As Arkham Intelligence recently reported, BlackRock – the giant hedge fund with over $10 trillion in assets under management – bought more Bitcoin (BTC) this week than any ETF issuer has sold in the past three weeks. BlackRock bought 388.19 million dollars' worth of Bitcoin over four days to create their own IBIT spot Bitcoin ETF. Read more on U.Today: https://u.today/blackrock-buys-massive-amount-of-bitcoin
Visa and Mastercard, the two biggest names in card payments, are in the news for trying to stop their rivals. A recent report says that these two companies have spent millions to make sure they stay on top. What's really interesting is how this might affect the rise of decentralised alternatives like cryptocurrencies, which could threaten their business model.
Pioneers like Uniswap changed the DeFi asset exchange, and DOGE made meme culture popular. Rollblock's GambleFi protocol is the first AI-powered decentralised casino.
Base's TVL is now at $2.08 billion, up from around $430 million at the start of the year.
Kraken is a big player in the cryptocurrency exchange space. It was founded in San Francisco in 2011 and launched in 2013. It was set up by Jesse Powell, Thanh Luu and Michael Gronager, and came about because Powell noticed that Mt. Gox wasn't as secure as it could be and wanted to create a more reliable cryptocurrency exchange.
Trust Wallet is a wallet for storing, managing and engaging with digital assets. It supports many cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, ERC-20 tokens, Solana and non-fungible tokens. It is available as a mobile app and browser extension.
It was a while before US presidential candidate Kamala Harris made any public comments about cryptocurrencies. That's all changed now. Can she do better than former President Donald Trump?
There's a chance that the wrapped bitcoin derivative cbBTC will be launched on Solana soon. This was announced by Coinbase at Token2049.
Money has changed since the advent of cryptocurrencies. This is mainly due to the fact that it is easy to send and receive money.
In Germany, 47 crypto exchanges were shut down because they were involved in cybercrime. The exchanges helped their customers to launder money. They did not ask for proof of identity.
As the US presidential election draws ever closer, many investors are asking themselves: who will have a better influence on the US crypto market - Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Opinions are divided.
Singapore's largest bank, DBS, has announced the upcoming launch of over-the-counter options trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum tokens. The options will be launched in Q4 24. The bank explains that the new offering is due to increasing demand from institutional clients.
