Two law firms – Burwick Law and Wolf Popper LLP – have issued a cease-and-desist letter to the Solana-based meme coin creation platform PumpFun, demanding the immediate removal of the Dogshit2 token and other related coins deployed on the Solana blockchain that utilize unlicensed intellectual property from their firms. According to the law firms, PumpFun […]
BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager, is gearing up to launch a Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe. This marks its first foray into the European crypto market. The fund is expected to be based in Switzerland. This move follows the success of BlackRock’s US-based iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which currently manages $58 billion […]
Around 26,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Feb. 7, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.5 billion. This week’s expiry event is about a third of the size of last week’s month-ending mammoth one. Therefore, there is likely to be a minimal influence on spot markets, which have retreated this week. […]
“Earlier today, we announced that we are now Strategy, a new name that powerfully and succinctly conveys the universal and global appeal of our company,” said Phong Le, President and Chief Executive Officer. The rebrand came to emphasize the firm’s focus on Bitcoin and AI as transformative technologies. “We have completed $20 billion of our […]
“Feels like a great time to enter BTC!” exclaimed Eric Trump on X on Jan. 6. The post followed a similar one on Feb. 3 when he said it was a “great time to add ETH,” resulting in a double-digit recovery for the asset. However, there was little reaction on spot markets for BTC, which remains […]
The SEC is scaling back its special unit of more than 50 lawyers and staff members that were responsible for bringing crypto enforcement actions, according to a Feb. 4 New York Times report citing people with knowledge of the matter. Some of the lawyers in the crypto enforcement unit are being assigned to other departments […]
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to implement a DLT-based debt instrument trading system. The main objective is to encourage securities firms to engage in digital token trading. According to Jomkwan Kongsakul, who happens to be the deputy secretary-general of the SEC, the regulator has already approved four digital token projects and […]
On Feb. 5, Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz reported that the network is now recovering before adding, “We don’t know exactly what caused the issue yet.” The XRP Ledger (XRPL) experienced a rare one-hour outage late on Feb 4 when block production stopped at ledger height 93927173. However, the network recovered on its own […]
Ethereum prices have gained around 11% on the day to reach $2,900 during early trading in Asia on Feb. 4 before it retraced slightly. It is on the path to recovery from a crash to $2,260 on Monday following President Donald Trump’s imposition of trade tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. Some of those tariffs […]
On Feb. 3, President Trump announced plans to create a US sovereign wealth fund, a national investment vehicle designed to generate and distribute assets for American citizens. Trump signed the executive order at a White House event directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who are both pro-crypto, to “begin a […]