Author: Crypto Insider

The number of long-term Ether holders steadily increased throughout 2024, while the number of Bitcoin holders fell over the last year amid rising confidence in ETH heading into the new year. In a Dec. 30 post to X, citing data from its platform, IntoTheBlock shared that the total percentage of Ether who had held their tokens for the long haul had…

David Holtzman — a former military intelligence professional, author, White House advisor, and chief strategy officer of the Naoris decentralized security protocol — recently told Cointelegraph that centralized data systems invite abuse from state and corporate actors due to their single point of control. “The whole problem with centralized systems is that there’s a center,”…

In 2024, global cryptocurrency adoption surged as Bitcoin broke price records and governments began integrating crypto into their financial frameworks. From Bitcoin’s historic milestones to Europe’s regulatory strides, 2024 set the stage for crypto’s mainstream integration. Cointelegraph has put together some of the most significant events that bolstered mainstream cryptocurrency adoption in 2024, from a…

The recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting rule designating decentralized finance (DeFi) front-ends as brokerages has sent shockwaves through the crypto industry. Alex Thorn, the head of research at Galaxy Digital, outlined three potential options for DeFi if the IRS rule is not backtracked. According to Thorn, DeFi services and applications can comply with the…

Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new monthly record in December despite the holiday illiquidity, bolstering analyst expectations of an incoming rally. The United States spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached a new monthly record, surpassing $2.1 billion worth of cumulative net inflows during December. December’s $2.1 billion worth of inflows is nearly double that…

Bitcoin has had such a historic year! Nearly 16 years after its network debuted, cryptocurrency solidified its status as a mainstream financial instrument with the approval of 11 exchange-traded funds in January. The ETFs’ launch marked one of the most successful debuts in history thanks to institutional demand, with Bitcoin-focused funds attracting over $113.5 billion by the…