Ether, altcoins dive double digits as Trump tariffs take further toll

Four experts discussed the future blockchain in financial services, agreeing on the importance of specialization in a panel on crypto derivatives at Synchronise Europe in London today, June 18.Some of the original conceptualisation of blockchain needs to be available publically to be materially modified to suit the needs of diverse financial services, said Kelly Mathieson,…

Shares of Canada’s first publicly listed Bitcoin fund are up 30% since its launch in April. 2474 Total views 19 Total shares Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ has recorded a major milestone fo its public Bitcoin (BTC) fund.The Bitcoin Fund — Canada’s first Bitcoin fund listed on a major stock exchange — has crossed the…

Chinese social media giant saw a massive data breach result in data of millions of users available for sale on the dark web. According to a March 19 report from Chinese blockchain news outlet Jinse, basic account information of 172 million users was available, priced at 0.177 BTC.  The account information for sale included user ID,…

On March 5, Polkadot (DOT) experienced a flash crash at Binance perpetual futures which resulted in the contract trading as low at $0.20. While this could have been an honest fat-finger trading mistake, a number of indicators point to a planned-attack.While no hard evidence will likely ever emerge, the open interest increase just 24 hours…

An impending US government shutdown may be accelerating the launch of Ethereum futures ETFs, analysts suggest. 112 Total views 1 Total shares Ethereum futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could start trading for the first time in the United States as early as next week, according to Bloomberg analysts.On Sept. 28, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart said

A well-known cryptographer has poured cold water on fresh fears that recent advances in quantum computing could endanger Bitcoin (BTC) security. Bitcoin versus Google’s “quantum supremacy”In a Twitter discussion on Sept. 24, ex-Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd led the criticism, which followed claims from Google it had achieved “quantum supremacy.”In a paper seen by the Financial…

On March 19, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the company had been cleared by the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an alleged $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering. Following the news, XRP (XRP) surged to $2.59, but the gains gradually faded as the cryptocurrency experienced a 22% correction, dropping to $2.02 by March 31.

Amid the rising cryptocurrency adoption in the Philippines, the country’s central bank is seeking measures to better protect investors through elevating local crypto awareness.The Philippine central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), wants to promote crypto education as the authority sees a lot of benefits associated with crypto and blockchain, a BSP representative said in…