Month: April 2025

EY-Parthenon and Coinbase conducted a survey of more than 350 institutional investors globally in January of 2025. While regulatory clarity will loom large over developments in the digital assets landscape in 2025 — investors in the survey called it the #1 catalyst for growth — the survey illustrated underlying...

The digital asset class is highly technical. Powered by blockchain technology and globally traded 24/7, digital asset markets are fast-moving and awash in data. A systematic investment approach may lend itself well to such a market. Systematic investing can also unlock a critical and particularly well-suited feature for multi-asset...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has signaled a major policy shift toward fostering innovation in financial technology, saying the Trump administration will “take a close look at regulatory impediments to blockchain, stablecoins and new payment systems.” What Happened: The remarks came during his keynote address at the American Bankers...

World Liberty Financial, the Donald Trump family-backed DeFi project, reportedly started to sell its ether (ETH) stash at $1,465 a token despite purchasing the asset for $3,259 at the start of the year. On-chain data from Arkham shows that a wallet closely tied to World Liberty Financial sold 5,471...

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, says the United States’ evolving stance on the dollar’s global reserve role could trigger a structural shift in the financial system, one that favors alternative stores of value like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and gold. What Happened: In a new blog...

Ethereum developer and early contributor Virgil Griffith has been granted early release from prison after serving nearly five years for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea. Griffith, 41, was arrested in 2019 following a controversial trip to North Korea, where…...

Global Economic Tensions Impact SHIB The cryptocurrency market experienced significant turbulence as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China sent shockwaves through global financial markets. Shiba Inu (SHIB) was not spared from the selloff, plummeting to $0.00001038 – its lowest level since February 2023 – as investors...

Ethereum’s (CRYPTO: ETH) price has decreased 4.0% over the past 24 hours to $1,475.26, continuing its downward trend over the past week of -21.0%, moving from $1,877.14 to its current price. The chart below compares the price movement and volatility for Ethereum over the past 24 hours (left) to...

European Union (EU) member states have approved the European Commission’s proposal to introduce retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The bloc’s executive made the proposal as a countermeasure against the U.S.’ imposition of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from the EU. Duties will be collected from April 15...

Binance is launching a new “reward-bearing margin asset” LDUSDt, which the company says is not a stablecoin. According to an April 9 announcement, LDUSDt can be obtained by swapping Tether’s USDt deposited in the firm’s Simple Earn yield product. Binance stated that holders of LDUSDt will continue to earn...