Crypto 'eating TradFi's lunch' as $5.75B Coinbase revenue beats Nasdaq

Cointelegraph shares six tips on how to safely invest in Defi projects in our latest in-depth video. 1859 Total views 63 Total shares In our latest in-depth video, Cointelegraph shares six key tips on how to increase your safety when investing in DeFi by identifying rug pulls — One of the most widespread types of…

Cryptocurrency owners are “generally more educated than the average,” according to a new study by the Bank for International Settlements. 207 Total views 1 Total shares The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a global financial institution owned by some of the world’s biggest central banks, is trying to dispel the theory that cryptocurrency ownership is…

Decentralized finance, more commonly known as DeFi, is quite complicated. Even the heads of DeFi companies seem unable to define the sector in a few sentences. So, here’s another attempt: DeFi is a financial ecosystem, in which it is possible to build tools, services and smart contracts and then bond them together on a blockchain,…

December is proving to be another blockbuster month for Bitcoin as the flow of institutional investors injecting funds into Bitcoin continues to increase. Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy announced that it had raised $650 million worth of convertible bonds at a rate of 0.75% due in 2025. The company now plans to invest the net proceeds…

Successful new token listings on memecoin platform Pump.fun are down more than 80% from January highs, according to data from Dune Analytics.  The daily number of tokens completing Pump.fun’s “bonding curve,” a prerequisite to listing on a decentralized exchange (DEX), is down to about 200 on Feb. 26 from as high as nearly 1,200 on

The CFTC has issued new guidance for crypto derivatives markets that hold customer funds, much of which boils down to "be very, very careful." 2717 Total views 19 Total shares Per guidance released Wednesday evening, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is advising businesses trading in crypto derivatives to hold customer funds very carefully.The new guidance continues…

Tensions between Steem (STEEM) and the Hive (HIVE) community continue to escalate, with Steem executing a soft fork to freeze up to 20 accounts owned by the network’s former witnesses.The frozen accounts hold 17.6 million STEEM, worth approximately $3.2 million and equating to nearly 5% of Steem’s total supply.On April 4, the soft fork was…

On July 22, two of the five individuals who allegedly stole $8.4 million from investors between 2017 and 2021 by promoting Forcount pleaded guilty.