On May 6, 2025, FinTech LIVE Dubai, a virtual FinTech conference, will be held to bring together financial industry leaders from the Middle East and Africa. Participation in the event is free — pre-access to tickets is already open.
Cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has announced the launch of a celebratory campaign to mark its seventh anniversary. It will be held in the format of a multi-level competition, where users from all over the world will be able to compete for a share of the total prize pool of USD 10 million. Representatives of the company in a conversation with Incrypted noted that the event symbolizes not only seven years of the company’s work but also the opening of a new stage of development.
Ruslan Magomedov, Chairman of Ukraine’s National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), announced open access to the virtual asset taxation matrix for crypto market participants.
On April 28-29, 2025, Dubai will host CoinFerenceX, a first-of-its-kind decentralized summit that will bring together blockchain visionaries, crypto innovators, investors, and startups to shape the industry’s future. This is stated in a press release shared by the event organizers with Incrypted.
Between April 6 and April 7, 2025, the cryptocurrency market suffered a sharp decline. Bitcoin collapsed by more than 10% overnight to below $75,000. Ethereum fell to $1500, hitting lows since March 2023. This led to the liquidation of futures positions of more than 441,800 traders for the amount of $1.36 billion.
The cryptocurrency and stock markets collapsed ahead of the start of the trading session on April 7, 2025. However, while indices as well as shares of US tech companies have shown significant drawdown, quotes of cryptocurrencies have shown resilience.
Ukraine has been among the top 10 countries globally in terms of cryptocurrency adoption for several years, according to data from Chainalysis analysts. In some rankings, it even appears as one of the countries holding the largest amount of bitcoins — for example, the Bitcoin Treasuries portal shows a value of 46,351 BTC. However, the portal does not disclose the exact nature of these coins. So where did this figure come from?
The first and largest summit in Monaco — WAIB Summit — will take place on June 27-28, 2025, dedicated to Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI), bringing together world leaders, investors, and innovators, according to a press release shared by the organizers with Incrypted.
Dutch Blockchain Week 2025 conference will be held in Amsterdam from May 19 to 25, 2025. It will bring together the industry’s biggest players, leading startups and regulators from around the world, organizers said.
In the first quarter of 2025, losses from hacker attacks in the Web3 sector reached $1.98 billion — this is 96% more than in the same period last year. This is according to a report by Hacken experts, which they shared with Incrypted.
In March 2025, 125 Web3 and blockchain projects attracted investments, with $3.33 billion going to 96 companies. The Incrypted editorial team analyzed these funding rounds in detail.
Ukrainian civil servants filed 2113 declarations with mentions of cryptocurrencies for 2024. This is 2,2 times more than before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, follows from the data of Opendatbot.
The cp0x team has launched the Permissionless Interfaces website, which allows you to bypass the restrictions embedded in the interface of popular DeFi solutions. This is a non-commercial project that aims to make such products more accessible.
Paris Blockchain Week conference will be held from April 8 to 10, 2025. As part of this event, a startup competition Crypto: Start in Block with a prize fund of $10 million will be held.
Cryptocurrency exchange Backpack announced the start of a two-stage refund process for customers of the European division of the bankrupt FTX platform. This was reported to Incrypted by the company.