
A sudden rise in Ore mining transactions was one of the main culprits behind Solana’s April congestion issue where up to 70% of non-vote transactions were being rejected.
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital to join S&P SmallCap 600, shares jump 18%
Marathon Digital will officially be added to the index fund on May 8.
Crypto venture capital funding hits $1B for second straight month
It is the first time since late 2022 where the industry has recorded two consecutive funding months above $1 billion.
Bitcoin reaches one billion transactions
An average of 178,475 daily transactions have been made on Bitcoin in its 5,603 day existence.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF sees first outflow day as US ETFs notch record bleed
BlackRock’s IBIT saw around $37 million in outflows for the first time while the remaining spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively notched over $526.8 million in outflows.
MicroStrategy to launch Bitcoin-based decentralized ID solution
MicroStrategy has already built an application on “MicroStrategy Orange” — Orange For Outlook — which integrates digital signatures into emails to verify the identity of the sender.
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms reports record $211M Q1 net income
Riot’s net income was boosted by a 131% year-on-year increase in Bitcoin’s price despite the cryptocurrency becoming more difficult and expensive to mine.
BlackRock's BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund
It took less than six weeks for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund to surpass Franklin Templeton’s one year old tokenized treasury fund.
BlackRock's BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund
It took less than six weeks for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund to surpass Franklin Templeton’s one year old tokenized treasury fund.
Solana memecoin hits a whopping $328T market cap — but for all the wrong reasons
Crypto users have continued to send funds to the apparent honeypot scam, even with many warnings they won’t be able to transfer any of it.
Someone ‘shit in the jacuzzi’ — Bitcoiners furious after testnet griefing
That “someone” — Bitcoiner Jameson Lopp — argues he was championing a much-needed fix to one of Bitcoin’s testnets.
MicroStrategy Q1 net loss hits $53.1M but Bitcoin buying spree continues
MicroStrategy has yet to adopt the new accounting standard that would have taken the billions of dollars in paper gains from Bitcoin’s 65% price rally into account.
Pantera Capital seeks $1B for a new crypto fund: Report
The Pantera Fund V will invest in a range of blockchain-based assets and is slated for launch in April 2025.
Bitcoin miner Marathon increases 2024 hash rate target to 50 EH/s
If Marathon reaches its 50 EH/s target, it would mark more than a 100% increase in the firm’s hash rate since the start of 2024.
'Epic sat' mined from fourth Bitcoin halving block sells for $2.1M
One satoshi is currently worth $0.00065 — but some sats hold inherent “collectible value” in the Bitcoin ecosystem, cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx Global explained.
Runes make up 68% of all Bitcoin transactions since launch
Runes continues to make up the vast majority of Bitcoin transactions, however the fees earned by Bitcoin miners from Runes has slightly tailed off since the record-setting halving day.
BlackRock has ‘no commercial relationship’ with Hedera, HBAR sinks 32%
A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed the firm wasn’t directly involved in Archax and Ownera’s decision to tokenize shares of BlackRock’s ICS Treasury Fund on Hedera.