A Russian provincial governor has claimed that associated gas produced at oil drilling sites could provide a solution to ongoing Bitcoin mining-related concerns. Earlier this month, the BTC mining hotspot of Irkutsk unveiled the nation’s first-ever year-round ban on crypto mining in the southern part of the oblast. This move came just months after Moscow…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the launch of three XRP futures-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by ProShares Trust on April 30, an SEC filing shows. On Jan. 17, days before the now crypto-friendly President Donald Trump was inaugurated, ProShares had proposed the following ETFs: Ultra XRP ETF, which will provide 2x leverage…
In its 2024 annual report, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) revealed a sharp rise in the number and severity of cryptocurrency-related fraud cases. Over the course of the year, the IC3 recorded over 140,000 complaints linked to cryptocurrency, which led to staggering financial losses of $9.3 billion. Alarming Trend A significant portion of…
The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. Since the fertile but somewhat fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) frenzy in 2017, Ethereum (ETH) remains second only to Bitcoin, now at 9x lesser market cap. Over the last five years, Ethereum had an average annualized return at nearly…
According to a CoinGecko survey published on April 23, 47% to 49% of people said that AI agents will be better at crypto trading and investing than humans. The remaining half of the participants believed AI does not have an edge over humans in the crypto market yet, “which suggests that opinions are still divided…
Ripple remains trapped within a tight range between its 100-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling an imminent breakout. The direction of this breakout will be crucial in determining the cryptocurrency’s next major trend. XRP Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Following a rebound from the crucial 200-day moving average at $1.7, Ripple (XRP) has entered…
Bitcoin has signaled notable bullish strength by breaking above both the 100 and 200-day moving averages at $90K. However, as the price approaches the critical $100K psychological threshold, a temporary consolidation phase is expected before any further breakout. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Bitcoin has recently notched a strong bullish signal, staging a…
Touted as a potential Ethereum killer on its way up in the 2020-24 market cycle, Solana would still have a way to go to flip Ether’s market cap. Regardless, it has gone a long way in that direction as SOL boosters promised. Over the last year, Bitcoin has outpaced Solana gains as SOL is going…
TRON founder and prominent crypto industry figure Justin Sun has taken to the social media platform X to make optimistic claims about the future of JST (JUST), the governance token of the Just ecosystem. In a recent post, Sun declared that JST has undergone a “complete fundamental reversal,” and suggested it could become the “next…
The supply of Bitcoin held on centralized exchanges has reached its lowest point since 2019 according to data from CryptoQuant. As of late April 2025, only about 2.5 million BTC remain on exchanges, representing a drop of 500,000 coins since the end of 2024. Bitcoin supply on exchanges shows shift toward self-custody The decline in…