Australians show the world’s highest per-capita interest in cryptocurrency, according to new web-traffic data, with most activity focused on trading and speculation. Data compiled by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto division calculated the percentage of web traffic from each country across the top 30 tokens on CoinGecko, filtering out Bitcoin and stablecoins. Australians had the…
The US energy secretary has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to write new rules enabling big electricity consumers, such as AI data centers and Bitcoin mining operations, to connect directly and quickly to the power grid. In a letter released on Thursday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright asked the FERC, the independent agency…
A “Satoshi-era” Bitcoin wallet with $442 million worth of BTC has become the latest sleeping Bitcoin giant to wake, shifting some of its funds for the first time in 14 years. The unknown owner of the wallet made most of its stash mining 4,000 Bitcoin (BTC) between April and June 2009, only a few months…
US President Donald Trump said he pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao after lobbying and support by “a lot of people” that told him he wasn’t guilty. CZ’s pardon was signed on Wednesday, and Binance confirmed the presidential order to Cointelegraph in a statement. During a press conference on Thursday, Trump said he chose to…
Crypto-friendly banks Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank have launched a turnkey blockchain solution allowing traditional banks to issue tokenized deposits that will work with stablecoins. The solution enables banks to leverage blockchain’s near-instant, low-cost transactions in an interoperable manner with other banks while being able to retain customer deposits, the two banks said in a…
Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced on Thursday that it acquired Dynamic, an enterprise-focused wallet provider. The integration of Dynamic’s tech stack into Fireblocks adds to the company’s suite of institutional-grade services, which includes treasury management, custody options, and wallet services, according to Thursday’s announcement. Dynamic provides the wallet infrastructure for 50 million onchain…
Fidelity, a financial services company, has added Solana trading to its platform, making the network’s native token available to both institutional and retail clients. Solana (SOL) is now available to buy, sell, and trade on Fidelity Crypto, Fidelity Crypto for IRAs, Fidelity Crypto for Wealth Managers, and Fidelity Digital Assets’ platform for institutional investors, a…
The Latin American region is tapping into blockchain-based services for payments and access to financial services, signaling that the crypto industry serves more than just financial speculators chasing the next memecoin pump. Latin American citizens are increasingly using cryptocurrency to replace the region’s inadequate banking infrastructure, allowing them to facilitate digital payments and create stablecoin-based…
Opinion by: Nanak Nihal Singh Khalsa, co-founder of Holonym Foundation More often than not, in the quest for the advancement of humankind and the betterment of human life, humanity has created more problems than it can solve. It’s a cycle of unintended consequences that can be traced back to our beginnings. The cave dwellers created…
October is historically one of Bitcoin’s (BTC) best-performing months, but this year, BNB (BNB) is stealing the show. “Uptober” — coined to describe Bitcoin’s typically bullish Octobers — began on a high note this year, when the US government shutdown had just begun. Now, as Washington’s funding deadlock stretches past three weeks, that optimism has…