World Liberty Financial (WLF) – a venture linked to Donald Trump and his family – has been on an aggressive accumulation spree. In fact, the public wallet associated with WLF now holds $370.4 million in assets across 44 distinct cryptocurrencies. WLF Targets DeFi Leadership According to Santiment’s findings, these accumulation strategies signal its growing influence […]
Ross Ulbricht, the controversial creator of the Silk Road, has long been at the heart of debates about the intersection of technology and criminal activity. Following a full pardon from US President Donald Trump, a new wave of cybercrime has emerged, leveraging news of Ulbricht’s case to deliver malware to unsuspecting targets. Exploiting the news […]
The official meme coin of United States President Donald Trump has been a roaring success since its launch five days ago, witnessing high trading activity and investor participation. Data analyzed by the on-chain intelligence firm CryptoQuant now shows that Official Trump (TRUMP) has recorded roughly $38 billion in total trading volume across centralized crypto exchanges […]
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 […]