By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin BTC$69,587.38 slipped back below $70,000 as war in the Middle East and U.S. inflation data due later today keep investors cautious. The latest failure to build momentum above $70,000 followed reports that Iran was laying mines along the already disrupted Strait of Hormuz, a major […]
U.S. inflation data is the major catalyst to watch this week, as it could move the needle on market sentiment and Federal Reserve interest-rate expectations. The war in the Middle East and other geopolitical risks have kept commodity markets volatile, with bitcoin BTC$68,153.83 last week failing to remain above the $70,000 mark. The U.S.-Israel conflict […]
Cryptocurrency trading giant Coinbase (COIN) said new U.S. tax reporting requirements are overly onerous for many crypto holders and add unnecessary clutter to the country’s taxation system. While the idea is that taxable activity on crypto should be reported in the same way as with equities, for example, the rules require reporting transactions in stablecoins […]
Bitcoin neared $63,000 in Saturday trading after the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, pushing the largest cryptocurrency down roughly 3% in a matter of hours and extending what had already been a difficult weekend for risk assets.The move brings bitcoin to its lowest level since the Feb. 5 crash, when the token […]
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian company, Operation Zero, and the individuals behind it after accusing them of buying stolen cyber tools for millions in cryptocurrency and re-selling those technologies, which were created to be used by the U.S. government. The tools bought and sold by newly sanctioned Sergey Sergeyevich Zelenyuk and his […]
The U.S. carried out a “large scale” strike against Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning. Maduro and his wife, Trump continued, were captured and flown out of the country. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi later announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had each been indicted in the […]
With Democrats favored at 75% to win the U.S. House of Representatives majority in 2026 on prediction market Kalshi, Representative Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies could gain more energy. Though Congress remains on its winter break, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee called […]
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted their largest one-day inflows since Nov. 11 on Wednesday, coinciding with a volatile crypto market during which bitcoin BTC$87,214.89 rallied to nearly $90,000 before reversing and falling below $86,000. In total, the funds recorded net inflows of $457.3 million, most of which — $391.5 million — went into […]
Weary U.S.-based bitcoin BTC$92,837.47 bulls might think it’s their imagination that they seem to wake up every morning to BTC doing pretty well only for prices to head lower during the U.S. trading session. They are, in fact, not imagining things. Data from crypto analytics platform Velo.xyz shows that over the past year, bitcoin is […]
The U.S. Department of Justice rounded up several convictions in its pursuit of domestic helpers in schemes by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to pocket large amounts of cryptocurrency, and it also seized assets from cyber heists targeting crypto platforms, the department said in a Friday statement. The five guilty pleas announced by the […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent marked the 17th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper on Friday with a post on X praising the network’s resilience and adding a jab at Senate Democrats, saying the system “never shuts down” and implying lawmakers could “learn something from that.” The comment doubled as a policy signal and a […]
President Donald Trump has named his new choice to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, formally backing Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer Mike Selig after jettisoning his one-time pick of former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz. The near-term leadership of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission could be a weighty matter for the crypto industry as […]