Turkey’s Upcoming Crypto Rules Will Protect Users While Fostering Innovation, Lawmaker Says

Ömer İleri, who oversees Information and Communication Technologies for Turkey’s ruling party, met with representatives of the crypto sector to discuss upcoming regulations.

Hong Kong Doubles Down on Stablecoin, OTC Rules Promise

Public consultations on stablecoins and over-the-counter trading are already in progress.

First Mover Americas: VanEck’s ETF Volume Surges, Fairshake Raises Another $5M

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 21, 2024.

As Crypto 'Points' Farming Grows, So Does Risk of Vague Promises

Liquid staking protocols based on EigenLayer are offering "point" incentives attached to the vague prospect of future airdrops, but the trend carries risks.

Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?

The survey offers little insight into how the data will be used and can easily become fodder for an anti-cryptocurrency narrative, Digital Energy Council founder Tom Mapes writes.

STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar

The Starknet blockchain hit a record-high 1.06 million transactions on Tuesday, with a peak of 45.2 transactions per second.

Collapsed Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin Charts Path to Recovery

Tangible is looking to move past its failed stablecoin after learning the liquidity lesson the hard way.

When Bitcoin ETFs Are Right for Investors (and When They're Not)

SEC approval in January opened up the market to a new generation of investors but there are still advantages to directly owning crypto that ETFs can’t provide, says Eric Ervin, CEO of Onramp Invest.

Nvidia's Hotly Anticipated Earnings May 'Trigger' Bitcoin and Crypto Correction, Analyst Says

'The most important stock on Earth' could disappoint on a weak PC market and AI saturation, with Wall Street wanting more from the GPU giant, pulling down crypto and equities, QCP Capital said.

Former Fidelity Digital Assets Head Joins Advisory Board of Ethereum L2 Layer N

Luc Froehlich will help guide Layer N's Real World Asset (RWA), TradFi, and tokenization strategies.

Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Rollup Citrea Raises $2.7M in Seed Funding

Citrea says it plans to use zero-knowledge cryptography to help grow Bitcoin's budding decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFT ecosystems.

New Technology Will Have Institutions Lining Up for Crypto

The zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine enables real world asset tokenization on a far greater scale, says Colin Butler at Polygon Labs.

The Protocol: Restaking Tokens Are Exploding, and Restaking Isn't Even Live

In this week's issue of our weekly blockchain tech newsletter, Sam Kessler explores how "liquid restaking tokens" or LRTs are remaking decentralized finance. PLUS: Starknet's STRK airdrop, Stellar's smart-contract facelift and bitcoin's supply crunch.

Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

Sam Bankman-Fried Replaces Trial Lawyers Ahead of Sentencing

Bankman-Fried replaced his former lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdale, as he’s headed into sentencing negotiations.

Why Circle’s USDC Is Dumping Tron

It could be part of a long-time realignment separating compliant and gray-market crypto, says Daniel Kuhn.

Crypto Action in Senate Remains on Back Burner: Sources

Though industry insiders are eying Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats nervously as they push bills that may be harsh for the crypto sector, a key committee is so far holding off.

Nvidia's Earnings Beat Estimates, Boosting Broader Market and AI Tokens

“Accelerated computing and generative AI have hit the tipping point," said CEO Jensen Huang.

Bitcoin Could Hit $150K This Year, Says Fundstrat's Tom Lee

Lee took note of fresh demand via the new spot bitcoin ETFs, the halving and expected monetary policy easing as being catalysts for higher prices.

DCG Calls Out Genesis' Settlement With New York as 'Subversive'

DCG filed an objection in bankruptcy court to the deal Genesis secured to end the New York attorney general's investigation of fraud and money laundering controls.

Protocol Village: Wormhole Collaborates With AMD to Make Hardware Accelerators

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 22-28.