Tag: Crypto

The World Bank doctor is in, and he’s got some bad news. The world economy is on course for a 2.3% growth, down from 2.7% in 2024. And hey, growth is good, right? Except that in this case, 2.3% is the weakest performance in 17 years. The only time...

UK’s Smarter Web Company becomes the latest firm to expand its Bitcoin reserves....

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes (CRYPTO: XRP) could take on a significant slice of the cross-border payments market, potentially facilitating 14% of the volume currently routed through SWIFT within the next five years. Speaking at the XRP APEX 2025 event in Singapore, Garlinghouse emphasized XRP’s capacity to streamline global...

The SEC has formally scrapped several proposed crypto regulations that were served up under the former SEC chair Gary Gensler. The proposed amendment to Rule 3b-16 of the Exchange Act Rule is one of the major rescissions. This amendment would have required DeFi platforms to be registered with the...

Bitcoin and altcoins plunged Thursday and into Friday, continuing a trend that has been unfolding over the past few days. Most altcoins were in the red, with the market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies excluding Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and stablecoins…...

The broader crypto market faced a sharp jolt earlier today as geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran triggered a wave of sell-offs. Among the tokens hit was Hyperliquid’s HYPE, which saw a steep intraday decline. However, the token is now…...

Should we sell before the weekend? Bitcoin stumbled to $103,900 before rebounding to $105,000 as news broke of Israeli airstrikes hitting Iranian nuclear and missile facilities, including those in Tehran. The escalation marks one of the most direct confrontations in years. Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that the strikes won’t...

At Dutch Blockchain Week 2025, Thierry Baudet, the face of the Forum for Democracy (FvD), charted an ambitious roadmap for a blockchain-driven future. His vision cuts out conventional banking systems, offering instead a financial ecosystem untethered from state control. From directly handling salaries in crypto to streamlining everyday purchases,...

One of the longest-running lawsuits in the crypto landscape could potentially come to a close as both parties seek to settle their disputes. Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly proposed to settle their $125 million civil penalty. According to the court filings shared by...

Polygon plans to pivot, focusing on the PoS and AggLayer with leadership from CEO Sandeep Nailwal. POL has been dragging lower as Ethereum layer-2 solutions like Base and Arbitrum increase in TVL. Ethereum is inherently less scalable, making it impossible to run a Facebook-like dApp without users incurring thousands...