World Bitcoin News

National security officials with the U.S., South Korean and Japanese governments discussed North Korea’s crypto thefts and other efforts to work on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the White House announced Friday night.Read More

According to a recent report, crypto enthusiasm in El Salvador lags behind despite the country’s ongoing pro-crypto initiatives. In spite of the continuous efforts by the government of El Salvador to promote widespread cryptocurrency adoption within the nation, a recent CoinGecko report highlights the limited number of crypto owners in the country.Published on December 7,…Read More

The United States SEC and Fidelity assembled to discuss Fidelity’s Wise Bitcoin Origin Trust application, reviewing diagrams and the operational functionality of the product. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently met with Fidelity to seek additional clarity on its spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) application.According to a filing published on December…Read More

The military-linked bill is viewed as must-pass legislation, so lawmakers sometimes try to tack on other things to get them passed, too.Read More

The Moskowitz Law Firm, which represented many crypto investors in class-action lawsuits, cited the former Binance CEO’s “unique knowledge” of issues in calling for his deposition. Adam Moskowitz, who has been the lead attorney in a number of civil cases involving crypto firms, filed a motion to take a deposition from former Binance CEO Changpeng…Read More

The U.S. dollar-pegged Palau Stablecoin was used by 168 volunteers for $100 of retail purchases in three months. The first phase of the Palau Stablecoin (PSC) Program has been declared a success by the country’s Ministry of Finance. More work on the United States dollar-pegged national stablecoin is planned, with the goal of introducing the…Read More

SOL’s meteoric rise to a new 2023 high appears to be driven by SPL tokens and a surge in DeFi and NFT activity Solana’s native token (SOL) surged by 17% between Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, reaching its highest level since May 2022.SOL’s fate changed dramatically on Dec. 1 when Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase,…Read More

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 7-Dec. 13, with live updates throughout.Read More

The countdown is underway for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to decide on the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States. The countdown is underway for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to decide on approving the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. After several delays, the…Read More

Amid technical challenges and investor scrutiny, Blast’s staking model has propelled its total value locked to $823 million. Web3 protocol Blast has reached $823 million in total value locked (TVL) just weeks after its controversial launch in mid-November, with a 26.5% gain over the past seven days, according to data from DefiLlama. Behind Blast’s speedy growth…Read More

Marinade’s market cap is dwarfed by Jito, though, despite being a bigger crypto ecosystem.Read More

The crypto market is up today as U.S. macroeconomic data shows a strong economy and institutional inflows into crypto continue to rise. The crypto market is up today as Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and numerous altcoins rallied higher. The price breakout resulted in the total market cap reaching a year-to-date high…Read More

Market observers “underappreciate” future inflows from institutional investors to bitcoin, asset 21.co CEO said in a CoinDesk TV interview.Read More

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. A group of bipartisan United States senators have introduced legislation to tackle crypto’s alleged role in terrorism financing. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan has blocked 980 unlicensed crypto exchanges in…Read More

Bitcoin price staged an intraday rally to the $44,000 level and technical charts show altcoins are keen to follow. This week Bitcoin (BTC) price saw a shallow pullback, but the intra-day rally to the $44,000 level is an indication that the bulls are not hurrying to close their positions. Data from the popular HODL Waves…Read More

The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in the Latin American region since its debut in April.Read More

The blockchain-oracle project’s “v0.2” staking program expanded the capacity to 45M LINK tokens from 25M, and the portion reserved for the community quickly filled up. The LINK token surged in price.Read More

Anticipating a slowdown in the economy and easier Fed monetary policy, investors have sharply bid down interest rates in the weeks leading up to this morning’s numbers.Read More

The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 8, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Read More

Starknet said 900 million STRK are earmarked for the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and 900 million will be dedicated to user rebates.Read More