North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to allow the use of digital assets in tax payments and other economic transactions, marking the latest crypto-related legislative effort in the state.Representative Neal Jackson filed H.B. 92
Pakistan is considering using surplus electricity to power its bitcoin mining and AI data centers, Reuters reported Wednesday.The suggestion came from Bilal Bin Saqib, advisor to Pakistan's finance minister and CEO of the Crypto Council. Saqib report
Swiss fintech firm and infrastructure provider Taurus on Wednesday launched Taurus-NETWORK, an interbank platform designed to connect financial institutions globally for seamless collaboration on digital assets. The network aims to unlock new use cas
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies remained in flux while world superpowers launched tariffs against one another in a global trade war as U.S. President Donald Trump announced wide-ranging import duties last week — hurling panic on equities and crashing al
Alternative asset management powerhouse Apollo Global Management has made a 'strategic investment' into Plume Network, the firm specializing in tokenizing real-world assets.In a statement from Tuesday, Plume said it would use Apollo's financial suppo
Hong Kong's top financial regulator now allows licensed crypto platforms and exchange-traded funds to offer staking services — marking a step closer to the region's ambition of becoming a cryptocurrency hub. In a statement released Monday, the Hong K
A token backed by MMA superstar Conor McGregor has apparently failed to launch, raising just $392,000 during its 28-hour presale period, signaling a larger market shift away from celebrity-backed tokens. McGregor and the Real World Gaming DAO (RWG) a
Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad, has resumed live streaming to a select portion of users, along with a strengthened moderation policy, after disabling the feature late last year.The platform now prohibits — and will terminate — streams
Just last week, at least half a dozen crypto firms were looking to go public in the U.S. Now, with markets tanking and uncertainty rising following President Donald Trump’s decision to levy tariffs worldwide, these firms are likely to reverse their p
The odds of a Circle initial public offering happening this year took a hit on Friday as markets reeled from President Donald Trump's tariffs, causing some companies to pause their IPO plans.On the crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket, the odd
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a formal position on stablecoins, the popular cryptocurrency that tends to be pegged to the U.S. dollar and backed by real-world assets.On Friday, the agency said in a statement that it does not c
Bitcoin could be heading back to $88,500 as early as this weekend from its current price of around $83,100, according to Standard Chartered.As the broader traditional finance market selloff continues, driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs,
Codex, a development company building a dedicated blockchain for stablecoins directed towards enterprise use cases, has raised $15.8 million in seed funding in a round led by Dragonfly Capital, according to an announcement on X. Other big names that
Former congressional candidate and ex-football player Bo Hines, who traded playbooks for policy briefs, is now three months into his rookie season as one of the White House’s top crypto leads.Hines, who works with White House AI and Crypto Czar David
The total value locked in all of DeFi declined more than 30% since hitting its local high in December, data shows.According to DefiLlama data, DeFi's TVL currently stands at $94.49 billion, following a steady decline from the Dec. 17 peak of $137 bil
It was angel investor Jason Calacanis who said in 2023, "if you're in crypto pivot to AI." Well, cloud computing company Crusoe has done exactly that.The company sold its Bitcoin mining operations to NYDIG, or New York Digital Investment Group, subje
Crypto exchange Coinbase Derivatives has filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch two new cryptocurrency futures products: XRP futures and nano XRP futures.Both contracts will be cash-settled and benchmarked to the Ma
The Cardano Foundation launched the open-sourced digital identity platform Veridian on Thursday. Intended for both individuals and organizations, Veridian uses open-source "key event receipt infrastructure" (KERI), decentralized identifiers and "auth
Elon Musk's social media platform X has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent law enforcement from forcing companies, such as crypto exchange Coinbase, to hand over users' financial data.In a Friday amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court, X Cor
Fund manager VanEck appears to have registered a trust company for launching a potential BNB exchange-traded fund, Delaware's official registration portal suggests. According to the official website of Delaware, the entity, named VanEck BNB ETF, beca