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Hong Kong Sets March Deadline for First Licensed Stablecoin Issuers
Hong Kong is taking a major move towards approving its first licensed stablecoin issuers. Eddie Yue, the chief of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), has confirmed that 36 firms have applied for licenses to issue stablecoins, which are currently under consideration. The first licenses are expected to be issued by March. This move is
Binance Expands SAFU Fund With 1,315 BTC While Bitcoin Targets $84K
Binance expanded its Secure Asset Fund for Users by adding 1,315 BTC, valued at approximately $100.7 million, on Monday, February 2, according to Bitcoin Magazine. The move strengthens Binance’s SAFU reserves, an emergency protection pool designed to cover potential user losses during security incidents, system failures, or other unforeseen operational risks amid heightened volatility across
Why is Crypto Down? Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Prices Are Sliding Together Today
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP fell hard last week as a broad crypto sell-off ripped through the market. Total crypto value slid to $2.66T. At the moment, it is down by over -3% in the last 24 hours, erasing roughly $400Bn in less than a week. Despite the slump, traders are closely monitoring some of the […]
Ethereum Price Slides to $2,200 as Charts Flash Sub-$2K Danger
What a week for the markets. Ethereum price briefly lost a price level many traders watch closely. ETH slid about 20% from its recent high and now hovers near $2,200, a zone that often acts like a floor. This drop comes as the wider crypto market cools after a strong run, shaking out fast money […]
Bitcoin Price Breaks $76K: $2B Liquidated
Bitcoin slipped below $76,000 over the weekend, breaking under the average price paid by Strategy for its massive Bitcoin stash. The move erased roughly $3,000 in minutes as forced sell-offs ripped through thin weekend trading. It lands in a market already tense from slowing ETF demand and rising leverage. Price failed to hold $80,000 and […]
Justin Sun Dating Eileen Gu? Crypto’s Eipstein Files? Ex-Girlfriend Drops Bombshell on Tron Founder
The self-claimed ex-girlfriend of Tron founder Justin Sun has dropped a bombshell on the market, not only reviving scrutiny tied to the SEC’s long-running case against him but also tying him to Eileen Gu, a prominent Chinese American freestyle skier. The accusations, made by Zeng Ying, also known as Ten Ten, remain unproven, but they […]
China Wants the Yuan to Rival the Dollar: What That Means for Bitcoin
The race between the US and China won’t end anytime soon. With Trump back in office, it is clear that the goal is to ensure the US always leads, not just in tech but in soft power projection. So far, China has been successful in maintaining its dominance as the global factory. Meanwhile, no other […]
SEC and CFTC Launch “Project Crypto” to Unite US Regulation
The SEC and CFTC are turning “Project Crypto” into a single rulebook for how the United States polices digital-asset markets. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have formally reshaped Project Crypto into a joint effort to align federal oversight of digital-asset trading. Agency chairs Paul S. Atkins and Michael […]
Bitcoin Slides Below $80K After Warsh Named Fed Chair, $2.5B Liquidated: Analyst
Bitcoin slipped below the closely watched $80,000 level over the weekend after markets digested confirmation that Kevin Warsh will become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, triggering a wave of deleveraging across crypto markets, according to analysts at QCP Asia. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin broke below $80,000 after Warsh’s Fed appointment triggered broad deleveraging and […]
Vitalik Backs Anonymous Voting for Ethereum — Can It Stop Governance Attacks?
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a two-layer governance framework that relies on anonymous voting to combat collusion and capture attacks, marking a dramatic reversal from his 2024 stance against anonymity in crypto. The system separates accountability mechanisms from preference-setting by using prediction markets that feed into an anonymous voter consensus, with MACI technology to […]
US Liquidity Crisis Sparked $250B Crash, Not a ‘Broken’ Crypto Market: Analyst
A severe sell-off over the weekend that wiped about $250 billion off the cryptocurrency market has rekindled speculation that the digital assets are in a structural failure or merely responding to macro stressors. Though all prices in the industry have tumbled ferociously, market analysts claim that it is a contraction of the U.S. liquidity situation […]