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Trump's tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports are now in effect, and Canada, its neighbor and long-time ally, will be hit the hardest, being the U.S.'s largest foreign supplier.

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."

Tulsi Gabbard has followed through with a Trump executive order that ordered the revocation of security clearances for some key intelligence officials under ex-president Joe Biden.

A district judge has raised issue with the alleged "unusual secrecy" around DOGE operations, ordering the Trump-established unit to produce a government watchdog's requests for more information on how the office operates and who its personnel are.

The crypto market has erased all gains it made since Donald Trump secured his second presidential win, with Bitcoin plunging below $77,000 at one point and Ethereum falling under $2,000.

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.

The HHS has reportedly offered all of its employees with a $25,000 buyout to voluntarily leave the agency that includes some of the most critical units in American health, including the CDC and the NIH.

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.

Binance is in hot waters after several well-followed figures in the crypto community raised alarms about the exchange supposedly engaging in price manipulation.

The NOAA is reportedly planning to lay off over a thousand personnel after it already fired 1,300 workers, and the VA is looking to pursue its plan of laying off some 80,000 workers as early as June.

$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.

President Trump promised to bring home Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams – the astronauts stranded at the space station since June 2024 – after the Biden administration supposedly "left them up there," but also called Williams the "woman with wild hair."

The SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mission turned into a fiery fireworks-like display in space after the spacecraft exploded minutes after lifting off from Texas Thursday.

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.

President Trump is hoping the southern border wall's construction will be completed by the end of his term, and it won't be just any wall, but one with AI-enabled capabilities, Vice President JD Vance revealed Wednesday.

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."

Michael Grimes has reportedly been recruited to lead the sovereign wealth fund being pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump – he is known as a key dealmaker in the investment realm and also for his role in Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter.

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.

The IRS is planning to cut its 90,000 workforce by half as part of the Trump administration's bid toward federal government downsizing, but many X users are against the idea.

$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.

President Trump delivered a historically long address to Congress Tuesday, as Democrats protested by walking out and refusing to clap while he enumerated his accomplishments.

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.

Aside from tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, Trump has also gone hard on China, slapping an additional 10% tariff on certain Chinese goods last month, a move that drew sharp criticism from Beijing.