Vitalik Buterin responds to criticism that Ethereum ‘doesn’t care’ about DeFi

On May 24, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to $8,800 from $9,300. In the next 24 hours, it declined to as low as $8,600, leaving the top ranked digital asset on CoinMarketCap at risk of a bigger pullback.The initial drop of Bitcoin below $9,000 coincided with a massive inflow of BTC into exchanges and…

It's been a year since the demise of the FTX exchange — an event that's now increasingly looking like it was the Bitcoin (BTC), which is up roughly 120% from a year ago.In November 2022, the FTX collapse wiped nearly $300 billion off the market cap, impacting several cryptocurrencies. The ones that suffered the most were tokens

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has added its first two altcoins to its recently launched over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk, Cointelegraph Japan reported on April 15.Coincheck, which began operating its OTC service with Bitcoin (BTC) at the start of the month, now also offers Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP), the second and third largest cryptocurrencies by market…

"If those loans fail, even a small percentage of them, one Tether would become worth less than $1," said Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux. 466 Total views 2 Total shares Tether (USDT), the largest stablecoin issuer by market capitalization, has refuted the details of a Bloomberg story on its reserves holdings.In a Thursday report, Bloomberg journalist…

Mercado Bitcoin and Comerc plan to launch two separate tokens incentivizing renewable energy use. 903 Total views 20 Total shares In an announcement to Reuters News on Thursday morning, Brazillian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin said it has signed an agreement with Comerc, one of the main retail energy providers in Brazil, to develop renewable energy…

Marathon Digital holds over $1.1 billion worth of Bitcoin after the company decided to go full ‘HODL.’

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance (DeFi) newsletter.Ethereum Name Service announced a retroactive token airdrop this week to a fanfare of crypto enthusiasts. If you happen to own a .eth domain, read on to discover how you can claim your eligible tokens.What you’re about to read is the smaller version of this…

Rally has generated $22 million in sales from its liquid token sale on April 4, which attracted 40,000 investors. 1118 Total views 11 Total shares Social token platform Rally has completed its first “liquid token sale” on crypto asset issuance platform CoinList, with 40,000 investors snapping up RLY tokens for $0.60 each between April 1…

Congress clearly has crypto on the brain, with the question of regulation being a matter of when.At a Jan. 30 hearing before the Fintech Task Force, a body within the United States House of Representatives, lawmakers were focused on bringing crypto into the conversation. The basicsThe hearing — entitled “Is Cash Still King? Reviewing the Rise…