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Key points: Bitcoin’s 7-day volatility is the lowest in 563 days, signaling an impending range expansion. Bitcoin’s breakout above $95,000 could swiftly take it to $100,000 and above. Although the probability is low, traders should remain cautious about a pullback in the near term. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading in a tight consolidation near the …
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Governments outside the US, including Singapore, are increasingly interested in stablecoins not tied to the US dollar, despite their currently limited liquidity, Fireblocks director of policy Dea Markova told Cointelegraph at Token2049. In an exclusive interview, Markova described the competition with dollar-pegged stablecoins as “all about sovereignty.” She compared the situation to earlier tensions between …
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Key Takeaways: US GDP shrank -0.3% in Q1, far below +0.3% forecasts, sparking recession fears. Bitcoin faces selling pressure with its spot volume delta dropping $300 million in 3 days. Whales are accumulating BTC, but smaller holders are selling, hinting at profit-taking. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price dropped under $93,000 on April 30, after the US Gross …
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, said most European countries were moving “nowhere” in terms of the adoption of digital currencies. Speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on April 30, Zhao said that areas of the United Arab Emirates were “extremely pro-business,” leading to crypto adoption in Dubai, while others …
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Asset manager Grayscale launched the Grayscale Bitcoin Adopters exchange-traded fund (ETF), an investment vehicle that tracks companies employing a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury, or holding strategy. According to the April 30 announcement, the ETF will provide exposure to companies across seven business sectors, including Bitcoin mining firms, automotive companies, and energy. Some of the most notable …
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Key points: US GDP shrank in Q1, raising recession alarms while also prompting calls for Fed rate cuts. Bitcoin dropped to $92,910 as GDP figures were released, but sustained buy-side demand could provide support. Today’s crypto derisking is likely transitory; market fundamentals remain strong. Bitcoin (BTC) price took an abrupt tumble as data showed the …
Opinion by: Fraser Edwards, co-founder and CEO, Cheqd Brutal honesty has its place, especially when confronting discomfort, so here’s one that can’t be sweetened with honey: 96% of imported honey in the UK is fake! Tests found that 24 of 25 jars were suspicious or didn’t meet regulatory standards. Self-sovereign identity (SSI) can fix this. …
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April 2025 witnessed crypto markets rocked by more tariffs at the direction of US President Donald Trump — controversial policies that could have influenced the outcome of Canada’s elections on April 28. On April 2, Trump levied “discounted reciprocal tariffs” on 185 countries and territories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2,200 points on April …
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Chinese artificial intelligence development company DeepSeek has released a new open-weight large language model (LLM). DeepSeek uploaded its newest model, Prover V2, to the hosting service Hugging Face on April 30. The latest model, released under the permissive open-source MIT license, aims to tackle math proof verification. DeepSeek-Prover-V2 HuggingFace repository. Source: HuggingFace Prover V2 has …
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released another update on what he believes the future of the network should entail. In an April 30 post on blockchain-based social media platform Farcaster, Buterin outlined his personal areas of focus for Ethereum development this year. These include investigating changes to the network infrastructure to achieve single-slot finality, updates to …
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