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Bitcoin's price has now corrected approximately 6% since the all-time high break on Nov. 13.

The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer-2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.

Surging bitcoin prices following the election of Donald Trump as the next US president have finally given Hong Kong's spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) a boost this week, with trading volume surging to a three-month high. Hong Kong's three ETFs that invest directly in bitcoin this week became active trading targets with about HK$135 million (US$17.3 million) changing hands on Tuesday. On most days since the ETFs launched in April, their total daily trading volume lingered below US

The recent surge in Bitcoin (BTC) prices could well last into 2025 and see it reach highs of $180,000, said Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck.

The mastermind behind one of the most egregious cryptocurrency hacks, Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a 2016 hack.

The DeFi Education Fund has mounted a serious legal challenge against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an effort to clip the agency's wings.

“We believe that the underlying strength in BTC represents a systematic shift in the market in anticipation of Trump’s return to office,” QCP Capital traders said in a Friday broadcast.