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Key points:US GDP shrank in Q1, raising recession alarms while also prompting calls for Fed rate cuts.Bitcoin dropped to $92,910 as GDP figures were released, but sustained buy-side demand could provide support.Todayโs crypto derisking is likely transitory; market fundamentals remain strong.Bitcoin (BTC) price took an abrupt tumble as data showed the US gross domestic product (GDP) retracting by 0.3% in Q1, raising...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:BTC stable, BlackRock to Tokenise huge Fund, HOUSE hits $100M FOMO HOUR EP347 BTC stable, dominance rises towards 65%. Blackrock may tokenise $150bn money market fund. Senate could vote on Stablecoin legislation soon. BTC to hit $1m by 2028: Hayes. CBOE launches BTC index futures. BTC data storage debate grows. BTC whale loses $330m in hack. OFAC sanctions on Tornado cash ruled illegal. SEC extends rule review for DOGE...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:โWith one of the worldโs largest economies holding Bitcoin, or making a crypto reserve, other countries are forced to do it,โ Zhao said.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Crypto prediction markets are signaling growing expectations of a U.S. recession this year after fresh economic data showed the economy contracted in the first quarter of 2025. According to the latest figures released by the US Commerce Department, gross domestic product declined by 0.3% between January and March. This drop comes after a 2.4% expansion [โฆ] The post Crypto prediction markets reflect rising recession...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:YeagerAI is building a protocol that uses AI models as judges, with the goal of providing reliable, neutral, third-party arbitration in record time.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Now that returns that simply mirror the broader crypto market are easily attainable, investors are looking for more ways to potentially exceed the market, says Lionsoul Globalโs Gregory Mall.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The use of autonomous agents to analyze market trends, balance portfolios and even manage liquidity across decentralized exchanges is a revolution you canโt afford to ignore, says the HBAR Foundationโs Gregg Bell.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:He may have co-invented the RSA cryptographic standard, but Adi Shamir isn't impressed with how cryptocurrencies have evolved so far.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:America's top crypto company wants the Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the IRS's ability to monitor crypto transactions on exchanges and other platforms.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Opinion by: Fraser Edwards, co-founder and CEO, CheqdBrutal honesty has its place, especially when confronting discomfort, so hereโs one that canโt be sweetened with honey: 96% of imported honey in the UK is fake! Tests found that 24 of 25 jars were suspicious or didnโt meet regulatory standards.Self-sovereign identity (SSI) can fix this.The UK Food Standards Agency and the European Commission both urge reform to...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The U.S. crypto exchange filed a brief in a longstanding privacy battle over records the tax agency sought on customers' crypto transactions.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:April 2025 witnessed crypto markets rocked by more tariffs at the direction of US President Donald Trump โ controversial policies that could have influenced the outcome of Canadaโs elections on April 28. On April 2, Trump levied โdiscounted reciprocal tariffsโ on 185 countries and territories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2,200 points on April 4, while the S&P 500 dropped nearly 6%, its largest decline...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The son of U.S. President Donald Trump said the current financial system is broken and blockchain technology is the fix.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:FIFA, the international football governing body, is taking a significant step in its Web3 journey by announcing a new blockchain network compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The update, published on April 30 via the FIFA Collect FAQ, outlines plans to migrate the football bodyโs NFT collection platform, FIFA Collect, from the Algorand network [โฆ] The post FIFA moves towards its own blockchain, leaving...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Industry entities led by the Crypto Council for Innovation argued in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it shouldn't regulate staking.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The crypto market experienced a dramatic surge in failed tokens during the first quarter of 2025, with nearly 2 million digital assets collapsing. According to a CoinGecko report, over 1.8 million crypto tokens were abandoned or failed in this yearโs first three months. This number represents nearly half (49.7%) of all token failures recorded since [โฆ] The post Crypto token failures skyrocket to nearly 2 million in Q1...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Chinese artificial intelligence development company DeepSeek has released a new open-weight large language model (LLM).DeepSeek uploaded its newest model, Prover V2, to the hosting service Hugging Face on April 30. The latest model, released under the permissive open-source MIT license, aims to tackle math proof verification. DeepSeek-Prover-V2 HuggingFace repository. Source: HuggingFaceProver V2 has 671 billion...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released another update on what he believes the future of the network should entail.In an April 30 post on blockchain-based social media platform Farcaster, Buterin outlined his personal areas of focus for Ethereum development this year. These include investigating changes to the network infrastructure to achieve single-slot finality, updates to smart contract execution and...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:U.S. GDP turned negative in the first quarter, while prices rose more than forecast; ADP jobs data was the weakest in nearly one year.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Economists fear Trump's tariffs will weigh on economic growth while adding to inflation.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The head of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets says new laws could be set by August, and Trump's own crypto interests aren't a factor.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:An elderly US individual is reportedly the victim of a devastating $330 million Bitcoin heist, now ranked as the fifth-largest crypto hack in history.The attacker used advanced social engineering tactics to gain access to the victimโs wallet, onchain investigator ZachXBT said in an April 30 update on X.The hack took place on April 28, 2025, when ZachXBT flagged a suspicious transfer involving 3,520 Bitcoin (BTC),...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Aave (AAVE) fell 4.7% and Ripple (XRP) dropped 4%, leading the index lower from Tuesday.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Crypto was born from an open-source ethos, where code was shared publicly, accessible for review and shaped by community contributions. Transparency and verifiability are foundational principles that enable trust in Bitcoin.But as the space matured, some disadvantages of open source surfaced. Innovative smart contract platforms and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications were forked to create direct competitors โ...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The 2025 State of Onchain UX report points to fragmentation in the crypto ecosystem, the UX platform said.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Cryptocurrency hackers stole more than $90 million in April, dealing another blow to the industryโs mainstream reputation despite ongoing efforts to improve cybersecurity.Hackers made off with $92 million of digital assets across 15 incidents in April, according to an April 30 research report by blockchain cybersecurity firm Immunefi.The total marks a 124% month-over-month increase from March, when hackers stole $41...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The exclusive, invite-only forum aims to scale its influence among the crypto and traditional finance elite.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Update (April 30, 4:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add a comment from Mantra CEO John Mullin.Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Mantra has called for industry-wide cooperation to reduce investor risks in the aftermath of its OM token crash.On April 30, Mantrapublishedits latest update since the suddencollapse of its OM token, claiming that the incident was โbigger than Mantra.โโLiquidation cascades...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Key takeaways:Macro Chain Index issues first buy signal since 2022, hinting at a new Bitcoin bull run.RSI crossover on the MCI aligns with past cycle bottoms that preceded 500%+ BTC rallies.Bitcoin price recovers from $74K to $95K amid rising open interest and positive funding rates.A key Bitcoin (BTC) indicator that accurately signaled the 2022 market bottom has just flashed another buy signal, suggesting the...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Your day-ahead look for April 30, 2025
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Coinbase Custody Trust will hold the fundโs tokens and serve as the official custodian for the ETF.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The U.S. regulator has ended its investigation into PayPalโs stablecoin, as Congress advances efforts to regulate the sector.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Movement, backed by Trump's World Liberty Financial, says it was duped into an agreement that experts say incentivized price manipulation.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The White House adviser said the administration aims to acquire as much Bitcoin as possible, emphasizing its "intrinsic value."
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:A proposal to ditch data storage limits sparked heated debate among Bitcoin devs, with some arguing it could alter Bitcoin's core purpose.
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