The market cap declined by $40 billion as BTC dipped below $22,000, while XRP dumped beneath $0.50 following a lawsuit threat from the SEC.

US-based exchange Coinbase has asked FinCEN to extend the period for commenting on the recently proposed regulations on self-hosted wallets.

Chainlink suffered a small loss over the past 7-days and now trades at the $12.30 level. Against Bitcoin, LINK dropped by a steep 31% in December and it's currently at a 6-month low.

An eight-year-old boy in India was kidnapped and the criminals now request a ransom of $2.3 million in BTC.

XRP saw a sharp 8.5% price drop over the past 24 hours as it falls back beneath $0.5 to trade at $0.489. The coin is also struggling against Bitcoin as it fell as low as 2000 SAT today.

Even after recently charting a new ATH, Glassnode's CTO outlined several reasons suggesting that BTC is in an 'extremely bullish' liquidity crisis.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has pressed formal charges, alleging that Ripple conducted a $1.3 billion unregistered security offering.

Fintech firm Ripple is having a bad week, finding itself on the end of formal charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Despite recovering the recent losses, BTC failed to overcome $24K. XRP continues to bleed out following the SEC charges and has lost around 20% in the past 24 hours alone.

While commenting on the launch of the SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund L.P., Anthony Scaramucci said institutional adoption is still in the first inning.

Ripple CEO believes the company will prevail against the SEC and described the allegations as an attack on the entire crypto industry.

In the last month alone, XRP has dropped by almost 70% against BTC. Currently, it's trading at lows not seen since December 2017.

Following its initial fundraising stage which brought $103M, the Swiss financial institution has announced the successful completion of Series B.

Bitcoin's price spiked above $24,000 in a day of massive volatility. Meanwhile, BTC dominance has surged to a 7-month high as altcoins suffer against the primary cryptocurrency.

With $120 million raised in three months, Hashed has launched a venture fund aiming to accelerate investments in the blockchain sector.

Bitcoin bulls need to make sure the daily price closes above $23,850 today, or else a double top will form on the BTC/USD chart (see below). Double tops

The recent lawsuit filed against Ripple by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has harmed XRP in more ways than one as four exchanges have delisted the cryptocurrency.

The United States government is taking crypto and stablecoins more seriously, especially now that the Trump administration is coming to an end.

Over $40 billion evaporated from the crypto market cap in a day as BTC struggles with $23,000, while the altcoins have painted serious losses.

Andrew Yang, who has previously outlined the need for a uniform set of rules for cryptocurrencies, has filed paperwork to participate in the upcoming New York mayoral race.

An unknown user paid over $80,000 in fees when transferring $1.16 worth of BTC to another wallet. This is not the first time something like this has happened.