The U.S. dollar firmed in early Asian hours on Thursday as Treasury yields ticked higher while investors assessed the outlook for tariffs and the economy under President Donald Trump.Asian stocks were mixed with tech shares around the region gett

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Tron Foundation and Justin Sun filed a joint motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to pause the securities regulator's ongoing case against the crypto entrepreneur and his company. The motion is simi

Just a few months after a new Congress rolled into Washington, lawmakers are starting to get cracking on crypto legislation with hopes that bills can get signed by President Donald Trump by the end of this year. "We're on the precipice of finally cre

XRP price declined by 16.8% between Feb. 23 and Feb. 26, leading to $79 million in leveraged long futures liquidations. Notably, the correction occurred despite a largely positive regulatory outlook and increasing odds of approval for a spot XRP exc

By Frances YueWelcome back to Distributed Ledger. This is Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch.Meme coins were having a moment not too long ago - but it seems that it has passed, for now.Last year, it was mostly bitcoin and meme coins that led

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into crypto exchange Gemini and will not be pursuing enforcement action, according to a post on Wednesday."This comes 699 days after the start of their investigation and 277 day

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Tron Foundation and Justin Sun filed a joint motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to pause the securities regulator's ongoing case against the crypto entrepreneur and his company.The motion is simil

The growing M2 global money supply could trigger a major Bitcoin rally, but an analyst cautions against betting everything on the emerging signal.“This isn’t a market to bet your whole stash on a quick correction, but our central scenario is still fo

The U.S. dollar pulled off an 11-week low versus major peers on Wednesday, helped by a rebound in short-term Treasury yields even as a run of weak economic data weighed on investor sentiment. The Canadian dollar slipped to a two-week low and the

By Paul R. La MonicaSo much for Donald Trump being the crypto industry's favorite president. But the Bitcoin selloff opens up a window for investors to scoop up crypto-related stocks that are suddenly on sale.Since Inauguration Day, Bitcoin prices ha

The U.S. dollar sagged near an 11-week low against its major peers on Wednesday, under pressure from sliding short-term Treasury yields after a run of weak economic data.The safe-haven yen strengthened towards its highest level since October with

Grayscale Investments, a crypto asset-management company looking to add XRP and Cardano exchange-traded funds to its offerings, is now starting down the route for an ETF investing in Polkadot's DOT token as well. Nasdaq has filed a formal Form 19b-4

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Tuesday after chip and megacap stocks lagged, with AI leader Nvidia down a day before its quarterly results, as investor concerns over the Trump administration's trade policies dampened market sentiment. ** L

By Katy Barnato and Hannah Erin LangInvestors appear on edge early Tuesday, with geopolitics in the spotlight. Stocks swung between small losses and gains, while Treasury prices rose and cryptocurrencies sold off.The U.S. won backing Monday for a Uni

Like thousands of his countrymen in far-flung places, flower-shop owner Ashish Nagose has been learning about trading cryptocurrencies by attending classes every weekday for the past two months in his home city of Nagpur in western India.Nagose b

FTX Token (FTT), the native token of crypto exchange FTX, briefly spiked 30% as former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried posted on X for the first time in two years.In his first post since being sentenced to 25 years behind bars over the FTX collapse, Bankma

Lawmakers in South Dakota’s legislature deferred a vote that could have allowed the US state to invest in Bitcoin — effectively killing the bill.In a Feb. 24 meeting of the state’s House Commerce and Energy Committee, the majority of lawmakers presen

Mackenzie TatananniMicroStrategy, the Bitcoin investment company now doing business as Strategy, revealed in a regulatory filing Monday that it had continued buying more of the cryptocurrency.MicroStrategy disclosed in a form filed with the U.S. Secu

By Mackenzie TatananniSince crossing the $100,000 mark for the first time in late 2024, Bitcoin has largely traded sideways. That is an "extremely healthy" sign for the world's largest cryptocurrency, according to ARK Investment Management CEO Cathie

Pardoned Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is asking for clemency for Roger Ver, also known as Bitcoin Jesus, who is facing a possible decades-long prison sentence for alleged tax evasion.In a Feb. 20 statement to X, the recently freed Ulbricht said Ve