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Bitdeer Buys 101 MW Gas Power Plant in Alberta, Canada for BTC Mining coindesk.com 2 hours ago by Sam Reynolds
Markets, Bitdeer, Mining, Bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Bitdeer announced today that it had acquired a 101-MW gas-fired power plant near Fox Creek, Alberta, to build a "…
Regulation By Enforcement Is Out at CFTC, Acting Chair Pham Says coindesk.com 9 hours ago by Cheyenne Ligon
Policy, Caroline D. Pham, CFTC, Regulation
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham said Tuesday the regulatory agency has reorganized its enforcement…
Bitcoin Extends Losses to Below $97K Following David Sacks Press Conference coindesk.com 9 hours ago by Stephen Alpher
Markets
The rally in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto from the weekend's tariff-induced panic has proven to be a short-lived one. Late in the U.S. trading da…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Lays Out 10 Priorities for New Crypto Task Force coindesk.com 9 hours ago by Cheyenne Ligon
Policy, Hester Peirce, SEC, Crypto Task Force
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-created Crypto Task Force is working to create long-awaited regulatory clarity for t…
Bitcoin OP_CAT Proposal Gets Boost From Taproot Wizards' $30M Fundraise coindesk.com 10 hours ago by Jamie Crawley
Finance, Taproot wizards, Bitcoin, BIP, Funding Rounds
Taproot Wizards has raised $30 million with which it plans to build an ecosystem of applications using the OP_CAT Bitcoin improvement proposal…
Acting SEC Chair Uyeda Names 3 Appointees to Agency’s New Crypto Task Force coindesk.com 10 hours ago by Cheyenne Ligon
Policy, SEC, Crypto Task Force
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda unveiled a list of the agency’s newly-appointed executive staff…
Trump's Crypto Czar Sacks Says 'Golden Age' Coming coindesk.com 11 hours ago by Jesse Hamilton
Policy, U.S. Congress, crypto legislation, Senate Banking Committee, House Financial Services Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are forming a joint working group to advance crypto legislation, and David Sac…
The DeepSeek-R1 Effect and Web3-AI coindesk.com 12 hours ago by Jesus Rodriguez
Opinion, AI, China
The artificial intelligence (AI) world was taken by storm a few days ago with the release of DeepSeek-R1, an open-source reasoning model that …
Sol Strategies Bolsters Solana Holdings to Near 190,000 SOL Worth More Than $40M coindesk.com 13 hours ago by Francisco Rodrigues
Finance, Sol Strategies, Solana
Solana-focused Canadian investment company Sol Strategies purchased 40,300 SOL between Jan. 19 and Jan. 31, for approximately $9.9 million at …
Ethereum’s New Cheerleader on Wall Street: A Q&A With Vivek Raman coindesk.com 13 hours ago by Margaux Nijkerk
Tech, Ethereum, Wall Street, banks
Ethereum is facing an identity crisis. Its native token, ether (ETH), is underperforming against competitors, and longtime builders are beginn…
U.S. Senate's Effort on Stablecoins Revealed in New Bill from Hagerty coindesk.com 14 hours ago by Jesse Hamilton
Policy, U.S. Senate Banking Committee, stablecoin regulation, crypto legislation, Tether, Circle
The opening shot is being been fired in the new Congress' crypto push with a plan for a Tuesday introduction of a stablecoin oversight bill fr…
Blockchain Firm Neptune Digital Assets Adds DOGE to Its Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy coindesk.com 14 hours ago by Francisco Rodrigues
Markets, Dogecoin, Bitcoin
Blockchain firm Neptune Digital Assets (NDA) said it bought 1 million dogecoin (DOGE) tokens through what the company said was a “strategic de…
Ether Worth Nearly $1B Left Exchanges Monday as Trade War Fears Sent Prices Crashing coindesk.com 14 hours ago by Omkar Godbole, Helene Braun
Markets, Ether, Ethereum, ether ETF
Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, crashed hard Monday as prospects of a U.S.-led trade war weighed on risk assets. Dat…
Coinbase Users Are Losing $300M a Year to Social Scams, ZachXBT Says coindesk.com 15 hours ago by Shaurya Malwa
Markets
Coinbase (COIN) users lost over $65 million to social engineering attacks in the past two months with an estimated $300 million lost to such a…
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Falls 4.2% as Index Trades Lower From Monday coindesk.com 16 hours ago by CoinDesk Indices
CoinDesk Indices, CoinDesk 20, charts, Prices
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDes…
U.S. Bitcoin Reserve May Be Coming, But States Are Winning the Race coindesk.com 17 hours ago by Jesse Hamilton
News Analysis, Regulations, State Legislature, US states, Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, Donald Trump, Arizona, Utah, Exclusive
Almost half of the state governments in the U.S. are either on a path toward putting some of their money into crypto or already have, and much…
CME's Monthly Crypto Volumes Hits Record High in January, Surges 180% coindesk.com 17 hours ago by Francisco Rodrigues
Markets, CME Group
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) has revealed that in the first month of the year, its crypto contracts saw an average daily volume…
Hong Kong Doubles Down on Crypto Regulation With Staff Hires coindesk.com 18 hours ago by Camomile Shumba
Policy, Hong Kong, Crypto, Regulation
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is looking to increase its headcount, with more than half the added roles dedicated to reg…
Trivago Adds Travala's Hotel Inventory, Gaining Crypto Payment Options coindesk.com 19 hours ago by Jamie Crawley
Finance, crypto payments, Hotels, Travel, Travala
Travala, the travel website that accepts payments in cryptocurrency, has teamed up with trivago (TRVG), adding its inventory of 2.2 million pr…
Crypto Daybook Americas: Forex Markets Signal Bitcoin Upside Amid Tariff-On/Tariff-Off Trading coindesk.com 19 hours ago by Omkar Godbole, Shaurya Malwa
Crypto Daybook Americas
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) If you follow financial markets, you've probably come across the terms "risk-on" a…
WazirX Tells Creditors Accept New Scheme or Wait Until 2030 for Refunds From $230M Hack coindesk.com 19 hours ago by Shaurya Malwa
Markets, WazirX, Hack, lazarus
WazirX creditors can start to receive their stolen crypto as early as April, or in 2030, based on the outcome of a voting scheme, scheduled fo…
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits All-Time High Defying Analyst Expectations coindesk.com 19 hours ago by James Van Straten, CoinDesk Bot
Markets, Hashrate, Bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has reached another all-time high, with seven-day moving average jumping to 833 exahashes per second (EH/s), according …
Bitcoin Still Following Previous Cycle's Trajectory Despite Price Drop: Van Straten coindesk.com 19 hours ago by James Van Straten
Markets, btc, Bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to follow the trajectory of its 2017 cycle. Despite recent market turbulence, driven by escalating tariff tensions bet…