Crypto, Forex & Blockchain News

Web3 and blockchain investment fund ABCDE announces it will halt new investments, despite its $400 million fund. ABCDE’s co-founder Du Jun states that support for current projects will continue. The firm’s decision comes shortly after the launch of a new incubator brand. Despite discontinuing fundraising efforts, ABCDE remains committed to the industry’s evolution, challenging the primary market’s ecological atmosphere.

Bitcoin’s trading value rises again to approximately $84,000 after previously dropping to around $77,000. This resurgence comes as crypto trading volume decreases due to investors’ growing anxiety surrounding trade-related uncertainties. Despite the negative impact of President Trump’s indecisive tariff policy, analysts note that Bitcoin and other stocks’ pullbacks have been less pronounced, suggesting increased resilience of the asset class. Several crypto-related stocks, however, experienced a downward trend.

The Oregon Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, alleging operation as an unregistered securities platform. This lawsuit comes shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed its federal lawsuit against the platform. The state versus federal divergence on crypto regulation underscores the complexity of regulating digital assets in the United States.

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Bitcoin whales and investors show a rising bullish trend on BTC despite potential risks from macroeconomic factors. This is indicated by the latest onchain data from Glassnode showing exchanges decreasing their BTC holdings and major stakeholders increasing their absorption of BTC by over 300% of yearly issuance. Bitcoin accumulation trends from 2020 suggest that a bull run may be on the horizon. The article also discusses the current market structure of BTC and how it might lead to a potential bullish upturn by May.

HashKey Capital launches Asia’s first XRP Tracker Fund, aiming to provide a regulated investment path for professional investors into the digital asset market. The fund mirrors the price of the XRP token and leverages Ripple’s blockchain for cross-border transfers. This third digital asset product from HashKey follows its Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds and will facilitate accessible investment in the region and beyond. Developments include a forthcoming collaboration with Ripple on projects extending to tokenization, decentralized finance, and cross-border payments.

Despite a 66% decrease in crypto rug pulls in 2025 compared to 2024, each rug pull’s size is rising, leading to more significant losses in the Web3 ecosystem. Also, the nature of rug pulls has been changing, making the incidents less frequent, but far more devastating. Analysts have identified red flags and provided protection strategies for users to reduce the impact of these scams. Keep up with the latest changes in rug pull trends to safeguard your investments.

Project Eleven launches Q-Day Prize, offering 1 BTC to the first team to break Bitcoin’s ECC key with a quantum computer, aiming to safeguard the cryptocurrency from quantum threats. The challenge emphasizes on the rising concerns in the Bitcoin community about quantum computing advancements and stimulates the search for quantum-resistant solutions. Quantum startup BTQ proposes its own quantum-based alternative as well.

Bitcoin has seen a slight bounce-back despite reduced trading volume driven by trade-related uncertainty and concerns over President Trump’s reoccurring tariffs. The article discusses the market reactions and minor price fluctuations in the wake of these events and provides an analysis from Oppenheimer, stating that the crypto industry has matured, becoming more resilient. The article also notes the declining performance of crypto-related stocks like Coinbase and Mara Holdings.