Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Why perfect fairness cannot hold in asynchronous networks, and how different blockchains adopt different relaxations to fairness.Consensus guarantees today, focus on two properties: Consistency and Liveness. Consistency requires that all nodes eventu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
From alcohol dares to head-shaving challenges, memecoin campaigns are turning engagement into exploitation.When virality moved off-screenMemecoins have never pretended to be serious. Other blockchain projects often present themselves through promises...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
DeFi TVL fell 39% in 2026 as a broader market downturn and fallout from major exploits, including the Kelp DAO hack, weighed on the sector.Total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) has fallen by about 39% in 2026 so far, declining to j...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers drained funds from 374 addresses.A vulnerability in Cardano-based wallet SecondFi allowed attackers to drain user funds, resulting in ma...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Cboe launched its first prediction market product tied to the S&P 500 index, citing a growing investor demand for binary options contracts.Market operator Cboe Global Markets has entered the prediction markets business with the launch of Cboe Pre...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Strategy's cash reserves are now enough to pay only 14 months of dividends from the previous seven-year level. CryptoQuant said the company should pause Bitcoin purchases and rebuild its reserves.Update, June 24, 2026, 2:14 pm UTC: This article...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Standard Chartered said tokenized assets moving into DeFi could drive deposits into Aave and help the protocol rebuild its position as a dominant onchain lending platform.Banking giant Standard Chartered has identified Aave as a potential beneficiary...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Strategy’s cash reserve is down 38% as dividend obligations near $1.2 billion, raising dilution risk for MSTR shareholders.Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR) is testing a technical setup that last appeared before the stock’s 99% collapse during the dot...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin research said that BTC price action remained in tune with previous cycles as the bear market produces a 20% discount to its four-year "adoption structure" trend line.Bitcoin (BTC) is “compressed” at low levels but its classic cycles...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has placed token securities infrastructure within a wider capital-market modernization plan covering faster settlement, longer trading hours and digital transformation.South Korea’s financial regulator fold...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto services across Europe under MiCA.Financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd said Wednesday that it has secured authorization under...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The House passed a housing bill with a central bank digital currency ban until 2030, meaning it now just needs US President Donald Trump’s sign-off. The US House has passed a major housing bill that includes a ban on central bank digital currencies u...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
“Regulatory certainty should not come at the expense of accountability, transparency, victim protection, or public safety,” the law enforcement associations said. A group of law enforcement organizations and a coalition of Catholic organizations hav...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Swedish health-tech company moved closer to becoming one of Europe's largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury firms after shareholders approved a key condition for its planned acquisition of two Norwegian investment companies.Shareholders of...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Blockchain.com launched a Brazil-focused payments platform for businesses, while KuCoin expanded integrations with banking and mobile-money networks across Mexico, Bangladesh and Zambia. Crypto exchanges Blockchain.com and KuCoin rolled out new payme...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Democrats want the Senate to hold hearings on the dealings between the Trump administration, World Liberty Financial and Abu Dhabi royalty.A group of US Senate Democrats is urging Senate Republican leaders to hold hearings into a reported $500 millio...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
“Identity checks today ask for your whole document when they only need one fact,” Starknet said. Zero-knowledge scaling company StarkWare has introduced Private KYC on Starknet, enabling users to complete know-your-customer requirements without revea...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is battling in its fight over prediction markets.The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit against Kentucky on Tuesday after the state sue...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate over whether to tax staking rewards or to pursue funding from large ETH holders for new organizations like EthLabs.Ethereum is running out of money, according to former insiders.The war...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ETH price hangs in the balance as a fresh wave of liquidations pressure the altcoin and spillover from Bitcoin’s struggles to hold $62,000 impact investor sentiment. Key takeaways:Negative ETH futures funding rates and six weeks of spot ETF outflows...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as mayor of Manchester. Amid waning poll numbers and pressure from inside the Labour Party, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stepped down...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as mayor of Manchester. Amid waning poll numbers and pressure from inside the Labour Party, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The Meta CEO reportedly plans for the company to launch a prediction market independent of its other apps, allowing users to place wagers using a points system rather than money.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed his staff to create a p...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy largely dismissed what he called the “promotion” of cryptocurrency by the Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone in a Senate hearing on affordability.Cody Carbone, CEO of the cryptocurrency advocacy group The Digital Chamber,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy largely dismissed what he called the “promotion” of cryptocurrency by the Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone in a Senate hearing on affordability.Cody Carbone, CEO of the cryptocurrency advocacy group The Digital Chamber,...
