Ripple on Monday partnered with Portuguese currency exchange provider Unicâmbio to support instant international payments between Portugal and Brazil using its payments platforms, which uses “digital assets” for faster and cheaper cross-border settlements. Unicâmbio’s corporate customers can move funds and settle payments in minutes using the service, which Ripple said was its first foray into […]

Bitcoin (BTC) difficulty hit an all-time high of 114.7 trillion (T) following a 5.6% upward adjustment over the weekend, according to CoinWarz. This coincides with the Hash Ribbon metric signaling a miner capitulation. Hash Ribbon, is a market indicator, which hints at a local bottom for bitcoin (BTC) and often forms when miners capitulate —

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Despite the increasing rhetoric surrounding President Donald Trump’s tariffs, bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady alongside positive cues from foreign exchange risk barometers like AUD/JPY. Later today, Trump is due to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on top of additional metal duties. This market

U.S. endowment funds are increasing their exposure to crypto as the digital assets soar to new highs, The Financial Times reported on Sunday. Franklin Bi, a general partner at Pantera Capital, noted that there had been a “huge shift” in interest in digital assets from endowments and foundations that just five years ago had reported

A member of layer 2 scaling solution Base has refuted rumors that its sequencer Coinbase has been selling ether (ETH). “Coinbase has accumulated $300M+ in ETH, which is more than 2x all of Base’s ETH earnings over time,” Base member Kabir.base.eth said on X Sunday. “Base and Coinbase have and continue to hold ETH and

Metaplanet (3350) announced full-year 2024 financial results and is now sitting on an unrealized gain of approximately $36 million (5.46 billion yen) on a total of 1,761 BTC, acquired for $137 million. The bitcoin investor said it increased its shareholder base by 500% to 50,000 in 2024. Metaplanet has several ways of increasing bitcoin holdings

Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets are still recovering from last week’s bloodbath, but it appears that the memecoin fever is alive and well as three big tokens were issued over the weekend. BNB Chain-based TST token, issued as a memecoin by the blockchain’s community following a tutorial video on how to issue tokens, zoomed to

A momentum indicator that presaged bitcoin’s (BTC) post-election price surge has now turned negative, coinciding with President Donald Trump’s tariff rhetoric, which threatens to destabilize markets. Still, there’s no need to panic just yet. That indicator is the moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram, which is used to gauge trend strength and changes. It’s calculated

Polymarket bettors have put $1.1 billion in volume on the outcome of the Superbowl, which saw the Philadelphia Eagles beat out the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, as the betting platform continues to gain steam, despite regulatory hurdles. Polymarket has become the go to avenue for placing on-chain bets, which has brought in scrutiny from regulators.

Major financial institutions have been raising their gold price forecasts as the precious metal’s price benefits from growing trade war fears and central banks’ accumulations. This week, strategists at both Citi and UBS issued increased gold price forecasts, anticipating the precious metal’s bull run will continue as markets are pressured by geopolitical tensions and economic