- The $21.7 million cash deal would give BitDeer the ability to mine BTC at some of the lowest costs in the industry.
- The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement is being reorganized to “refocus” on fraud prevention.
- It was mostly a wonky discussion from Sacks and four Senate/House committee chairs.
- Peirce also urged crypto companies to be patient as the agency decides how to “disentangle” itself from litigation initiated under former Chair Gary Gensler.
- Taproot Wizards will use the funding to build an ecosystem of applications using the OP_CAT Bitcoin improvement proposal
- Landon Zinda, former policy director for crypto think tank Coin Center, is the task force’s new senior advisor.
- David Sacks and the leaders of the congressional committees that will handle crypto legislation outlined their plans at a press conference.
- Unlike most advancements in generative AI, the release of DeepSeek-R1 carries real implications and intriguing opportunities for Web3-AI.
- The Canadian investment company, led by former Valkyrie Investments co-founder Leah Wald, has also acquired validators on other blockchains and holds some BTC.
- Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall Street. Now he's trying to market Ethereum to big banks.
- The Senate has pushed stablecoin bills before, but the chamber is now led by Republicans who want to make Hagerty's latest effort happen.
- The publicly traded company plans on accumulating other cryptocurrencies through its Sygnum credit line..
- Data shows investors likely bought the dip, snapping up ETH at lower prices.
- ZachXBT advised Coinbase to enhance security by making phone number inputs optional, creating a restricted account type for new users and improving community education on scam prevention.
- Polkadot (DOT) joined Uniswap (UNI) as an underperformer, declining 4.1%.
- Millions of Americans may soon find out they're crypto investors when their states leap into the markets even before the feds figure out what to do.
- The surge to hit a new record was partly fueled by the popularity of micro bitcoin and ether futures contracts.
- The securities regulator wants to hire staff for market surveillance and enforcement investigations.
- Your day-ahead look for Feb. 4, 2025
- Travala, which is backed by the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, is in talks with potential buyers after receiving a takeover approach late last year.