Day: April 9, 2025

XRP Network Activity Hits All-Time High Despite Market Volatility – Bullish Signal?

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. XRP has broken down from critical support levels, joining the broader crypto market in a wave of selling pressure driven by growing macroeconomic uncertainty. As risk sentiment weakens, bulls…

Bitcoin sell-off puts mid-term holders under pressure: Glassnode

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Bitcoin’s downside pressure has seen sell-off dynamics shift from newer coins to older cohorts, with the gradual capitulation coming amid broader market weakness. On-chain metrics and data insights platform Glassnode says Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin’s downside pressure has seen sell-off dynamics shift from newer coins to older cohorts, with the gradual capitulation coming amid broader market weakness. Year-to-date, BTC has dropped more than 17%, including a 9% decline in the past week. Tariffs and broader economic uncertainty have weighed heavily on risk assets, including Bitcoin. With this performance, coins in the…

No crypto project has registered with the SEC and ‘lived to tell the tale’ — House committee hearing

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United States securities laws are not flexible enough to account for digital assets, as evidenced by the parade of crypto-native companies that have tried and failed to get into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) good graces, Rodrigo Seira, special counsel to Cooley LLP, told a House Committee hearing on April 9. The hearing, titled American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets Aligning the U.S. Securities Laws for the Digital Age, featured Seira, WilmerHale partner Tiffany J. Smith, Polygon chief legal officer Jake Werrett and Alexandra Thorn, a senior…

Bitcoin DeFi Network Arch Finds VC Backer for Early-Stage Projects

Bootstrapping decentralized finance (DeFi) on any blockchain usually requires a mix of builders with big ideas and funders to back them. That much is as true for baselayers as it is for the financial protocols launching atop them. Arch Labs, whose eponymous network is one of the many projects trying to bring DeFi to Bitcoin, had no trouble raising its $7 million launch capital from big-name venture firms last year. Now it’s shifting focus to help fund those smaller protocols that could make the whole network boom. In that goal…

Bitcoin Trades Sideways as US – China Trade War Commences

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Both traditional assets and the leading cryptocurrency seem to be trading mostly sideways in the midst of economic uncertainty as the world’s two largest economies duke it out. BTC Stalls Amid Escalating U.S.-China Trade Tensions After President Donald Trump slapped a 104% tariff on China, what one analyst characterized as “doubling down on dumb,” the […] Original

Major Ethereum Whale Dumps 10,000 ETH After 2 Years, Is It Time To Get Out?

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. An Ethereum whale has dumped its ETH holdings after holding them for over two years, even through a bull market. This capitulation from the ETH whale suggests it might…

Binance Introduces LDUSDT to Combine Earning and Futures

Key Notes The digital currency trading platform Binance plans to introduce LDUSDT to users. Users will be able to access the product through the Simple Earn product at an unchanging rate. LDUSDT is a different product from BFUSD. Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume, is set to launch a new product called LDUSDT. This upcoming product will allow users to trade crypto futures while earning additional benefits from their locked USDT funds. Binance LDUSDT Bridges Trading and Passive Income Binance’s latest product, LDUSDT, is designed as…

Zettahash on the Horizon: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Nears 1 ZH/s as Miners Face Squeeze

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As bitcoin’s valuation languishes near its weakest point since last year—with hashprice, the projected daily earnings for one petahash per second (PH/s) of mining capacity, receding to $40—the network’s computational muscle has paradoxically swelled to a historic peak. Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Historic High Amid Price Plunge This stretch has proven arduous for bitcoin miners, with […] Original

DeFi security and compliance must be improved to attract institutions

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Opinion by: Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inch Institutional players have been closely watching decentralized finance’s growth. Creating secure and compliant DeFi platforms is the only solution to build trust and attract more institutions. Clear waters attract big ships Over the past four years, institutional DeFi adoption has gone from 10% of hedge funds to 47%, and is projected to rise to 65% in 2025. Goldman Sachs is reaching their arms to DeFi for bond issuance and yield farming.  Early adopters are already positioning themselves in onchain finance, including Visa, which…

Bitcoin drops as China slaps 84% tariffs on U.S. goods — will the Fed respond?

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With Bitcoin down and U.S.–China tariffs now at 84%, does this mark the start of another systemic selloff, or will the Fed manage to contain the fallout? Beijing announces further tariffs against the U.S. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have escalated quickly in recent days, leading to visible pressure across global financial markets. On Apr. 6, China retaliated against the U.S.’s tariff escalation by announcing a 34% counter-tariff on American goods, directly responding to the 34% levy President Trump had introduced just days earlier under his new “Liberation…