El Salvador may roll back a small aspect of its Bitcoin law as part of a new deal with the International Monetary Fund. The Latin American country may no longer require Salvadorean merchants to accept bitcoin (BTC) as a means of payment across the nation, instead making bitcoin acceptance voluntary, according to a new report … Read more
The community group governing decisions on Solana-based decentralized exchange Jupiter on Sunday passed a long-awaited vote to allow two incentives of $860 million (worth of tokens at current prices) each over two years, shifting the related JUP token’s fundamentals. The proposal was part of the <a href=" target="_blank">“Jupuary” vote #2</a>, which was changed and refloated … Read more
Bitcoin inscriptions project OrdinalsBot has minted what it says is the largest file ever on the oldest and most valuable blockchain: the last in a collection of 1,500 "Pizza Ninjas." It's part of a phenomenon in the Bitcoin development community known as "four meggers," which are files that take up an entire block on the … Read more
<a href=" target="_blank">CoinDesk Indices</a> presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the <a href=" target="_blank">CoinDesk 20 Index</a>. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3857.2, down 3.7% (-150.02) since 4 pm on Friday. One of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+1.3%) and LINK (-0.1%). Laggards: FIL (-13.0%) … Read more
Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange that has grown rapidly in recent years to one of the largest, is considering partnerships with U.S. firms to gain a foothold in America, encouraged by the incoming Trump administration’s likely pro-crypto stance. Some of the largest crypto exchanges such as Binance, ByBit, OKX and Bitget are prohibited from serving U.S. … Read more
Bitcoin Development Company MicroStrategy (MSTR) added to its mammoth bitcoin (BTC) holdings last week with the purchase of another 21,550 tokens. The buys were made over the week ended Dec. 8 and the firm paid an average price of $98,783 each, totaling $2.1 billion, according to a Monday regulatory filing. It funded the acquisition by … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market has begun the week on a negative note, with bitcoin (BTC) lower after a weekend spent wrestling with the $100,000 mark amid reports that Amazon shareholders are pushing for an allocation to the cryptocurrency. The persistent indecisiveness since Dec. 5 amid increased retail … Read more
Crypto markets started the week in the red as bitcoin (BTC) slumped during the European morning hours after having briefly crossed the $100,000 level. BTC fell 2% from its six-figure landmark causing a dive across majors. XRP, dogecoin (DOGE) and Solana’s SOL fell as much as 5.5%, with BNB Chain’s BNB and ether (ETH) down … Read more
Movement, an Ethereum layer-2 network that was built using MoveVM, will issue its native token on Monday with a portion of the tokens being airdropped to early users and community members. The token, MOVE, will be listed on Binance via the exchange’s airdrops portal, and will also be listed on prominent South Korean exchanges Upbit … Read more
DeFi protocol Radiant Capital has attributed a $50 million exploit it suffered in October to North Korean hackers. According to a report published on Dec. 6, the attackers started laying the groundwork for the Oct. 16 attack in mid-September, when a Telegram message from what appeared to be a trusted former contractor was sent to … Read more