Day: April 14, 2025

SEC delays staking decision for Grayscale ETH ETFs

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed a decision on whether to approve Ether staking in two Grayscale funds. The decision on Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF has been postponed until June 1, according to an April 14 announcement from the SEC. The deadline for a decision is the end of October. On Feb. 14, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a proposed rule change on behalf of Grayscale that would permit investors in the company’s Ether (ETH) ETFs to stake…

US Homeland Security investigates crypto bank Anchorage

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Key Takeaways The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating Anchorage Digital Bank for financial practices. Anchorage has expanded its partnership with BlackRock for custodian services in crypto assets. Share this article The US Department of Homeland Security’s El Dorado Task Force has launched an investigation into Anchorage Digital Bank, the first and only chartered digital asset bank in the US, Barron’s reported Monday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The task force, which focuses on combating money laundering and other financial crimes, has contacted former Anchorage employees as…

An Excerpt From The Satoshi Papers: The Banker Revolution

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In the United States, the twentieth century began with a centralization of power that replaced key elements of the tradition of American liberty with a new interpretation of federal authority. Participants in the 1910 Jekyll Island Conference wrote the Federal Reserve Act, passed into law in 1913, which established the Federal Reserve, the US Central Bank. The Fed was given the dual mandate of keeping inflation low and employment high, and the main tools it had at its disposal were control over the money supply and control over the price of money via the…

Bitcoin traders target $90K as apparent tariff exemptions ease US Treasury yields

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The 2-year and 10-year US Treasury yields dipped on Monday, April 14, after Bitcoin (BTC) closed its best weekly performance since the second week of January. Bitcoin gained 6.79% over the past week, but are enough factors aligned to support continued price upside? The 10-year treasury yield declined by 8.2 basis points to 4.40% during the New York trading session, while the 2-year treasury saw an 8 basis point slip to 3.88%. The drop in yields occurred on the back of possible tariff exemptions on smartphones, computers, and semiconductors, which were…

The Smarter Web Company’s UK IPO To Include Retail Access And Bitcoin Treasury Plan

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Retail Access Confirmed for The Smarter Web Company’s IPO The Smarter Web Company is offering retail investors in the UK a rare opportunity to participate in its upcoming IPO—providing access to a digital services firm that is also integrating a Bitcoin treasury strategy as part of its long-term financial plan. Set to list on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market on April 25, 2025, the company is raising up to £2 million through a combination of institutional and retail subscriptions. The retail offer is available via the Winterflood Retail Access…

Mantra CEO says OM token recovery ‘primary concern’ but in early stages

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Mantra CEO John Mullin addressed key concerns from the community following the sharp decline in the OM token during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted by Cointelegraph on April 14. Mullin reassured users that Mantra and its partners are actively working to support the recovery of the Mantra (OM) token, though he noted that details around token buybacks and potential burns are still being developed. “We’re still in the early stages of putting together this plan for potential buyback of tokens,” the CEO said, adding that the OM token…

Bots are killing social media, but decentralization can save it

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Opinion by: Leroy Hofer, co-founder and CEO at Teneo Protocol As the old wisdom goes, nobody knows you’re a dog on the internet. Often enough, nobody knows if you’re a bot either, to the point where the dead internet theory sometimes feels disturbingly tangible.  Bot traffic share hit its highest level in 2024, up 2% on the year before, according to the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report. The bot pandemic is ravaging the Web. People are taking notice — people like Chanpeng Zhao, for example, who recently urged Elon Musk…

Bybit denies $1.4M listing fee, school promo accusations on X

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Crypto exchange Bybit has denied claims that it charges $1.4 million to list a token on its platform, following allegations made by a social media user with over 100,000 followers. On April 14, X user “silverfang88” accused the exchange of demanding millions from projects in listing fees. The user also alleged that Bybit used key opinion leaders (KOLs) to silence students who were given trial contracts through the platform’s Campus Ambassador program. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou denied the allegations, asking the social media user to provide evidence backing the claims.…

Solana rallies 20% against Ethereum, but is $300 SOL price within reach?

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Solana’s SOL has rallied more than 20% against Ether (ETH) over the last seven days, and a trader is eyeing a potential breakout to $300, which would mark new all-time highs. SOL/ETH ratio hits highest weekly close The SOL/ETH ratio, which reflects the value of Solana in Ether, rose to 0.080 on April 13, marking the highest weekly close ever, according to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Binance. The SOL/ETH trading pair has been forming higher highs on the daily chart since April 4, suggesting an uptrend is underway. SOL/ETH daily…

Circle’s EURC grows as trade war pushes euro higher — Analyst

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The market cap of Circle’s Euro Coin (EURC), a euro-pegged stablecoin, is growing quickly as the ongoing trade war pushes the US dollar price lower. “In recent weeks, interest in the euro has grown tremendously” and “this interest has not escaped the Circle EURC stablecoin,” Obchakevich Research founder Alex Obchakevich wrote in a recent X post. The euro has risen by 2.2%, reaching its highest price since February 2022 at its current price of $1.13. Obchakevich said that amid this happening, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave saw €2.3 million of…