Shaq Inks Deal to Settle With FTX Investors Over Boosting Failed Crypto Exchange
Shaquille O’Neal has reached a settlement agreement with a group of FTX investors who accused him of enabling the failed crypto exchange’s fraud by acting as a celebrity promoter, according to a court filing.Details of the settlement agreement, ...
CoinDesk
Stablecoin Legislation Must Ensure Financial Privacy
Both the U.S. Senate and House are considering bills creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins, and all of the usual crypto-skeptic refrains have been sung, including the hymn that crypto is for crime.For instance, Senator Elizabeth Warren ...
CoinDesk
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto — No Longer the Wild West?
In today’s crypto for advisors, Dovile Silenskyte from WisdomTree talks about the growth of crypto products and how they’ve evolved into a strategic investment allocation.Then, Kim Klemballa from CoinDesk Indices answers questions about digital ...
CNN
Trump offers private dinner to the top investors in his meme coin
Trump offers private dinner to the top investors in his meme coin CNNTrump Offers a Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin The New York TimesTrump’s Biggest Meme-Coin Investors Get Invited to Dinner With the ...
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TON Foundation Appoints MoonPay Co-Founder, Maximilian Crown, as CEO
TON Foundation, the entity behind the Telegram-linked TON blockchain, has appointed Maximilian Crown, co-founder of MoonPay, as its CEO.Crown was the CFO and COO at the crypto infrastructure provider and has relationships with banks, payments ...
CoinDesk
Will Canada Lead on Digital Assets?
With Canada's federal election less than one week away, Canadians are closely watching how political leaders intend to address digital assets. Millions of Canadians hold, use, or work in crypto, making it a growing focal point for economic ...
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CME to Roll Out XRP Futures as Interest and Adoption in XRP Grows
CME Group is rolling out XRP futures on May 19th as it continues to expand its suite of cryptocurrency products, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, said in a press release.Pending regulatory approval, traders will be able to trade two ...
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Tether Boosts Stake in Juventus to Over 10%
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, has raised its stake in the Juventus Football Club to over 10% after expanding its stake in the Italian giant earlier this month.This latest move gives Tether Investments S.A. de C.V., the ...
Coinpedia
Ethereum’s 2025 Crash Wipes Out All 2024 Gains: What Happened?
The post Ethereum’s 2025 Crash Wipes Out All 2024 Gains: What Happened? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market took a hit in early 2025 in contrast to the late 2024 highs it achieved. The total crypto market cap dropped over 18% ...
Cointelegraph
Serbia’s Prince Filip says Bitcoin is being stifled, expects huge rally
Serbia’s Prince Filip says Bitcoin is being stifled, expects huge rally Cointelegraph
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The Mediator: NEAR CTO Eric Winer on our AI-Agent Future
At a time when countless crypto projects are awkwardly pivoting toward artificial intelligence, Eric Winer has spent over a decade building bridges between cutting-edge technology and everyday users. Now, as CTO of NEAR AI, he's pursuing a ...
CoinDesk
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Uniswap (UNI) Drops 3.8%, Leading Index Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2687.87, down 1.3% (-36.46) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.Two of 20 assets are ...
Yahoo Finance
Cryptocurrency campaigners call for Swiss central bank to hold bitcoin
Cryptocurrency campaigners call for Swiss central bank to hold bitcoin Yahoo Finance
CoinDesk
Theo Raises $20M to Bring Wall Street-Grade Trading Tools to Crypto
Crypto trading infrastructure startup, Theo, has raised a $20 million round co-led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital. Other participants included crypto-native firms and individual investors affiliated with traditional trading companies such as Citadel, ...
Coinpedia
Crypto Outlook Brightens Under SEC Chair Paul Atkins: Regulatory Clarity Soon?
The post Crypto Outlook Brightens Under SEC Chair Paul Atkins: Regulatory Clarity Soon? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News After years of caution, the United States is finally starting to embrace cryptocurrencies in a meaningful way. This shift ...
Coinpedia
Crypto Pro Reveals Altcoin Price Zones and Best Entry Points Now
The post Crypto Pro Reveals Altcoin Price Zones and Best Entry Points Now appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market is on fire. Bitcoin is surging, altcoins are catching steam, and the next few days might be a golden window to make ...
Financial Times
‘Pure-play’ bitcoin never looked so impure
‘Pure-play’ bitcoin never looked so impure Financial TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
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Crypto Expert Predicts $1,000 XRP: Can Ripple Repeat Bitcoin’s Rise?
The post Crypto Expert Predicts $1,000 XRP: Can Ripple Repeat Bitcoin’s Rise? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News XRP is currently retesting important levels after a brief rally. While far-fetched XRP price predictions have been doing rounds ...
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Dubai’s VARA Warns of Firms Falsely Claiming to Be Part of Real Estate Tokenization Pilot
Dubai’s crypto regulator has issued an alert, warning of firms falsely claiming to be part of the city’s high-profile real estate tokenization pilot, saying that such misrepresentation may violate the emirate’s virtual asset laws.The Virtual ...
Coinpedia
Pi Coin Trading Suspended by BitMart, Delisted by Banxa: What’s Next for Pi Network Price?
The post Pi Coin Trading Suspended by BitMart, Delisted by Banxa: What’s Next for Pi Network Price? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Pi Coin is currently facing growing bearish sentiment, as it struggles to regain momentum after early ...
Coinpedia
Ethereum Might Not Even Survive Next 10-15 Years – Says Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson
The post Ethereum Might Not Even Survive Next 10-15 Years – Says Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and one of Ethereum’s early co-founders, has issued a ...
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April 25th SEC Crypto Roundtable: Paul Atkins to Address Broken Crypto Custody Rules
The post April 25th SEC Crypto Roundtable: Paul Atkins to Address Broken Crypto Custody Rules appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Following the success of its first session on April 11, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to ...
Coinpedia
Why Is TRUMP Coin Going Up Today?
The post Why Is TRUMP Coin Going Up Today? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The TRUMP memecoin, linked to the U.S. President Donald Trump is making serious headlines after soaring over 60% in a single day. The meme coin skyrocketed past $16 ...
CoinDesk
Metaplanet Hits 5,000 BTC Mark Amid Strategic Treasury Expansion
Metaplanet (3350) has reached a major milestone in its bitcoin (BTC) strategy, the Japanese hotel company now holds 5,000 BTC as part of its treasury operations.Its BTC stash is valued at approximately $428.1 million at an average acquisition cost of ...
CoinDesk
Dogecoin Leads Losses Among Majors; BTC, ETH, XRP Slump on Profit-Taking
Major tokens fell as much as 5% on Thursday as traders took profits on a steady move higher from earlier this week, with memecoin dogecoin (DOGE) leading losses among the largest assets.Bitcoin (BTC) clung to the $93,000 zone in the past 24 hours, ...
CoinDesk
Bitcoin’s April Rally Driven By Institutions, While Retail Flees ETFs: Coinbase Exec
Bitcoin’s (BTC) breakout to $93,000 is being driven by deep-pocketed institutions, not retail exchange traded-fund (ETF) buyers, said Coinbase Institutional's John D’Agostino on CNBC.The rally began in early April, as institutional ...
BBC
Trump crypto soars as US president offers dinner to top holders
Trump crypto soars as US president offers dinner to top holders BBCView Full Coverage on Google News
Cointelegraph
LAPD recovers $2.7M worth of Bitcoin miners stolen in airport heist
LAPD recovers $2.7M worth of Bitcoin miners stolen in airport heist CointelegraphView Full Coverage on Google News
The New York Times
Trump Offers a Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin
Trump Offers a Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
CoinDesk
Solana Buying for Balance Sheet Gains Momentum as DeFi Development Raises Holdings to $48M
DeFi Development Corp (JNVR), formerly known as Janover, added another $9.9 million in Solana's SOL to its corporate treasury, pushing total crypto holdings to 317,273 SOL or about $48 million, the company said on Wednesday.The purchase, made ...
Reuters
Cantor teams up with Tether, Softbank for $3.6 billion crypto venture
Cantor teams up with Tether, Softbank for $3.6 billion crypto venture ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
WSJ
Trump’s Biggest Meme-Coin Investors Get Invited to Dinner With the President
Trump’s Biggest Meme-Coin Investors Get Invited to Dinner With the President WSJTrump Rewards Top Meme Coin Investors With Access at Private Dinner Rolling StoneDonald Trump's dinner offer: Who are the top holders of his ...
CoinDesk
The Protocol: Will ETH Developers Swap Out the EVM for RISC-V?
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol reporter on CoinDesk’s Tech team.In this issue:Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing ...
CoinDesk
Previewing the Canadian Election's Crypto Angle
Canada will host an election next week, where voters will consider a range of issues — the economy, housing, trade relations with the U.S. — as they choose their elected officials, who in turn will choose the next Prime Minister of the ...
CoinDesk
With Gold Stalling, Is It Bitcoin’s Turn? Traders Eye $95K as Key Breakout Level
The crypto market’s rally stalled on Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent reiterated that a proper trade deal between Washington and Beijing would take years to ink out.Bitcoin (BTC) is up 2.6% in the last 24 hours and 12.2% in ...
Investopedia
Watch These Bitcoin Price Levels as Key $100K Level Back in Striking Distance
Watch These Bitcoin Price Levels as Key $100K Level Back in Striking Distance InvestopediaView Full Coverage on Google News
CoinDesk
PGI Global Founder Hit With Fraud Charges in Alleged $200M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the founder of now-defunct crypto and foreign exchange investment company PGI Global, with violating federal securities laws, alleging he ran a “Ponzi-like scheme” that defrauded investors ...
CoinDesk
Canada’s Blockchain Advantage: Small Enough to Move Fast, Big Enough to Matter
Over the past several years, global discourse around blockchain has been dominated by the United States — its legislative gridlock, inter-agency turf wars, and intermittent moments of regulatory clarity. As the U.S. continued to grapple with its ...
The Real News Network
A bitcoin mine in Texas is "killing us slowly," local residents say
A bitcoin mine in Texas is "killing us slowly," local residents say The Real News Network
Bitcoin Magazine
University Of The Hespérides Launches First Spanish-Language Master's Program Focused Exclusively On Bitcoin
University Of The Hespérides Launches First Spanish-Language Master's Program Focused Exclusively On Bitcoin Bitcoin Magazine
Coinpedia
President Donald Trump to Hold an Exclusive Dinner For Top 220 $TRUMP Token Holders on May 22
The post President Donald Trump to Hold an Exclusive Dinner For Top 220 $TRUMP Token Holders on May 22 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The top 220 $TRUMP holders by May 12 will be eligible for the Gala dinner at the Trump National Golf Club ...
CoinDesk
TRUMP Coin Jumps 70% on President's Dinner Event for Top Token Holders
TRUMP, marketed as Donald Trump's official crypto token, rallied on Wednesday as an invitation to a dinner event with the U.S. President for token holders appeared on the project's website."Join President Donald J. Trump at his Private, ...
Fortune
Cantor Fitzgerald partners with Tether, Bitfinex and SoftBank to launch Bitcoin acquisition company
Cantor Fitzgerald partners with Tether, Bitfinex and SoftBank to launch Bitcoin acquisition company FortuneBitcoin Rips To $94,000; Cantor Plots $3 Billion Crypto Venture Investor's Business DailyCantor strikes $3.6bn crypto ...
Coinpedia
Mega Bullish: SOL Strategies Announces $500M to Buy More Solana
The post Mega Bullish: SOL Strategies Announces $500M to Buy More Solana appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News SOL Strategies agreed with ATW Partners to issue a convertible note of up to $500M. The capital will exclusively be used for purchasing ...
CoinDesk
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Deploys Bridge to Tackle Collateral Bottleneck of Using BTC in DeFi
A project aiming to expand Bitcoin's utility is tackling the collateral requirements of bridging the blockchain to programmable layer 2s.Rollup project Citrea deployed its Clementine Bridge on the Bitcoin testnet. The bridge uses the BitVM2 ...
CoinDesk
SOL Strategies Surges on Up to $500M Credit Facility for Solana Investment
Shares of Sol Strategies (HODL), a Toronto-listed digital-asset firm, jumped after the company said it secured an up-to $500 million convertible note facility to ramp up its investments focused on the Solana network.The capital will be exclusively ...
MarketWatch
Has bitcoin halving lost its mojo? The crypto sees its worst ever post-halving performance.
Has bitcoin halving lost its mojo? The crypto sees its worst ever post-halving performance. MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google News
Yahoo Finance
Cantor Prepares $3 Billion Crypto Firm With Tether
Cantor Prepares $3 Billion Crypto Firm With Tether Yahoo FinanceView Full Coverage on Google News
CoinDesk
Dave Portnoy: Memecoins are ‘Legalized Ponzi Schemes’
They call him “El Presidente.” But unlike the other President, Dave Portnoy draws a line at launching a memecoin. He worries his followers will lose their shirts.“I got involved in memecoins because I wanted to launch a Barstool memecoin, but I ...
CoinDesk
Death by a Thousand Pools: How Liquidity Fragmentation Threatens DeFi
The maturation of DeFi technology has created a paradox: while battle-tested codebases and rising technical proficiency have lowered the barrier to entry for launching new protocols, securing sustainable liquidity has never been harder. As thousands ...
CoinDesk
Hedge Funds Going On-Chain: The “Indexification” of Active Strategies
In an earlier piece, I introduced the concept of the "Shopification of Wealth", or the idea that on-chain rails can lower the barriers to entry and radically scale operations for financial advisors and wealth managers. Just as Shopify enabled anyone ...
CoinDesk
Floki Teams With Softbank Partner Rice Robotics for Tokenization of AI Data
Rice Robotics and dog-themed utility project Floki will soon launch the Minibot M1, a Floki-branded AI-powered companion robot that works on the RICE AI platform.Floki will support the company in its blockchain push as it moves towards tokenizing its ...
CoinDesk
Galaxy Digital Deepens AI and HPC Pivot With Expanded CoreWeave Deal, Shares Surge
Galaxy Digital (GLXY) said it deepened its strategic partnership with CoreWeave (CRWV), reinforcing its ambitions in the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) data center industry. Under a new agreement, ...
CoinDesk
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell on Building the DeFi-Bond Bridge
Maple Finance is quietly becoming one of the most important bridges between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance.Co-founded by Sidney Powell in 2021, the institutional crypto lending platform has facilitated over $5 billion in loans ...
Coinpedia
XRP, ADA and Altcoins Rally As New SEC Chair Paul Atkins Promises ‘Principled Approach’
The post XRP, ADA and Altcoins Rally As New SEC Chair Paul Atkins Promises ‘Principled Approach’ appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto community has long awaited a pro-crypto era in the U.S., hoping for clearer regulations and ...
Coinpedia
Meme Coins Are Pumping as Bitcoin Hits $94K — Memecoins to Watch Today
The post Meme Coins Are Pumping as Bitcoin Hits $94K — Memecoins to Watch Today appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market is having a great day, and meme coins are leading the way. Bitcoin has gone up by 5% and just crossed the ...
CoinDesk
Riot Platforms Secures $100M Bitcoin-Backed Credit Line From Coinbase
Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) has struck a $100 million credit agreement with Coinbase’s credit arm, using bitcoin as collateral to secure short-term funding for its ongoing expansion.The publicly traded mining firm said in a press ...
Business Wire
Tether, SoftBank Group, and Jack Mallers Launch Twenty One, a Bitcoin-native Company, Through a Business Combination With Cantor Equity Partners
Tether, SoftBank Group, and Jack Mallers Launch Twenty One, a Bitcoin-native Company, Through a Business Combination With Cantor Equity Partners Business WireView Full Coverage on Google News
Barron's
Bitcoin Price: Why Is the Crypto Going Up Today? Trump, China, and the Dollar.
Bitcoin Price: Why Is the Crypto Going Up Today? Trump, China, and the Dollar. Barron'sBitcoin Surges as US Seeks to Ease Trade, Fed Tensions Bloomberg.comBitcoin Rises 7%, Solana Jumps 14.5% as $347 Million in Crypto Shorts Are ...
CoinDesk
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Gains 4.7% as All 20 Assets Trade Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2759.21, up 4.7% (+124.59) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading ...
CoinDesk
Strategy Stock Saw $180M in Failed Trades in March, Possible Short Squeeze Indicator
Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR)Traders shorting Strategy (MSTR), the bitcoin buyer whose share price gained 13% in March, may be struggling to find enough stock to repay the lenders who underpinned their ...
CNBC
Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third day
Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third day CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
Cointelegraph
New SEC chair ‘will be good for Bitcoin’ — Michael Saylor
New SEC chair ‘will be good for Bitcoin’ — Michael Saylor CointelegraphView Full Coverage on Google News
Coinpedia
Cardano Price Eyes $5 After 17% Surge
The post Cardano Price Eyes $5 After 17% Surge appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Cardano has drifted in the green zone as it trades at $0.7093, up 11% in the past day and over 17% in the past week. The trading volume is also up over 65%, which ...
Coinpedia
Tether, SoftBank, Bitfinex Join Forces for Massive $3B Bitcoin Investment via 21 Capital
The post Tether, SoftBank, Bitfinex Join Forces for Massive $3B Bitcoin Investment via 21 Capital appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin Price has reclaimed the $90,000 level, marking a new wave of bullish sentiment across the crypto ...