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- Coinbase, Binance Plan to List Donald Trump’s Official TRUMP Token After Its Phenomenal Debutby Sam Reynolds on January 19, 2025 at 6:24 am
The official memecoin of the 47th United States president will be listed on most major crypto exchanges, even though the fan token faced trouble getting listed.
- El Salvador’s Secret Weapon? Its Extensive Bitcoin Education Program, Says Stacy Herbertby Tom Carreras on January 18, 2025 at 3:00 pm
A positive feedback loop is being created between El Salvador’s bitcoin education programs and crypto companies looking for a friendly jurisdiction.
- XRP, Ether Dive as Launch of ‘Official’ Trump Memecoin Pushes SOL Higherby Shaurya Malwa on January 18, 2025 at 9:57 am
Trader demand for Solana’s SOL rose as Donald Trump’s so-termed official token was issued on the network.
- Donald Trump’s ‘Official’ Memecoin Makes Millionaires, Raffles $3B Volumes in a Couple of Hoursby Shaurya Malwa on January 18, 2025 at 9:31 am
Prices ran from few cents to $14 in less than six hours amid widespread confusion on whether the token was actually backed by Trump or was a possible hack of Trump’s verified social account
- Crypto Ball to Celebrate Trump’s Return Marks Hope for New Era of Policymakingby Jesse Hamilton on January 18, 2025 at 4:42 am
Crypto leaders attended a pre-inaugural bash in Washington, cheering Trump’s return to the White House and hoping it will benefit digital assets.
- Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial to Acquire TRX for its Treasury: Sourceby Oliver Knight on January 18, 2025 at 2:05 am
A Tron delegation will attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
- Crypto PAC Fairshake Steps Up For an Encore in Florida Special Electionsby Jesse Hamilton on January 17, 2025 at 9:47 pm
The campaign-financial operation that shook the 2024 elections has returned to dabble in Florida congressional seats vacated by Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz.
- A Hidden Barrier to Smart Crypto Policy: The Ethics Rule Blocking Tech Talentby Dan Spuller on January 17, 2025 at 9:13 pm
Forcing prospective officials to divest crypto doesn’t improve crypto policy, says Blockchain Association’s Dan Spuller.
- DCG, Former Genesis CEO to Pay SEC $38.5M to Settle Securities Fraud Chargesby Cheyenne Ligon on January 17, 2025 at 7:21 pm
The charges stem from DCG and Genesis’ response to the 2022 collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.
- Bitcoin Snaps Downtrend, Hits $105K as Anticipation Builds for Trump’s Inaugurationby Krisztian Sandor on January 17, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Crypto investors have high hopes for the incoming administration, including potential digital asset-focused executive orders that could add fuel to the rally.
- Ethereum Developers Finally Schedule ‘Pectra’ Upgradeby Margaux Nijkerk on January 17, 2025 at 4:49 pm
Pectra is a “hard fork” of Ethereum encompassing an array of wallet, staking, and efficiency improvements.
- Best of the Week: Preparing for a New Trump Eraby Benjamin Schiller on January 17, 2025 at 4:33 pm
This week on CoinDesk: changes at SEC, CFTC and FDIC; ETF expansion; bitcoin’s holding pattern; prediction problems; an America-First Reserve?
- Crypto.com Receives In-Principle MiCA Approval From Maltaby Camomile Shumba on January 17, 2025 at 4:19 pm
The action means that Crypto.com will receive the full MiCA license soon.
- CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Gains 6.3% as Index Trades Higher From Thursdayby CoinDesk Indices , Tracy Stephens on January 17, 2025 at 2:12 pm
Litecoin (LTC) joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer, gaining 5.9%.
- Stablecoin Deals and China, Europe to Follow U.S. With Bitcoin Reserve: Wintermute Predictionsby James Van Straten on January 17, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Wintermute report reviewed a strong 2024 as OTC volumes grew by 313%.
- Crypto Venture Capital Market Remained Difficult in 2024, Galaxy Digital Saysby Will Canny on January 17, 2025 at 12:55 pm
VC activity has been subdued for the last two years despite the rally in digital assets, the report said.
- Boerse Stuttgart Digital Lands MiCA License From Germanyby Camomile Shumba on January 17, 2025 at 12:49 pm
The license will enable it to provide services across the European Union.
- Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Buzzes With Anticipation Before Trump’s Inaugurationby Omkar Godbole, Oliver Knight on January 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Your day-ahead look for Jan. 17, 2025
- Publicly Traded U.S. Crypto Miners Double Bitcoin Holdings to Almost 100K in a Yearby James Van Straten on January 17, 2025 at 10:24 am
Bitcoin holdings for public U.S.-listed companies have more than doubled since January 2024.
- Bitcoin Miners Have Started 2025 on a Strong Footing, JPMorgan Saysby Will Canny on January 17, 2025 at 9:31 am
The combined hashrate of miners tracked by the bank has doubled in the last year to roughly 30% of the global network, the report said.
- XRP Volume Overtakes Bitcoin on Coinbase as U.S. Investor Interest Growsby Omkar Godbole on January 17, 2025 at 8:38 am
XRP leads volume trends on Coinbase, with BTC and ETH taking second and third places. On Binance, bitcoin is still the most in demand.
- Bitcoin’s ‘Coinbase Premium’ Muted Amid Reports Trump Plans to Designate Crypto a National Policyby Omkar Godbole on January 17, 2025 at 5:49 am
BTC trades at a slight discount on Coinbase relative to Binance, data from CryptoQuant show.
- Texas Man Sues Attorney General Over DOJ’s Prosecution of Crypto Software Devsby Cheyenne Ligon on January 16, 2025 at 10:23 pm
The plaintiff is seeking a declaratory judgment protecting his forthcoming crypto crowdfunding project from being prosecuted for unlicensed money transmitting.
- SEC’s Last Major Legal Official Exits, Leaving Clean Slate for Trump Eraby Jesse Hamilton on January 16, 2025 at 10:07 pm
With the general counsel stepping down, some of the main characters in the crypto industry’s recent clashes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are out.
- Crypto’s Senate Ally Lummis Pushes Federal Agencies on Digital Assets Issuesby Jesse Hamilton on January 16, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Senator Cynthia Lummis, set to lead the Senate Banking Committee’s digital assets panel, went after the sale of U.S. bitcoin holdings and FDIC debanking.
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- These Are The 25 Most Affordable Cities In Americaby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 4:00 am
These Are The 25 Most Affordable Cities In America Most Americans know living costs vary widely across the country, with the coasts being significantly more expensive than Middle America. From rent and groceries to gas, the Midwest often stands out for its affordability. But just how far does this pattern extend? To find out, Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao ranked the 25 most affordable cities among America’s 50 largest, based […]
- Trump Unveils “Official” MemeCoin Late Friday; 12 Hours Later It Is Up 16,000% To $30 Billionby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 3:30 am
Trump Unveils “Official” MemeCoin Late Friday; 12 Hours Later It Is Up 16,000% To $30 Billion Just hours after Gary Gensler left the SEC headquarter for the last time in his life… It has been the privilege of a lifetime to work for you as @SECGov Chair. Over the last four years, we updated rules in our equity market & Treasury Markets, & shortened the settlement cycle. We returned more than $2.7B to harmed investors. A […]
- Here’s Why The Stage Has Been Set For War With Iran…by Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 3:10 am
Here’s Why The Stage Has Been Set For War With Iran… Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, The stage is set for a major war with Iran. Let’s first go back to what’s happened and potential implications. Ten days after the attacks of 11 September 2001, former US Army General Wesley Clark revealed a controversial military strategy. In a conversation in the corridors of the Pentagon, Clark learned of a secret […]
- These Are What ‘Experts’ See As The Largest Risks Faced By The Worldby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 2:35 am
These Are What ‘Experts’ See As The Largest Risks Faced By The World Over the next 10 years, climate change and its consequences will pose the greatest risk to the world. That’s according to more than 900 global experts from academia, business and politics, who were asked to evaluate 33 global risks over a two-year and a 10-year horizon for the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report. With inflation having eased in […]
- Pro-Bitcoin Lawmakers Pack Congress But Partisan Gridlock Loomsby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 2:00 am
Pro-Bitcoin Lawmakers Pack Congress But Partisan Gridlock Looms Authored by Aaron Wood via CoinTelegraph.com, Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, the Republican-majority US Congress has been busy appointing pro-crypto lawmakers to key positions in the legislature. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence — part of the Financial […]
- US Suspends EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak After COVID-19 Evidence Uncovered By House Committeeby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 1:25 am
US Suspends EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak After COVID-19 Evidence Uncovered By House Committee EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit that Dr. Anthony Fauci used to offshore risky gain-of-function research 6 months before the Obama administration banned it, has finally been cut off by the US Government – along with its former president, Peter Daszak, for a period of five years following scrutiny over its work in Wuhan, China ahead of […]
- Rental Price-Gouging & Scamming Fueling The Flames For California Wildfire Victimsby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 12:50 am
Rental Price-Gouging & Scamming Fueling The Flames For California Wildfire Victims Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Ever since the deadly California wildfires began, Lauren Ravitz has often been jolted out of bed at 6 a.m. by phone calls from homeless fire victims desperately seeking a place to live. A realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network in Los Angeles, Ravitz, has also been receiving up to […]
- Large-Scale Deportations To Begin Tuesday With Chicago Raidby Tyler Durden on January 19, 2025 at 12:15 am
Large-Scale Deportations To Begin Tuesday With Chicago Raid Just one day after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated for the second time, the new administration will kick off large-scale deportations, starting with a massive raid in Chicago, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing four anonymous individuals ‘familiar with the planning.’ The raid, expected to begin on Tuesday morning, will involve 100-200 officers from US […]
- ‘I See Dead Amendments’: President Biden Issues Otherworldly ERA Declarationby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 11:40 pm
‘I See Dead Amendments’: President Biden Issues Otherworldly ERA Declaration Authored by Jonathan Turley, President Joe Biden wants people to know that he sees dead amendments. Just before leaving office, Biden declared that we have a 28th amendment despite dying in the ratification process years ago. Not since the movie Sixth Sense has there been a more creepy moment. To paraphrase Cole Sear in the film, Biden does not see them […]
- ‘Zynning’: Zyn Nicotine Pouches Win Marketing Approval From FDAby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 11:05 pm
‘Zynning’: Zyn Nicotine Pouches Win Marketing Approval From FDA Zyn nicotine pouches, popular with millennials and GenZers, will soon be featured in advertisements nationwide after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing for twenty Zyn products. On Thursday, the FDA authorized the marketing of 20 Zyn products (manufactured by Philip Morris International), including cinnamon, citrus, coffee, and mint, claiming […]
- The ‘Monkey Wrench’ Sabotage Of America Begs For An Authoritarian Responseby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 10:30 pm
The ‘Monkey Wrench’ Sabotage Of America Begs For An Authoritarian Response Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Accidents and crime happen, all the time in fact, and generally the American public barely takes notice of the number of such events that occur on a monthly basis. The reason for this is because the vast majority of incidents don’t lead to economic and infrastructure damage on a large scale. A disaster has to […]
- How Much Of The World’s Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled?by Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 9:55 pm
How Much Of The World’s Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled? The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste. Around the world, the situation is slightly better, but a staggering 91% of plastic waste is still incinerated, landfilled, or mismanaged (e.g. dumped into the ocean). As Visual Capitalist’s Nick Routley details below, the graphic below, by Rosey Eason, using […]
- It’s Time To Retire ‘Misinformation’by Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 9:20 pm
It’s Time To Retire ‘Misinformation’ Authored by Pierre Kory via The Brownstone Institute, In a seismic political shift, Republicans have laid claim to an issue that Democrats left in the gutter – the declining health of Americans. True, it took a Democrat with a famous name to ask why so many people are chronically ill, disabled, and dying younger than in 47 other countries. But the message resonated with the GOP. We have […]
- Netanyahu Says Trump “Emphasized” To Him That The Gaza Ceasefire Is “Temporary”by Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 8:45 pm
Netanyahu Says Trump “Emphasized” To Him That The Gaza Ceasefire Is “Temporary” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued some surprisingly bold assertions in a national televised address given just 12-hours before the much anticipated Gaza ceasefire is set to go into effect Sunday morning. Both Biden and Trump have hailed and celebrated the deal, but it’s the Republican president-elect who is by and large receiving the […]
- TIME Magazine Suggests Leftists Form ‘Crying Groups’ On Inauguration Dayby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 8:10 pm
TIME Magazine Suggests Leftists Form ‘Crying Groups’ On Inauguration Day Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, TIME magazine has published an article offering advice to leftists who might not be able to cope on Inauguration Day Monday, suggesting that they hold group crying sessions and go ‘forest bathing.’ The publication, which begrudgingly named President Trump as its man of the year, produced a guide on what to do […]
- States Follow Musk’s Lead With Bold DOGE-Like Initiativesby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 7:35 pm
States Follow Musk’s Lead With Bold DOGE-Like Initiatives DOGE co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are inspiring governors across a handful of states to launch their own ambitious cost-cutting initiatives ahead of President-elect Donald Trump assuming the White House for a second term. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), during her Tuesday evening address before lawmakers, announced the creation of a Department of Government […]
- Illegal Immigrants Have Begun Deporting Themselves; Reportby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Illegal Immigrants Have Begun Deporting Themselves; Report Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Illegals in the US have started self-deporting ahead of Trump taking office according to an immigration attorney. Rolando Vasquez told NewsNation that there has been a surge in immigrant voluntarily leaving with Trump’s promised mass deportations on the horizon and with Mexico agreeing to take non-Mexican deportees. Another […]
- Gaza Ceasefire Will Begin 8:30AM Sunday – 33 Israeli Hostages To Be Freed In 1st Phaseby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Gaza Ceasefire Will Begin 8:30AM Sunday – 33 Israeli Hostages To Be Freed In 1st Phase After Israel’s cabinet on Friday approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, it is expected to finally take effect beginning at 8:30am Sunday (local), and initially three Israeli women are expected to be named and freed. “As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 a.m. on […]
- Top Priorities For Trump’s Presidencyby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 5:50 pm
Top Priorities For Trump’s Presidency Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Readers of The Epoch Times have identified border security, fiscal responsibility, and national defense as the top priorities for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. A poll of 26,740 readers, conducted between Jan. 10–13, points to these issues as key areas of focus, reflecting widespread concern over […]
- Doesn’t Fit MSM Narrative: Parts Of US Could Rival Coldest January Since 1977by Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Doesn’t Fit MSM Narrative: Parts Of US Could Rival Coldest January Since 1977 A dangerous deep freeze is set to grip large swaths of the Lower 48 for several days next week as a Polar Vortex drives temperatures below zero for tens of millions. Adding to the threat, a snowstorm is forecasted to track up the I-95 corridor on the US East Coast by late weekend. Let’s begin with the private weather forecaster BAMWX, who wrote on X, […]
- Tether Stablecoin To The Rescue Of US Treasuryby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Tether Stablecoin To The Rescue Of US Treasury Authored by Brian Darling via RealClearPolicy.com, I always counsel to go in with eyes open when investing in cryptocurrencies (as somebody who has made some good and some terrible investments). With that caveat, it is important to recognize that cryptocurrencies are an amazing advance in the way people conduct commerce and should be embraced by all Americans, the business community […]
- FEC Commissioner Sees ‘DOGE Potential’ In Moving Agency Out Of Washingtonby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 4:05 pm
FEC Commissioner Sees ‘DOGE Potential’ In Moving Agency Out Of Washington Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal Election Commissioner Trey Trainor has a vision, and it’s outside the Beltway. (Left to right) Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol Building view from Arlington, Va., on Aug. 21, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times “I think everything that we do can be done, […]
- Pakistan Airline Ad Depicts Plane Flying Into Eiffel Towerby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Pakistan Airline Ad Depicts Plane Flying Into Eiffel Tower Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An advert created by Pakistan International Airlines has received fierce backlash for depicting one of the company’s planes flying directly toward the Eiffel tower in an image evoking the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The caption alongside the image reads “Paris, We’re Coming Today,” prompting some to ask if it is a threat. […]
- In Her Last Official Act, Yellen Warns US Will Hit Debt Ceiling One Day After Trump Inaugurationby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 2:17 pm
In Her Last Official Act, Yellen Warns US Will Hit Debt Ceiling One Day After Trump Inauguration Back in the last week of December, when the stock market was desperately trying to reverse the slump of the Santa rally which prevented stocks from closing 2024 at an all time high, we warned that a bigger threat than a modest 1% market drawdown was looming: the countdown to the next debt ceiling crisis. We quoted Democratic operative – […]
- UK Police Seize Cybertruck Illegally Driving Around Great Britainby Tyler Durden on January 18, 2025 at 1:45 pm
UK Police Seize Cybertruck Illegally Driving Around Great Britain Instead of focusing on third-world migrants causing havoc in the UK, the police have shifted their focus to confiscating at least one Tesla Cybertruck, which the government has deemed illegal for street use. According to a post on the Bury Police of Greater Manchester’s Facebook page… Officers from GMPTransportUnit stopped this Tesla Cybertruck in […]