Cryptocurrency News
Americans Reject Crypto in Retirement Plans as 77% Call It Risky
Americans fear retirement is slipping out of reach, while AI gets cautious interest and crypto faces a hard sell in workplace pension plans....
Bitcoin Breaks Higher as Ether Joins Record Crypto Short Squeeze
Bitcoin smashed back through US$80k, up 27.5% on the week, as a record short squeeze and Treasury buyback news spark crypto's wildest rally ...
Strategy Raises $2 Billion Without Buying More Bitcoin
Strategy sold $2 billion of common stock in the week to 23 August and bought no Bitcoin, putting $136.4 million into a preferred buyback and...
Treasury Targets Iran’s Crypto Lifelines in New Secondary Sanctions Push
The US is widening sanctions on Iran to crypto, warning foreign firms that supporting Tehran could face secondary sanctions as Washington ti...
Fed Study Finds Crypto Beliefs, Not Demographics, Drive Ownership
A Fed study finds crypto's wild swings stem from investors' sharply differing belief in future returns, more than age, income or education. ...
Term Finance Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit
Term Finance lost about $8.5 million on 23 August after an attacker seized its vault governance, and Term Labs has now shut every Term Meta ...
Operation Asterix Targets 885,000 Phone Numbers in Crypto Phishing Campaign
Rapid7 published a report on 17 August tracing a phishing operation that held about 885,000 phone numbers, checked them against exchange API...
Ripple Raises US$275M to Fuel Financial Services Expansion
Fresh from a US$200M (AU$282 million) raise in May, Ripple’s brokerage arm has now secured US$275M (AU$387.75 million) to scale its US fin...
SEC Unveils Major Crypto Rules Push Under Trump
The SEC proposes crypto rules with two capital-raising exemptions and a safe harbour for tokens, filling the gap left by stalled US crypto l...
VanEck Says Bitcoin May Be Nearing the End of Its 11-Month Correction
VanEck says eight of the 12 signals in its Bitcoin capitulation dashboard were firing on 12 August, with the drawdown from October's peak no...
Ripple: Sept. 15 Could Be a Make-or-Break Moment for the Crypto Clarity Act
Senate negotiations remain unsettled as the bill approaches its September test, while US regulators pursue crypto rules that could advance w...
Metaplanet Takes Bitcoin Treasury Strategy to the US With US$132 Million Nasdaq Deal
Metaplanet will control 95.7% of Super League Enterprise after closing, while its Nasdaq listing and existing advertising business continue ...