Bitcoin bull run heats cryptocurrency jobs market, hits 12-month record

The sector’s bullish trend during Bitcoin’s surge has seen the cryptocurrency jobs market heat up. According to CryptoJobsList, rising cryptocurrency prices and activity have increased the number of applicants and postings on industry job sites. Last month, published vacancies reached an annual record. Such an indicator has not been seen for several years amid the ongoing bearish stagnation. At...

CryptoQuant: Bitcoin exchange reserves hit record low

Bitcoin exchange reserves have plummeted to its lowest levels since early 2021, indicating that holders could store BTC another way. More than 90,700 bitcoin have been withdrawn from major cryptocurrency exchanges over the past month, reveals CryptoQuant, stressing a reduction in Bitcoin’s liquid supply and hinting at a long-term holding strategy among investors. According to data from CryptoQuant,...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $39m net inflows on April 2

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn in over $12 billion in cumulative net inflows within three months of trading, while Grayscale GBTC liquidations continue. SoSoValue data tracking spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF activity showed over $39.4 million daily net inflows. Wall Street stalwart BlackRock recorded the largest influx among nine new funds, as traders parked $150 million into the firm’s...

Cathie Wood: Bitcoin rally tied to global currency devaluation

According to ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, Bitcoin’s remarkable 130% rally in the past year can be derived from the global devaluation of national currencies. “There are currency devaluations taking place that people are not talking about,” Wood remarked in an interview with CNBC, highlighting significant drops in the value of currencies like the Nigerian naira...

CoinLedger: Bitcoin leads unrealized gains across crypto portfolios

A CoinLedger study discovered that cryptocurrency portfolios increased in value by an average of $2,804 this year as the industry raced toward its previous 2021 peak. The crypto tax and portfolio management software provider analyzed a database of over 500,000 investors to map out popular tokens and solutions being leveraged amid a bull run underpinned by institutional interest...

Ethena Labs launch ENA with a 750m airdrop as MakerDAO grabs USDe

Synthetic dollar issuer Ethena Labs has announced the launch of claims for its new governance token ENA. The protocol, known for its yield-earning USDe token, is looking to distribute 750 million ENA tokens through an airdrop. The airdrop will see 5% of the token’s total supply flow into the market. Ethena Labs announced the development via an X post,...

Changpeng Zhao tops crypto billionaires ranking despite legal saga

According to a new Forbes article, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has tripled his net worth since 2023. Forbes magazine has published a ranking of the world’s wealthiest and most influential cryptocurrency billionaires, headed by Zhao. Forbes estimated his net worth at $33 billion, more than triple what it was in 2023 at $10.5 billion. Zhao’s stake in Binance is...

Tether grants $100k to BTCPay Server Foundation

Tether recently announced a $100,000 grant to the BTCPay Server Foundation, solidifying its support of the free and open-source software movement. The BTCPay Server Foundation is renowned for its open-source payment processor software, utilized and tailored by numerous merchants and businesses globally to facilitate Bitcoin (BTC) and USDT transactions. The BTCPay Server Foundation is renowned for its...

Bitcoin miners earned record $2b before halving

Bitcoin miners earned over $2 billion in March, reaching a new all-time high. According to The Block analytics, the previous all-time high was reached in May 2021, when miners’ total income amounted to $1.7 billion. Miners’ earnings consist of rewards for mined blocks and transaction fees on the Bitcoin network. Of the total revenue in March, $85.8...

US government transfers Silk Road’s 30k Bitcoins to Coinbase

The U.S. government wallet has moved Bitcoins previously confiscated from a well-known darknet platform. According to Blockchair, a wallet belonging to the U.S. government transferred Silk Road’s 30,175 Bitcoins (BTC) to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on April 2. Source: Blockchair At the current price of BTC at around $65,000, the cost of the transfer is approximately $2 billion. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT noted...