Key points: Bitcoin joins risk assets in a knee-jerk reaction to the latest instalment of the US trade war, this time focused on the EU. BTC price action dives up to 4% before recovering with…
Spoiler alert: The future of Web3 is not…
Opinion by: Grigore Roșu, founder and chief executive officer of Pi Squared For some, the audacity of questioning the primacy of blockchain in Web3 is borderline heretical. The idea that decentralization and progress could exist…
Who attended Trump’s controversial memecoin dinner?
The top 220 holders of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin met yesterday at the president’s golf course in Virginia for an exclusive dinner and purported meet-and-greet. Attendees spent a grand total of $148 million for…
Ethereum price chart targets $4K as transaction fees…
Key takeaways: Ethereum is forming a bull flag on the daily chart, with a potential breakout to $4,000. If Ethereum’s network activity and total value locked continue to grow, ETH price may see further gains.…
US DOJ seizes $24M in crypto from accused…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize more than $24 million in cryptocurrency from Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, a Russian national accused of developing the Qakbot malware. According to…
Semiconductor exemptions don’t matter when it comes to…
Opinion by: Ahmad Shadid of O.xyz Semiconductors scored a rare exemption from US President Donald Trump’s aggressive reciprocal tariffs, but the relief is symbolic at best. Most semiconductors enter the US embedded in servers, GPUs,…
Which senators invest in crypto? 11 lawmakers have…
As the question of stablecoin regulation heats up in the US Senate, so has the issue of which members are personally invested in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency firms. On May 19, the Senate voted to invoke…
Exponential currency debasement: ‘You don’t own enough crypto,…
Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can help investors protect their eroding purchasing power during an era of exponential currency debasement, according to analysts and industry leaders. Investing in digital assets is becoming increasingly important in…
How staking incentivizes trust without burning energy
What if a financial system could run itself not by burning electricity, but by rewarding good behavior? That’s the promise of staking, a mechanism that powers many modern blockchains by turning users into network operators. …
Bitcoin hits new all-time high of $109K as…
Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high after a temporary trade agreement between the United States and China eased macroeconomic fears and boosted investor confidence. Bitcoin (BTC) set a new high of $109,400 on May…