While headline inflation came in faster than hoped in December, investors for the moment are in buy mode after an unexpected decline in the year-over-year core rate. The closely-watched Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4% in December, slightly higher than…
Osprey Funds, an investment management firm based in Fairfield, Connecticut, has announced its intention to convert the Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC) into a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The decision follows the termination of a deal for Bitwise Asset Management…
Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets have dropped as part of a wider macro-driven sell-off in the market and there is a risk that forced selling could lead to further weakness, investment bank Standard Chartered said in a report on…
Global crypto exchange BitMEX was slapped with a $100 million fine on Wednesday. A Manhattan federal judge confirmed that the exchange violated the Bank Secrecy Act by “willfully failing” to establish US anti-money laundering (AML) rules. Per the official statement…
Bitcoin (BTC) adoption by U.S.-listed public companies continues in full steam. The latest purchase comes from NYSE-listed Genius Group (GNS). On Jan. 10, GNS reported increasing its bitcoin holding to $35 million, which was ahead of its scheduled target of…
Russia’s self-styled “crypto queen” Valeria Fedyakina has been charged with “stealing” Bitcoin (BTC) and foreign currency “worth $21.3 million. The Russian state-run news agency TASS reported that prosecutors say Fedyakina, also known as “Bitmama,” offered her clients “investments in crypto”…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) rapid recovery from below $90,000 since Monday hints at bullish prospects. However, one factor casts doubt on the sustainability of these gains, indicating scope for significant downside volatility if the impending U.S. inflation data comes in hotter-than-expected on…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled plans to reassess its cryptocurrency policies as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office next week, according to a Wednesday report by Reuters. SEC Republican commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda…
Crypto prices bounced from Monday’s wipeout with bitcoin (BTC) rising as high as $97,300 on Tuesday as traders eyed the latest batch of U.S. inflation data with more to come tomorrow. The largest crypto’s dip below $90,000 yesterday was quickly…
Some miners at OCEAN have started making use of the Coin Age Priority algorithm during block template construction using DATUM. Originally, Bitcoin Core originally selected transactions to include in blocks based on what they had seen first in their mempool.…