Bitfinex analysts anticipate a “new wave of hope” entering crypto markets following Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States. This renewed hope is expected to translate into more capital flowing into the Web3 space as the industry expects federal agencies to adopt a less hostile stance on cryptocurrencies. According to Bitfinex analysts: “We…

BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) witnessed a record day of trading after Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election. In a Nov. 6 post to X, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas shared that the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) witnessed its “biggest volume day ever” with over $4.1 billion in daily trading volume on Nov. 6….

Binance continues its battle against the United States securities regulator amid allegations of violations related to certain cryptocurrencies. Legal defense for Binance and its former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has filed a motion to dismiss an amended complaint by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In the motion filed on Nov. 4, lawyers for Binance and CZ asked…

VanEck has listed an exchange-traded note (ETN) in Europe tracking the performance of the Pyth Network’s native token, PYTH, the asset manager said on Nov. 5. The VanEck Pyth ETN will trade on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris, the asset manager said. It will be available to investors in 15 European countries, including Germany, France, Norway…

Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of over $75,000 on Nov. 6, well above its previous $73,800 high in March as traders piled into crypto with early results from the United States elections putting Donald Trump ahead. At the start of the New York open, Bitcoin initially showed strength, rallying in excess of 3% to…

A swathe of traditional finance and crypto companies, including Robinhood, Galaxy Digital, Kraken, and Paxos, have formed a consortium supporting the latest stablecoin pegged to the United States dollar. In a Nov. 5 statement, blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos shared that the new “open network” was designed to accelerate the adoption and use of stablecoins worldwide. “The…

Internet Computer’s cross-chain messaging protocol, Chain Fusion, has seen usage spike 1,230% year-over-year, largely from Bitcoin-native applications, according to a Nov. 4 report by developer The Dfinity Foundation. Bitcoin apps, including Rainbow Protocol, Tap Protocol and Bitfinity, are using Internet Computer to deploy smart contracts and other complex programs on the Bitcoin network, Dfinity said….

The approaching new year will be the year of decentralized finance (DeFi) on The Open Network (TON) blockchain, developer TON Foundation has declared. Decentralized exchange Curve Finance joined in to start the process, and TON and Curve held a competition for DeFi teams to develop stable asset swaps using Curve Finance’s proprietary technology. Getting the…

Following claims from the CEO of Moonrock Capital — a crypto-native advisory and investment firm — that Binance demanded 15% of an unnamed prospective project’s total token supply to secure a listing on the centralized exchange, Binance co-founder Yi He responded by denying the claims and clarifying Binance’s listing policies. According to Binance’s co-founder, the company…

Wall Street investors are still largely unaware of Ethereum’s potential, similar to Amazon in the early 1990s before it became a $2 trillion tech giant, according to a research analyst at crypto asset manager 21Shares. Spot Ether exchange-traded funds launched in July but have seen relatively small inflows compared with spot Bitcoin ETFs. Leena ElDeeb,…