Ronin Bridge has migrated to Chainlink CCIP as its official cross-chain provider. The Chainlink CCIP now secures over $450 million in bridged assets for Ronin. Ronin developers and users will benefit from faster, more secure token transfers. The Ronin Network has successfully completed the migration of its legacy Ronin Bridge to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol…
Paul Atkins’ first public event as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was a crypto roundtable on Friday, where the new agency chief devoted his inaugural speech to assuring the industry that he’ll continue to remake securities policy to favor digital assets innovation. The agency and industry have been awaiting congressional action to…
Global bank Citi has predicted 2025 could be a possible inflection point for blockchain adoption driven by stablecoins, akin to the breakout year artificial intelligence (AI) had with popular application ChatGPT. “2025 has the potential to be blockchain’s ‘ChatGPT’ moment,” the bank’s analysts said in a report published earlier this week. At the center of…
Bitcoin has spiked to above $95k, hitting a two month high. Cryptocurrencies are up as stocks rise. CryptoQuant says the benchmark cryptocurrency could see a short squeeze. Bitcoin price spiked to above $95k on Friday, hitting a two-month high as cryptocurrencies rallied alongside stocks on fresh sentiment around tariffs. While the BTC price still awaits…
Cryptocurrency firms and centralized exchanges are launching more traditional investment offerings, bridging the divide between traditional financial and digital assets. With investors seeking more flexible product offerings under one platform, the “line is blurring” between traditional finance (TradFi) and the cryptocurrency space, as the two financial paradigms signal a “growing synergy,” according to Gracy Chen,…
When will GameStop buy Bitcoin after raising $1.5 billion for the move? Strive CEO Matt Cole says there’s still internal debate. When will GameStop buy Bitcoin after raising $1.5 billion for the move? Strive CEO Matt Cole says there’s still internal debate. , Business Decrypt
The Swiss National Bank rejected growing calls to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as part of its foreign currency reserves, saying cryptocurrencies fail to meet its requirements for liquidity and stability. Speaking at the central bank’s annual shareholder meeting in Bern, SNB Chairman Martin Schlegel said the institution needs assets it can reliably buy and sell, and…
A high court in Nigeria has reportedly granted the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the authority to arrest six individuals who were allegedly involved in investment fraud at a cryptocurrency exchange. According to an April 24 report from Nigerian news outlet The Cable, the Federal High Court in Abuja approved the arrest and…
After several weeks on a plateau, bitcoin saw some action this week, climbing to more than $95,000 at press time. It was up 12% on the work-week, buoyed by better macro news and a feeling that the worst of tariff-mania may be over. The CoinDesk 20 — which tracks about 80% of crypto market cap…
Recent months have seen the ebb and flow of a certain pattern: US President Donald Trump will take some objectively harmful action to the US economy, and the markets will crash. Seeing this, Trump has turned to Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, and now demands he lower the Fed Funds Rate — the…
