Tether nets record $4.5B profit in Q1 2024 — majority from Bitcoin and gold
The majority, or $3.52 billion, of the profit stemmed from the firm’s financial gains on Bitcoin and gold, while the...
Blockchain
Ankr expands Bitcoin liquid staking tokens to AI blockchain Talus
The Bitcoin LSTs can be used to power the Talus blockchain's virtual artificial intelligence assistants.
VC Roundup: Gaming investments surge 94% in Q124 as market rebounds
This edition of Cointelegraph’s VC Roundup highlights Tevaera, AVALON, Uncharted, Contango, and Movement Labs.
Securitize raises $47M in strategic funding led by BlackRock
Crypto firms Aptos Labs, Paxos and Circle also took part in the funding that bodes well for the future of...
Dutch exchange Bitvavo taps Figment to expand staking services
Institutional staking platform Figment will become an additional infrastructure provider to Dutch exchange Bitvavo.
Chainlink to join Rapid Addition in building blockchain adapter for institutions
Chainlink Labs’ Vince Turcotte told Cointelegraph that they expect digitally-native institutions to be the first to adopt the integration.
Boda boda blockchain boost: How tech is tracking Africa’s motorbike taxis
Nodle’s underlying blockchain infrastructure will enable real-time location data of motorcycle taxis in East Africa financed by Watu.
‘No signs’ of Bitcoin miner capitulation despite plummeting revenue
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ji said that despite a drop in Bitcoin mining revenues since the halving, Bitcoin miners haven’t...
Web3 gaming needs to shift from play-to-earn to ‘play-and-earn’ — Bitget
The industry could see a shift toward player-centric Web3 games this cycle as Web2 founders enter the GameFi space, according...
Bitcoin’s ‘euphoria phase’ cools, but a BTC bottom could be near — Glassnode
Data suggests that newer investors are behind Bitcoin’s sell-off, but sell-side exhaustion will eventually mark BTC’s price bottom.
BlackRock’s BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund
It took less than six weeks for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund to surpass Franklin Templeton’s one year...
Hong Kong Bitcoin, Ether ETFs attract over $200M on day 1
The amount of assets under management remains muted compared to the billions of dollars attracted by U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs...
London’s ‘Joe Rogan’ and crypto advocate Brian Rose makes bid for mayor
The former Wall Street and City of London banker is making his second bid to become mayor of London.
ZK systems will have their ChatGPT moment — Telos Foundation
Cointelegraph asked professionals working with zero-knowledge technology to get their insights on the current state of ZK.
Ripple breaks ground in Japan, SBI Group to use XRPL for supply chain solutions
Ripple has partnered with HashKey DX to introduce XRP Ledger-based blockchain solutions to the Japanese market.
