The US Senate has confirmed Donald Trumpâs pick for US Treasury secretary, billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.On Jan. 27, the Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Besset, with 16 Democrats supporting the nomination.Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
Bitcoin experienced a sharp decline of nearly 6% in the last 24 hours, falling briefly below $98,000. This drop occurred despite a significant development on Friday when President Donald Trump announced the formation of a crypto policy group set to s
The calm weekend was followed by a Monday massacre for bitcoin as the asset plunged by seven grand within an hour or so.Expectedly, the altcoins have it even worse, with massive price drops from the likes of DOGE, ADA, XRP, SOL, and many others.BTC D
Global crypto funds run by asset managers such as BlackRock, Bitwise, Fidelity, Grayscale, ProShares and 21Shares registered net inflows of $1.9 billion last week, driven by Trumpâs crypto executive orders, according to CoinShares.On Thursday, Presid
** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies fall premarket, as Bitcoin falls below $100,000** Bitcoin , the world's biggest cryptocurrency, down about 6.3% to $98,547, while Ether (ETH=) falls 8.4% to $3050** Crypto exchange Coinbase
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that US President Donald Trumpâs plans for crypto are now dominating conversations not only among crypto industry executives but also across the broader financial market.âBasically every conversation I had with major
Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction platform, is under fire from its users following the resolution of a prediction market regarding banning TikTok in the United States. The market, titled âTikTok banned in the US before May 2025?â was resolved to
The dollar fell on Friday and was on track for its worst week in more than a year on expectations that tariffs enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump will be lower than previously feared and unlikely to spur an international trade war.The prospec
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, warned of a fraudulent cryptocurrency token using her name. "It has come to my attention that a fake crypto coin called 'Ivanka Trump or '$IVANKA' is being promoted without my consent or approval," Iv
The price of bitcoin briefly popped to $106,000 after Sen. Cynthia Lummis â a key proponent of the push for a national bitcoin reserve â teased an upcoming announcement. However, it dropped back down after word spread the announcement was unrelated t
A surprising twist within the crypto market has seen TRUMP token trading volume surpass XRP, with a massive price correction. This behavior of the market in a very unpredictable manner points to the fact that the crypto space is quite unpredictable a
People supporting Silk Road founder Ross Ulbrichtâs efforts to reintegrate into society after more than 11 years in prison have opened their crypto wallets. According to blockchain data, a wallet operated by the Free Ross campaign has received more t
The Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs acting chair, Caroline Pham, has made significant changes to the agencyâs top positions just days after being appointed by US President Donald Trump.Pham announced the CFTCâs new leadership in a Jan. 22 stat
Just days before US President Donald Trumpâs inauguration, the crypto industry was taken relatively by surprise with the launch of Official Trump (TRUMP), which was swiftly followed by Official Melania (MELANIA) â two memecoins launched by the first
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Caroline Pham, the Republican commissioner who just took over the agency as President Donald Trump returned to the White House, ushered out many of the agency's top officials under predecessor Rostin
US President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday, ending the double life sentence handed down to the Silk Road founder. Ulbricht, aged 40, was convicted of creating and operating the Silk Road marketplace, where illegal goods and services
Donald Trumpâs newly launched namesake memecoin has taken another tumble after the US president admitted he didnât know much about it.âI donât know where it is. I donât know much about it other than I launched it, other than it was very successful,â
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson believes the new Trump administration will begin working toward clearer regulations by integrating traditional finance and crypto.âI think that the thing with the Trump Administration is weâre going to start to se
US President Donald Trump has announced a $500 billion private-led artificial intelligence infrastructure investment called âStargate,â which aims to build AI data centers across the country.Trump said in a Jan. 21 press conference that the Stargate
The recent launch of the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens, catalyzed by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, has ignited a mix of excitement and caution within the memecoin and broader cryptocurrency community. This frenzy has caught the atte