Canada’s finance minister resigns, citing ‘serious challenges’ from US

U.S.-headquartered bank Citi has upped its investment in the Ethereum-based decentralized trade financing startup Komgo.Kris van Broekhoven, the global head of commodity trade finance at Citigroup, revealed that the bank has “topped up” its equity in Komgo “to allow the company to continue developing,” while speaking with ConsenSys on March 10.Komgo was launched in 2018…

Switzerland’s “crypto valley” is in talks with the federal government for setting up a 100 million Swiss franc ($102.7 million) fund for helping the fintech companies. 1796 Total views 49 Total shares Switzerland’s “crypto valley”, a fintech friendly region near Zurich, is seeking a 100 million Swiss franc ($102.7 million) fund from the federal government.…

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador says there’s almost “a 100% chance” his bill to make Bitcoin legal tender will pass tonight. In a Twitter Spaces conversation that happened just after 5AM UTC with 22,000 listeners he said the bill was currently in debate but as his party has 64 out of 84 seats…

The Ethereum network has just completed its Muir Glacier hard fork, with the sole improvement proposal being to delay the difficulty bomb for another 4,000,000 blocks.As of press time, the majority of clients were running in sync, although according to ethernodes, the nethermind client was still having some issues, and had fallen over 150 blocks. Live…

The Texas Securities Commission (TSC) has issued an emergency cease and desist order against a Russian crypto firm, according to an official press release published September 18. The Texas regulator states that the company allegedly misappropriated both Coinbase and Cointelegraph materials to attract investors.The firm, operating as Coins Miner Investment Ltd., is said to have…

Crypto markets have faced a wave of liquidations over the past 24 hours, with total losses reaching $635.9 million, according to market data. Most of the liquidations (over $560 million) came from short positions, signaling growing pressure on bearish traders. Bitcoin (BTC) led the liquidation charts, with $293 million in short positions wiped out as

A Bitcoin weekly close above $85,000 will be “critical for resuming upside momentum,” amid ongoing trade war concerns, analysts told Cointelegraph. Bitcoin analysts are eying the weekly close to gauge Bitcoin’s price trajectory for next week, as traditional and crypto markets are lacking direction amid a mix of global trade war fears paired with easing

Over 27,740 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.4 billion were withdrawn from exchanges on March 25, the highest daily outflow since July 31, 2024. Meanwhile, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue their inflow streak, suggesting that institutional demand is making a comeback. Is the Bitcoin bull run about to resume? Bitcoin exchange outflows hit 7-month high Bitcoin