Hines said he is leaving the crypto advisory group to rejoin the private sector but will continue to support the cryptocurrency industry.

The cypherpunk ethos is retreating from the limelight, as institutions and centralized players take center stage, driving new narratives.

This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. XRP: Not out of the woods yet XRP (XRP), the payments-focused cryptocurrency, surged 11% on Thursday, reportedly breaking out of

NFT DApps drew slightly more active users than DeFi in July, even as DeFi liquidity hit a record $270B.

Though possibly not its first foray into crypto, Harvard’s reported stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund represented a significant investment.

ChatGPT-5 users on social media platforms were critical of the update, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to the complaints, pledging improvements.

Court documents showed there was at least one 90-year-old, and some people had “set in stone” their opinions about the Tornado Cash co-founder’s criminal charges.

Vitalik Buterin says public companies that buy and hold Ether broaden the token’s access to a wider range of investors, but cautioned on leveraging too heavily.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2020 lawsuit against Ripple Labs is officially over, after the two parties informed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that they were voluntarily dismissing their respective appeals of a

Ripple Labs and the SEC have both filed to drop their legal appeals in a yearslong court battle over the securities classification of the XRP token.

From teaching himself how to code to working odd jobs in the United States after emigrating, Roman Storm’s story is anything but typical.

Shares in IREN Ltd closed trading on Wednesday up 11.4% after it reported mining more Bitcoin than MARA Holdings in July.

Circle’s USDC accounted for 63% of salaries paid in crypto in 2024, outpacing USDt despite its trading dominance, according to Pantera’s global compensation survey.

Digital asset manager Parataxis Holdings is officially going public through a SPAC deal with SilverBox Corp IV, confirming earlier plans to list, it announced in a press release on Wednesday. The new entity will be

Roman Storm’s trial verdict leaves the door open for US prosecutors to retry the Tornado Cash developer, attorneys said.

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XRP is now live on BDACS, a regulated crypto custodian for South Korean institutions, marking the first concrete outcome of Ripple’s custody partnership announced in February. BDACS talked about the launch in a post made

Base blamed a 33-minute outage on Aug. 5 on an unprepared sequencer and said it has fixed the issue to ensure any chosen sequencer will be ready to process transactions.

Institutions may now have a clearer footing to build products around liquid staking tokens and unlock new market segments, according to industry executives.

The CFTC is seeking feedback on how to more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as it moves to implement recommendations from the Trump administration.

Solana Mobile stands to earn at least $67.5 million from sales of the Seeker, which had pre-orders many times higher than the first-generation device.

Grayscale reappoints founder Barry Silbert as chairman and hires top Wall Street talent as it looks to defend its ETF revenue lead and sharpen its institutional edge.

The GENIUS Act’s ban on yield could dampen the appeal of digital dollars, particularly as tokenization efforts in traditional finance gain momentum.

Making the US energy grid more resistant to shocks and maximizing grid uptime is central to the Trump administration’s AI strategy.

The Tron founder said it has been a long-time dream to travel to space and reflected on the fragility of the planet following his return.

The iconic statue of pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has become a textbook symbol of the global Bitcoin movement.

A victim lost $908,551 in a crypto phishing scam 15 months after signing a malicious approval transaction. The scammer waited until two large deposits were made before striking.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new Crypto Task Force will begin a cross-country tour this month to meet with small crypto startups and expand the number of people who are heard in crypto policymaking.

The $3.5 billion heist is the single largest cryptocurrency hack and went unreported by both parties for years, according to Arkham.

A crypto wallet tied to a little-known Chinese mining pool may have been the victim of the largest bitcoin theft ever recorded, according to new findings from Arkham Intelligence. In an Aug. 2 thread on

The company continues to accumulate BTC through corporate equity and debt offerings, but class action lawsuits against Strategy are mounting.

With officials urging companies to “reshore crypto,” global companies are expanding US operations as the Trump administration rolls out pro-crypto reforms.

The roundtables, scheduled to be held in 10 cities, will focus on crypto startups less than two years old and with 10 or fewer employees.

Stablecoin-linked stocks in Hong Kong plunged by double digits amid the city’s new regulatory transition, but experts say it’s a healthy correction.

Strategy CEO Phong Le says the market still misunderstands and undervalues its Bitcoin play, as it posted $10 billion profit in the second quarter and plans to raise $4.2 billion to buy more.

Though it has weighed in on traditional staking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has not issued guidance on liquid staking.

Once one of crypto’s loudest critics, Jamie Dimon now says he’s a “believer” in stablecoins as JPMorgan deepens its push into digital assets.

The proposal aims to make Ethereum faster and quantum-resistant, while also reducing the layer-1 blockchain’s technical complexity.

As Kraken eyes a $15 billion valuation and potential IPO, its Q2 report reveals growth and a shift toward TradFi products.

If convicted of the three charges, the Tornado Cash developer could face more than 40 years in prison.

President Donald Trump’s crypto working group finally issued its massive report and its pages of U.S. policy recommendations, and two of the people behind that effort told CoinDesk that decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols should fare

The report rehashed many of the policy objectives touted by the Trump administration for regulating crypto in the United States.

Traders cut risk ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, and a long-awaited crypto policy report from the White House.

Strategy bought over 21,000 Bitcoin after raising $2.5 billion from a preferred stock offering, the largest initial public offering in the US this year.

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) shares jumped nearly 4% in post-market trading after the company posted record revenue for its second quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations. MARA reported revenue of $238.5 million, a 64% rise

The company plans to offer the most popular US stocks as ERC-20 tokens on the Ethereum network, enabling 24/5 trading and DeFi integration.

Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio suggests investors put 15% into store-of-value assets amid America’s debt crisis.

Interactive Brokers joins a number of traditional finance institutions who are considering entering the stablecoin space, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.

The SEC delayed decisions on the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF and Grayscale’s Solana Trust, extending review periods as the US Congress moves with crypto regulation.