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BNB gains despite a wider crypto market downturn as memecoin prices plummet

BNB gains despite a wider crypto market downturn a...

8 months ago 54

‘I smell opportunity,’ Bitwise CIO says amid retail and institutional crypto sentiment dichotomy

‘I smell opportunity,’ Bitwise CIO says amid retai...

8 months ago 51

Offchain Labs releases Arbitrum BoLD protocol on mainnet for ‘permissionless validation’

Offchain Labs releases Arbitrum BoLD protocol on m...

8 months ago 53

Galaxy and Ripple answered MoonPay’s scramble for $160 million amid Trump memecoin frenzy

Galaxy and Ripple answered MoonPay’s scramble for ...

8 months ago 39

Bitcoin struggles with heightened volatility as US tariffs and Fed policy fuel market uncertainty: analysts

Bitcoin struggles with heightened volatility as US...

8 months ago 44

Elon Musk’s latest name change on X fuels more memecoin pump-and-dumps

Elon Musk’s latest name change on X fuels more mem...

8 months ago 44

Starknet-based zkLend seeks return of over $8 million in ETH stolen from platform

Starknet-based zkLend seeks return of over $8 mill...

8 months ago 55

Trump plans to nominate a16z’s Brian Quintenz to chair CFTC: Bloomberg

Trump plans to nominate a16z’s Brian Quintenz to c...

8 months ago 52

Many memecoins likely fall outside SEC jurisdiction, says Commissioner Hester Peirce

Many memecoins likely fall outside SEC jurisdictio...

8 months ago 52

Meme and AI token indices plummet 50% from December peaks while US and DeFi indices show resilience

Meme and AI token indices plummet 50% from Decembe...

8 months ago 53

US House hearing reveals divides over stablecoin, crypto regulation amid CFPB political tension and Trump memecoin

US House hearing reveals divides over stablecoin, ...

8 months ago 57

Congressman Emmer: Gensler’s suppression of the crypto industry was ‘illegal’

Congressman Emmer: Gensler’s suppression of the cr...

8 months ago 47

CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger says election event prediction markets are ‘here to stay’

CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger says election e...

8 months ago 47

World Liberty Financial forming token reserve to ‘bolster’ Bitcoin, platform’s stability

World Liberty Financial forming token reserve to ‘...

8 months ago 54

Goldman Sachs doubles down on Bitcoin ETFs, boosting holdings to $1.5 billion in Q4 2024

Goldman Sachs doubles down on Bitcoin ETFs, boosti...

8 months ago 49

SEC acknowledges spot Solana spot ETF filings from 21Shares, Bitwise, Canary and VanEck

SEC acknowledges spot Solana spot ETF filings from...

8 months ago 45

BitGo plans to go public as early as Q2 2025: Bloomberg

BitGo plans to go public as early as Q2 2025: Bloo...

8 months ago 44

The Daily: Fed Chair Powell ‘struck’ by crypto debanking prevalence, Unichain goes live on mainnet and more

The Daily: Fed Chair Powell ‘struck’ by crypto deb...

8 months ago 70

Stablecoins key to new era of AI-driven financial automation, says Sky Protocol’s Rune Christensen

Stablecoins key to new era of AI-driven financial ...

8 months ago 67

Trump-supported World Liberty and Ondo Finance partner to expand tokenized RWA adoption

Trump-supported World Liberty and Ondo Finance par...

8 months ago 67

Fed Chair Powell calls for ‘fresh look’ at debanking amid crypto industry concerns

Fed Chair Powell calls for ‘fresh look’ at debanki...

8 months ago 48

Sol Strategies tapped as staking provider for 3iQ’s proposed Solana Staking ETF in Canada

Sol Strategies tapped as staking provider for 3iQ’...

8 months ago 42

Bank of England boss says stablecoins require ‘high bar’ regulations, still exploring a UK CBDC

Bank of England boss says stablecoins require ‘hig...

8 months ago 49

Lido unveils V3, introducing customizable ‘stVaults’ that support advanced Ethereum staking strategies

Lido unveils V3, introducing customizable ‘stVault...

8 months ago 49

Mechanism Capital leads $4 million seed round for web3 development studio Mirai Labs

Mechanism Capital leads $4 million seed round for ...

8 months ago 51

TON integrates with LayerZero for cross-chain asset transfers

TON integrates with LayerZero for cross-chain asse...

8 months ago 47

KULR acquires another 100 bitcoin for $10 million as its total holdings reach 610 BTC

KULR acquires another 100 bitcoin for $10 million ...

8 months ago 45

Plume Network picked by Superstate to power multichain expansion

Plume Network picked by Superstate to power multic...

8 months ago 41

Uniswap Labs releases Unichain on mainnet: ‘We’re entering a cross-chain world’ says Hayden Adams

Uniswap Labs releases Unichain on mainnet: ‘We’re ...

8 months ago 41

Litecoin and Cardano defy market stagnation with double-digit gains on ETF hopes

Litecoin and Cardano defy market stagnation with d...

8 months ago 43

Central African Republic memecoin collapses 97% from peak less than two days after launch

Central African Republic memecoin collapses 97% fr...

8 months ago 47

North Carolina lawmakers propose bill to allow state investments in crypto

North Carolina lawmakers propose bill to allow sta...

8 months ago 55

Binance and SEC file joint motion to halt legal dispute for 60 days

Binance and SEC file joint motion to halt legal di...

8 months ago 48

OpenSea refutes ‘false’ KYC rumors for speculative token airdrop

OpenSea refutes ‘false’ KYC rumors for speculative...

8 months ago 60

Japanese game maker Gumi announces $6.6 million bitcoin purchase

Japanese game maker Gumi announces $6.6 million bi...

8 months ago 52

NYSE Arca files for Cardano ETF on behalf of Grayscale as crypto proposals gain momentum

NYSE Arca files for Cardano ETF on behalf of Grays...

8 months ago 61

‘High odds’ XRP, Solana, Dogecoin and Litecoin ETFs approved: analysts

‘High odds’ XRP, Solana, Dogecoin and Litecoin ETF...

8 months ago 61

Ethereum security platform Drosera raises $3.25 million in funding, brings total funding to $4.75 million

Ethereum security platform Drosera raises $3.25 mi...

8 months ago 55

Top Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters releases draft proposal to regulate stablecoins: Punchbowl News

Top Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters releases draft pro...

8 months ago 56

The Daily: Quest to find bitcoin fortune in garbage dump continues, Dave Portnoy’s memecoin antics and more

The Daily: Quest to find bitcoin fortune in garbag...

8 months ago 58

The growing case for memecoin ETFs: Financial innovation or speculative risk?

The growing case for memecoin ETFs: Financial inno...

8 months ago 79

Ether underperforms as hedge funds ramp up short positions, analysts say

Ether underperforms as hedge funds ramp up short p...

8 months ago 77

Hacker pleads guilty to SEC social media breach used for fake spot Bitcoin ETF post

Hacker pleads guilty to SEC social media breach us...

8 months ago 62

Brit hunts for lost $768 million bitcoin treasure, seeks to buy garbage dump: BBC

Brit hunts for lost $768 million bitcoin treasure,...

8 months ago 75

Gold reaches all-time high as bitcoin struggles for momentum amid market uncertainty

Gold reaches all-time high as bitcoin struggles fo...

8 months ago 81

Strategy resumes bitcoin acquisitions with $742 million buy, bringing its total holdings to 478,740 BTC

Strategy resumes bitcoin acquisitions with $742 mi...

8 months ago 81

Crypto investment products see $1.3 billion in weekly inflows despite Trump tariff woes: CoinShares

Crypto investment products see $1.3 billion in wee...

8 months ago 65

Privacy tech firm Proton rolls out self-custodial Bitcoin wallet to all users

Privacy tech firm Proton rolls out self-custodial ...

8 months ago 88

Base defends moving sequencer fees to Coinbase custody for ‘security and audit’ reasons

Base defends moving sequencer fees to Coinbase cus...

8 months ago 84

Changpeng Zhao critiques Binance’s token listing process as ‘a bit broken’

Changpeng Zhao critiques Binance’s token listing p...

8 months ago 81