Despite the widespread belief that retail investors have exited the cryptocurrency space, that’s not the case. According to Vugar Usi Zade, chief operating officer of Bitget, they’ve simply changed their approach. In an interview with Cointelegraph at the Consensus conference in Toronto, Canada, Usi Zade explained that retail trading has shifted away from rampant speculation … Read more
Opinion by: Jean Rausis, co-founder of SmarDex Decentralized finance (DeFi) began with a clear vision: to enable a global, permissionless financial system built on peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, free from the constraints of traditional finance (TradFi). Early decentralized lending platforms embraced that vision by connecting lenders and borrowers directly, allowing them to negotiate their terms without … Read more
Key takeaways ChatGPT can simplify and accelerate crypto analysis by interpreting market data, summarizing sentiment and generating strategy templates. Real traders use ChatGPT for bot development, technical interpretation and backtest simulation, showing practical applications beyond theory. Its strength lies in augmenting, not replacing, human trading decisions, especially when paired with tools like TradingView and LunarCrush. … Read more
Coinbase’s recent data breach is prompting renewed calls to remove Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements in licensed cryptocurrency exchanges. Illicit actors bribed the exchange’s overseas customer service agents in December 2024 to gain access to the personal information of 70,000 users. In May, Coinbase admitted that hackers had obtained data such as government-issued ID photos … Read more
Key takeaways: Bitcoin price consolidates around $105,000 as liquidity builds up on either side of the spot price. After failing to flip $106,000, BTC/USD is retracing to establish support, but $100,000 is a key level of interest for Bitcoin traders. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price trades 6% below its all-time highs of $111,900, and traders warn the … Read more
Malikie Innovations, a firm that acquired tens of thousands of patents from BlackBerry in 2023, has sued major Bitcoin mining firms Marathon Digital and Core Scientific for using the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) employed by the Bitcoin blockchain, which it claims to own. The cases against Marathon Digital Holdings and Core Scientific follow Malikie Innovations’ acquisition of 32,000 “non-core” patents from … Read more
Texas Republican Representative Brandon Gill is facing scrutiny after filing late disclosures for up to $500,000 in Bitcoin purchases, potentially violating federal law. Gill, a first-term House member known for his bill proposing President Donald Trump’s face on the $100 bill, has reported two Bitcoin (BTC) purchases, each valued between $100,001 and $250,000, made on … Read more
BCP Technologies, a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency firm, has launched a new British pound-backed stablecoin following a 14-month review in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulatory sandbox. The company revealed the rollout of its Tokenised GBP (tGBP) stablecoin in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on June 3. TGBP is now live on BCB Technologies-operated crypto trading … Read more
A stablecoin-regulating bill will soon be on the US Senate floor for debate, and crypto lobbying groups have called on lawmakers to focus on passing the bill, as some senators have flagged possible amendments. The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act could pass the Senate as soon as this week. It … Read more
The Norway-based crypto exchange Norwegian Block Exchange has seen its stock price jump over 138% in a single day after it said it was starting to buy and hold Bitcoin. The company said on June 2 it purchased 6 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $633,700 at current prices, with plans to expand its holdings to 10 BTC … Read more