Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly signed a law to set in stone the regulation of digital currencies and digital rights in the country — but citizens won’t be using Bitcoin to pay for goods just yet. News agency Tass reported Tuesday that the new law will allow only registered entities to operate as exchanges,
Litecoin nears a key $47.60 resistance as bullish structure strengthens. Analyst flags a breakout that could push LTC higher. Litecoin price structure is firming up near a critical resistance zone. Analyst Cryptorphic pointed to the $47.60 level as the trigger for the next major move. The coin has been building higher lows since recovering from
In this week’s Bitfinex Alpha we argued that the bitcoin narrative lies in how the broader market responds to key levels. Isolated short-term price moves carry less signal. One of the outlined bearish triggers was hit, with successive daily closes dipping below the $63,000 mark. Even so, the follow-through proved fleeting. Since July, bitcoin has
The most consequential crypto regulation bill in years is running out of runway. The CLARITY Act, formally the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, is staring down a near-certain Senate defeat before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess, and Bitcoin price is already absorbing the uncertainty, trading near $63,500, roughly -50% below its October 2025 all-time
Maurice, a former Pokémon card seller, told CoinDesk in a 2024 podcast interview that he and Justin Poiroux, the firm’s chief technology officer, founded Yellow Card to take on big banks and Swift, the interbank service that processes over 53 million secure messaging instructions a day for nearly 11,500 financial institutions. Swift facilitates trillions of
The Security and Exchange Commission’s outgoing commissioner, Hester Peirce, has expressed optimism that the long-awaited Clarity Act will pass. Speaking on CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol show, the regulator said that passing the law would help the SEC in drafting regulation. Lawmakers are pushing to get a vote on the crypto market structure bill — or
The licence will support regulated e-money and payment services on the Bybit.eu platform, alongside the crypto-asset services. VIENNA, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit.eu today announced that Bybit Payments GmbH has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). Bybit Payments GmbH will provide regulated e-money and payment services
Morpho whale activity surges to a multi-month high, with 4.35M MORPHO leaving exchanges and hinting at much lighter sell pressure. Morpho whale activity just hit its strongest pace in months. On-chain data shows a sudden burst of large transactions moving across the network. New wallets are forming at a rate not seen in weeks. At
In late May Bitfinex Alpha flagged that the institutional bid was gradually disappearing and that $70,000 for Bitcoin was the next structural floor. The spot Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) tape has now put a number on that withdrawal: more than $3 billion has exited across a 10-day outflow streak, with BlackRock’s IBIT fund shedding over
The Hyperliquid (HYPE) token trades at around $55, up roughly +5% in 24 hours, a bounce that still leaves it well off the highs that once made it one of crypto’s standout performers. The uncomfortable truth is that the rally was never built on earnings power, and the market is now seemingly pricing that in.
