Category: Crypto

Bitwise Asset Management has made its first institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) allocation, depositing into Maple Finance’s overcollateralized Bitcoin loans, Maple told Cointelegraph on March 6.  Maple did not disclose the size of the investment but confirmed that Bitwise’s allocation is represented in Dune Analytics total value locked (TVL) figures for Maple’s “blue chip secured” strategy.  […]

As US President Donald Trump prepares to host the first White House Crypto Summit on March 7, the industry is watching closely to see who will be invited. The roundtable, scheduled from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm UTC, is expected to include more than 25 participants, including members of the Presidential Working Group on Digital […]

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed his energy minister to begin developing the country’s cryptocurrency mining industry, signaling a growing intent to generate additional revenue streams from the country’s excess energy supplies.  According to a March 4 report by local media outlet BelTA, President Lukashenko passed on the instructions to the newly appointed minister of […]

Bitcoin (BTC) sold off at the Mar. 3 Wall Street open as US trade tariffs kept risk-asset traders on their toes. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin braces for Trump “investment announcement” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping below $90,000, shedding up to 5% on the day. Initial excitement over the […]

Update (March 2 16:48:31 UTC): This article has been updated to add President Trump’s newest message about BTC and ETH being included in the reserve United States President Donald Trump recently announced that the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets has been directed to include XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano’s ADA (ADA) in the […]

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has joined calls to free early crypto investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver, who is locked in a legal battle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged tax evasion and faces extradition to the US. Buterin reposted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s message calling for the prosecution against Ver […]

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, a globally recognized derivatives exchange, announced it will launch Solana (SOL) futures contracts on March 17, pending a review by United States financial regulators. According to the Feb. 28 announcement, market participants will have access to micro contracts of 25 SOL or standard contract sizes of 500 SOL, and […]

Global investment firm Sixth Street has invested $200 million in Figure Technology Solutions, a US-based lender that uses blockchain technology to boost efficiencies and lower costs in the lending market.  According to a Feb. 27 report by The Wall Street Journal, the investment will allow Figure to issue up to $2 billion in new loans. […]