Singapore’s prime minister issues warning following deepfake crypto video with him

Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong warned the public about a deepfake video, depicting him promoting a crypto scam ‘envisioned by Elon Musk.’ In an X post on Dec. 29, Singapore‘s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has issued a public warning that addressed the emergence of deepfake videos depicting him promoting crypto scams with the help of artificial intelligence...

OKX to delist privacy tokens in January 2024

One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, OKX, announced delisting several trading pairs at once. According to the Dec. 29 announcement, OKX will delist stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT), and Bitcoin (BTC) trading pairs with several prominent privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, including Monero (XMR) and Dash (DASH). The delisting will take place on Jan. 4 and 5, 2024. The exact...

Can This Red-Hot Crypto Outperform Bitcoin Again in 2024?

One of the standout performers in the crypto market this year has been Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), which is up almost 1,000% in 2023. On the strength of its recent performance, Solana has become the fifth-most valuable cryptocurrency in the world, and some analysts are even predicting that it could soon surpass Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) in terms of market cap. What's all...

Why Crypto Mining Stocks Booked Double-Digit Gains Today

Despite its nickname, Hump Day did not provide any impediment to the seemingly unstoppable cryptocurrency rally. A top crypto bull made a big move, and in response, his chosen coin's upward momentum continued. Unsurprisingly, investors in altcoins and crypto mining stocks eagerly followed suit. Mining sector bellwether Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) closed the day nearly 15% in positive...

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Top $8 Billion With Latest Purchase

(Bloomberg) -- MicroStrategy Inc., the enterprise software maker which has made buying Bitcoin as part of its corporate strategy, increased its total holdings of the cryptocurrency to more than $8 billion through additional purchases this month. Most Read from Bloomberg The Late-Night Email to Tim Cook That Set the Apple Watch Saga in Motion Chinese Carmaker...

3 Stocks to Watch as Approval of Crypto ETF Applications Looms

As of Dec 27, the price of bitcoin (BTC) has gained 155.2% year to date after collapsing in November 2022 following the fall of FTX, the exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. Ethereum (ETH) is up 86.1% in the same period. The crypto recovery in 2023 has been led by the possibility that the Securities and...

Bitcoin Worth $1B Leaves Exchanges in Largest Single-Day Outflow in 12 Months

Net outflows from exchanges are often taken to represent investors' intention to hold coins for long-term. Onchain activity continues to support the bullish case in bitcoin. On Wednesday, just over 28,000 BTC worth $1.19 billion left centralized exchanges, the largest single-day outflow in BTC terms since Dec. 14, 2022, according to data tracked by blockchain analytics firm Glassnode. Net outflows...

Bitcoin ETF Approval Tipped to Be ‘Sell The News’ Event: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin (BTC) is expected to correct to as low as $32,000 next month following the potential approval of a spot ETF, according to data provider CryptoQuant. In what is being described as a potential "sell the news" event, CryptoQuant said in a note to CoinDesk that trader's unrealized profits are currently lingering at a level that historically...

India cracks down on Binance, eight other foreign exchanges

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) addressed the notices to Binance, KuCoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global, and Bitfinex, according to a circular shared on Dec. 28. Furthermore, the FIU intends to wall off local investors from these platforms and has taken initial steps to block URLs of non-compliant Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers. FIU’s announcement...

Argentinan president advocates for cryptocurrency declaration in reform bill

Argentina’s government will offer a flexible tax rate and legitimize the usage of cryptocurrency assets within the country, irrespective of location or origin. President of Argentina Javier Milei proposed the bill as part of a broader set of economic and political reforms. The crypto community has responded positively to Milei’s election in November, given his endorsement of Bitcoin...