While some policymakers have described Bitcoin as a store of value, its recent price action seems to suggest it’s being treated more like a high-beta tech stock. Despite numerous opinion leaders, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, describing Bitcoin (BTC)…
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Coinbase eyes April launch for XRP futures, files CFTC application [btcmanager]
Coinbase plans to introduce futures contracts for Ripple’s XRP token and has filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to get the green light. The April 3 filing, made by Coinbase Derivatives LLC, is a self-certification submitted to the…
Coinbase eyes April launch for XRP futures, files CFTC application [btcmanager]
Coinbase plans to introduce futures contracts for Ripple’s XRP token and has filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to get the green light. The April 3 filing, made by Coinbase Derivatives LLC, is a self-certification submitted to the…
Crypto markets recoil in the wake of Liberation Day tariffs [btcmanager]
Major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Solana, and Ethereum have dropped following Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs announcement. However, analysts believe a crypto rally could be on the horizon. On April 4, President Donald Trump announced that the United States is invoking at…
Ethereum developers target May 7 for Pectra upgrade mainnet launch [btcmanager]
Ethereum developers have locked in May 7, 2025, as the launch date for the network’s next major upgrade, Pectra. The decision was made during a core developer call on Apr. 3, following a successful test on the Hoodi testnet, Pectra…
Ethereum developers target May 7 for Pectra upgrade mainnet launch [btcmanager]
Ethereum developers have locked in May 7, 2025, as the launch date for the network’s next major upgrade, Pectra. The decision was made during a core developer call on Apr. 3, following a successful test on the Hoodi testnet, Pectra…
AMP up 20% ahead of Bithumb listing but risks losing momentum [btcmanager]
AMP crypto surged by as much as 20% today, ahead of its listing on South Korea’s Bithumb exchange. AMP (AMP) rose to an intraday high of $0.0041 on April 4, Morning Asian time, while bringing its market cap to over…
Crypto-related crimes up 2,000% since 2019, Scottish police say [btcmanager]
Police Scotland says serious and organized crime groups are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency, contributing to a 2,000% rise in related cases since 2019. Police Scotland says it has seen a roughly 2,000% increase in cryptocurrency-related criminality since 2019, as more…
Tom Emmer’s anti-CBDC bill clears US House Financial Services Committee [btcmanager]
Lawmakers in the United States have advanced a bill opposing the creation of a central bank digital currency. On April 2, the US House Financial Services Committee passed the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (H.R. 1919) in a 27-22 vote. The…
DappRadar: DeFi TVL fell 27% in Q1 as AI and social dApps drove web3 growth [btcmanager]
The first quarter of 2025 was a turbulent period for web3, with AI and social dApps gaining traction while decentralized finance suffered a sharp decline. The total value locked in DeFi fell 27% to $156 billion, as per DappRadar’s Q1…