cointelegraph 11 months ago

Toncoin open interest surges 67% after Pavel Durov departs France

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Toncoin open interest soars 67% as Pavel Durov departs France

On March 15, Toncoin open interest reached $169 million, its highest level in 42 days, after reports surfaced that Telegram founder Pavel Durov lef...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Telegram founder Pavel Durov given permission to leave France

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov given permission to leave France

Durov was detained by French authorities last summer on allegations tied to organized crime. The charges against him included complicity in the dis...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Pump.fun memecoins are dying at record rates, less than 1% survive

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Pump.fun memecoins are dying at record rates, less than 1% survive

Pump.fun tokens are struggling, with less than 1% reaching Solana’s open market for four weeks straight, and market optimism doing little to revi...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Bitcoin logo shines over Austin, Texas as Gemini sets new world record

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Bitcoin logo shines over Austin, Texas, as Gemini sets new world record

Gemini set a Guinness world record by launching 1,000 drones to display the Bitcoin logo, celebrating the creation of the US Strategic Bitcoin Rese...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Ripple co-founder Larsen’s $150M XRP theft linked to LastPass breach

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Ripple co-founder Larsen’s $150M XRP theft linked to LastPass breach

Crypto investigator ZachXBT has linked the January 2024 theft of 283 million XRP from a Ripple co-founder’s personal accounts to a password manag...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Trump’s crypto summit ‘not going to have anything on taxes’ — White House official

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Trump’s crypto summit ‘not going to have anything on taxes’ — White House official

The White House’s March 7 crypto summit will focus on undoing Biden-era policies, not taxes, confirms a senior White House official.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Bitcoin plunges 6% as Trump’s crypto reserve falls short of hopes

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Bitcoin plunges 6% as Trump’s crypto reserve falls short of hopes

Bitcoin and altcoins fell as US President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve and digital asset stockpile.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Trump’s World Liberty bought $20M worth of crypto ahead of March 7 summit

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Trump’s World Liberty bought $20M worth of crypto ahead of March 7 summit

World Liberty Financial acquired millions of dollars worth of Ether and Wrapped Bitcoin as anticipation builds for the March 7 White House crypto s...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison

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Sam Bankman-Fried celebrates 33rd birthday in prison

Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson talked to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on life in prison, crypto regulation and political contributions.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

US sanctions crypto addresses linked to Nemesis darknet marketplace

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US sanctions crypto addresses linked to Nemesis darknet marketplace

Authorities in the US have sanctioned the operator of shuttered online darknet marketplace Nemesis, including 44 Bitcoin addresses and five Monero ...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

‘We have excess electricity’: Belarus president orders development of crypto mining

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‘We have excess electricity’: Belarus president orders development of crypto mining

“If it is profitable for us, let’s do it. We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on,” President Lukashenko said.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

BlackRock adds BTC ETF to $150B model portfolio product

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BlackRock adds BTC ETF to model portfolio

BlackRock is adding its Bitcoin ETF to its $150 billion model portfolio product, which may spark renewed interest in the ETF.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Pi Network responds to Bybit CEO’s scam allegations

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Pi Network responds to Bybit CEO’s scam allegations

Pi Network told Cointelegraph that the 60 million users it advertises are application users, while the 10 million shown in the blockchain are those...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

The end of net neutrality: A wake-up call for a decentralized internet

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The end of net neutrality: A wake-up call for a decentralized internet

A recent setback to net neutrality highlights the need for decentralized internet solutions. Distributed networks preserve online freedom, cultivat...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Whales shift 26.4K Bitcoin to accumulation addresses as BTC falls to 3-month low

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Whales shift 26.4K Bitcoin to accumulation addresses as BTC falls to 3-month low

Whales buy the dip as Bitcoin confirms its double-top pattern and sets a price target in the $75,000 range.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Montana’s Bitcoin reserve bill rejected by House lawmakers

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Montana’s Bitcoin reserve bill rejected by House lawmakers

Montana’s House voted against a bill that could have created a Bitcoin reserve as many lawmakers weren’t willing to speculate on digital assets...

cointelegraph 11 months ago

Bybit expresses deep gratitude for industry support amid $1.4B hack

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Bybit expresses deep gratitude for industry support amid $1.4B hack

Bybit thanks industry firms and leaders for coming together and supporting the exchange during the single biggest hack in crypto history.

cointelegraph 11 months ago

$2B Solana unlock incoming — Is it time to hold, short or sell SOL?

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$2B Solana unlock incoming — Is it time to hold, short or sell SOL?

15 million Solana tokens will unlock and enter the circulating supply over the next three months. How will SOL price react?

cointelegraph 0 years ago

Javier Milei-endorsed Libra token crashes after $107M insider rug pull

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Javier Milei-endorsed Libra token crashes after $107M insider rug pull

The Milei-endorsed Libra token crashed 94% after insiders cashed out $107 million in liquidity, erasing $4 billion in market cap just hours after l...

cointelegraph 0 years ago

Franklin Templeton launches US gov’t money fund on Solana

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Franklin Templeton launches US gov’t money fund on Solana

Franklin Templeton has announced the launch of FOBXX, its tokenized US government fund, on Solana, expanding the company