Cryptocurrency banking firm Sygnum is partnering with crypto derivatives exchange Deribit to provide its off-exchange custody platform, Sygnum Protect. On March 5, Sygnum officially announced the expansion of Sygnum Protect, its off-exchange custody platform, to include Deribit, one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges in crypto. This new integration enables institutional Deribit traders to hold […]

The memecoin market has erased all of the gains that followed Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November 2024, having lost more than half of its value since December. According to CoinMarketCap data, the total market capitalization of memecoins stood at $54 billion on March 5, down 56% from $124 billion on Dec. 5, 2024. The […]

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) clarified the status of custody and transfers of stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). On March 3, Binance announced plans to delist nine non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins, including Tether’s UDSt (USDT), for users in the European Economic Area (EEA). Despite removing the affected tokens […]

Iris Ramaya Au, the former girlfriend of admitted crypto fraudster Adam Iza, dubbed “The Godfather,” has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal tax charge. Au pled guilty to a single count of giving a false tax return “for failing to report more than $2.6 million in ill-gotten gains she obtained via her then-boyfriend’s […]

Ricardo Salinas, founder and chairman of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas, said 70% of his investment portfolio is now allocated to Bitcoin-related assets — up from 10% in 2020. Speaking with Bloomberg on March 4, Salinas said he’s “pretty much all in” on Bitcoin (BTC), while the remaining 30% of his investments are in gold and […]

Bitcoin may struggle to move above $94,000 after its failed attempt to reclaim the price level two days ago, Bitfinex analysts say. “Any recovery to take the price back above $94,000 might face significant resistance,” Bitfinex analysts said in a March 3 markets report. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $94,000 on March 2 and has yet […]

The US Senate has passed a resolution to repeal a Biden-era rule that would require decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Senate voted 70 to 27 on March 4 to approve a motion to repeal the rule that would expand existing IRS reporting requirements to include decentralized exchanges […]

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said his government won’t stop buying Bitcoin despite a new request from the International Monetary Fund to stop. The IMF issued a new request on March 3 for an extended arrangement under its $1.4 billion fund facility to El Salvador, which called on the country’s public sector to stop voluntarily […]

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said his government won’t stop buying Bitcoin despite a new request from the International Monetary Fund to stop. The IMF issued a new request on March 3 for an extended arrangement under its $1.4 billion fund facility to El Salvador, which called on the country’s public sector to stop voluntarily […]

Trading volume on Pump.fun, a token launchpad in the Solana ecosystem, has plunged 63% from January to February 2025, data from Dune Analytics shows. The decline comes as memecoins face mounting scrutiny amid a string of scandals. In total, the platform’s trading volume declined from $119 billion to $44 billion in the first two months […]