Crypto

Source: Coin Tegraph Petr Kozyakov, CEO of crypto payments platform Mercuryo, told Cointelegraph that the future of finance may not be a winner-takes-all scenario but a blend of digital assets and fiat, each used where it makes the most sense.  In a Cointelegraph interview, Kozyakov said that while crypto payments are seeing an increase in…

Source: Bitcoinist Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Michael Saylor’s Strategy has announced a new Bitcoin purchase to start off May. Here’s how the rest of the month could go, based on past pattern. Strategy Has Just Added 1,895 BTC To Its Bitcoin Stack In a new post…

Source: Coin Tegraph Veteran US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Trish Turner was appointed to lead the agency’s digital assets division following the departure of two key crypto-focused executives. Turner, who has spent over 20 years at the IRS and most recently served as a senior adviser within the Digital Assets Office, will now head…

Source: Coin Tegraph Crypto exchange OKX’s CEO for its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) arm has urged the crypto industry to focus on delivering real-world utility as interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization accelerates.  In a Cointelegraph interview at the Token20249 event in Dubai, OKX MENA CEO Rifad Mahasneh warned that while tokenization is…

Source: Coin Tegraph Efforts to pass crypto legislation in the US Senate face mounting resistance amid growing ethical concerns around US President Donald Trump’s ties to crypto. In a May 5 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley said that Trump and his family stand to personally profit from…

Source: Bitcoinist Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, has taken on a pivotal advisory role in shaping crypto regulations and strategic reserves for various countries. This initiative has gained momentum, especially in the United States under…

Source: Coin Tegraph The Israel-based eToro Group says it’s looking for a valuation of up to $4 billion with its initial public offering in the US, as the stock and crypto trading platform forges ahead with listing on the Nasdaq. The company and existing stockholders are aiming to raise $500 million through offering a total…

Source: Bitcoinist Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to a recent X post by noted crypto analyst Titan of Crypto, Bitcoin (BTC) is fast approaching a golden cross formation – a bullish technical indicator that often precedes significant price appreciation. However, other analysts caution that a price…

Source: Coin Tegraph Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, has blasted the government’s 20-year “venom-laced” sentence request, declaring it a “death-in-prison sentence.” The US Department of Justice requested Mashinsky receive at least 20 years behind bars in the May 8 sentencing for his role in misleading Celsius users…

Source: Coin Tegraph Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way.  “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions whose OP_RETURN outputs exceed 80 bytes and allow any number of these outputs,”…