By George GloverXRP and Bitcoin were among the cryptocurrencies rising Wednesday, as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision.XRP, which is used to settle transactions on Ripple Labs' digital-payments platform, climbed
By Emily DattiloTrump Media & Technology Group announced Wednesday that its board approved a financial services and financial technology strategy, which will include the launch of a brand called Truth.Fi.Shares of the company, which is majority owned
Crypto supporter Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis has accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under former Chair Gary Gensler of undermining lawmakers' efforts to regulate crypto.Lummis filed a 29-page amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appe
Elon Musk, picked by President Donald Trump to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, proposed using blockchain technology as part of the operation, Bloomberg reported.Musk suggested that using a digital ledger would be a cost-efficient wa
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) among other things, argued that Bitcoin Cash proponent and early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver shouldn't be given a presidential pardon."Roger Ver gave up his US
Jennifer Rosenthal is leaving Grayscale Investments to join the DeFi Education Fund as its new chief communications officer, according to a statement.Rosenthal, who was the former head of communications at Grayscale, will be starting in her new role
Elon Musk, who currently leads the recently-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is reportedly exploring the use of blockchain networks in his push to cut federal spending. Musk, who appears to be the sole head of the agency, has repor
After its launch on Friday last week, $TRUMP quickly soared over 12,000% overnight, surging past a market cap of $15B. Post its initial two-day frenzy, however, $TRUMP cooled down and is now 50% down from the all-time highs of $75. Still, it’s curren
An investigation in the U.S. House of Representatives and a hearing in the Senate will examine whether financial regulators during the administration of former President Joe Biden deliberately cut off crypto industry leaders and others from the banki
Crypto detective ZachXBT found himself in the hot seat this week after he was accused of orchestrating a rug pull — the very scam he’s made a career out of exposing.ZachXBT has built a reputation as a formidable investigator, exposing scammers and ai
The Donald Trump administration has taken initial steps to signal its support for the crypto industry, but meaningful regulatory clarity is far from immediate, according to investment bank TD Cowen.On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive ord
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
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms, is shifting its crypto focus back to the US, scaling down its ambitions in the UK, according to a report from the Financial Times. The decision comes after Donald Trum
The business software firm MicroStrategy opted to redeem $1.05 billion worth of 2027 convertible notes and to use the firm's shares to settle all conversion requests, according to a Friday press release.The move could be an attempt to mitigate the fi
It’s been a historic week in the cryptocurrency market! Even though the prices don’t exactly reflect it on a seven-day scale, a lot has happened on the macro level that could pave the way for a longer-term progress that was much-desired. That said, t
TL;DRIs $10 Possible?Ripple’s XRP has been flying high ever sinceDonald Trump’s victoryin the US presidential elections. Prior to the vote, the asset’s price hovered around $0.50, but currently, it is worth $3.20 (per CoinGecko’s data). This represen
White House crypto czar David Sacks has likened US President Donald Trump’s memecoin to a collectible, claiming that the controversial token doesn’t represent a conflict of interest for the new administration. Appearing on Fox News on Jan. 23, Sacks
Update (Jan. 22, 2025, at 17:09:27 UTC): This article has been updated to reflect that there was no outage on the Solana network, rather there was a congestion issue brought on by overwhelmed applications on Solana on Jan. 19.Coinbase CEO Brian Armst
The pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht by US President Donald Trump marks a historic event for crypto, but its impact on the public image of Bitcoin is a mixed bag.On Jan. 21, Trump followed through on his campaign promise to release Ulbricht
On March 28th, 2023, Flagstar Bank, the acquirer of Signature Bank, informed my company that they would not be assuming our bank account. They also closed accounts unrelated to crypto that I had set up for my family. Fluence was just one of many de-b