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Trump Picks Pro-Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
"I have been excited about embrace of crypto and I think it fits very well with the Republican Party, the ethos of it. Crypto is about freedom and the crypto economy is here to stay," he said in an interview with Fox Business in July.…
What Does Trump’s Win Mean for Crypto?
Donald Trump and the Republican Party at large had a strong 2024 election, winning the presidency, Senate and House. This almost certainly guarantees crypto legislation will advance and become law sometime in the next two years. It also…
Ether (ETH) Blows Past $3K, Outperforms Bitcoin (BTC) After Trump’s Election Win and Fed Rate…
ETH, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, surged past $3,000 on Saturday, reaching the highest since Aug. 2, according to CoinDesk data. Prices have risen 23.39% this week, the biggest gain since May, outperforming…
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Trial Delayed Until April
In addition to potentially hurting Storm’s defense, Klein’s letter to the court suggested that Judge Failla’s ruling may have contravened one of the federal rules that govern criminal proceedings. Essentially, Klein argued that the…
Polymarket Is a Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line
“Now, that's very different from, let's say there's somebody who comes and builds an order book DEX on Polygon PoS," he said. "If they were doing $20,000 of fees over multiple months, it would be a massive failure, because you would expect…
It Takes a Fake Token to Catch a Volume Faker
The other interesting detail: The FBI worked on its own fake token, with a real contract you could track on-chain, called NexFundAI. Its website, which now features a massive "FBI" banner, looked remarkably legit – that is to say, like a…
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Bounces 7% to $63K as Crypto Traders Eye China Stimulus Update
Bitcoin, the leading crypto asset by market capitalization, shot up 7% from Thursday's trough below $59,000 after the hotter U.S. CPI inflation report, bucking this week's trend of giving up gains during the U.S. trading hours. Recently,…
The Case for Congressional Focus on Decentralized AI
That’s why it’s imperative lawmakers not overlook decentralized AI as they begin to regulate AI. It’s probably human nature to ignore, considering the broader AI industry is exploding and dominated by some of the world’s biggest…
Chainlink Says Bedrock Adopted Proof of Reserve Solution After $2M Exploit
Maelstrom, a decentralization-focused venture firm managed by the family office of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, announced in a press release Thursday that Jon Atack (GitHub profile) is the second recipient of its Bitcoin Grant Program,…
Altcoins Outperform Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether ((ETH) Following Fed Meeting Due to Poor Liquidity,…
Total3, an index that tracks the market capitalization of the top 125 cryptocurrencies, excluding bitcoin and ether (ETH), was trading 5.68% higher since the central bank’s announcement that it would slash the Federal Funds rate by 50 basis…