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What has Trump done for crypto in his first 100 days?
Donald Trump has embraced crypto during his first 100 days, but has that embrace benefited or hindered the industry?
Every country that has failed to make bitcoin legal tender
Nation-state BTC adoption efforts have entirely failed to convince countries to adopt the world’s foremost crypto as legal tender.
Tornado Cash is safe from US sanctions, says court
The Texas court rejected the Treasury’s arguments and ruled that it can longer sanction the crypto mixer accused of laundering Lazarus funds.
Trump’s personal lawyer Jim Trusty pivots to crypto lobbying
Jim Trusty stopped representing Trump years ago and has now launched a consultancy firm covering crypto, prediction markets, and drones.
Bankera founders blew ICO funds on luxury real estate, report
Bankera’s founders raised €100M from more than 100,000 investors during a 2017 ICO, promising to create “a bank for the blockchain era.”
Polymarket: Odds of India invading Pakistan rose to 41%
The odds of India invading Pakistan hit 41% on crypto prediction market Polymarket today, as officials warned an invasion was “imminent.”
Bitcoin devs continue fight over ‘arbitrary’ data storage
Non-financial data like media inscriptions continues to fill up Bitcoin’s blockchain, and the debate about how to address it continues.
Craig Wright has pivoted to farming
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright is now apparently into pumpkin farming, but has already been accused of “farming fraud.”
Dave Portnoy’s pathetic memecoin picks are down at least 97%
Crypto influencer Dave Portnoy is responsible for at least five memecoins that have crashed 97% from their highs.
Jerome Powell defies Trump, keeps crypto restrictions at Fed
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has reduced US banking restrictions on crypto activities, but critics say he hasn’t done enough.
Chairman of Swiss National Bank hasn’t budged on bitcoin
Switzerland’s national bank chairman argued against the country holding BTC as part of its national reserve, resisting BTC advocates.
Tether thinks Jack Mallers will keep focus on Twenty One’s BTC, not USDT
Jack Mallers will serve as the dual CEO of Strike and Twenty One. His new venture already has a post-merger valuation above $9B.
How Tether-backed Twenty One plans to rival MicroStrategy
Tether-backed Twenty One’s plan to acquire over 42,000 BTC sounds not unlike Michael Saylor’s leveraged BTC acquisition strategy.
Nike’s RTFKT NFT collection is losing its images
NFTs produced by RTFKT, the startup that was bought and shut down by Nike, are no longer displaying the intended artwork.
HTX prepares for dinner with Donald Trump
HTX has registered one of its wallets under the “Sun” username for a special dinner that Donald Trump is hosting for $TRUMP investors.
Bithumb boosts security in wake of SK Telecom malware hack
Bithumb took action after SK Telecom was attacked with a malware infection that allowed hackers to access sensitive customer information.
The Vatican isn’t excommunicating crypto gamblers
A fake document mimicking the Holy See Press Office said Polymarket had reduced the solemn conclave to a “mere speculative exercise.”
Jerome Powell has been good for bitcoin, and Trump says he won’t fire him
Yesterday afternoon, BTC rallied $2,400 in 15 minutes on the news that Donald Trump wouldn’t fire US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Zora airdrop went unannounced for two hours and crashed BaseScan
The ZORA airdrop went live before Zora made an official announcement. Unfortunately, when it did announce the launch, it had to do it twice.
Has your senator invested in cryptocurrency?
US senators are debating crypto legislation, however, relatively few of them have disclosed investments in the industry.
Pump Fun co-founder Dylan Kerler linked to 2017 ICO scams, report
Dylan Kerler, the Pump Fun co-founder, has been linked to a shitcoin that rugpulled in 2017 when he was just 16-years-old.
Gate.io to compensate users for outage losses — but there’s a catch
Gate.io promised to compensate users for losses caused by its exchange outage “excluding market factors,” whatever that means.
Cathie Wood, the ‘believer’ who predicted $1.5M per bitcoin, has lost billions
Cathie Wood, fund manager at the multi-billion-dollar ARK Invest, believed in BTC and a futuristic portfolio of money-losing investments.
Yuga Labs wants Pauly0x’s $400K worth of crypto seized
Yuga Labs wants Pauly0x’s crypto wallets seized, claiming he made a mockery of a $9M judgment by buying sports tickets instead of paying up.
Zora abandons NFTs without warning, launches airdrop with zero rights
Coinbase-supported Instagram copycat Zora announced an airdrop with zero governance rights after its controversial pivot from NFTs.
UK street gang launders drug funds with memecoin, report
A UK gang involved in fraud, drug dealing, and extortion is reportedly laundering its funds through memecoin pump and dumps.
Ripple was Trump inauguration’s top crypto donor before SEC regulatory shift
Ripple’s $4.9M donation was the second largest overall after the $5 million handed over by poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride.
BlackRock and MicroStrategy hold more BTC than Satoshi
As centralized entities continue to amass bitcoin (BTC), just two corporations now hold more than Satoshi Nakamoto.
A digital gold panner won the lottery with Binance withdrawal
A user thought Binance stole an NFT-like Ordinal tied to one of his bitcoin deposits. In reality, a digital gold panner found and took it.
Critics attack Bored Ape expenditures, pushover members
Bored Ape Yacht Club is known for lavish expenditures, a failed metaverse, gullible members, and a 95% price decline of its NFTs.
Solana-focused BullX still exists despite allegations it ‘called it quits’
Someone earned hundreds of thousands of impressions with the claim that BullX or its CEO ‘called it quits,’ but that’s just a claim.
Bank of America lobbies to dethrone Tether and Circle
Bank of America is happy to pay lobbyists to convince the US government to pass laws and rules favoring bank-operated stablecoins.
What’s the deal with Zora, Base, and content coins?
Coinbase is adamant that Base didn’t launch a token or memecoin, while according to its creator, BASEISFOREVERYONE is a “content coin.”
Coinbase claims the token Base just launched isn’t actually a token at all
After a brief rally on its surprise announcement, the newly minted BASEISFOREVERYONE memecoin crashed 88% within two minutes.
Your $1,200 COVID stimulus could be worth $14,700 in bitcoin
Meanwhile, if you’d spent your $1,200 on BTC in 2020 and sold during Trump’s inauguration, you’d have made almost $19,000.
BlackRock ETFs: Gold outperforms bitcoin in Trump’s second term
BlackRock’s Gold Trust has outperformed its Bitcoin Trust under Trump, despite the president’s explicit support for BTC.
Abandoned DeFi websites used to host crypto wallet drainers
The DeFi website scam relies on former users of now-defunct projects coming back to remove previously deposited funds.
Crypto influencer Tiffany Fong rejected Elon Musk’s baby-making offer, report
Elon Musk slid into the DMs of cryptocurrency influencer Tiffany Fong and asked her to have his baby, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Every UK MP hacked on X since Elon Musk took control
A total of seven UK MPs have seen their X accounts hacked, mainly to promote crypto scams, since Elon Musk took over Twitter three years ago.
US government might use tariffs to buy bitcoin
According to an executive director on one of Donald Trump’s councils, the US government could use tariff revenue to buy BTC.
Did Solana process more transactions than all other blockchains last week?
Solana publishes incredible statistics about its transactions despite generously defining that term to include mostly non-financial actions.
Major crypto exchanges suffer complications after AWS outage
Binance, MEXC, KuCoin, Rabby Wallet and DeBank were impacted by Amazon’s AWS outage, which led to withdrawal suspensions and other issues.
Chinese chip used in bitcoin wallets is putting traders at risk
Bitcoin wallets that use the ESP32 chip, including Blockstream’s Jade wallet, are on high alert after a new critical vulnerability error.
Anchorage Digital probed by top US AML task force, report
In 2022, the US banking watchdog put Anchorage on notice for failing to meet various anti-money laundering regulations.
MicroStrategy bought BTC at nearly the worst possible price last week
Looking at a chart of BTC when MicroStrategy was buying last week, skeptics think Michael Saylor paid nearly the worst price possible.
MANTRA CEO says ‘reckless’ exchanges caused OM token collapse
MANTRA’s OM token lost billions from its market cap, with its CEO blaming “reckless forced closures” from exchanges.
CZ told to ‘give up the scamming’ in X spat with Ari Paul
The spat began when Zhao challenged the WSJ claim that as part of Zhao’s plea deal, he agreed to give evidence on Justin Sun.
Gold has outperformed bitcoin by nearly 40% this year
A year-to-date chart of gold versus BTC shows outperformance of the traditional safe haven asset amid geopolitical uncertainty.
ETH has fallen nearly 50% since Eric Trump’s promotional tweet
Trump-linked World Liberty Financial denied it sold its ETH, with the crypto down 46% since Eric Trump recommended buying it.
SEC wants to settle with Ripple, drops Helium case
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is easing crypto regulation against Ripple and Helium under Donald Trump’s new directive.