U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's TRUMP token has made quite a splash in the crypto market, rapidly becoming the 21st largest digital asset with a market cap of $11 billion in just two days.The TRUMP/USDT pair has emerged as the most-traded pair ov
Donald Trump’s official memecoin has jumpstarted fresh speculative activity in the Solana ecosystem nearly overnight.Multiple large-cap tokens based on Solana surged higher Saturday, and the blockchain’s native SOL token set fresh highs above $275 as
Boerse Stuttgart Digital, a unit of stock exchange operator Boerse Stuttgart, said it was granted a crypto asset service provider (CASP) license by the German regulator BaFin allowing it to provide services across the European Union under the bloc's
Crypto venture capital (VC) activity remains below the levels seen in previous bull markets despite the recent rally in digital assets, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) said in research report on Wednesday.Total capital allocated to VC funds in 2024 was $11.5 b
Bitcoin mining stocks tracked by JPMorgan have enjoyed a strong start to the year, with 12 of the 14 companies outperforming the world's largest cryptocurrency in the first two weeks, the Wall Street bank said in a research report Thursday.The netwo
On Wednesday, bitcoin briefly exceeded $100,000 for the fourth time, with trader sentiment switching to greed from fear as the price ranges between $90,000 and the six-figure level.The largest cryptocurrency may take several attempts to push through
Malaysia may introduce crypto and blockchain legislation to regulate the sector and keep pace with other jurisdictions, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said during a visit to Abu Dhabi."I proposed several months ago how our agencies, includin
Payments-focussed cryptocurrency XRP, which failed to set new price highs during the 2020-21 bull run due to regulatory struggles, is chalking out its fastest ascent in years, with derivatives tied to the token seeing record activity.The cryptocurren
While headline inflation came in faster than hoped in December, investors for the moment are in buy mode after an unexpected decline in the year-over-year core rate.The closely-watched Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4% in December, slightly h
Huione, a Telegram-based illicit marketplace that offers personal data and money laundering services has rolled out its own stablecoin, according to report by blockchain security firm Elliptic.The stablecoin (USDH) was created to “avoid the common fr
The stateside demand for regulated crypto products is real.The U.S. SEC-approved options tied to BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund , which debuted on Nov. 19, are already almost half the size of Deribit's eight-year-old bitcoin options m
Sigma Capital, an early-stage venture firm, has unveiled a $100 million fund focused on Web3 startups.The Dubai-based company is attempting to capitalize on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) reputation as a crypto hub, according to an emailed announcem
Babylon Labs, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is building a trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge with the Cosmos network to enhance the world's oldest blockchain's interoperability. In partnership with Bitcoin developers Fiamma, Babylon is u
The EU's MiCA regulations, which came into effect on Dec. 30, will likely boost euro denominated stablecoins, JPMorgan said in a research report on Wednesday."Under MiCA, only compliant stablecoins can be used as trading pairs in regulated markets,
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will get to keep the big gavel after his fellow Republicans voted to re-elect him House Speaker on Friday afternoon.Johnson, who has been publicly backed by President-elect Donald Trump, was able to garner the minimum
The largest public fund tracking bitcoin recorded its highest outflows on Thursday, nearly one year after going live.BlackRock’s Nasdaq-listed IBIT, which holds over $53 billion in net assets, saw over $332 million leave the fund on Thursday, accord
The booming stablecoin market hit another milestone Wednesday, crossing the $200 billion total market value mark for the first time ever as demand accelerates and adoption expands for the assets.The asset class as a whole added $10 billion market val
For the third week, bitcoin remains locked in a price range between $90,000 and $100,000, punctuated only by Dec. 5's short-lived rise into six figures. This indecisive price action might have left traders feeling uninspired, with two key reasons ho
Cryptocurrencies continued to this week's decline on Tuesday, with altcoins in near-freefall as bitcoin slid further from the $100,000 level.Among the worst-hit cryptos were XRP, Polkadot (DOT), Litecoin , Aptos (APT) and Cardano , down 15%-18% over
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Bitcoin's bull-bear tug-of-war continues to rage, with prices recovering to over $97,000 from Monday's dip to $94,200. The slide was prompted by concern Google's new quantum-computing chip, Wi