Monthly Archives: May 2025

Stripe’s president confirms growing interest in stablecoins from banks, but adoption would still require more green lights from regulators. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/banks-very-interested-stablecoin-use-stripe-exec?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Exposure to wallets tied to suspected Garantex successor Grinex keeps rising as blockchain analyst warnings are ignored. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/garantex-successor-moves-1-66b-to-crypto-exchanges?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

DeepSeek’s latest AI model flags Xinjiang camps as human rights violations but censors direct criticism of China, raising concerns over contradictions and increased censorship. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/deepseek-ai-censorship-free-speech-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

MiCA has had a limited impact on the adoption of compliant stablecoins in Europe, strengthening the need for the digital euro, Bank of Italy governor Fabio Panetta said. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-euro-not-mica-control-crypto-risks-bank-italy?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The SEC said protocol staking isn’t a securities transaction, marking a key win for crypto regulation and paving the way for potential ETF staking approval. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-crypto-staking-guidance-win-crypto-regulations?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Sui validators voted to return $162 million in frozen assets from the Cetus exploit, enabling a full recovery and restart plan for impacted users. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/sui-passes-governance-vote-to-recover-162m-cetus-funds?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Thailand’s SEC has ordered Bybit, 1000X, CoinEx, OKX and XT.COM blocked nationwide, citing unlicensed operation and money-laundering concerns. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-blocks-okx-bybit-crypto-exchanges?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin is seeing increasing profit-taking, new research confirms, while Hyperliquid’s Wynn joined those liquidated during the latest 10% BTC price retreat. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-bull-market-great-validator-comes-james-wynn-loses-100m?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Adam Hollander told Cointelegraph that the number of weekly unique collectors on OpenSea has increased by 40% since January. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/opensea-expands-beyond-nfts-with-os2-launch?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin’s consolidation will give “the market time to digest recent gains” before entering a new upward trend, Derive founder Nick Forster tells Cointelegraph. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-to-pause-106000-before-more-price-gains?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound