Analyst and trader Ali Martinez is leaning bullish on a large-cap crypto project focusing on payments and cross-border transactions. Martinez tells his 129,700 followers on the social media platform X that Stellar (XLM) is forming a bullish pattern on the three-day chart. According to Martinez, the XRP (XRP) rival could go up by nearly 4x…
An Ethereum (ETH)-based liquid staking token is soaring in price after the top US-based crypto exchange platform Coinbase announced support for the altcoin. In a new thread, Coinbase says it’s adding support for liquid staking protocol Renzo (REZ), a project that aims to streamline the process of staking Ethereum and other digital assets. “Coinbase will…
Sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex is announcing the suspension of its operations after Tether blocked its platform’s wallets. In a new Telegram announcement on Thursday, the Russian exchange says that Tether has blocked Garantex’s wallets, which contained over 2.5 billion rubles, about $28 million. “Dear users! We have bad news. Tether has entered the war…
Cryptocurrency analyst Kevin Svenson is highlighting a potential bullish catalyst for altcoins. In a new video, Svenson tells his 82,800 YouTube subscribers that an expansion in the global money supply could trigger a rally in altcoins. According to Svenson, previous altcoin rallies have erupted after an increase in the global money supply. “Every major bull…
One artificial intelligence (AI)-focused altcoin is surging after going live on South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit. The information finance (InfoFi) protocol Kaito (KAITO), which is built on the Base network, soared by more than 45% amid the Upbit listing news. Kaito was trading at a low of $1.49, before surging to a high of…
An Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling solution is soaring after gaining support from US retail trading giant Robinhood. According to Robinhood, the ETH layer-2 Arbitrum (ARB) is now available to be bought, sold, and traded over the trading platform. google336x280] News of the addition sent ARB rallying from a price of $0.374 on March 4th to…
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blacklisting a handful of crypto addresses linked to a man known for allegedly running Nemesis, a now-defunct darknet marketplace. In a new press release, the OFAC says that it is sanctioning Iranian national Behrouz Parasad and his Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR) addresses because…
The stablecoin issuer Tether has hired a new chief financial officer (CFO) and committed to completing a full audit. The veteran finance executive Simon McWilliams will now serve as CFO for Tether, which issues the dollar-pegged USDT, the top stablecoin by market cap. McWilliams will lead the stablecoin issuer toward a full audit and “spearhead…
Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong believes the US crypto strategic reserve recently announced by President Donald Trump should exclusively consist of Bitcoin (BTC). On the social media platform X, Armstrong says having “just Bitcoin” in the US crypto strategic reserve “would probably be the best option.” According to the Coinbase CEO, Bitcoin comes with…
The crypto market is witnessing a fresh cascade of liquidations as President Trump’s tariff threats become reality. Trump has officially implemented 25% tariffs against both Canada and Mexico, triggering a 500 point drop in the Dow, alongside small drops in the Nasdaq and S&P 500. In the crypto market, liquidations crossed more than $1 billion…
