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In a surprising twist of debate, Elon Musk has commented on the ongoing speculation surrounding the fate of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced founder of FTX, on getting a pardon. In response to an X post about Bankman-Fried’s past as the…
Billionaire blockchain visionary and Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson is planning to meet Democratic Senators to push for bipartisan crypto agenda. In a post on X, Hoskinson noted that he will have talks with Senators, including Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman, to make crypto…
Securitize, the brokerage behind the tokenized BlackRock US Dollar Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), has proposed adding BUIDL as collateral for the Frax USD stablecoin. The proposal, submitted as a Frax Improvement Proposal (FIP), highlights the advantages of leveraging BUIDL, which…
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Miran, a former Treasury official from his first administration, to lead the Council of Economic Advisers. By selecting Miran, Trump is bringing experienced leadership back to Washington to help shape economic policy. “Steve will work…
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Bo Hines, a former North Carolina State and Yale football player, to spearhead the new Crypto Council. Announced Sunday, Bo Hines will onboard as executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets.…
The cost of Bitcoin mining machines has surged sharply in Shenzhen, China, following the recent spike in the Bitcoin price. According to a recent report by a Beijing-based newspaper Wen Wei Po, the price of Ant mining machines developed and produced…
Belarus says it is welcoming more crypto miners, and that more mining “investors” are “showing keen interest” in the nation. The comments came from the country’s Deputy Minister of Energy Denis Moroz. The Deputy Minister said that Minsk is now “meeting…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank is “not allowed to own Bitcoin,” leaving the decision to Congress. Replying to a reporter’s question during the press conference following the FOMC decision, Powell said that the Fed has little to…
Michael Saylor, co-founder and chairman of MicroStrategy Inc., has outlined plans to enhance “intelligent leverage” for the company’s shareholders. The Virginia-based firm, which has transformed from a software maker to a leveraged Bitcoin investment vehicle, continues to draw significant attention for…
Sol Strategies (CSE: HODL) (OTC Pink: CYFRF), a publicly traded Canadian company actively investing in, supporting, and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain and ecosystem, is acquiring three Solana validators from Orangefin Ventures, a leader in high-performance blockchain infrastructure solutions. In…
Tai Mo Shan, a subsidiary of Jump Crypto, has agreed to pay $123 million to settle charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over allegations it misled investors about the stability of TerraUSD (UST), an algorithmic stablecoin that…
MicroStrategy, led by Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, has expanded its board of directors, appointing former Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks along with Jane Dietze and Gregg Winiarski. The new appointments were disclosed in a December 20 filing with the U.S. Securities and…