The post Bithumb Expands Into Vietnam With New Crypto Exchange Partnership appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bithumb has signed an agreement with SSID, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s largest securities firm SSI, to launch a digital asset exchange in Vietnam. The partnership will focus on crypto wallets, custody, compliance, security, risk management, and product development. Subject to regulatory approval, Bithumb could also make a strategic investment in the venture. The move highlights …

The post Coinbase Suffers Second AWS Outage Since October As Frustrated Users Question Exchange Reliability appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Coinbase users were hit with major trading issues on Thursday after an outage tied to Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted the exchange’s systems. The problems started after overheating issues impacted an AWS data center in Northern Virginia, affecting services inside the US-EAST-1 region. The exchange confirmed that some users were experiencing “degraded performance,” with many …

The post JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Is Replacing Gold as Investors’ Top Debasement Hedge  appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase says Bitcoin is increasingly being favored over gold as investors’ preferred hedge against currency debasement. The bank noted that since the Iran conflict began, Bitcoin has gained nearly 19% while gold has declined around 5%, showing a major shift in both institutional and retail investor behavior. Could this rotation of …

The post Top 3 Cryptos to Buy Now That Could Multiply Your Portfolio Before the Next Listing Wave appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The top 3 cryptos to buy now just became clearer after BTC reclaimed the bull market support band for the first time in six months and touched $80,393.  Standard Chartered and Bernstein both set $150,000 year-end targets, spot ETF money is flowing back in, and the market is showing early signs of the kind of …

The post Coinbase Is Down After AWS Infrastructure Failure Disrupts Trading appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Coinbase experienced major service disruptions after increased temperatures impacted the use1-az4 Availability Zone in Amazon’s AWS US-EAST-1 region. The exchange confirmed it would gradually restore operations by first placing all markets into “Cancel Only” mode before re-enabling trading. The outage came shortly after Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected earnings, intensifying scrutiny over the platform’s infrastructure resilience. The …

The post Why PEPE Traders Are Eyeing $WADZ Before the May 27 Ethereum Fair Launch appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News PEPE traders who learned how to read a memecoin chart the hard way in 2023 are eyeing a different ticker this month. Wadoozie ($WADZ) — a new Ethereum memecoin running a CertiK-audited fair launch on May 27, 2026 — is closely watched by Pepecoin watchers ahead of launch, and the trader-side reasoning has very little …

The post $2B in Bitcoin & Ethereum Options Set to Expire on May 8th appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Around 20,000 Bitcoin options worth $1.6 billion and 182,000 Ethereum options worth $410 million are set to expire on May 8. Bitcoin’s put-call ratio stands at 0.73 with a max pain level of $79,500, while Ethereum’s ratio is 0.93 with max pain at $2,350. Despite Bitcoin’s rally toward $82,000 this week, implied volatility and options …

The post Chainlink Whales Now Control 46% of Total LINK Supply, Supply Squeeze Coming?  appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Chainlink whales aren’t slowing down in accumulating LINK tokens. Over the past month alone, large holders bought another 32.93 million LINK, pushing their combined holdings to nearly 46% of the token’s total supply. At the same time, spot LINK ETFs now control almost 1.6% of supply, while the Chainlink Reserve has surged above 3.55 million …

The post Tether Freezes $515M in USDT Across Ethereum and Tron appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Tether has frozen roughly $515 million worth of USDT across TRON and Ethereum over the past 30 days, according to BlockSec’s USDT Freeze Tracker. The blacklist action affected 371 wallet addresses, including 329 on Tron and 42 on Ethereum. Most frozen funds were located on Tron, totaling about $506 million, while Ethereum accounted for approximately …

The post Tom Lee Says Ethereum Price Could Reach $22,000 Leading Next Crypto Rally appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Fundstrat strategist Tom Lee says Ethereum remains undervalued despite its growing role in digital finance. Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami, He said Ethereum could emerge as one of the biggest winners of the next crypto market rally, as artificial intelligence and tokenization increase demand for blockchain-based financial systems. As per Lee, the recent …