Author: John Smith

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. From its earliest days, the crypto industry has attracted a lot of controversial attention. With immense sums of money being poured into a largely unregulated space, it has attracted visionaries and innovators, but also bad actors who wanted to get easy profit. High-profile scams, security breaches, and extreme market fluctuations have resulted in a lot of doubt about this space among the general public. Since then, cryptocurrencies have continued to struggle with attempts to shed their image…

Semler Scientific seeks $75 million through a private offering of convertible senior notes, intending to use a portion for Bitcoin investments. Public medial device maker Semler Scientific announced plans to offer $75 million in convertible senior notes, with a portion of the funds set aside for purchasing Bitcoin (BTC). The offering will be made to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act, the company said in a Jan. 23 press release. The notes will be due in 2030 and will earn interest every six months. When converted, Semler Scientific can pay in cash, shares, or both. The…

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju believes China’s authorities have already sold $20 billion worth of Bitcoin seized from the PlusToken scheme in 2019. In a recent post, Ju shared CryptoQuant’s analysis on PlusToken’s Bitcoin reserves that were seized by the Chinese government and where they may have gone. The chart shows the value of PlusToken’s 194,775 Bitcoin (BTC) reserve, compared to the value found within mixers. According to the data, Ju believes that it is most likely that China’s government has sold the seized Bitcoin. Despite the claims from the Chinese Communist Party that the Bitcoin trove has been moved…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. XRP awaits a breakthrough in the SEC case, while Yeti Ouro rises as a P2E gaming star, targeting $1 by 2025. Ripple’s XRP has maintained its position in the market despite recent fluctuations, with analysts predicting a strong performance for 2025. Alongside this, Yeti Ouro (YETIO) has emerged as a promising investment in the play-to-earn (P2E) gaming sector, showcasing unique features and strong tokenomics. With top investors and crypto traders monitoring the project, many believe Yeti Ouro is ready…

Norwegian luxury cruise operator SeaDream Yacht Club has started accepting over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, for voyages and full-yacht charters. The decision to accept cryptocurrency payments was announced at the 2025 WAGMI Blockchain Conference in Miami, where SeaDream Yacht Club claimed to be the first cruise operator to offer crypto as a payment option for all its voyages, according to a SeatradeCruise news report. SeaDream Yacht Club has partnered with Coinbase Commerce to handle all crypto payments, which can be made in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and over 200 other cryptocurrencies.Coinbase Commerce is an on-chain payment processor developed by the…

VINE, the Solana-based meme coin launched by VINE co-founder Rus Yusupov, is coming to Binance Futures as a USDT-based perpetual contract. In a recent notice, Binance Futures announced that it will be adding the Vine coin and pippin on USDT (USDT)-based perpetual contracts starting Jan. 24, 2025 at 10:00 UTC for VINE and 10:15 UTC for pippin. Binance Futures is offering maximum leverage of up to 25x for both USDT-margined contracts. The maximum funding rate for VINEUSDT and PIPPINUSDT perpetual contracts at launch will be +2.00% and -2.00%. The funding fee calculation frequency will occur every four hours. Moreover, Binance…

Ali, a crypto analyst, points to Bitcoin’s potential support level at $97,530 as key in sustaining the current bullish momentum. The main support level to be monitored for Bitcoin is $97,530. Staying over this level is critical to keeping the current bullish momentum afloat, believes Ali. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading in a tight range since hitting a new all-time high (ATH) of $109K on Jan. 20, 2025, and is now quoted at $105,128.95 as of Jan. 24. This reflects a 3.5% decline from the previous high, as per CoinMarketCap.  Understanding Bitcoin’s support level  In crypto trading, support levels are an important…

XCN crypto surged by as high as 149% in the past 24 hours of trading, soaring nearly 400% in the past week. What is XCN and is it headed towards higher gains? According to data from CoinGecko, Onyxcoin’s token has been on an upward climb since mid-January. At the time of writing, XCN crypto has risen by 149%. It is currently trading hands at $0.029, but traders on X believe it can go as high as $0.08 or even $0.10. One analyst on X predicted the token could yield up to 10x gains for traders. XCN’s last all-time high stands…

MNT, the native token of the L2 scaling solution Mantle Network, resumed its ongoing rally as the project unveiled several upcoming developments. Mantle (MNT) bounded 17% to an intraday high of $1.28 on Jan. 24 while bringing its market to nearly $4.2 billion at press time. The price surge came along with a 60% jump in the altcoin’s daily trading volume which was hovering over $213 million. Notably, the altcoin began its price upswing on Jan. 20 and has gained 32% since then, while its gains over the past year have reached 104%. The altcoin currently stands as the 40th…

Peer-to-peer marketplace Noones may have been exploited for $7.9 million, with stolen funds routed through Tornado Cash. Noones, a Bitcoin (BTC) peer-to-peer marketplace founded by Paxful’s ex-CEO Ray Youssef, appears to have suffered a big hack. In early January, suspicious outflows drained around $7.9 million from the platform’s hot wallets on Ethereum (ETH), TRON (TRX), Solana (SOL), and BNB Chain (BNB), on-chain sleuth ZachXBT wrote in a Telegram post on Jan. 24. The blockchain investigator revealed the incident, showing hundreds of transactions, each under $7,000, as the funds were siphoned off. The stolen funds were bridged between Ethereum and BNB…