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Arizona is one step away from becoming the first US state to hold Bitcoin and other digital assets in its Treasury, but a political standoff with Governor Katie Hobbs threatens to derail the effort before it reaches her desk.
Bitcoin's spot price could take a hit after the US Federal Reserve reported some of the worst manufacturing data in recent history, according to several cryptocurrency analysts.On April 17, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index — a monthly survey of 250 US-based manufacturers — reported the sharpest declines in overall business activity since 2020. The data puts Bitcoin (BTC) “under short term pressure,” researchers at Bitunix, a crypto exchange, said in a post on the X platform.
According to onchain analytics from Arkham Intelligence, in the past 27 days, North Korea's hacking arm Lazarus Group, has orchestrated the transfer of 3,932 BTC, valued at $331.99 million. Even after dispatching such a considerable portion, the remaining cache still cements North Korea's standing as the third-largest nation-state bitcoin holder.
This Friday, while stock markets close for "Good Friday," the crypto market remains tense. Over $2.2 billion worth of options on Bitcoin and Ethereum are expiring: a massive volume that captures traders' attention.
More than a year after its initial announcement, Arbitrum launched Timeboost yesterday.
Ethereum (ETH) has been consolidating since it dropped sharply to around $1,375 in early April following President Donald Trump's tariff announcement.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is dragging Coinbase back into the same legal brawl the SEC already walked away from. Dan, a Democrat, officially told the exchange that his office is filing charges that accuse Coinbase of running an unlicensed securities exchange and broker-dealer.
Stablecoins make major gains on market cap and transaction volumes as altcoin shrinks.
Bitcoin's (BTC) market dominance has surged to 64%, reaching its highest level in over four years.
A federal judge has approved a motion to suspend the lawsuit filed by a group of state attorneys general and the advocacy group DeFi Education Fund against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The Arizona House passes a bill to create a digital asset reserve fund, now pending governor's approval.
A branch of the international grocery store chain Spar in Zug, Switzerland, now accepts Bitcoin for payments. The news broke after the Spar supermarket became visible on the BTC map, a community-driven project that shows businesses accepting cryptocurrencies.
Europe's central bank is pushing for the digital Euro, hoping to implement it by October this year.
In a Thursday announcement, the Panama City Council has officially unveiled that is has approved the acceptance of Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets for municipal services including tax, fees and permits.
The Dogecoin weekly chart is beginning to look eerily familiar. Crypto analyst Cantonese Cat, posting under the handle @cantonmeow, has published a three‑pane composite that reprises the technical cocktail seen just before the memecoin's 2020/2021 melt‑up.
TL;DR The U.S. Treasury plans to issue $31 trillion in debt during 2025, which could divert capital from the crypto market toward traditional assets. Higher yields on short-term bonds may reduce the appeal of cryptocurrencies as a high-risk investment option. Treasury debt tokenization has reached $5.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify that the Bitcoin ETF positions disclosed in Bank of America's 13F filings represent client holdings, not investments made by the firm itself. Bank of America has no direct exposure to Bitcoin ETFs.
Synthetix's sUSD stablecoin has plunged as low as $0.68, losing its dollar peg amid structural changes, sparking fears of a broader DeFi crisis and highlighting vulnerabilities in algorithmic stablecoin mechanisms. The post Stablecoin Sinks to $0.68: sUSD Loses Its Peg, Sparks Fears of SNX Death Spiral? appeared first on Cryptonews.
HashKey Capital has rolled out the first-ever XRP tracker fund in Asia, locking in a new investment option for professional buyers who want access to the Ripple token without needing to handle wallets or keys. The product, officially named the HashKey XRP Tracker Fund, was announced Friday and is already live.
SHIB will return to its bullish trend once the buyers push the price above the moving average lines and the positive momentum continues.
TL;DR Over $2.2 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, potentially increasing short-term market volatility. The “maximum pain” price for BTC is set at $82,000, and for ETH, it's $1,600. Despite global uncertainty, technical indicators reflect cautious optimism from investors, reinforcing a crypto outlook for the coming days.
Project 11 offers 1 BTC to anyone who cracks simplified Bitcoin encryption with a quantum computer—testing how close we are to the crypto apocalypse. The post Can Quantum Computing Really Kill Bitcoin? $85K Bounty Says It's Time to Find Out appeared first on Cryptonews.
US Treasury plans to issue over $31 trillion in bonds this year—around 109% of GDP and 144% of M2. This would be the highest recorded level of bond issuance in history.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has registered notable price gains in the last 24 hours as it broke a critical resistance level. Given its upward trajectory, SHIB looks set to lose another zero in price as activity picks up on the crypto market.
