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One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory 2025-03-31 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Around a quarter of firms listed on the S&P 500 would have invested in Bitcoin by 2030, with treasury managers fearing they could lose their jobs if they missed out on potential Bitcoin gains,…

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs 2025-03-31 at 03:10 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President…

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and…

Bitcoin bottom ‘likely’ at $80K, opening door for TON, CRO, MNT and RENDER to rally 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to start a recovery but selling at higher levels continues to disarm each attack of the range highs. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a post on…

Binance debuts centralized exchange to decentralized exchange trades 2025-03-30 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto exchange Binance has debuted centralized exchange (CEX) to decentralized exchange trades (DEX), allowing customers to use funds from their Binance wallets to execute DEX trades — eliminating the need for asset bridging or manual transfers. According to the…

Stablecoins are powering deobanks 2025-03-30 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Maksym Sakharov Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and group CEO of WeFi  The current markets are experiencing tailwinds as a result of the tariffs imposed by the US administration and retaliatory measures from trading partners. So far, however, market proponents say that Trump’s tariffs are…

Trump’s trade war pressures crypto market as April 2 tariffs loom 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Concerns over a global trade war continue to pressure traditional and cryptocurrency markets as investors brace for a potential tariff announcement from US President Donald Trump on April 2 — a move that could set the…

$65K Bitcoin price targets pile up as ‘Spoofy the Whale’ buys the dip 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) circled $83,000 on March 30 after weekend volatility brought new ten-day lows. BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price action deals snap weekend downside Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed…

Is XRP price around $2 an opportunity or the bull market’s end? Analysts weigh in 2025-03-30 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has dropped nearly 40% to around $2.19, two months after hitting a multi-year high of $3.40. The cryptocurrency is tracking a broader market sell-off driven by President Donald Trump’s trade…

Stablecoin rules needed in US before crypto tax reform, experts say 2025-03-30 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai United States cryptocurrency regulations need more clarity on stablecoins and banking relationships before lawmakers prioritize tax reform, according to industry leaders and legal experts. “In my view, tax isn’t necessarily the priority for upgrading US crypto…

Dash to Panel lives on, thanks to Zorin sponsorship 2025-03-30 at 12:33 By Liam Proven There’s also a new release of the Zorin OS distro The handy GNOME extension Dash to Panel will live on, under its present maintainer, after winning financial backing from one of the distros that uses it.… This article is an…

Vitalik Buterin meows at a robot, and the crypto world loses it 2025-03-30 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A video of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin kneeling in front of a robot and seemingly letting out a “meow” sound has gone viral — and, as usual, the crypto industry is already speculating what it…

RESURGE Malware Exploits Ivanti Flaw with Rootkit and Web Shell Features 2025-03-30 at 08:19 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has shed light on a new malware called RESURGE that has been deployed as part of exploitation activity targeting a now-patched security flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances. “RESURGE contains capabilities…

Listing an altcoin traps exchanges on ‘forever hamster wheel’ — River CEO 2025-03-30 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons When a cryptocurrency exchange lists its first altcoin, it sets itself up for an endless cycle of launching memecoins, warns a Bitcoin-only institution executive. “The minute an exchange adds one non-Bitcoin token, they are signing…

Ford files patent to bring old-school stick shifts to electric vehicles — but Gen Z drivers don’t know how to use them 2025-03-29 at 22:16 By Brooke Kato They’re sticking it to Gen Z. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

US recession 40% likely in 2025, what it means for crypto — Analyst 2025-03-29 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The United States has a 40% chance of a recession in 2025 amid the potential for a protracted trade war and macroeconomic uncertainty, according to market analyst and Coin Bureau founder Nic Puckrin. In…

Potential Bitcoin price fall to $65K ‘irrelevant’ since central bank liquidity is coming — Analyst 2025-03-29 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s (BTC) 7% decline saw the price drop from $88,060 on March 26 to $82,036 on March 29 and led to $158 million in long liquidations. This drop was particularly concerning for…

Kalshi sues Nevada and New Jersey gaming regulators 2025-03-29 at 19:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Prediction market Kalshi filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement after both state regulators sent cease and desist orders for the firm to pause all sports-related contracts in the…

The future of finance is built on Bitcoin — Ethereum was just the testnet 2025-03-29 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Alisia Painter Opinion by: Alisia Painter, chief operating officer of Botanix Labs Without Ethereum, the industry wouldn’t be where it is today in terms of bringing decentralized finance (DeFi) to life, making programmability a key…

Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore’s Law is dead and buried 2025-03-29 at 16:17 By Tobias Mann More silicon, more power, more pain for datacenter operators Comment  As Jensen Huang is fond of saying, Moore’s Law is dead – and at Nvidia GTC this month, the GPU-slinger’s chief exec let slip just how deep in…

Bitcoin adoption in EU limited by ‘fragmented’ regulations — Analysts 2025-03-29 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Institutional adoption of Bitcoin in the European Union remains sluggish, even as the United States moves forward with landmark cryptocurrency regulations that seek to establish BTC as a national reserve asset. More than three weeks after President…

Sonic Labs ditch algorithmic USD stablecoin for UAE dirham alternative 2025-03-29 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Sonic Labs has canceled plans to launch a US dollar-pegged algorithmic stablecoin, opting instead to develop a United Arab Emirates dirham-denominated alternative. On March 22, Sonic Labs co-founder Andre Cronje said the company was working on a…

Malware in Lisp? Now you’re just being cruel 2025-03-29 at 13:02 By Thomas Claburn Miscreants warming to Delphi, Haskell, and the like to evade detection Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

$1T stablecoin supply could drive next crypto rally — CoinFund’s Pakman 2025-03-29 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The global stablecoin supply could surge to $1 trillion by the end of 2025, potentially becoming a key catalyst for broader cryptocurrency market growth, according to CoinFund managing partner David Pakman. “We’re in a stablecoin adoption…

Brits to build ExoMars landing gear after Russia sent packing 2025-03-29 at 11:20 By Richard Speed Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project Airbus UK, a wholly-owned subsidairy of US aerospace giant, has won the £150 million contract to complete a landing system for the long-delayed ExoMars rover.… This article is an…

NAYG lawsuit against Galaxy was ‘lawfare, pure and simple’ — Scaramucci 2025-03-29 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The New York State Attorney General’s (NAYG) recent legal action against Galaxy Digital over its promotional ties to the now-collapsed cryptocurrency Terra (LUNA) was unfair and an abuse of the legal system, says SkyBridge Capital and…

New Android Trojan Crocodilus Abuses Accessibility to Steal Banking and Crypto Credentials 2025-03-29 at 10:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware called Crocodilus that’s primarily designed to target users in Spain and Turkey. “Crocodilus enters the scene not as a simple clone, but as a fully-fledged threat from the outset, equipped…

Greedy L2s are the reason ETH is a ‘completely dead’ investment: VC 2025-03-29 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Ether’s (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2’s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says. “The #1 cause of…

BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability 2025-03-29 at 06:04 By In what’s an instance of hacking the hackers, threat hunters have managed to infiltrate the online infrastructure associated with a ransomware group called BlackLock, uncovering crucial information about their modus operandi in the process. Resecurity said it identified a security vulnerability in…

Elon Musk’s sale of X to xAI just made fraud lawsuit a ‘lot spicer’ 2025-03-29 at 04:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Billionaire investor Elon Musk has sold his social media platform X to his AI startup xAI, sparking controversy as it coincides with a US judge rejecting his bid to dismiss a lawsuit tied…

Zhao pledges BNB for Thailand, Myanmar disaster relief 2025-03-29 at 01:13 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is donating 500 BNB (BNB) each to Thailand and Myanmar following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that caused severe damage to buildings and widespread flooding. Zhao plans to distribute the funds through Binance and Binance…

Senators press regulators on Trump’s WLFI stablecoin 2025-03-29 at 01:13 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Five Democratic lawmakers in the US Senate have called on leadership at regulatory agencies to consider the potential conflicts of interest from a stablecoin launched by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto firm backed by US President Donald Trump’s family.…

Bitcoin price falls toward range lows, but data shows ‘whales going wild right now’ 2025-03-29 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin price extended its decline on March 28, falling for a fourth consecutive day to paint an intra-day low of $83,387. BTC’s (BTC) decline mirrored the Wall Street sell-off, where the DOW closed…

Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin’ short seller assault claiming fraud 2025-03-29 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising AppLovin, which provides a way for software developers to make money by embedding ads in their mobile apps, has been sued for a third time this…

Elon Musk’s xAI buys social media platform X for $45B: ‘Futures are intertwined’ 2025-03-28 at 23:47 By Reuters The combined company would be valued at $80 billion. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

US regulators FDIC and CFTC ease crypto restrictions for banks, derivatives 2025-03-28 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said in a March 28 letter that institutions under its oversight, including banks, can now engage in crypto-related activities without prior approval. The announcement comes as the Commodity Futures Trading…

Crypto Biz: GameStop takes the orange pill 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi It has been a wild few years for GameStop, the video game retailer turned memecoin stock. After being pulled from the edge of bankruptcy in 2021 thanks to a surging stock price, the company has made sensible business decisions over…

Donald Trump pardons three BitMEX co-founders — Report 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright US President Donald Trump has reportedly issued pardons to three of the co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty to felony charges. According to a March 28 CNBC report, Trump granted pardons to Arthur Hayes, Benjamin…

Ethereum futures premium hits 1+ year low — Is it time to buy the ETH bottom? 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ether (ETH) price fell 9.3% between March 26 and March 28, testing the $1,860 level for the first time in two weeks. This correction led to over $114 million in liquidations…

Charlie Javice, founder of fintech startup Frank, convicted of defrauding JPMorgan out of $175M 2025-03-28 at 21:46 By Ariel Zilber Javice, 32, was found guilty on multiple counts after prosecutors successfully argued that she fabricated data to falsely inflate Frank’s user base. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Congress takes another swing at Uncle Sam’s software licensing mess 2025-03-28 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo SAMOSA digested by House last year, but choked on in Senate. Second time’s a charm? A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is once again pushing legislation aimed at reining in the federal government’s fragmented and wasteful software licensing practices.……

Anti-L2 push could ‘break the social fabric’ of Ethereum — Sandeep Nailwal 2025-03-28 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill A portion of the Ethereum community is pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to make decisions that may “break the entire social fabric” of the smart contract network by restricting Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) networks, Polygon co-founder Sandeep…

Price analysis 3/28: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, TON, LINK, AVAX 2025-03-28 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) is moving farther away from the crucial $90,000 mark, indicating that buying dries up at higher levels. Market participants seem nervous about the fresh round of US trade tariffs and the renewed…

CoreWeave cools its jets, downsizing IPO as investor heat fades 2025-03-28 at 20:48 By Dan Robinson That stands for I Probably Overestimated? CoreWeave has pared back the scope of its initial public offering amid growing investor uncertainty in an overheating AI marketplace and risks posed by the GPU cloud specialist’s exposure to a small number…