The lead prosecutor investigating Argentine President Javier Milei’s alleged involvement in the LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal has requested the freezing of as much as $110 million in assets. Argentine Federal Prosecutor Eduardo Taiano has also requested the recovery of deleted social media posts, including those made by Milei promoting the Solana-based memecoin, according to local media…
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Australia’s next federal election, set for mid-May, could be a key inflection point for institutional crypto participation, according to crypto exchange OKX Australia’s newly appointed CEO. Speaking to Cointelegraph, OKX Australia CEO Kate Cooper said one of her hopes for the upcoming election is the introduction of the crypto legislation that’s already been designed and…
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Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal says the weakening United States dollar could lead to a crypto market boost in the second quarter of the year, with Bitcoin jumping nearly 4% over the past 24 hours as the greenback continues to slide. “With the dollar, rates and oil headed lower (all specific aims of Bessent), financial…
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Despite including several large-market cap altcoins, US President Donald Trump’s planned crypto reserve will eventually be made up almost “entirely of Bitcoin,” says Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. “Market participants have soured on the announcement because the proposed reserve holds more than Bitcoin,” Hougan explained in a March 5 market note. “The inclusion of small-cap…
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities have reportedly started releasing Chinese-made crypto miners after months of being held up at ports of entry across the United States. “Thousands of units have been released” after as many as 10,000 miners were seized at various ports of entry, Taras Kulyk, CEO of crypto mining manufacturer firm…
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US authorities have sanctioned the operator of a shuttered online darknet marketplace, including his crypto addresses, which recently profited from Bitcoin price fluctuations. Iran-based Behrouz Parsarad established the darknet marketplace Nemesis in 2021 and used it to facilitate the sale of drugs, false identification documents, professional hacking resources, and a variety of other illicit services…
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Bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox has started shifting Bitcoin again, with 12,000 BTC on the move in a tumultuous week rattled by market volatility. On March 6, Arkham Intelligence alerted its users on X that the Mt. Gox wallet (1PuQB) had moved 12,000 coins (BTC) worth a little over $1 billion. The transaction cost $1.64…
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Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed to list a spot Aptos exchange-traded fund in the US — a token created by a team led by two former Facebook (now Meta) employees in 2022. Bitwise filed an S-1 registration statement to list the Bitwise Aptos (APT) ETF on March 5, eight days after Bitwise indicated it…
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility is approaching cycle highs as jitters around a looming trade war and a planned US cryptocurrency stockpile reach a crescendo, according to data from TradingView and Glassnode. The conflicting bullish and bearish signals, which peaked after US President Donald Trump took office in January, have sent crypto prices on a dizzying ride,…
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After being in prison for more than 11 years for his involvement with the darknet marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht appears to have wasted no time making public appearances. In a March 4 X post, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie said he had invited Ulbricht to attend a joint session of the US Congress, at which…
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