Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Rumble plans to roll out a bitcoin tipping feature, developed in partnership with Tether, to its 51M creators in December; Tether has invested $775M in Rumble — The feature is developed with Tether and was announced at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Switzerland.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Email: Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to resume operations on October 24, following a court-approved restructuring, after hackers stole $230M in July 2024 — That was the final step in a process that began after a massive security breach last year froze assets, shuttered withdrawals …
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra 100% tariff on China, triggering $19.1B+ in liquidations, 10x+ the liquidations during the FTX crash — Trump's 100% tariff warning on China ignited a global sell-off that wiped out $16 billion in leveraged crypto longs and pushed Ethena's USDe to a rare sub-$1 print.
CoinDesk: In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to become a financial super app that integrates its crypto offering with traditional banking services — Brian Armstrong, a co-founder and the CEO of Coinbase (COIN), said in an interview on Friday that Coinbase's long-term goal is to be a financial …
CoinDesk: Winklevoss twins' Gemini plans to sell 16.67M shares at a price range of $17-$19 in its US IPO, seeking to raise $317M and valuing the crypto exchange at $2.2B — The Winklevoss-led company plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17-$19 each, tapping a hot IPO market. — What to know:
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Trump Media and Crypto.com sign a deal to integrate Crypto.com's wallet and adopt the CRO token for Truth Social's rewards; Trump Media will buy $105M in CRO — Trump Media will buy $105 million in CRO while Crypto.com takes $50 million in DJT stock as part of a partnership that makes …
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Two dormant Bitcoin wallets, each holding 10,000 “Satoshi era” BTC since 2011, transferred the coins to new wallets using a modern, lower-fee address format — All of these moved coins are among the rarest class of BTC: mined or transacted during the “Satoshi era,” …
Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Kraken launches Krak, a payments app that lets users send funds P2P across 110 countries using 300+ assets, including crypto, stablecoins, and fiat currencies — The Krak app allows users to instantly transact across borders for almost no cost, while earning competitive rewards on their account balances.
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Justin Sun-linked BiT Global dismisses with prejudice its lawsuit against Coinbase for delisting wBTC; the delisting followed Coinbase launching rival cbBTC — BiT Global agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, with each party covering its own legal expenses. — What to know:
Ian Allison / CoinDesk: The UK FCA says it will lift its ban on offering crypto exchange traded notes to retail investors “to support UK growth and competitiveness” — The move is to support U.K. growth and competitiveness, the FCA said. — What to know: … U.K. financial regulator …
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Thailand files charges against, and orders the blocking of crypto exchanges Bybit, CoinEx, OKX, 1000X, and XT.com from June 28 for operating without a license — OKX, Bybit, 1000x, and XT are among the exchanges that will be blocked in Thailand by the end of June. — What to know:
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Pavel Durov says Telegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to distribute Grok; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue — Telegram will also receive 50% of revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via the app. — What to know:
Parikshit Mishra / CoinDesk: Stablecoin operator Circle files for an NYSE IPO and plans to offer 24M shares at $24 to $26 each, raising up to nearly $250M; Cathie Wood's ARK may buy $150M — Circle Internet Group, the firm behind stablecoin USDC, has filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, the firm said on Tuesday.
Helene Braun / CoinDesk: Coinbase Q1: revenue up 23% YoY to $2B, vs. $2.1B est., net income down 94% YoY to $66M, trading volume up 26% YoY to $393B, and $0.24 EPS, vs. $1.93 est. — Shares of Coinbase (COIN) fell nearly 3% in post-market trading after it reported a significant drop in revenue in the first quarter of the year …
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no API keys or a central point of failure — Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents — What to know:
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Stripe plans to test a stablecoin payments product aimed at companies outside the US, the UK, and the EU, using tech from Bridge, which Stripe acquired recently — Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said a stablecoin tool for companies outside US, UK and EU is ready for testing. — What to know:
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: At the request of a South Korean regulator, Apple blocked 14 crypto apps and Google blocked 17, including exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, from their app stores — South Korean regulators will continue to block unreported virtual asset operators from accessing domestic sites, a statement said.
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority says it intends to begin authorizing new crypto firms in 2026 after it designs a more stringent regulatory regime — The FCA's intention is to create new rules for a more stringent regulatory regime, its director of payments said. — What to know:
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: 21Shares plans to liquidate two actively managed bitcoin and ether futures ETFs, following $1.66B in outflows from US-listed spot bitcoin ETFs this month — The firm is liquidating its ARK 21Shares Active On-Chain Bitcoin Strategy ETF and ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF amid the downturn.
Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Sam Altman's World Network unveils World Chat, a “mini app” in the World App wallet for messaging and sending and receiving crypto, in beta on Android and iOS — The new feature, a “mini app” accessible via the World App wallet, will offer special features to holders …
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: DoubleZero, which is coordinating a global network of fiber optic cables to improve blockchains, raised $28M in a token round, sources say at a $400M valuation — The communications startup is coordinating a global network of fiber optic cables. — DoubleZero Foundation, a startup building a …
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says 77%+ of the funds stolen remain traceable, including 417,348 ETH, and 20% have “gone dark”; the hackers converted 83% of the ETH to BTC — Some 417,348 ETH, valued at approximately $1 billion remain traceable on the blockchain after being moved using privacy-focused THORChain.
CoinDesk: President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges — U.S. President Donald Trump named XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) as three assets to be included in a U.S. strategic crypto reserve on Sunday …
Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: The Ethereum Foundation selects two new co-executive directors, and Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi becomes president, following calls for new leadership — Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak will be the new co-executive directors, as Aya Miyaguchi transitions into the organization's President.
Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: Consensys founder Joseph Lubin says the SEC has agreed “in principle” to end its securities enforcement case against Consensys' MetaMask, filed in June 2024 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping yet another case against an American crypto company …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Chainalysis estimates $40B worth of illicit crypto transactions took place in 2024; criminals shifted from mostly using bitcoin in 2021 to using stablecoins now — Criminals are no longer using BTC, but instead choosing stablecoins, the report revealed. — What to know:
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a “bank run” of over $4B after the ~$1.5B hack, leading to a ~$5.5B total outflow; CEO says “about 50%” of funds were withdrawn — Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has seen total outflows of over $5.5 billion after it suffered …
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: Source: in text messages, Libra co-creator Hayden Davis bragged he could “control” Argentine President Javier Milei due to payments to Milei's sister — A key player behind the Libra token bragged about buying access to Argentine President Javier Milei's inner circle months …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: Argentine President Javier Milei posted and then deleted an X post promoting Libra, a memecoin that rose 2,000%+ to a $4.4B market cap before plunging 95%+ — Milei deleted his original promotional tweet and revealed that he wasn't aware of its details. — What to know:
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Polymarket Analytics: users put $1.1B in volume on the outcome of the Super Bowl despite regulatory hurdles; one trader made a $550K profit from Eagles bets — The Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl, but the Kansas City Chiefs were the early favorite on Polymarket. — What to know:
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: CCData: the supply of stablecoins on Solana jumped by 112% in January to a record high of $11.1B, as the launch of the TRUMP memecoin caused a wave of inflows — This coincided with the launch of Donald Trump's memecoin $TRUMP which caused a wave of inflows to the network — What to know:
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange Deribit reports total trading volume, including options, futures, and more, rose 95% YoY to $1.19T in 2024; options volume rose 99% YoY to $743B — Need evidence of the crypto market's maturation? Look no further than Deribit, the crypto exchange that registered record trading volumes in 2024.
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Coinbase and Binance plan to list the TRUMP token, with Binance opening trading on Jan. 19; CoinGecko: $TRUMP is trading on Bitget, Kraken, and other exchanges — The ‘official’ memecoin of the second Donald Trump administration will be listed on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase …
Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk: Tass: the Russian government bans crypto mining in 10 regions from January 1 to March 15, 2031, citing power consumption, after legalizing mining in July 2024 — Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported — What to know:
Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Electric Capital annual survey: total developers working in crypto fell 7% YoY globally, and Solana was the most popular blockchain among new developers — Ethereum remained the blockchain with the most devs, and the overall population of software builders in crypto was flat, the VC firm said in its annual survey.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Popular NFT project Pudgy Penguins plans to launch a Solana-based token called PENGU within this year, with 23.5% of the 88B tokens reserved for its NFT holders — Pudgy Penguins is among the most popular NFT collections, and its comic penguins have a big presence on X, YouTube and Instagram.
Callan Quinn / CoinDesk: FTX sues crypto trader “Humpy the Whale” alleging margin trading market manipulation from January 2021 to September 2022, leading to FTX and Alameda losing $1B — The suit also links him to organized crime in Eastern Europe and terrorist groups.
Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 — The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.
Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Block says it is investing less in music streaming app Tidal and winding down decentralized “Web5” venture TBD to focus on its bitcoin mining rigs and wallet — The firm is redoubling efforts to supply miners as that industry struggles with profits — and Donald Trump promises help.
Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: Donald Trump winning the US election vindicates Polymarket, Kalshi, PredictIt, and other prediction betting markets, which heavily favored Trump for months — Tuesday night's election returns were a shocker if you only watched CNN. But not if you'd looked at the betting all along.
Callan Quinn / CoinDesk: Crypto firm Immutable says it received a Wells notice from the SEC related to the sale of its IMX tokens in 2021, accuses the SEC of “regulation by enforcement” — The firm's IMX token is down over 13% at $1.16 following the announcement. — Immutable said that it received …
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: The UK FCA says a man pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network, which processed £2.6M across various locations, as it cracks down on such ATMs — This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation. — Olumide Osunkoya pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network.
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Mango DAO, Mango Labs, and Blockworks Foundation agree to destroy MNGO tokens and ask crypto exchanges to stop trading them as part of an SEC settlement — Mango DAO, Mango Labs and Blockworks Foundation agreed to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Coinbase launches its wrapped bitcoin, cbBTC, on the Ethereum and Base networks, supported by various DeFi services for trading, lending, and as collateral — The token will initially be offered on Ethereum and Coinbase's Base networks, with plans to expand to more blockchains in the coming months.
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: Telegram radically alters its stance toward “illegal” use of its platform by letting users in private chats “flag illegal content” for review by its moderators — The decision comes after the CEO's arrest in France for allegedly failing to police illegal content.
Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Filing: the SEC seeks changes in the FTX's bankruptcy plan and says it reserves its rights to challenge distribution transactions involving crypto assets — The SEC said that it may challenge any transactions of distributions involving crypto assets to creditors. — The SEC has sought a change in the FTX's bankruptcy plan.
CoinDesk: As Russia plans a trial of cross-border payments using crypto, some senior Russian leaders suggest it can help counter sanctions; experts doubt it will work — Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia.
Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users and as many as 16 banks participating, but the bank is not rushing a full-scale roll out — Governor Shaktikanta Das said there should not be in any rush to roll out a system-wide CBDC. — Unmute — India's retail CBDC pilot …
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee withdrawals in two phases from August 26, after freezing them in the wake of a $230M exploit in July — Users of the Indian crypto exchange will be able to take out up to 66% of their rupee funds in two phases following a suspension instituted …
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which imposed a ~$2.2M fine on Binance in June 2024 — The registration was provisionally approved in May, subject to the crypto exchange paying a fine of about $2.2 million.