Itaú, one of Brazil’s largest banks, announced an initial investment of $210 million to establish Oranje, a company that will specialize in the accumulation of strategic reserves of Bitcoin.
A new CCAF study found that the use of sustainable energy in Bitcoin mining has increased to 52.4%, while natural gas has replaced coal as the largest single energy source for Bitcoin mining.
Gold-backed cryptocurrencies surged in value after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on April 2.Tether Gold (XAUT) and Paxos Gold (PAXG) reached all-time highs on April 22, with Tether Gold hitting $3,529 and Paxos Gold recordin
The Token2049 Dubai event, which will be held from April 30 to May 1, is expected to attract 15,000 attendees, covering more than 4,000 companies from more than 160 countries, with more than 70% of the participants being C-level executives.
According to Arthur Madrid, co-founder and CEO of decentralized metaverse and gaming platform The Sandbox, wallet interoperability remains the vision for Web3 gaming.
Arizona lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow the state treasury and retirement systems to invest up to 10% of available funds in digital assets, specifically Bitcoin, and the bill has been sent to the governor for approval.
In an April 28 post, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Kajetan Stańczak said the organization plans to deploy the Fusaka Ethereum network upgrade in the third or fourth quarter of 2025.
“Mastercard is delivering an all-in-one, comprehensive solution to enable consumers and businesses to use stablecoins as easily as they use funds in their bank accounts,” Mastercard said in a press release.
“Integrating the Lightning Network is a critical milestone in supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem and making payments faster, cheaper, and more practical,” Coinbase product director Michael Rihani said in a statement.