Wintermute, a London-based algorithmic crypto trading and market-making firm, has opened an office in New York as part of its expansion into the US. Wintermute announced the opening of its New York office on May…
Tether blacklist delay allowed $78M in illicit USDT…
Update (May 15 at 3:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Tether. A lag in Tether’s wallet blacklisting process allowed over $78 million in illicit funds to be moved before…
Bitcoin mining 2025: Post-halving profitability, hashrate and energy…
After the 2024 halving, Bitcoin mining entered its fifth epoch and block rewards were reduced from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. This forced miners to rethink their operations, optimize efficiency, cut energy costs and upgrade…
CFTC Commissioner will step down to become Blockchain…
Summer Mersinger, one of four commissioners currently serving at the US financial regulatory body Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will become the next CEO of the digital asset advocacy group the Blockchain Association (BA). In…
The facet of TradFi most ripe for disruption…
Opinion by: Mike Cahill, co-founder and CEO of Douro Labs Despite the institutional frenzy around crypto and the ubiquitous narrative of democratized access to investing, most of the world population is still barred from traditional…
French minister to meet crypto firms after kidnapping…
The French interior minister reportedly plans to meet cryptocurrency professionals in the aftermath of a violent kidnapping attempt on the family of a crypto exchange executive in Paris. According to a May 14 France24 report,…
Ethereum retakes 10% market share, but ETH bulls…
Key takeaways: Ethereum’s market dominance has hit overbought RSI levels not seen since May 2021, historically followed by major pullbacks. ETH/USD is showing a bearish divergence on the four-hour chart, hinting at a potential 10–15%…
Bitcoin remains unmatched as a global inflation hedge
Opinion by: Jupiter Zheng, Partner Liquid Fund at HashKey Capital Whenever Bitcoin falls in value, the narrative is always the same: It’s failing as a hedge against inflation. In the eyes of critics, Bitcoin is…
$1B Bitcoin exits Coinbase in a day as…
Institutional demand for Bitcoin is growing, as Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, recorded its highest daily outflows of Bitcoin in 2025 on May 9. On May 9, Coinbase saw 9,739 Bitcoin (BTC), worth more…
Bitcoin builders defend venture capital's role in layer-2…
Venture capital firms are critical to infrastructure development in the Bitcoin ecosystem, despite pushback from some in the community, according to builders speaking at the Token2049 conference in Dubai. Charlie Yechuan Hu, CEO of Bitcoin…