Binance ends Tether USDT trading in Europe to comply with MiCA rules

Binance has discontinued spot trading pairs with Tether’s USDt in the European Economic Area (EEA) to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has delisted spot trading pairs with several non-MiCA-compliant tokens in the EEA in line with a plan disclosed in early March, Cointelegraph has learned. While spot trading pairs …

The future of digital self-governance: AI agents in crypto

Opinion by: Tomer Warschauer Nuni, chief marketing officer of Kima Network No one should be surprised that the crypto space is actively discussing the new wave of enthusiasm around AI and its limitless uses. According to proponents, AI represents the most promising approach to enhancing blockchain technologies and decentralized applications, driving greater autonomy and efficiency …

Bitcoin sellers 'dry up' as weekly exchange inflows near 2-year low

Bitcoin (BTC) faces a new “consolidation zone” as exchange inflows tag multiyear lows, new analysis says. In an April 1 post on X, Axel Adler Jr., a contributor to onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, declared that Bitcoin sellers had “dried up.” Average exchange inflows down 64% since November Bitcoin sell-side pressure has eased considerably since its …

OpenAI to release its first ‘open’ language model since GPT-2 in 2019

OpenAI is set to launch an “open” version of its language model this year, allowing developers to run the model on their own hardware. In an update posted to X on March 31, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the artificial intelligence firm would release the powerful “new open-weight language model with reasoning” in the coming …

SpaceX flight bankrolled by crypto investor launches first manned polar orbit

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sent a crew of four private astronauts on the first manned space flight to orbit the Earth’s poles, in a mission bankrolled and led by a wealthy crypto investor. Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool F2Pool, paid for and is leading SpaceX’s “Fram2” mission, …

Gutter Cat Gang token sale marred by ‘technical issues,’ reportedly low interest

Non-fungible token (NFT) project Gutter Cat Gang (GCG) saw a rocky token launch of its GANG token on Apechain on March 31, attributed to a “technical issue” by a third party, though others pointed to reportedly low interest in the token. While GCG didn’t confirm these figures, it did state in a March 31 Discord …

Bitcoin price gearing up for next leg of ‘acceleration phase’ — Fidelity research

A recent Fidelity Digital Assets report questioned whether Bitcoin price had already seen its cyclical “blow off top” or if BTC (BTC) is on the cusp of another “acceleration phase.”  According to Fidelity analyst Zack Wainwright, Bitcoin’s acceleration phases are characterized by “high volatility and high profit,” similar to the price action seen when BTC …

Crypto exploit, scam losses drop to $28.8M in March after February spike

Losses to crypto scams, exploits, and hacks dropped to just $28.8 million in March, far from February’s spike to $1.5 billion in losses after the Bybit hack. Code vulnerabilities accounted for the most losses, at over $14 million, while wallet compromises were used to steal over $8 million, blockchain security firm CertiK said in an …

Vanuatu passes long-awaited crypto laws that won’t be ‘light touch’

Vanuatu has passed laws to regulate digital assets and provide a licensing regime for crypto companies wanting to operate in the Pacific island nation, which a government regulatory consultant has called “very stringent.”  The local parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act on March 26, giving crypto licensing authority to the Vanuatu Financial Services …

zkLend hacker claims losing stolen ETH to Tornado Cash phishing site

The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the stolen funds. In a message sent to zkLend through Etherscan on March 31, the hacker claimed to have …