Bitstamp to Halt XRP Trading, Deposits in US Due to SEC Lawsuit

The value of El Salvador's bitcoin holdings have risen above $500 million and Bhutan's above $1 billion. Bhutan's BTC holdings now account for more than one-third of its GDP versus El Salvador's stack at just 1.5% of its GDP. The fiscal situation of El Salvador's government continues to improve. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold

Galaxy Digital’s assets under management (AUM) grew to over $3.1 billion in October from $2.2 billion in September, with its Ether-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) cited as one of the main driving forces.The Mike Novogratz-led asset manager reported the preliminary AUM figure on Wednesday.Compared to the equivalent figure in 2020, the firm’s AUM has grown over…

The conversation about whether bitcoin is a safe haven asset continues in the wake of Iranian missile strikes, which saw the price of BTC both surge and retrace in parallel with crude and gold. To help explain what’s going on, we feature comments from Ikigai Asset Management’s Travis Kling. Also in today’s episode, we look at…

Oct 30, 2020 at 16:36 UTCGood luck hitting that long shot. (mickrh/Pixabay )Daily volumes for bitcoin options have hit lifetime highs on crypto derivatives exchange Deribit due to increased activity in deep “out-of-the-money” (OTM) call options, or bullish bets.The biggest cryptocurrency exchange by options volume has traded a record 47,000 bitcoin options contract in the…

The cryptocurrency market has been making history for all the wrong reasons as of late, most notably by recently surpassing the plunge of the infamous Dot-Com bubble in the early 2000's. With that said, cryptocurrencies tend to make recoveries when all hope is seemingly lost, and today's price action of the world's second largest cryptocurrency,…

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi misled investors, cut corners and bet big on FTX even after seeing a secret balance sheet that revealed fundamental flaws in Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire, BlockFi creditors said.The company’s Committee of Unsecured Creditors, representing customers owed money after its November bankruptcy, are arguing the company should be liquidated right away without further costly…

Apr 21, 2020 at 11:45 UTCOil spill cleanup. (Credit: Shutterstock/Tigergallery)Bitcoin is looking weak after Monday's big crash in the oil markets. The top cryptocurrency by market value is changing hands near $6,820 at time of writing, having faced rejection above $7,200 yesterday., according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. Bitcoin's fall came as prices of oil,…

The Hamas terrorist organization and its affiliates have received millions in cryptocurrency donations, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal based on data from forensics firm Elliptic and Tel Aviv software company BitOK.Palestinian Islamic Jihad received $93 million in crypto between August 2021 and June 2023, Elliptic said. Hamas received about $41 million

news New York prosecutors have struck back at cryptocurrency exchange provider Bitfinex, telling a local court that they believe the company should be made to turn over documents outlining a nearly $900 million line of credit offered by stablecoin issuer Tether. The New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) first sued Bitfinex and Tether for all documents…