
ETH price prospects dim as Ethereum DEX volumes drop 34% in a week
Ether (ETH) price fell below $2,200 on March 9 and has struggled to recover since….
Payments behemoth PayPal plans to offer a 3.7% yield on balances held in its PayPal USD stablecoin. According to an April 23 Bloomberg report, a PayPal representative said that the measure aims to encourage more usage of the firm’s stablecoin. The program is expected to launch this summer, and the rewards will also be paid…
Cryptocurrency staking protocol Symbiotic closed a $29 million Series A funding round led by Web3-focused investment firms, including Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures, to support the launch of a new economic coordination layer for blockchain security. The round included more than 100 angel investors, with participation from major industry players including Aave, Polygon and StarkWare,…
Crypto exchange giant Coinbase is set to expand its footprint by hiring over 130 employees in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of a broader push to tap into emerging fintech talent pools across the US, a company spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph. “Coinbase is making a new investment in Charlotte with a new physical office and…
Crypto markets have faced a wave of liquidations over the past 24 hours, with total losses reaching $635.9 million, according to market data. Most of the liquidations (over $560 million) came from short positions, signaling growing pressure on bearish traders. Bitcoin (BTC) led the liquidation charts, with $293 million in short positions wiped out as…
The stock market hasn’t exactly performed well recently. As I write this on April 22, the S&P 500 remains about 15% below its recent high, and the Nasdaq Composite index remains down 20%, in bear market territory. However, not all stocks are in the same boat. In fact, MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) is up by nearly…
Investments in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have rebounded to levels last seen in January, signaling a recovery in investor sentiment from concerns around global trade tariff escalations. US spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs had over $912 million worth of cumulative net inflows on April 22, marking their highest daily investment in more than three months since…
Binance is set to implement new compliance measures for South African users, requiring sender and receiver information for all crypto deposits and withdrawals. In an announcement on April 23, the largest exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies said the move comes in response to local regulatory demands. Starting April 30, Binance users…
Ethereum’s price has surged after having been in the doldrums for weeks, helping boost its market share after it hit record lows. Ether (ETH) has surged almost 15% over the past 24 hours, topping $1,800 on April 23. It has outperformed Bitcoin, which notched a 6% gain, and the wider crypto market, which has climbed…
Cantor Fitzgerald is teaming up with crypto heavyweights Tether, Bitfinex, and SoftBank on a $3 billion Bitcoin investment vehicle. According to an Apr. 22 report by Financial Times, the group plans to form a new publicly traded firm called 21 Capital, which will receive $3 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) from the participating companies. Tether (USDT)…
Bitcoin’s 12% rally over the week and a surge in related exchange-traded fund inflows have analysts thinking it could soon reach $100,000, but one crypto analyst has said to temper hopes as a key indicator is still giving mixed signals. “Given that our stablecoin minting indicator has yet to return to high-activity levels, we remain…