GoMining launches $100M Bitcoin mining fund for institutional investors
GoMining, a platform that allows users to mine Bitcoin (BTC) through data centers, is launching a $100 million Bitcoin mining fund for institutional investors. Custodied by Bitgo, the fund promises annual distributions from mining yield and a strategy that focuses on Bitcoin rewards and reinvestment. GoMining’s Alpha Blocks Fund comes as more companies have added […]
US lawmaker will reintroduce crypto retirement bill to help Trump agenda
For the second time, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is set to reintroduce a bill aimed at allowing Americans to add cryptocurrency to their retirement savings plans. In a March 31 Fox News interview, Sen. Tuberville said he planned to reintroduce his “Financial Freedoms Act” legislation after two failed attempts to get the legislation through Congress […]
Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF
Asset manager Grayscale has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding a diverse basket of spot cryptocurrencies, US regulatory filings show. On April 1, Grayscale submitted an S-3 regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is required to convert the non-listed fund to an ETF. The Grayscale Digital Large Cap […]
Bitcoin price flips volatile as traders eye $84.5K breakout
Bitcoin (BTC) repeated earlier volatility at the April 1 Wall Street open as US trade tariff talk kept markets nervous. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin stays erratic ahead of crunch tariffs Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD making rapid moves within its weekly trading range of around $83,000. US stocks ticked […]
Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant hard fork is inevitable — It’s the only chance to fix node incentives
Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) has long been hailed as unbreakable and untouchable, a digital stronghold against the forces of change. Bitcoin’s bedrock of security is facing its first true test with quantum computing, which should be addressed sooner rather than later. Its cryptographic armor will crack if not […]
Multiple altcoins crash on April Fools’ day, crypto market holds steady
A number of altcoins and memecoins saw a sharp sell-off on April Fools’ Day, April 1, with some tokens, including Act I The AI Prophecy, dropping nearly 60% in minutes. Act I The AI Prophecy (ACT), a token associated with the eponymous project focused on artificial intelligence, plunged 58% from $0.19 to $0.08 in less […]
Bybit to shut down NFT marketplace as trading volumes decline
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the shutdown of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. In an April 1 announcement, Bybit warned its users that its NFT marketplace will cease operations on April 8, 2025, at 4:00 pm (UTC). Furthermore, at that time, the exchange will also shut down its Inscription Marketplace and its initial decentralized exchange […]
Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX
Update April 1, 1:42 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Cyvers co-founder and chief technology officer Meir Dolev. An unauthorized party withdrew approximately $70 million in digital assets from open-source payment platform UPCX, according to a security alert issued on April 1. The blockchain security firm Cyvers flagged suspicious activity […]
Coinbase sees worst quarter since FTX collapse amid industry bloodbath
Publicly traded US-based crypto exchange Coinbase saw its worst quarter since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022. Coinbase shares started 2025 trading at just over $257 on Jan. 2 and ended the quarter at a little over $172 on March 31, a dip of 33%, according to market data. This makes the first […]
Tether adds 8,888 Bitcoin in Q1 as holdings exceed $8.4B
Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2025, according to onchain data. Onchain transaction data shows that Tether moved its newly acquired Bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $750 million at the time of writing, from a Bitfinex address to a wallet it controls. Data provided by onchain analytics platform […]