First Mover Americas: Hedera's HBAR Soars on Exaggerated BackRock Link The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 24, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Number of Stablecoin Holders Nears 100M Mark, Data Show The number of addresses holding stablecoins has risen 15% this year.
Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Apologizes Ahead of Sentencing, 161 Others Send Letters of Support Binance's founder and former chief executive, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has apologised for his "poor decisions" and accepted "full responsibility" for his actions, in a letter to the judge overseeing his ca...
Nigeria Directs Entities to Identify Those Dealing Crypto With Bybit, KuCoin, OKX and Binance The Central Bank of Nigeria issued a directive on Tuesday asking financial institutions to identify persons or entities transacting in or operating Bybit, KuCoin, OKX and Binance, according to content...
Bitcoin Bulls Pin Hopes on Weaker Dollar to Extend Rally Some banks, however, expect the dollar index to stay firm over the near term.
What’s at Stake for Crypto in India As the World’s Largest Democracy Is in the Midst of Its National Election? India’s general election in 2024 is not expected to immediately affect crypto policy, and its current – restrictive – rules are expected to continue on through the upcoming Parliamentary term.
In Mexico’s Biggest Election Yet, Crypto Remains on the Sidelines Mexico is poised to have its biggest election ever in a few weeks, with 100 million voters choosing 628 elected officials, thousands of local officials and the president. And crypto issues will remain...
Hedera's HBAR Doubles, Then Falls 25%, as BlackRock Links Diminish Hedera's native HBAR token surged by more than 107% on Tuesday as investors believed that BlackRock was involved in a fund tokenization project on the Hedera blockchain, the token then slumped by more...
Tether Will Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions Use of Tether has increased in Venezuela after the U.S. reimposed sanctions on oil exports.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Warns of Money Laundering via Crypto and NFTs Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to monitor the use of crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for money laundering during a speech l...