Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Crypto lender BlockFills suspends withdrawals amid faltering bitcoin price

Crypto liquidity provider and lender BlockFills has halted client deposits and withdrawals amid a downturn in bitcoin prices, in a sign of knock-on impact from the latest crypto market drop. ...

Crypto capital evolution: VCs consolidate, IPO markets surge

Funding of crypto companies doubled y-o-y, although remained disciplined, favoring revenue-generating platforms over speculative token plays.

South Korea crypto exchange Bithumb says system flaws led to $40 billion error

South Korea's Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange's internal system susceptible to potential sabotage and failed to prevent an erroneous transfer of more than $40...

Bitcoin loses Trump-era gains as crypto market volatility signals uncertainty  

Bitcoin could drop further  after wiping out all of its price gains since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump as liquidity is expected to remain thin for the near future. ...

China steps up crypto crackdown, will vet real-world asset tokens

China vowed to further tighten its crackdown on virtual currencies on Friday and banned unauthorised offshore issuance of yuan-pegged stablecoins. Authorities will also strictly vet...

The reasons behind Bitcoin's bloodbath

With each passing week, crypto investors are hurting more. The week of January 19: -5.7%. The following week: -11.17%. This week: -12.57% so far. In four months, BTC has lost 40% of its value, or...

India monitoring evolving crypto trading to ensure tax compliance, top tax official says

India is talking to cryptocurrency exchanges to assess evolving trading activity as it seeks oversight over newer crypto products, according to a top tax official. India does not...

Big US banks boost Washington lobbying muscle as policy fights heat up

Big U.S. banks' lobbying spend jumped 12% last year, the most in more than a decade, as they intensified efforts to navigate major policy flux in Washington under President Donald Trump's...

Bitcoin plummets, driving $2 trillion tumble in crypto market value

Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares. The world's...

Bitcoin under $73K: has it bottomed out?

Crypto markets have deeper bear-market risk against emerging rebound signals.

Precious metal price fluctuations could test fast-growing gold token market

A surge in the price of gold is driving demand for so-called tokenized gold, a fast-growing niche of the digital asset market, which experts warn carries custody and regulatory risks that are not...

Instant View: Markets plunge as precious metals meltdown spills over

A collapse in precious metals spilled over into broad markets in Asian trading on Monday, prompting broad selling of many of the top-performing stocks of the past year. MARKETS: ...

Hong Kong regulator targets March for first stablecoin licences

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Eddie Yue said on Monday the regulator expects to issue its first batch of stablecoin issuer licences in March, with only a very small number to be...

Bitcoin falls below $80,000, continuing decline as liquidity worries mount

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by 6.53% at $78,719.63 at 12:48 p.m. ET on Saturday, continuing its decline from the previous session. On Friday,...

Investors gain some Fed clarity with Warsh choice, but mull rate path

The choice of Kevin Warsh to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve clears uncertainty on Wall Street about the central bank's likely next chair, but leaves investors weighing how the former Fed governor's...

Crypto bill advances in US Senate but faces obstacles

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees commodities trading, advanced a bill on Thursday that would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies on a party-line vote, an...

Weaker dollar, stronger bitcoin?

DXY is at multi-year lows, but bitcoin's usual inverse response is breaking down amid volatility, tight credit, and rising bond yields.

Tether CEO aims to allocate up to 15% of its portfolio to gold

Tether plans to allocate 10%-15% of its investment portfolio to physical gold, the crypto group's CEO Paolo Ardoino said, adding to the bullion which it says already backs some of its products. ...

US banks may lose $500 billion to stablecoins by 2028, Standard Chartered warns

U.S. dollar-backed crypto tokens known as stablecoins could pull around $500 billion in deposits out of U.S. banks by the end of 2028, Standard Chartered estimated on Tuesday - new analysis that could...