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How to withdraw crypto from MetaMask to a Visa debit card

Uncover the step-by-step process of withdrawing cryptocurrency from MetaMask to a Visa debit card, ensuring smooth and effortless transactions.

Bitcoin OG who called 2021 all-time high sees $600K BTC price by 2026

Bitcoin faces a sea of global bank bailouts in the coming years, Tuur Demeester believes — fueling a BTC price explosion to seven figures and beyond.

Crypto super app with account abstraction: Plena joins Cointelegraph Accelerator

Plena, a crypto super app using account abstraction since a year before Vitalik Buterin’s white paper, has become the latest participant of the Cointelegraph Accelerator.

Crypto greed index hits highest level since Bitcoin’s $69K ATH

The last time the Crypto Fear and Greed Index scored 79 was in mid-November 2021 when Bitcoin was on track to hit $69,000.

CoinShares declares $108M revenue in 2023 earnings report

In its fourth-quarter report for 2023, CoinShares highlighted that its total assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023, was $3.81 billion.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund bought $200M BTC, ETH before institutions dived into Bitcoin ETFs

Institutional investors are beginning to experience soaring demand for Bitcoin as spot exchange-traded funds open up the asset class to the wider financial system.

South Korea rocked by alleged celebrity crypto scandal

Most accused celebrities denied links to the fraudulent schemes, while a few involved have ceased all relationships with the accused firm.

S. Korean regulator will expel ‘unfit’ crypto exchanges from the market starting this year

The South Korean Financial Intelligence Unit publicly announced the tightening of scrutiny over crypto exchanges in the country.

SafeMoon CEO is out on bail but could lose his lawyers

SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony is out on a $3 million bond, but his lawyers want to exit, claiming he hasn’t paid his legal bills.

Bitcoin ETFs are sucking up 10X more BTC than miners can produce

Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows have outpaced the amount of production from miners by over ten times over the past two trading days.

Coinbase latest ad argues blockchain could make pennies ‘useful’ again

A new one-minute spot from Coinbase features an animated former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on a penny pleading to be converted into digital form.

Bitcoin trades above $50K again — but its very different this time

Bitcoin last traded above $50,000 in December 2021 — more than two years ago. The crypto market looks very different this time around.

Watch out ERC-404, there’s another hybrid NFT standard in town

DN404, another experimental hybrid token and NFT standard was launched by a group of developers that claim they’ve fixed the inefficiencies of ERC-404.

Binance founder CZ’s sentencing date postponed to late April

Binance’s former CEO Changpeng Zhao was originally due to be sentenced on Feb. 23. He faces 18 months of prison over money laundering charges.

Franklin Templeton joins the spot Ethereum ETF race

Franklin Templeton wants to incorporate staking into its Ether ETF, enabling shareholders to earn additional income.

Bitcoin miners, MicroStrategy stock rally as BTC price hits $50.3K

BTC mining stocks and MicroStrategy notch double-digit gains as Bitcoin price hits a 2-year high.

Microsoft is teaching GPT-4 how to use Android autonomously

The researchers increased success rates by as much as 27% with simple prompt engineering.

Gary Gensler responds to US lawmakers over SEC’s false spot Bitcoin ETF tweet

The SEC chair penned a letter to four members of the U.S. House of Representatives breaking down the timeline of the commission’s Jan. 9 SIM swap attack.

Why is Ether (ETH) price up today?

Ethereum price is up today. Cointelegraph explains why.

Deutsche Börse-owned Crypto Finance gets German licenses, parent readies exchange launch

Crypto Finance was bought by Deutsche Börse in 2021. Now it is likely to play a role in its planned institutional crypto exchange.

Is a US stablecoin bill just around the corner? Law Decoded

Representative Maxine Waters revealed both political parties are now “getting very close” to a joint stablecoin vision.

Bitcoin looks to surpass Meta in total value as crypto climbs

If Bitcoin can catch Meta, it’ll also become a member of the trillion-dollar club again.

Bitcoin soaring past $50K without retail FOMO and high leverage is good for BTC

Bitcoin price rallies above $50,300 in the absence of retail trader FOMO and the use of high leverage. Cointelegraph explains why this is important.

Price analysis 2/12: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, ADA, AVAX, DOGE

The rally in the S&P 500 and strong inflows into the Bitcoin ETFs appear to be fueling BTC's price surge above $50,300.

CEO of Ripple-owned blockchain custody firm Metaco steps down

Ripple purchased blockchain firm Metaco in May 2023 for $250 million as part of efforts to expand its custody services.

Bitcoin hits $50K for first time since December 2021

Bitcoin price makes a new 2024 high above $50,000, a level not seen in over two years.

Bitcoin price rally to $50K puts spotlight on halving supply shortage and spot ETF inflow

Bitcoin price rallies to $50,000, certifying BTC bulls’ intent to chase the price higher leading into the April halving event.

Analog closes $16M funding for cross-chain communication tools

The funding is backed by several crypto projects and venture firms, including Near, Wintermute, Orange DAO, Quantstamp, Tribe Capital and NGC Ventures.

Blockchain can unlock $400B in global financial innovation

Major financial institutions and technology firms are realizing the transformative impact of blockchain and billion-dollar opportunities in the tokenization of private assets

Wintermute and The Block launch crypto price index

The GMCI index will track the price performance of the top 30 cryptocurrencies by market cap, with some conditions.

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