Updated Sept. 11, 10:08 a.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a quote from the Chainalysis training video. A leaked Chainalysis video suggests that Monero (XMR) transactions could be traceable despite the privacy-preserving nature of the blockchain. The leaked video, which outlines the company’s tracking methods related to the coin, has since been…
Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin (LTC), made an appearance at this year’s Proof of Work Summit in Frankfurt, Germany, to contrast Litecoin’s privacy-enhancing features with the nearly inescapable transparency of the Bitcoin (BTC) network. Lee explained that the unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs), which underpin the Bitcoin ledger, carry a history of how the transactions…
Binance CEO Richard Teng denied reports that Binance.US was in deal talks with entities affiliated with US President Donald Trump during a March 18 panel at Blockworks’ 2025 Digital Asset Summit in New York. Teng’s statement reiterated the position taken by Binance’s founder, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, and Trump, both of whom denied the story last…
Fidelity Investments has filed to register a tokenized version of its US dollar money market fund on Ethereum — joining the likes of BlackRock and Franklin Templeton in the blockchain tokenization space. Fidelity’s March 21 filing with the US securities regulator said “OnChain” would help track transactions of the Fidelity Treasury Digital Fund (FYHXX) —…
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining hashprice — a miner’s daily revenue per unit of hashing power expended to mine blocks — has remained constant at around $48 per petahash per second (PH/s), despite a slight 1.4% uptick in Bitcoin difficulty. Data from CoinWarz shows that the Bitcoin difficulty climbed to 113.76 trillion at block 889,081 on…
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to make a comeback by maintaining the price above the 200-day simple moving average ($84,899) over the weekend. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan Lee told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin needs to close above $85,000 this week to signal strength and “prevent a drop to $76,000.” Lee added that a close above…
The government of Nigeria is still open to crypto businesses operating in the country despite the ongoing lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and the high-profile detention of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. Nigerian Information Minister Mohammed Idris told Semafor that many crypto businesses operate inside the country that are not facing litigation or criminal prosecution. “This…
Crypto exchange Kraken will end its support for privacy token Monero in the European Economic Area (EEA). Kraken announced that it would stop trading and deposits for all Monero (XMR) markets in the EEA from Oct. 31, 2024. This includes the trading pairs with United States dollars, euro, Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether’s USDt (USDT). Kraken…
Asset manager Canary Capital has filed registration documents for a spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with United States regulators, according to Oct. 15 documents. The filing is the latest in a proliferation of proposed ETFs holding alternative cryptocurrencies ahead of the US presidential election in November. Canary’s proposed ETF aims to hold spot LTC…
Ether needs to reclaim the “macro” range above the $2,200 mark to amass more upside momentum as crypto markets remain pressured by global macroeconomic concerns until at least the beginning of April. Ether (ETH) price is down over 51% during its three-month downtrend after it peaked above $4,100 on Dec. 16, 2024, TradingView data shows….