Senator Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the House Banking Committee, is asking federal agencies to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s recent launch of a meme coin violated ethical or regulatory standards. The Massachusetts lawmaker, alongside Representative Jake Auchincloss, directed the request to the heads of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), the Treasury Department, […]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) chairs the US Senate panel on crypto assets. She has promised some big changes in government policy for the sector. A Bitcoin sovereign wealth fund Republicans are calling a “strategic national reserve” is only one of Lummis’ promises for blockchain. But markets are thrilling with bullish activity on that prospect alone. […]
In a leadership shakeup at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Acting Chair Caroline Pham appointed Harry Jung as Acting Chief of Staff on Wednesday. Jung, who previously served as Pham’s Counselor and Senior Policy Advisor, will lead the agency’s crypto and digital assets engagement and will build on his experience at Citigroup and prior […]
Those gains leveled out some by mid-afternoon US Central Time. Worldcoin’s WLD tokens were the tallest green candle for the day on Wednesday, with a 12% daily surge. Hyperliquid’s HYPE (8.6% gains) and Raydium’s RAY (8% gains) were the second and third most bullish tokens for the day. A few places down on the leaderboard […]
On Jan. 21, Donald Trump said he had signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated the dark web marketplace Silk Road. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my […]
On Jan. 21, Donald Trump Junior announced the purchases to “commemorate the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States.” The family’s World Liberty Finance DeFi platform has made several “strategic purchases,” including $47 million worth of wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) and $47 million worth of Ethereum. There were also $4.7 […]
Amid the excitement over Donald Trump’s inauguration, digital asset investment products attracted $2.2 billion in inflows last week, marking the largest weekly inflows of the year and bringing YTD totals to $2.8 billion. Rising asset prices have elevated total assets under management (AuM) to an unprecedented $171 billion. ETP trading volumes across the globe also […]
Messari founder Ryan Selkis has urged soon-to-be President Donald Trump to dismiss the team behind the release of the MELANIA meme coin. According to him, the launch was poorly executed, undermined Trump’s financial interests, and damaged some of the public goodwill he has enjoyed since winning the U.S. presidential polls in November 2024. Market Collision […]
Digital assets went on a highly volatile ride on Monday morning, with BTC dumping from $106,000 to under $100,000 only to bounce off and register a new all-time high hours later at over $109,000. All eyes will be on Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 while traditional markets in the United States remain closed for […]
The highly volatile rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market continues in full force as BTC added roughly ten grand within hours and skyrocketed to a new all-time high of just shy of $110,000. This comes just hours before the president-elect, Donald Trump, is inaugurated and returns to office. BTCUSD. Source: TradingView It has been a wild […]