Emerging markets need boutique market-making to reach their full potential

Opinion by: Mārtiņš Beņķītis, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Team As crypto adoption plateaus in some developed nations, emerging markets have led the charge for adoption. Southeast Asia, Africa and…

Project Eleven To Award 1 BTC To Tackle Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability

Project Eleven, a quantum computing research organization, has announced the launch of the Q-Day Prize, a global challenge offering 1 BTC to the first team able to break an elliptic…

Bitcoin Treasury bonds may help US refinance $14T debt — VanEck exec

VanEck’s head of research has pitched a new type of US Treasury bond partially backed by Bitcoin to help refinance $14 trillion in US debt. Matthew Sigel pitched the concept…

Ethereum L2 development is ‘double-edged sword’ for ETH value

Ethereum’s push toward layer-2 (L2) blockchain scalability may be a double-edged sword for Ether, potentially weakening the value accrual of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, according to a new report from…

Crypto in a bear market, rebound likely in Q3 — Coinbase

A monthly market review by publicly traded US-based crypto exchange Coinbase shows that while the crypto market has contracted, it appears to be gearing up for a better quarter. According…

Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds

Soneium, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain network developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, said it has slashed its blockchain finality time by over 98%, as it aims to solve one of…

Cointelegraph Bitcoin & Ethereum Blockchain News

The 2025 US-China trade war On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump declared a national economic emergency and announced sweeping new import tariffs. Dubbed “Liberation Day,” the policy set a…

Bitcoin’s wide price range to continue, no longer a ‘long only’ bet — Analyst

Bitcoin could be heading into another extended consolidation phase, with short-term indicators suggesting a more bearish outlook, contrary to the broader crypto community’s view, according to the head of research…

Brazil’s Meliuz floats to boost Bitcoin buying strategy

Brazilian fintech firm Meliuz has floated a plan to expand its Bitcoin holdings and make the cryptocurrency a strategic asset on the company’s books. Meliuz, which provides cashback and financial…

Aztec launches StealthNote app giving privacy to corporate whistleblowers

Developers behind the Ethereum layer 2 Aztec Network have launched a whistleblowing platform called StealthNote that allows workers to vent about their employer without revealing themselves. StealthNote uses zero-knowledge proofs…