BTC traded just above $70,000 as Middle East tensions drove oil higher and traders reassessed inflation in advance of the U.S. jobs report due later Friday.
Social media mentions of "altseason" have dropped to their lowest level in two years, according to Santiment data, a contrarian signal that has preceded previous rallies in speculative crypto assets.
The move comes shortly after Intercontinental Exchange valued OKX at $25 billion and reflects a broader push to combine trading, community and market data in one platform.
The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators clarified that the capital tally in banks needs identical treatment whether securities are tokenized or not.
The short seller firm said that Ethereum's native token is "impaired," leaving treasury firm BitMine holding the bag while co-founder Vitalik buterin is selling.
A New York federal court barred the crypto trading firm from moving bitcoin tied to Dominion Capital, citing suspended withdrawals and insolvency concerns.
John “Lick” Daghita was arrested in a joint FBI-France operation after allegations he siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto from government seizure wallets managed by his father’s company.
Russia, Iran and North Korea expanded their use of stablecoins, hacked funds and state-linked exchanges to move more than $100 billion onchain to evade international sanctions.