Litecoin

Litecoin’s (LTC) X social media account was briefly hacked on Jan. 11 by a scammer promoting a fraudulent Litecoin token on the Solana network.   “LTC is now in Solana,” the hacker wrote in a now-deleted and grammatically incorrect post, which featured a contract address and a Pump.fun link to the scam token. In an update,

Canary Capital’s recently filed amended S-1 form for its Canary Litecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) could signal the altcoin may be the next digital asset in the United States to get the crypto ETF treatment, following Bitcoin and Ether in 2024. According to analysts from Bloomberg, the filing from Canary Capital on Jan. 15 seemingly confirmed

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has made a “notable” step toward approving spot Solana exchange-traded funds in the US after acknowledging Grayscale’s amended application — in what analysts say is a first for SOL ETFs.  “This is actually newsworthy because the SEC had refused to do this in recent filing attempts for SOL,” Bloomberg

Bloomberg exchange-traded fund (ETF) analysts have tipped a 90% chance that the US securities regulator will approve a spot Litecoin ETF before the end of the year.  Bloomberg’s James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas see its chances of being approved in 2025 as higher than other ETFs currently proposed, including a spot XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL)

Bitcoin (BTC) has been quiet over the weekend, indicating that the bulls and the bears are waiting for the next trigger to make their move. Although traders seem uncertain in the near term, analysts remain bullish over the long term. Market analyst Gert van Lagen highlighted that Bitcoin has broken out of a megaphone pattern,

On Feb. 9, Bitcoin (BTC) briefly rallied above $96,500, but the general daily price action has been more of the same sideways range trading as traders await a catalyst to start a trending move. The longer the price remains in a range, the stronger the eventual breakout or breakdown from it. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young

Daily transactions on the Litecoin network have hit $9.6 billion per day as exchange-traded fund issuers have been making moves to list their proposed Litecoin ETFs in the United States.  Litecoin’s (LTC) market capitalization surged by 46% from Feb. 2 to 19, showing increased investor interest, reported Santiment on Feb. 21. It added that part

US securities exchange Nasdaq has requested to list a Grayscale exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding the Polkadot network’s native token, DOT (DOT), filings showed. If approved, the Grayscale Polkadot Trust would add to the asset manager’s expanding suite of publicly traded crypto funds.  The filing adds to the litany of applications with the US Securities and Exchange

Bitcoin has hit new all-time highs as President-elect Donald Trump secured victory in the 2024 United States presidential election. Set to return to the White House after departing in January 2021, Trump now appears to be bringing a pro-crypto stance with him. His campaign made several pledges in support of the cryptocurrency sector, marking a

The United States presidential election on Nov. 5 may determine the fate of more than a half dozen proposed cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) waiting on a green light from regulators. In 2024, asset managers submitted a flurry of regulatory filings to list ETFs holding altcoins, including Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC), among others.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) now holds more assets than the asset manager’s gold ETF despite only launching in January, data from BlackRock shows. iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) exceeds $33 billion in net assets as of Nov. 8, surpassing iShares Gold Trust (IAU), which holds just shy of that amount, according to iShares. It’s

Real bipartisan legislative efforts are rare in Washington, DC, these days, but Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Joe Manchin and Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Roger Marshall have managed to come together to co-sponsor a bill focused on crypto crime.  According to the senators, the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023 aims to close

The former president of FTX US dishes the dirt on his falling out with former Jane Street colleague Sam Bankman-Fried and predicts the spot Bitcoin ETF will far outshine the record-breaking success of the Bitcoin Futures ETF. Who is this guy anyway? The ex-president of FTX US, Brett Harrison, tells Magazine that he didn’t say

We’re rolling out genuine use cases for AI and crypto each day this week — including reasons why you shouldn’t necessarily believe the hype. Today get two for the price of one: Blockchain based AI marketplaces, and financial analysis. It may not seem like the most exciting use case blending AI and crypto, but both

Pudgy Penguins minted in July 2021, but quickly saw high drama after its former founder came under suspicion he was going to rug the project.  A few months later Luca Schnetzler stepped in. With an entrepreneurial streak since his early teens he had a history of building internet businesses and bought the project and its