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After a euphoric surge that saw meme coins on the Solana blockchain skyrocket earlier this year, the hype is beginning to unravel. Solana’s native token, SOL, has dropped for four straight days—falling nearly 18% from its May highs—as meme coin…...

The Texas Senate has approved the conference committee report for Senate Bill 21 by a decisive 24-7 margin. This move has cleared the final legislative hurdle for the state’s proposed Bitcoin reserve fund. With both chambers adopting the measure, the…...

Bitcoin is under renewed selling pressure after days of consolidating just below its $112,000 all-time high. The market, rattled by macroeconomic uncertainty and rising volatility, has forced BTC into a cooling phase around the $103K–$106K range. While bulls are still in control of the broader trend, the current pullback...

Coinbase won’t call customers to warn them that their accounts may have been compromised. It’s a common scam vector. Still, someone tried it on me. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions....

Ethereum price pulled back in the past three days as traders adjust their positions for June, its historically worst month. Ethereum (ETH) has declined for three consecutive days, hitting a low of $2,500. That’s a 9.8% drop from its monthly…...

Bitcoin’s record-breaking rally to an all-time high of $112,000 on May 22nd has ushered in a wave of heightened investor expectations. The surge, catalyzed by a sudden bullish breakout following the White House’s decision to delay 50% tariffs on EU goods, has since been tempered by geopolitical uncertainty and...

Toncoin TON took a sharp dive in the last 24-hours, falling more than 7% from $3.319 to a low just under the $3 mark after as excitement around a rumored Telegram partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI reversed course. The plunge is the continuation of one that started shortly after...

In a significant development for the industry, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance shared its view on crypto staking after the recent call for clear guidance on the sector. The SEC branch seeks to “provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities...

The way we share and review scientific research has remained mostly unchanged for decades. Despite the digital age, many researchers still face issues like authorship disputes, paywalls, and slow peer review processes. However, a new solution is emerging—NFTs and blockchain. […] The post NFTs in Scientific Publishing: Peer Review...

In a pivotal shift for U.S. crypto policy, the Securities and Exchange Commission clarified on May 29 that most staking activities on proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains do not constitute securities transactions—marking a major departure from the agency’s previously aggressive stance under…...