CRYPTO

World Liberty Financial has completed a second round of $WLFI token sale that brought the total sales proceeds to $550 million, and amid reports that the U.S. president will collect $390 million from his role in promoting the DeFi project, there is confusion, and there is concern.

Polymarket bettors are expecting Bitcoin to plunge further to $75,000 by month-end amid successive poor developments around the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value.

El Salvador is unfazed by concerns around its Bitcoin reserve following a recent agreement with the IMF to concede some of its policies to secure a loan, but there are questions on the Bukele government's "contradictory" actions.

A top Democrat has urged the Treasury Department to not push through with President Donald Trump's plans to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve, saying it's just a new "scheme" for the president and his associates to benefit from.

The Trump White House is looking to accumulate as much $BTC as possible, Bo Hines reportedly told crypto leaders during a private roundtable earlier this week, but time is ticking and there have been no strategies on the "how" so far.

$BNB prices were up Wednesday after Binance announced it secured a $2 billion investment from UAE tech firm MGX, marking the single largest investment in a crypto company so far.

Franklin Templeton has filed an S-1 form with the SEC to issue an $XRP ETF, on the same day Wall Street regulator delayed its decision on the filings for other cryptocurrency ETFs.

The SEC's previous leadership has been criticized many times by the industry, but new leaders have taken over, and they are moving fast toward positive changes for crypto, including on the definition of the term "exchange."

Core Foundation is bringing a five-day BTCfi and AI hackathon to Bangalore next week, paving the way for developers to collaborate, gain hands-on experience, and work towards a DeFi future where innovation and security are at the heart of building.

Crypto users were not very pleased with the announcement of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a digital asset stockpile, especially since crypto prices have not really rallied even after the big announcement from the Trump administration.

$XRP wiped out last week's gains as it dropped as low as $2.11 Sunday following ZachXBT's publication of a U.S. law enforcement filing that revealed the theft of $150 million worth of $XRP from Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen's private wallets earlier last year was linked to the LastPass breach in 2022.

Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in the latest episode of Tucker Carlson's X show, revealing Sean "Diddy" Combs had been "kind" to him in prison. He also shared his thoughts on being "abandoned" by the Democrats he helped ahead of the FTX collapse.

Bitcoin dipped below $87,000 Thursday night after Donald Trump ordered the establishment of a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve that will capitalize on the $BTC holdings seized by the government.

President Trump has invited some of the crypto industry's most prominent leaders as he is set to host the White House's first ever digital assets summit Friday.

Robinhood Trivia drew in nearly 400,000 players Wednesday as the fintech firm provided a total prize pool of $1 million in Bitcoin, but hundreds of users on X who played the game said the game didn't work "for many."

Bitwise has filed to issue an Aptos ETF, stating in its S-1 filing that the $APT token has utility and the Aptos network's PoS system is a step-up from Bitcoin's energy-demanding mechanism.

Bitcoin pumped Wednesday night after Commerce chief Howard Lutnick said he is expecting a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve to be announced at the first White House crypto summit on Friday.

Decentralized AI is making big waves in the broader AI sector, and this year, things are bound to change as the segment evolves and people begin to understand its unique benefits that provide solutions to some of the challenges AGI is faced with.

$XRP climbed early Wednesday amid speculation Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse will attend the White House's first ever crypto summit to be hosted by President Donald Trump – several crypto executives have announced they received invitations, but Garlinghouse has yet to confirm he was invited to the event.

Nayib Bukele is under fire among Bitcoiners and prominent figures in the crypto industry after he insisted that El Salvador will not halt its strategic Bitcoin reserve even if the IMF's funding deal clearly states that the country is prohibited from buying $BTC throughout the funding program's duration.

DeepSeek was met with much resistance when it first landed into the global tech space, weeks since the Chinese AI chatbot's launch, some experts in the blockchain industry are seeing the AI model in a different light.

Some of the crypto industry's most prominent executives are speaking out against the "crypto reserve," explaining that Bitcoin is the only asset that meets the standards for store of value asset.

The SEC has agreed in principle to dismiss its lawsuit against Kraken as the financial regulator prepares for a series of roundtables that should help provide status clarity for cryptocurrencies.

$XRP is now much closer to its all-time high after it surged as high as $2.96 at one point Sunday night following President Trump's big news about a national crypto reserve that will include the $XRP token.

Cardano and XRP led Sunday's crypto market surge, with the two leading cryptocurrencies outperforming market leaders Bitcoin and Ethereum by a wide margin following Trump's announcement of a national crypto reserve.

Meme coins, a controversial segment in the broader blockchain industry, are not securities, the SEC declared Thursday, ending years of questions about the legal status of the tokens.

A Democratic Congressman has introduced a new bill that prohibits the President and other higher-level public officials from issuing or promoting meme coins, targeting Donald Trump's $TRUMP meme token and the Melania coin.

Ripple has partnered with South Korean institutional custody firm BDACS to further propel growth within the XRP Ledger's ecosystem and support collaborative development around $RLUSD, Ripple's stablecoin.

Some Bitcoiners are losing patience over the wait for a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve, while others are worried it was a "scam." Meanwhile, some $BTC holders believe they should just "trust the process" since a Bitcoin reserve will most likely take time to be established.