Page 18 - Cryptocurrency

He should get 6 years in jail, pay back nothing: Sam Bankman's lawyer

Attorneys for the 31-year-old former crypto mogul made their recommendation to US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a 98-page memo late Tuesday ahead of his March 28 sentencing

Bitcoin rises 39.7% in Feb, heads for biggest monthly gain since Dec 2020

The bigger bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which were listed in the US on January 11, have seen a definite pickup in interest this week

Bitcoin tops $57,000 for 1st time in over 2 years, Ethereum crosses $3,200

Since the start of 2024, Bitcoin has gained 33 per cent, primarily due to the high demand of its recently launched ETFs

Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF exodus reaches $7.4 bn in first 30 trading days

That stands in contrast to the other nine freshly launched spot Bitcoin ETFs, all of which are sitting on net inflows since trading began

Bitcoin tops $53,000 to reach highest in more than two years: Report

It last traded at this level in December 2021, and reached an all-time high of almost $59,000 the prior month

Crypto wrap: Bitcoin sees profit booking after touching $1 trn market cap

The focus this week shifted towards Ethereum, as it led prices ahead of Bitcoin and crossed the crucial $3,000 level before falling

Cryptoverse: Breezy bitcoin reclaims $1 trillion crown, up 22% this year

Its resurgence has electrified the broader cryptocurrency market, including ether and other digital coins, which has now exceeded $2 trillion, as per data from CoinGecko

Bitcoin reclaims $1 trillion market cap for first time since November 2021

According to experts, the upcoming Bitcoin halving in April may lead to the token retesting its all-time high level of $69,000

Bitcoin surges to $50,000 for the first time since 2021 on ETF demand

Aside from ETF inflows, sentiment toward Bitcoin is "typically positive" during the Lunar New Year holidays that are currently underway in Asia, Fundstrat Global Advisors wrote in a note

Bitcoin Surges to $50,000 for the First Time Since 2021 on ETF Demand

The original cryptocurrency has tripled in value since the start of last year, climbing back from a 64% plunge in 2022

Crypto wrap: Euphoria around Bitcoin ETFs continues to help market rally

The price of Bitcoin has been going up as the date of next of halving, April 19, approaches

Bitcoin approaches $45,000 with US spot ETFs showing steady inflows

The largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 1.6% to $44,872 on Thursday. Bitcoin last traded above $45,000 on Jan. 12, the day after the ETFs began trading

Regulatory nod for US spot bitcoin ETF options may take months: Report

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month approved spot bitcoin ETFs, in a watershed for the crypto industry

Crypto exchange FTX abandons efforts to restart its crypto exchange

FTX has been negotiating for months with potential bidders and investors, but none were willing to put in enough money to rebuild the FTX exchange

Crypto exchange FTX expects to repay customers in full: Bankruptcy lawyer

Restructuring advisers will need to examine all of the millions of claims that have been filed against FTX to weed out those that are not legitimate, lawyer Andrew Dietderich said

Indian national pleads guilty in US to running dark web drug enterprise

Customers ordered controlled substances from Singh using the vendor sites and by paying with cryptocurrency

Bitcoin slips back toward $40,000 mark as ETF excitement simmers down

The world's largest virtual token declined as much as 3.4% by 7.30 a.m. in New York on Monday, hitting a low of $40,352 - just shy of its lowest point of 2024 recorded on Friday

Singapore's crypto firm Terraform files for bankruptcy protection in US

Singapore-based Terraform labs, in a filing with the bankruptcy court in Delaware, listed assets and liabilities in the range of $100-$500 million

Yet to finalise mechanism for regulating cryptocurrencies: Centre to SC

During the hearing, Justice Kant said the court only wants that there are appropriate safeguards to protect the common man from frauds and misuse of cryptocurrencies

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF first to cross $1 billion threshold in inflows

Investors deposited $371 million in the fund on Wednesday, pushing IBIT past the milestone, data compiled by Bloomberg show