BTC dominance nears 4-year high: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) saw a minor correction on the day as the global stock market pulled back. The top cryptocurrency dropped by nearly 8% in the last 24 hours, retracing most of the gains it recorded during yesterday's rally on March 3.Bitcoin bull run is still at an early to mid stageAccording to William…

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky said that the oversubscribed $750 million funding round was a “very good indication” of the strength of the company's lending and yielding brand. 300 Total views 37 Total shares Crypto lending firm Celsius Network has expanded its $400 million Series B round from October to $750 million as a result of…

Here at Cointelegraph, we were as shocked as everyone else in and around the crypto-sphere when we learned about the abrupt closure of stalwart crypto media outlet CCN. Established at around the same time as Cointelegraph and CoinDesk, CCN spent years competing for the crypto audience.However, just a couple days later, as many others, we were…

CoinMetrics has found that the impact of Coinbase Pro listing announcements is overstated, producing price performances ranging from -1% to +14% over 20 days. 884 Total views 13 Total shares The fabled ‘Coinbase Effect’ has a much more limited impact on the price of newly listed coins than is popularly believed, according to CoinMetrics.The crypto…

Hackers often manually try to find exploits in underlying smart contracts, and mass AI simulation of attacks in contract auditing may just be enough to outsmart such tactics. 58 Total views 22 Total shares As the cryptocurrency market has grown, so too have the number of bad actors looking to exploit vulnerable decentralized finance, or…

BCB Group, a European crypto-focused payment processor for the likes of major global crypto firms like Coinbase, has secured a license from British regulators.The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has officially approved the firm’s core subsidiary, BCB Payments, as an authorized payment institution (API), BCB Group announced on Jan. 29.The company is now officially…

Quantstamp agreed to settle charges and will repay proceeds from its 2017 ICO that raised $28 million. 1080 Total views 6 Total shares Blockchain security firm Quantamp is set to return $28 million  raised in a 2017 initial coin offering following charges brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The U.S. agency announced…

Bitcoin (BTC) is lining up an “early bull market” as a unique chart feature plays out for the first time in history.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Dec. 7, entrepreneur Alistair Milne drew attention to Bitcoin’s first ever weekly “golden cross.”Bitcoin goes from death cross to golden cross in 10 monthsRecent BTC price