DePIN Should Be Next

Opinion by: Aaron Basi, head of product at IoTeX With the recent passage of the GENIUS Act, the United States has taken its first real step toward regulating crypto nationally. The bill focuses on stablecoins, establishing reserve rules, audits and authorized issuers. This is a milestone for the industry. If lawmakers want to support the…

BitMine approves $1B stock buyback as ETH treasury strategy expands

BitMine Immersion, a Bitcoin mining company and Ether’s largest publicly traded holder, has announced the approval of an open-ended $1 billion stock buyback program to repurchase its outstanding shares through open market or negotiated transactions. With shares trading below the company’s net asset value (NAV), BitMine has opted to repurchase its stock rather than allocating…

DOGE, SOL and XRP Lead Altcoin Losses as Rate Jitters and Leverage Unwind Hit Crypto

Altcoins slid sharply Tuesday as traders braced for a wave of economic events, including a Federal Reserve interest rate decision due Wednesday. Leading the pack are XRP, solana (SOL) and cardano (ADA) which all fell more than 3% over the past 24 hours as well as dogecoin (DOGE), avalanche (AVAX) and sui (SUI) which are…

PENGU, ETH, AVAX, BNB May Lead Altcoin Rally If BTC Hits ATH

Key points: Bitcoin is preparing for a range expansion in the next few days, and the trend favors the bulls. ETH, BNB, AVAX, and PENGU are looking set for a possible upside move. Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to break above $120,000, but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to…

White House Requests Senate Committee Delay Vote On CFTC Chair

The Senate Agriculture Committee has pulled a planned hearing on Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), following a request from the White House just days before lawmakers leave for August recess. In an update to the committee’s schedule on Monday, chair John Boozman and ranking member Amy Klobuchar said lawmakers…

PENGU, ETH, AVAX, BNB May Lead Altcoin Rally If BTC Hits ATH

Key points: Bitcoin is preparing for a range expansion in the next few days, and the trend favors the bulls. ETH, BNB, AVAX, and PENGU are looking set for a possible upside move. Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to break above $120,000, but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to…

Twenty One Capital Surpasses BTC Projections with 43,500 Bitcoin Holdings

Cantor Fitzgerald-backed Twenty One Capital has significantly increased its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, expanding its treasury beyond the amount announced at launch, highlighting the accelerating race to accumulate the digital asset.  The Bitcoin treasury firm, which launched in April with a mission to amass the digital asset, has added approximately 5,800 BTC from stablecoin issuer Tether,…

Pyth Network Streams Live Hong Kong Stock Prices Onchain

Decentralized oracle network Pyth Network has begun publishing real-time, onchain prices for 85 of the most valuable stocks listed in Hong Kong, giving builders and traders worldwide direct access to one of Asia’s most important equity markets. The price feeds are sourced directly from institutional-grade venues and updated every 400 milliseconds across more than 100…

Pyth Network Streams Live Hong Kong Stock Prices Onchain

Decentralized oracle network Pyth Network has begun publishing real-time, onchain prices for 85 of the most valuable stocks listed in Hong Kong, giving builders and traders worldwide direct access to one of Asia’s most important equity markets. The price feeds are sourced directly from institutional-grade venues and updated every 400 milliseconds across more than 100…

Corporations Acquire 1% of Ether Supply: Standard Chartered

Corporations are buying Ether at a faster pace than Bitcoin, signaling a shift in institutional interest toward the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency as it prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, according to a new report from Standard Chartered shared with Cointelegraph. Corporate cryptocurrency treasury firms have bought up 1% of the total Ether (ETH) supply since…