Illinois considering strategic Bitcoin reserve with 5-year hodl strategy
Illinois’ HB1844 bill proposes a state-run Bitcoin reserve with a mandatory five-year holding period before allowing conversions or sales.
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Riot Platforms again eyed for change by activist investor: Report
Investment firm D.E. Shaw has built a stake in Riot Platforms and is pushing the Bitcoin miner to change, Reuters...
Crypto mobile wallets hit 36M record high amid growing retail adoption
Increasingly more passive crypto holders are turning into active users and interacting with blockchain-based protocols.
Gary Gensler returns to MIT — Here’s what he taught last time
Gensler asked his students at the outset of his previous course at MIT whether they thought crypto would change the...
Is Elon Musk plotting the mother of all blockchains?
Musk is said to be exploring public blockchains to curb wasteful government spending and stem fraud and abuse. Will it...
Trump Media partners with Charles Schwab, expands into crypto financial services
The newly revealed Truth.Fi marks another foray into cryptocurrencies by the US president and his associates.
Crypto must avoid FTX 2.0 in the next bull run
It’s time to prioritize governance, transparency and accountability — or we may face another catastrophic FTX-like collapse.
ai16z rebrands to ElizaOS to shed Andreessen Horowitz confusion
AI DAO ai16z has rebranded to ElizaOS, distancing itself from name confusion with Andreessen Horowitz.
Hong Kong SFC grants first crypto licenses of 2025
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has issued two new crypto trading platform licenses, bringing the total to seven since...
Nvidia slump and $100B crypto IPOs could fuel Bitcoin rally
Some of the largest crypto firms are planning IPOs in 2025, which creates a “clear incentive to keep Bitcoin prices...
$150M money market funds added to Arbitrum’s RWA ecosystem
Tokenized T-Bills can now be traded on the Arbitrum network using Spiko’s money market funds.
Ondo Finance’s tokenized US Treasury to join XRP Ledger
Upon launch, Ondo’s OUSG tokens will be redeemable using Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.
OpenSea faces backlash over ‘OS2’ private beta, airdrop dynamics
Community members who accessed the “OS2” private beta expressed frustration over the NFT marketplace’s airdrop dynamics.
FTSE Russell to launch crypto indexes through SonarX partnership
FTSE 100, which is a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, said institutional investors are more interested in onchain data...