Stay Updated with the Latest Tech News


Get ahead of the curve with the latest insights, trends, and analysis in the tech world.


Browse by Category

Stablecoin Market Could Grow to $2T by End-2028: Standard Chartered

The passage of the Genius Act in the U.S., expected in coming months, will further legitimize the stablecoin industry, the report said.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Crypto Firm Hayvn Fined $12 Million in Abu Dhabi for Insufficient AML Controls

The firm's violations were "particularly serious," Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO of the FSRA said Monday after his team wrapped their probe.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Ethereum market share nears historic lows as ETH price risks falling to $1,100

Ether’s (ETH) market is very close to hitting all-time lows as a classic bearish chart pattern hints at a deeper correction toward $1,100.Ethereum’s market dominance keeps fallingOn April 9, Ethereum’s market dominance, or the measure of Ether’s share of crypto’s overall market capitalization, hit a new multiyear low of 7.18%, according to Cointelegraph Markets ProandTradingView data.This value was merely a hair’s...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

ZKSync Admin Wallet Compromised, $5M Stolen

The ZK token is down by 13.7% in the past 24 hours.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Criminals Are Watching the DOJ’s Crypto Shift. So Should We

Treasury’s move to shift prosecutorial resources away from crypto may please the industry. But the decision could prove harmful down the line, says Yoav Keren, CEO and Co-founder of BrandShield.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Mantra and Terra Luna: Nothing in common but a token crash

The recent collapse of the Mantra (OM) token triggered comparisons to the infamous Terra ecosystem crash in May 2022, with some commentators referring to Mantra as the “next Terra.” Still, many in the community argue that the two projects share nothing in common besides visual similarities in price charts.“While it’s tempting to draw parallels between OM’s recent crash and the Terra Luna collapse, they’re fundamentally...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Ethena Agrees With Regulator to Withdraw From German Market

All existing users will be onboarded to Ethena's entity in the British Virgin Islands.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

CleanSpark Ditches Bitcoin 'HODL' Strategy to Stop Dilution Via Equity Raise

CleanSpark's holdings now exceed 12,000 BTC, worth just over $1 billion at current prices.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Polygon Labs’ Marc Boiron on Unifying Blockchains

Polygon Labs’ product, AggLayer, aims to fix the fragmentation that has slowed growth in assets. Afra Wang meets the man making it happen.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

AI Crypto Tokens Nurse Losses as Nvidia Bearish Options Bets Cross the Tape

These could be protective plays, one observer said, referring to the activity in the NVDA put options.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Pump.Fun’s PumpSwap DEX processed $2.5B of trades last week, up 40%

Market data shows PumpSwap, the decentralized exchange of memecoin launch platform Pump.Fun, processed $2.5 billion of trades last week.DefiLlama datashowsthat in the week of April 6, PumpSwap saw a trading volume increase of nearly 40% over the previous week starting on March 30, with its trading volume of $1.8 billion. Since its launch in late March, the decentralized exchange (DEX) has processed $98.4 million of...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Creator of $132 Million Global Phishing Service Jailed for Eight Years

Phishing service LabHost charged fraudsters up to $300 in Bitcoin a month, with its creator receiving over $230,000 in crypto.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

DeFi platform KiloEx offers $750K bounty to hacker

Decentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx has offered the hacker who exploited $7.5 million in crypto from its platform a 10% white hat bounty.On April 15, KiloEx posted an offer directed to the hacker who stole millions from the DEX. KiloEx said it had worked with law enforcement, cybersecurity agencies and exchanges to uncover information about the hacker’s activities.The DEX also shared wallet addresses linked to the...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Crypto’s debanking problem persists despite new regulations

The crypto industry’s inability to access banking services still concerns many industry observers despite recent policy victories.In past years, financial services firms and banks concerned about fiduciary risk, reporting liabilities and reputational risk often would refuse to offer service to crypto firms — i.e., “debanking” them.Legislative efforts in the United States and Australia are attempting to remove these...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Gains 1% as Index Trades Flat

Bitcoin (BTC) was also a top performer, rising 0.7%.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

MIT-Incubated Optimum Raises $11M Seed Round to Build Web3's Missing Memory Layer

The seed round was led by 1kx and included Robot Ventures, Finality Capital, Spartan and more.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Is Bitcoin the new safe haven during trade wars?

Bitcoin joins the safe-haven debate as trade tensions rise For decades, investors fled to gold and US Treasurys during crises, but in today’s digital, decentralized world, Bitcoin is starting to enter the safe-haven conversation. Despite its volatility, Bitcoin (BTC) has shown signs of resilience during global turbulence, including trade wars, prompting a fresh look at its role in preserving value.Let’s rewind a bit to...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

XRP Most Likely to Get U.S. Spot ETF Approval Ahead of SOL, DOGE: Analysts

Data from Kaiko Indices shows XRP and SOL boast the deepest 1% market depth on vetted exchanges, with XRP surging past SOL since late 2024 and doubling Cardano’s ADA in liquidity.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Can you really buy anything with Pi coin? Find out here!

Key takeawaysPi coin finally went live on open mainnet in February 2025, unlocking real-world use cases after years in closed beta.You can spend Pi coin, but mostly within P2P communities and KYC-verified Pi apps — mainstream adoption is still in its early stages.Pi is now tradable on several CEXs, such as OKX, Bitget and MEXC, but Binance still hasn’t listed it despite 2 million+ user voters lobbying for the...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Tether, Galaxy, Ledn Dominate CeFi Crypto Lending as DeFi Borrowing Soars, Research Shows

Total crypto lending is still down 43% from its 2021 peak, but decentralized platforms have seen a significant growth, Galaxy reported.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Bitcoin Could be Setting Up to Beat Gold's Rally, Technical Analysis Suggests

Monero has shown a long-term bullish shift with a golden crossover, breaking out of a consolidation pattern.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Crypto ‘uninvestable’ if exchanges ignore manipulation: DeFiance CEO

A crypto investment executive said the biggest problem with digital asset markets is price manipulation, claiming that collusion between market makers and exchanges distorts token prices.Arthur Cheong, founder of crypto investment firm DeFiance Capital, said in an X post that market makers and crypto projects work together to create artificial prices that can be sustained for long periods. Cheong wrote:“You don’t know...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

XRP price analysts project $10 next, ‘optimistic’ target of $20

XRP (XRP) price is up 15% over the past seven days from a low of $1.61. According to several technical analysts, a sustained recovery daily close above $2.20 will signal a strong trend reversal that could put double digits within reach. XRP/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewXRP price must reclaim $2.20After the cryptocurrency marketexperienced a relief rallydue to US President Donald Trump’sannouncement...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Only 11% of El Salvador’s registered Bitcoin firms operational

Only 20 of the 181 Bitcoin service providers registered with El Salvador’s central bank are operational, with the rest failing to meet the country’s requirements under its Bitcoin Law.Local media outlet El Mundo cited data from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador, showing that 11% of the service providers are operational. According to the central bank’s database, the rest of the providers are classified as...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Bitcoin shows growing strength during market downturn — Wintermute

Bitcoin is showing growing resilience to macroeconomic headwinds compared with traditional financial markets, according to an April 14 report from crypto market maker Wintermute.The report noted that Bitcoin (BTC) has held up relatively well during the ongoing market downturn, even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped to their lowest levels in a year and bond yields surged to highs that had not been seen since 2007.“...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

HashFlare Ponzi Duo Ordered to Leave US by DHS—Despite Court Order to Stay

Lawyers for the co-founders of defunct crypto mining firm HashFlare claim they were ordered to leave the U.S. by the DHS.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Can 3-month Bitcoin RSI highs counter bearish BTC price 'seasonality?'

Bitcoin (BTC) demands a breakout as a key leading indicator reaches its highest levels since January.Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows the relative strength index (RSI) hinting at more BTC price gains next.Bitcoin RSI breakout has days to “full confirmation” Bitcoin bull runs traditionally begin with telltale RSI signals, and on daily timeframes, conditions are ripe for a classic BTC price...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Bitcoin ETFs Lose Over $800M in April as Institutions Stick With Bonds Amid Tariff Volatility

The U.S.-listed BTC ETFs appear on track for the second-highest monthly outflow on record.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Binance, KuCoin, MEXC report service issues due to AWS network interruption

Update April 15, 9:17 am in UTC: This article has been updated with information throughout.Binance, KuCoin, MEXC and other exchanges and wallet providers have been experiencing service issues due to a significant network interruption by Amazon Web Services (AWS).Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) were hit by an AWS data center outage, which reported “connectivity issues” that affected at least 12 of its...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Tariffs May Help Fund US Bitcoin Reserve Buildup Says White House Advisor Bo Hines

White House digital assets director Bo Hines cites tariffs as one of several "budget-neutral" options being explored to acquire Bitcoin.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Another Swedish Lawmaker Pushes to Add Bitcoin to National Reserves

Two Swedish MPs want Bitcoin added to reserves, mirroring U.S. efforts to build a national crypto reserve from seized digital assets.

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Decrypt favicon Decrypt

Ethereum could be AI’s key to decentralization, says former core dev

There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer.Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,” said Eric Connor on X on April 15.While AI is on a fast track to reshape almost every aspect of our lives, it is “plagued by black-box models, centralized data...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Northern Marianas vetoes bill for Tinian to launch its own USD stablecoin

Update (April 15, 10:47 am UTC): This article has been updated with comments from Marianas Rai Corp. co-founder Vin Armani.The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, a small Pacific US territory just north of Guam, has killed the legislation that would have allowed one of the territory’s local governments to launch a fully backed US dollar-pegged stablecoin.In an April 11 letter seen by Cointelegraph, Northern...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

Meta gets EU regulator nod to train AI with social media content

Tech giant Meta has been given the green light from the European Union’s data regulator to train its artificial intelligence models using publicly shared content across its social media platforms.Posts and comments from adult users across Meta’s stable of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, along with questions and queries to the company’s AI assistant, will now be used to improve its AI...

Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph