Cointelegraph by Vince Quill

Articles by Cointelegraph by Vince Quill

Bitcoin difficulty drops by over 11%, sharpest drop since 2021 China ban

CryptoFebruary 9, 2026

The Bitcoin network mining difficulty, a metric tracking the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the Bitcoin (BTC) ledger, fell by about 11.16% in the last 24 hours, the worst drop in a single…...

CFTC expands payment stablecoin criteria to include national trust banks

CryptoFebruary 9, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, reissued a staff letter on Friday to expand the criteria for payment stablecoins to include national trust banks, recognizin…...

Over 23% of traders now expect interest rate cut at next FOMC meeting

CryptoFebruary 9, 2026

The number of traders expecting an interest rate cut at the March Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting has risen to 23%, following investor fears of a hawkish stance from Kevin Warsh, US Pres…...

AI platform founded by Crypto.com's Kris Marszalek launches AI agents

CryptoFebruary 7, 2026

AI platform ai.com, founded by Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek, announced on Friday that it will be launching an autonomous AI agent for retail consumers. The agentic AI will be able to…...

China bans stablecoin and RWA issuance by foreign and domestic companies

CryptoFebruary 7, 2026

The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), the countrys central bank, and seven Chinese regulatory agencies published a joint statement on Friday banning the unapproved issuance of Renminbi-pegged stablecoins…...

Gemini announces exit from UK, EU, Australia, slashes workforce

CryptoFebruary 6, 2026

Crypto exchange Gemini announced its exit from the United Kingdom, European Union and Australia markets on Thursday, as the company slashed its workforce by 25%.  Gemini cited artificial intelligenc…...

Aster layer-1 blockchain testnet goes live, mainnet rollout targeted for Q1

CryptoFebruary 6, 2026

The Aster decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) and perpetual futures platform announced on Thursday that its layer-1 blockchain testnet is now live for all users, with a potential rollout of the Aster…...

Fireblocks to integrate Stacks for institutional-grade Bitcoin DeFi

CryptoFebruary 5, 2026

Fireblocks, an institutional-grade crypto infrastructure company, announced on Wednesday that it will integrate Stacks, a decentralized finance (DeFi) layer for the Bitcoin protocol, to give institut…...

Foundry USA hashrate down 60% since Friday amid deadly storm: Report

CryptoJanuary 26, 2026

The hashrate of FoundryUSA, a digital asset advisory firm with the worlds largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool, has curtailed its hashrate by about 60% since Friday in response to the severe winter stor…...

'Opportunists' pushing protocol changes are BTC's biggest threat: Saylor

CryptoJanuary 26, 2026

The biggest threat to the Bitcoin network is ambitious opportunists who want to push through protocol changes, according to Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy. …...