Diego Whitfield
Diego Whitfield covers business for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
AI frenzy losing steam leaves bitcoin less volatile than South Korean stocks
Bitcoin has entered a period of unusual calm, with its price swings now shrinking to levels below those of South Korean equities as enthusiasm for artificial intelligence stocks…
Bitcoin Tests $63K as Long-Term Holders Keep Selling at a Loss
Bitcoin slipped toward the $63,000 mark this week as a wave of selling from seasoned investors—many of them booking losses—coincided with a broader retreat from risk assets across…
Live markets: Bitcoin returns to $63,000 as Nasdaq trims large early loss
Bitcoin clawed its way back to $63,000 on Thursday after a punishing session that saw the cryptocurrency swept up in a global rout in semiconductor stocks, even as U.S. equities…
Live markets: Bitcoin slips below $63,000 as the chip rout goes global
Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 on Friday as a widening selloff among semiconductor stocks rippled through global markets, dragging risk assets lower and reversing the…
ESMA adds 14 new CASPs to MiCA register as licensing slows
The European Securities and Markets Authority has expanded its Markets in CryptoAssets register with 14 newly authorized cryptoasset service providers, pushing the total number of…
Risk-off wave drags bitcoin below $63,000 as AI selloff spreads from stocks to crypto
Bitcoin slid beneath the $63,000 mark on Friday as a broad wave of risk aversion swept across financial markets, with jitters over overstretched artificial intelligence stocks…
Crypto.com Hits $20B Valuation After $400M Citadel Securities Investment
Crypto.com has reached a $20 billion valuation following a $400 million investment from Citadel Securities, marking the exchange's first institutional funding round and…
Bitcoin bottom countdown nears 50 days after BTC supply in loss passed 50%
Bitcoin may be edging closer to a market bottom, with onchain data suggesting a familiar countdown that has previously signaled the end of bear markets. Nearly 50 days have passed…
US indicts crypto investor over alleged $20M fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors have charged a South Dakota investor with orchestrating a fraud scheme that allegedly bilked victims out of roughly $20 million, using false promises to lure…
Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was compromised this week, with the attacker publishing a lengthy, AIgenerated thread about tokenization before he regained control of…
Ether falls twice as hard as bitcoin and HYPE drops 10% as the chip trade unwinds
Cryptocurrency markets slumped on Friday as a broad selloff in technology and semiconductor stocks spilled over into digital assets, dragging ether down roughly twice as steeply…
This $28 million ether market bet aims to profit from pure market chaos
A trader has placed a roughly $28 million position in the ether options market designed to cash in on a sharp spike in volatility, regardless of which direction the cryptocurrency…
Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin exchangetraded funds pulled in $79.2 million on Thursday, capping a threeday stretch that brought total inflows to roughly $368 million and signaling renewed…
Ordinals advocate Leonidas proposes new Bitcoin client: ‘$DOG Mode’
Prominent Ordinals advocate Leonidas has floated a new Bitcoin client dubbed "$DOG Mode," pitching it as a way to force the network's dominant software to accept transactions he…
Crypto exchange Bybit launches in Indonesia after NOBI acquisition
Bybit has officially entered the Indonesian market, launching a locally operated trading platform following its acquisition of domestic exchange NOBI. The move gives the global…
Bitcoin under $63,000 after new U.S. strike on Iran. Trump's China comment adds to uncertainty
Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 on Friday as fresh geopolitical shocks rattled global markets, with a new U.S. military strike on Iran and pointed remarks from President Donald…
Trump Media sells Wall Street low-latency access to Trump posts
Trump Media & Technology Group is opening a new revenue stream by selling Wall Street firms highspeed access to posts on its Truth Social platform, including those authored by US…
Balaji seeks Malaysia deal, threatens exit after Network School probe
Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan is pressing Malaysian authorities for a formal agreement to keep his experimental education venture in the country, warning that he will…
Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price
Bitcoin's price direction is increasingly being shaped by concentrated liquidity clusters, with futures market activity emerging as the primary force behind the latest moves,…
Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, a deal that values the trading platform at $20 billion and marks another significant step in…
- OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
- Crypto Clarity Act still at mercy of ethics section as Democrats balk at Trump deal
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
- Ether breaks the $1.9K resistance; is $2.1K the next target for ETH bulls?
