Informed Crypto News

As Bitcoiners cheer the presidential pardon of Ross Ulbricht, few remember his still-imprisoned second-in-command, Variety Jones.

Crypto exchanges with Chinese founders and customers were leading venues for attracting TRUMP memecoin purchases.

Vitalik Buterin reminded critics that he is the one deciding how the Ethereum Foundation’s leadership structure will look.

The incredibly minimal DOGE portal claims to be “an official website of the US government,” and says “the people voted for major reform.”

Donald Trump’s inauguration pastor Reverend Lorenzo Sewell has launched a crypto token that he says will help him to accomplish God’s vision.

According to a draft of the lawsuit, calling DOGE a non-governmental “panel” is semantics and ignores the reality of its responsibilities.

Hackers used the Cuban government’s X account to host their own spaces and try to convince listeners to invest in their scam memecoin.

Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff said, “I assume the rest of the Trump family will be launching coins,” adding, “At least it’s all above board.”

The Ethereum Foundation has responded to community frustrations by proving that it does in fact use the chain… to dump ETH.

Melania Trump hilariously decided to launch her own memecoin 19 hours after her husband launched his TRUMP crypto, costing him billions.

Bitcoin mining pools are considering turning to alternative tokens besides bitcoin to pay some of their mining members.

The lead plaintiff of the Pump Fun lawsuit is reportedly still trading on the site despite being down almost $50,000 on their trades.

Coinbase user Griffin McShane says he almost lost his wedding venue of choice after the crypto exchange locked his account.

Adding bitcoin to a company’s balance sheet has been a terrific decision for the few winners and a terrible decision for others.

The final legal filing by the Gary Gensler-led SEC appeals SDNY’s decision that programmatic secondary offerings of XRP weren’t securities.

ZachXBT told the US law firm planning to file legal action against Pump Fun that “degenerate gamblers” are not actual victims or investors.

Justin Sun has announced that USDD 2.0 is launching soon, but details about what this new version will entail are sparse.

Deribit, Europe’s largest crypto options exchange, has revealed details of brokers that facilitate trades against customers on its platform.

Reporting suggests that the SEC is considering dropping enforcement cases against cryptocurrency firms following Trump’s inauguration.

Liberland is offering a $50,000 VIP Trump inauguration package that gives buyers the chance to attend official events alongside Justin Sun.

Crypto traders are placing bets that heavily favor the odds that Ross Ulbricht will earn a prison release from Donald Trump by May.

The UK government is planning to ban public sector bodies, including schools and the NHS, from paying crypto ransomware payments.

Crypto influencers like Rektober and Sifu are actively losing users’ money via hedge fund-like HyperLiquid vaults.

Sources familiar with Craig Wright’s case say something was filed with the Supreme Court that is likely an application to appeal.

As MicroStrategy continues to dilute common shareholders to add bitcoin to its balance sheet, insiders continue to sell into their bids.

After Trump’s election, bitcoin jumped from $68,000 to $108,000 but has now fallen back by 17% to today’s price of $89,800.

Bankless hosts David Hoffman and Ryan Sean Adams faced criticism following accusations of dumping Aiccelerate’s Solana-based AICC token.

Tether has announced that it’s ready to move to El Salvador after receiving its Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license.

The billionaire-backed Ripple USD (RLUSD) has failed to capture even 0.05% of the stablecoin sector’s market capitalization.

PROOF founder Kevin Rose shared photos of his house and filmed himself walking past scorched cars and homes in his devastated neighborhood.

HTX has sent $406 million of the $502 million total TrueUSD to new addresses in the last few months, perhaps pending redemptions.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has reportedly bought land worth almost $2 million in a luxury El Salvadorian golf resort.

Traders were spooked on Wednesday when it was reported that the US government could be set to sell 69,370 Silk Road bitcoins.

Heka Funds is one of the largest USDT arbitrage funds. We asked its manager to comment on Tether as well as MicroStrategy and BTC.

Users online have called the wildfire prediction markets on Polymarket “disgusting” while shaming the company for hosting the bets.

Yesterday saw the year’s first “significant” crypto hack, with exploited funds totalling $2.5 million removed from DeFi options platform Moby.

As the LA wildfires spread to more areas on a windy Wednesday night, flames threatened crypto workers and company headquarters.

HyperLiquid has responded to an increasing velocity of criticisms about its code, token supply, and validator centralization.

Justin Sun’s 2025 vision for Liberland would use his allies in Trump’s administration to secure a diplomatic relationship with the US

Dutch police arrested the 24-year-old man almost a year after crypto investors discovered his scheme had lost millions of their funds.

Finnish police have seized a collection of luxury watches that closely match the descriptions of those worn by Heart on his YouTube channel.

A leading candidate to be Canada’s prime minister, Pierre Poilievre, has earned a round of endorsements from Bitcoin influencers.

Tate launched BRUV last night with a manifesto that promises a national bitcoin reserve, as well as a raft of bizarre right-wing policies.

Last year, Telegram complied with 900 US requests, affecting 2,253 users. However, only 14 of these requests came between January and October.

Bitcoin ironically dipped below $94K during the firework-filled climax to MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor’s “$100K” New Year’s Eve party.

Do Kwon’s upcoming court appearance may just be the start of a months-long process of evidence gathering before any potential trial begins.

While keen to avoid being labeled as a stablecoin, Ethena’s USDe is being used as such across some of DeFi’s biggest players.

Archives for Tether’s “About Us” page show that Hoegner was still listed as the firm’s general counsel as recently as Christmas Eve.

A suspected exploit of the Feed Every Gorilla (FEG) token’s “SmartBridge” left holders down 99% after the hacker sold the proceeds.

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