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Bitcoin might be having a tough time of late, but it's holding up much better than other cryptocurrencies, showcasing its ability to stay dominant during rough spells. (BTC )

Crypto exchange-traded products issuer 21Shares, which has made waves in Europe with its offerings since 2018, is marking its US entrance with the launch of two new funds.

Circle's USD Coin is reaping the benefits as circulation of Tether, the world's largest stablecoin and its closest rival, continues to decline in a wave of redemptions. (USDT )

A crypto entrepreneur says a decentralized system can solve many of the ills that Elon Musk has been tweeting about.

Bitcoin's slide below $30,000 has dragged MicroStrategy Inc.'s stash of the cryptocurrency underwater, muddying founder Michael Saylor's strategy of betting on the token. The software maker has disclosed new Bitcoin additions nearly two dozen times, with the first back in August 2020. However, all but four of those times they paid more on average than the current price of around $30,000. The first four purchases in late 2020 -- amassing just over 70,000 coins for just $1.13 billion -- have nearl (BTC )

N3twork Studios wants to create more free-to-play blockchain games.

Just when you thought the world of cryptocurrency stablecoins couldn't get more complicated, it does.

Cryptocurrency can supplement mobile money in Africa if regulators can be convinced of its benefits, according to the chief executive of Kenya's biggest lender by market value.

Q2 Holdings Inc., a banking-software provider, is weighing options including a sale after receiving takeover interest, according to people familiar with the matter.

Most retail investors who have put money into digital currencies probably don't understand exactly what they bought or the risks involved, a Bank of England official said.

Luis Carlos Sarmiento, the CEO of Grupo Aval, Colombia's biggest banking group, spoke with Bloomberg News on May 12 about the pandemic, the economy and the business environment ahead of the May 29 presidential elections. What follows is a transcript that has been shortened and edited for clarity.

TaxBit helps people reporting crypto gains (and losses), and calls this the year of regulation.

While the US extended its leading position as the dominant location for Bitcoin mining, China has reemerged as the second-largest locale despite a government ban on the activity last year. (BTC )

Bitcoin edged above $30,000 on Tuesday in cautious trading as the fallout over a collapsed stablecoin continued to keep sentiment in check. (BTC )

Ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, has fallen about 60% from its November record. It could be due to drop another 80% or so, according to technical analyst John Roque of 22V Research. His downside target is around $420, compared with its current level about $2,000, Ether is oversold daily and oversold weekly and cannot rally, Roque said in a note Monday.

Deus Finance's DEI token has lost its 1-to-1 peg to the dollar, becoming the latest failure of an algorithmic stablecoin during a period of crypto market stress.

(Bloomberg) -- Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon offered another proposal to revive its troubled Terra blockchain by getting rid of the failed TerraUSD stablecoin and revamping the project into a new network.

(Bloomberg) -- It turns out that after the Terra stablecoin imploded last week and cryptocurrency prices plummeted, Bitcoin enthusiasts saw some buying opportunities. (BTC )

The crypto world has been riveted by the rapid collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin. But its implosion may bring about something just as noteworthy: the death of a major blockchain.

Bitcoin is a simple economic model of price behavioural changes in demand relative to a limited supply. In theory, it could go up forever as long as there are more buyers than sellers. (BTC )

Latin America's biggest bank seemed to be losing the race against a raft of upstart fintechs when Milton Maluhy took over as chief executive officer last year.

Maybe, the answer is maybe.

Grayscale Investment LLC, the operator of the world's biggest crypto fund, is making its European debut with an exchange-traded fund tracking a basket of digital asset companies, rather than a product tied to the price of Bitcoin itself. (BTC )

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc participated in a $70 million funding round of Elwood Technologies LLP, the cryptocurrency trading platform founded by billionaire Alan Howard, in a collaboration between crypto-native funds and traditional financial institutions.

Algorithmic stablecoins were about to hit the primetime. Now they're having an existential crisis.

Bitcoin staged a modest recovery to trade just below $30,000, extending a period of relative market calm after the collapse of a closely watched stablecoin roiled digital assets in the past week. (BTC )

Meet six of the industry's key players.

The $3.5 billion in Bitcoin purchased as a reserve by the foundation set up by the creators of the failed Terra blockchain became untraceable after it was moved to two cryptocurrency platforms, according to blockchain forensics firm Elliptic. (BTC )

(Bloomberg) -- Cryptocurrencies trended lower Saturday in the wake of the collapse of TerraUSD and the most volatile week for Bitcoin trading in at least two years. (BTC )

Nigeria released new rules for digital assets, offering more clarity on trading in cryptocurrencies in Africa's most populous nation.

This week's undoing of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and its sister token Luna has ramifications for all of crypto. First, there's the immediate impact: The rapid collapse of a once-popular pair of cryptocurrencies sent a ripple effect across the industry, contributing to plummeting coin prices that wiped hundreds of billions of market value from the digital-asset market and stoked worries over the potential fragility of digital-asset ventures.

(Bloomberg) -- The creation and redemption of shares in two Terra exchange-traded products issued by VanEck and 21Shares were suspended on Friday as the week's meltdown in the digital-asset space continued to take its toll.

A regional central bank is clamping down on Bitcoin transactions after the Central African Republic adopted the cryptocurrency as legal tender without consulting its monetary authority. (BTC )

Terraform Labs is working on ways to keeps its Terra blockchain and ecosystem going despite the collapse of its cryptocurrency stablecoin, according to a blog post attributed to co-founder Do Kwon.

Some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges are suspending or starting to delist the tokens associated with the collapsing Terra blockchain, even those that were investors in the troubled network.

MicroStrategy Inc.'s stock rallied Friday, recovering a bit from its recent routs. Neither the ups nor the downs are much of a surprise. The company is simply tracking the rises and falls of Bitcoin, which Chief Executive Officer Michael Saylor has tied his software maker to inexorably. (BTC )

(Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest crypto fund is trading at its biggest discount to Bitcoin ever as Grayscale Investment LLC pushes to convert it into an exchange-traded fund. (BTC )

(Bloomberg) -- A staggering year of losses for investors of exchange-traded products tracking digital assets has done little to shake their confidence in the market, despite recent turbulence.

(Bloomberg) -- Some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges are suspending or starting to delist the tokens associated with the collapsing Terra blockchain, even those that were investors in the troubled network.

International tax officials have identified more than 50 leads to potential crypto tax crimes that may lead to official investigations in the coming weeks, including one case that could be a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.

(Bloomberg) -- Robinhood Markets Inc. has for months tried and failed to find ways to win investor approval. Turns out all it needed was a crypto billionaire's vote of confidence.

Bitcoin's latest plunge saw prices briefly break below $25,000, but an intraday recovery on Thursday saw the token close in the green. That rebound generated a so-called doji candlestick with a long lower tail, which technical analysts can read as a selling climax. Over the last 12 months, the appearance of a doji during a period of declining prices has almost always been followed by a relief rally. If the bounce extends in the current case, resistance between $33,000-$34,500 could come into p (BTC )

Even by the white-knuckle standards of the cryptocurrency universe, it was a standout week.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes should spend significantly more than a year in federal prison for failing to implement an anti-money-laundering program at the pioneering cryptocurrency exchange, US prosecutors said.

Coinbase Global Inc. was sued over its role in the promotion and trading of a stablecoin cryptocurrency that allegedly turned out to be anything but.

The blockchain behind the collapsed TerraUSD stablecoin and the affiliated Luna token stopped processing new transactions for the second time in less than a day.

Former Meta Platforms Inc. executive David Marcus, who spearheaded the social giant's digital currency efforts before departing last year, is launching a new company focused on building technology to promote Bitcoin. (BTC )

Nomura Holdings Inc. has started offering Bitcoin derivatives to clients in Asia after institutional demand for cryptocurrency products increased significantly in the past two years. (BTC )

Amidst worries that Tether, the world's biggest stablecoin, was losing its 1-to-1 peg to the dollar, Paolo Ardoino stepped in to reassure investors. Tether's chief technology officer emphasized that the private company behind the coin that plays a critical role in the crypto ecosystem had no problem with redemptions, including even a $600-million repayment in the last 24 hours. (USDT )

Coinbase Global Inc. has declined precipitously this year, largely mimicking the drop in Bitcoin prices and taking its market value down to $12.5 billion from a peak of over $75 billion last year. But Wall Street still remains bullish on the stock. (BTC )