World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin is now operable across multiple blockchains through an integration with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), the companies announced Friday. That’s according to World Liberty Financial’s team, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, and the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, Eric Trump, who announced the cross-chain capabilities at Consensus 2025. Sergey Nazarov […]
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The SEC has been investigating crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) over whether it misstated its user numbers in past securities filings and marketing materials. The probe began under the former presidential administration while the SEC was still under the control of then-Chair Gary Gensler, according to the NYT, which first reported the story, but has persisted […]
Caroline Pham, the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, has openly discussed an intention to leave the commission once she’s permanently replaced, people familiar with her plans have said, leaving significant questions about the future track of agency policy. If President Donald Trump’s nominee for the chairmanship, former Commissioner Brian Quintenz, […]
Top House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday, asking its money laundering watchdog to hand over all suspicious activity reports (SARs) tied to President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures. In a letter sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) — the ranking […]
Quantum computing poses a real threat to crypto, and slow-moving governance processes risk leaving blockchains vulnerable, according to Colton Dillion, a co-founder of Quip Network, which provides quantum-proof vaults for storing digital assets. While the technology, which uses the quantum states of subatomic particles to perform calculations instead of transistors and binary code, is still […]
DeFi savings protocol Sky posted a first-quarter loss of $5 million after interest payments to token holders more than doubled, according to a report created by Sky contributors from Steakhouse Financial. The loss is a stark turnaround from the previous quarter, when Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, registered a $31 million profit. The reason for […]
Bitcoin’s (BTC) $2 trillion market cap has attracted a wave of new buyers to the market, while seasoned traders turn cautious, according to analysis of on-chain data by Glassnode. BTC’s price topped $100,000 last Thursday, lifting its market capitalization above $2 trillion for the first time since Jan. 31, according to data source TradingView. Since […]
Leemon Baird first published his work on hashgraph consensus in 2016, positioning it as an alternative to traditional blockchain architectures. With a background in computer science and a career spanning both academia and industry, Baird co-founded Hedera to commercialize the technology. His academic trajectory is notable for his early work in neural networks and reinforcement […]
Bitcoin BTC$103,996.01 could soon hit record price highs, triggering accelerated gains in the wider altcoin market, as easing U.S.-China trade tensions may see markets react positively to a potential slowdown in the April CPI due this week. The U.S. has reached a trade agreement with China after two days of high-level negotiations in Geneva, U.S. […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Bitcoin blockchain may still be in its infancy relative to Ethereum, but Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi) is becoming safer and cheaper, crypto analytics firm Messari said in a new report. A central participant is Rootstock, one of the oldest Bitcoin layer-2 projects, crypto analytics firm Messari said in its “State of […]
They crypto bull move continued into the weekend thanks to a trio of positive macro developments. Likely most responsible for the move was a President Trump Truth Social post regarding trade talks being held in Switzerland between the U.S. and China. “A very good meeting today,” said Trump. “Many things discussed, much agreed to,” he […]