Singapore’s Crypto.com announced securing a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license on 12 February 2025. With this approval, the company can officially launch its services across all 30 European Economic Area (EEA) member states. The EEA consists of 27 European Union (EU) member states along with Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway....

President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) crypto division, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. There has been no official statement, but Bloomberg cited a document sent by the White House to Capitol Hill on Feb. 11. Acting CFTC Chair...

If you asked a cypherpunk in the 1990s about their worst-case scenario for the future of money, they probably would have described something very close to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The fight against financial surveillance was fundamental for Bitcoin’s early instigators, and CBDCs go against everything they stand...

Banks in Canada and Brazil eye XRP or1Fuel for integration, sparking interest in RLUSD and 1Fuel’s potential massive gain. #partnercontent...

Cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen highlights a growing imbalance in the market: capital is pouring into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and meme coins, while other crypto projects struggle for attention. What Happened: In a podcast on Feb 11, Cowen highlights Bitcoin dominance has surged from 38-39% to 64%, which he calls...

NodeOps, a leading blockchain node orchestration platform, emerged as one of the top decentralized physical infrastructure networks by revenue in 2024. The DePIN project’s strong performance over the past 12 months saw it rank fourth on the revenue leaderboard. NodeOps…...

The SEC’s decision on Grayscale’s XRP ETF could significantly impact the regulatory landscape and future of crypto asset classifications. The post SEC may acknowledge Grayscale XRP ETF filing as early as tomorrow appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

The fourth quarter was a good one for crypto and Wall Street analysts expect leading U.S. exchange Coinbase (COIN) to have posted a big jump in earnings from the prior three months. Revenue for the fourth quarter is expected to have been $1.8 billion, according to FactSet, up from...

Bitcoin Twitter (or Bitcoin X) is having a moment after a 13F filing by Goldman Sachs (GS) disclosed higher stakes in a handful of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the facts are less than meets the eye. First and foremost, ownership of the ETFs isn’t exactly a bet...

The future of crypto looks more like Facebook’s abandoned Diem project than the cypherpunk ethos that Bitcoin started with 16 years ago....