XRP is being talked about in a different way now — not just as a token to trade, but as something that could plug into real finance. The talk is shifting from ticker-watchers to companies that want reliable settlement rails and liquid collateral for on-chain assets. That shift shows up in moves on the ledger […]

Key insights EU blocks Russia’s digital ruble and crypto services to close alternative payment channels. Over 40 shadow fleet tankers targeted to enforce oil price cap and energy restrictions. Banks, third-country suppliers, and military contractors face expanded financial sanctions. Why is the EU now targeting crypto and the digital ruble? The Eur

Vietnam is moving to formalize how crypto transactions are taxed and regulated, signaling a push toward a tightly controlled but economically significant digital asset market. A draft circular circulated by the Ministry of Finance would impose a 0.1% personal income tax on the value of each crypto transfer executed through licensed service provider

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF attracted $231.6 million in inflows on Friday, signaling a tentative rebound after a week marked by pronounced volatility in cryptocurrency markets. The broader week featured outsized moves in Bitcoin-linked ETFs, with the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) absorbing $548.7 million in net outflows on Wednesday and Thursda

Bitcoin drew renewed attention last week as price action met a renewed wave of retail-focused interest. Google Trends provisional data show worldwide searches for “Bitcoin” reached a score of 100 for the week starting Feb. 1, the highest level in roughly 12 months. The price picture reflected the mood: BTC started February around $81,500 and [&hell

Bitcoin’s next major catalyst may come from a sharp rethinking of how rate policy interacts with the crypto market. In a recent discussion, ProCap Financial chief investment officer Jeff Park challenged the conventional view that Bitcoin’s bull case is tied primarily to falling interest rates. Park argued that more accommodative monetary conditions

Bitcoin reaching a point where its price keeps rising even as the US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates would be “the endgame,” according to crypto executive Jeff Park.

Reports show a big reshuffle in Bitcoin holdings as price swings spooked some big wallets and invited smaller players back into the market. According to Santiment, wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC — the so-called “whale and shark” cohort — have trimmed their share of the total supply to a nine-month low, now around […]

In South Korea, Bithumb disclosed it detected and corrected an internal payout error that briefly sent an abnormal amount of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to a subset of users during a promotional event, triggering swift volatility on the exchange. In an official Friday notice, the operator explained that some recipients liquidated part of the mistakenly c

Bitcoin’s (BTC) slide below the $65,000 mark this week has rippled far beyond the crypto market, dragging down mining stocks and weighing on Asian equities already under pressure from a global tech sell-off. The world’s largest cryptocurrency briefly dipped just above $60,000, its lowest level in about 15 months, before attempting a modest rebound.