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Cardano, the layer-1 blockchain launched in 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson, activated its highly anticipated “Plomin” upgrade on Wednesday, ushering in the ecosystem's long-awaited move towards a decentralized governance system.With the Plomin upgrade now live, ADA token holders will …
Are we witnessing the dawn of PolicyFi?In an earlier article on why memecoins matter, I argued that memecoins are ushering in a new era of civic engagement by forming speculative markets in which citizens are able to trade coins tied to government policies. I suggested that holder distributions and …
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor.In this issue:Movement Labs rolls out dev mainnetCardano hard forks to decentralized governanceSSV DAO unveils SSC 2.0Musk pus…
Current U.S. regulations are blocking a major financial shift that could open up private-market investments to everyday investors through tokenization, CEO of digital brokerage Robinhood Vlad Tenev said.In a Wednesday opinion piece for the Washington Post, Tenev said that many high-growth companies …
As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark fed funds range rate steady at 4.25%-4.50%, the first pause since the central bank began easing policy last September.The accompanying policy statement noted that the unemployment rate had stabilized at a "low level" and inflation remained…
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider Tuttle Capital Management is “testing the waters” of the crypto-friendly Trump administration with ten 2x leveraged ETF proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, including those tracking Donald and Melania Trump’s official memecoins…
With his U.S. Senate confirmation behind him, Scott Bessent is in place to be the top financial official of President Donald Trump's administration, where he'll be among those fulfilling the crypto directives already set out by the president last week.Bessent, a billionaire former hedge fund manager…
Crypto exchange Bitpanda said it secured a markets in crypto assets license (MiCA) from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).The crypto asset service provider license will enable the exchange to operate across the European Union's 27 nations. The Austria-based company had 6 mil…
Bitcoin may drop to $75,000 should it trigger a so-called 'double top' bearish reversal pattern.A double top comprises two consecutive peaks at approximately the same price, with a trendline drawn through the low point between these peaks. The failure to break above the previous peak, followed by a…
Bitcoin dropped to under $99,000 early Monday as traders took profits ahead of the first U.S. FOMC meeting this year, scheduled for later this week, and China-based AI stalwart DeepSeek impacted U.S. tech sector sentiment.Traders expect no indications of a rate cut at the two-day FOMC meeting sched…
The DePIN revolution is coming to a fast food franchise near you. The movement that started with Helium and has spread to numerous categories, including mapping and car data, this year is now spreading to hospitality. The initiative shows how quickly DePINs — or decentralized networks of physical in…
Donald Trump’s official memecoin has been extremely profitable for early buyers and likely unprofitable for many, a Chainalysis finding shows.An estimated 60 whales — a colloquial term for influential token holders — have realized profits exceeding $10 million each. However, a majority of retail inv…