Arkham Exchange Denies Shutdown Reports, CEO Says Shifting to DEX

Arkham Exchange is not shutting down, despite reports to the contrary, and is instead redesigning itself as a decentralized trading platform, the company confirmed to Cointelegraph. The crypto trading platform launched by data analytics firm Arkham Intelligence is shifting from a centralized model to a fully decentralized exchange (DEX), Arkham CEO Miguel Morel told Cointelegraph … Read more

Fairshake Supporting Barry Moore’s Senate Bid With $5M

Defend American Jobs, an affiliate of crypto PAC Fairshake (an independent political fundraising group), will reportedly spend $5 million to support crypto-friendly politician Barry Moore in his bid for the US Senate, according to Bloomberg. A five-week campaign will start this week with ads on broadcast TV and the Fox News Channel featuring US President … Read more

Tokenized Commodities Blows Past $6B on Gold Adoption

The tokenized commodities market has risen 53% in less than six weeks to over $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing vertical in the real-world asset tokenization market as more gold moves onchain. The tokenized commodities market was valued at just over $4 billion at the start of the year, meaning around $2 billion has been … Read more

Crypto Miner Canaan Shares Sink 7% Despite Strong Q4

Crypto miner and manufacturer Canaan fell 6.9% on the Nasdaq on Tuesday despite reporting a 121.1% year-on-year increase in revenue to $196.3 million in the fourth quarter, driven by an increase in hardware sales and stronger mining performance. Canaan reported that its Bitcoin (BTC) mining revenue rose 98.5% year-on-year to $30.4 million, helping boost its … Read more

Bitcoin Top Traders Hold Tight Despite 14% Price Recovery

Key takeaways: The Bitcoin long-to-short indicator at Binance hit a 30-day low, signaling a sharp decline in bullish leverage demand. US-listed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds reversed a negative trend with $516 million in net inflows following a period of heavy liquidations. Bitcoin (BTC) has fluctuated within a tight 8% range over the last four days, consolidating … Read more

UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot

The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in British pounds sterling as part of efforts to modernize the UK’s real-time gross settlement (RTGS) infrastructure. The Synchronisation Lab initiative will allow 18 selected companies to test delivery-versus-payment and payment-versus-payment settlement between the … Read more