Cryptocurrency

Video platform Rumble on Monday announced its first Bitcoin buy, less than two months after revealing a strategy to put the cryptocurrency on its balance sheet. Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the company bought its first Bitcoin on Friday. It isn’t clear how much Bitcoin that Rumble bought, but the […]

World Liberty Financial, a DeFi platform affiliated with President Donald Trump and members of his family, added approximately 439 Wrapped Bitcoin—or about $47 million worth at the time of purchase—to its balance amid the inauguration Monday. The platform, which counts Trump and multiple children among its advisors, made 10 separate transactions, swapping nearely $47 million

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mark Uyeda will temporarily lead the cryptocurrency industry’s main regulator as acting chair, amid a broader shakeup across several federal government agencies. The appointment comes immediately after SEC Chairman Gary Gensler stepped down as Wall Street’s top cop Monday, as expected, alongside President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The former leader of

It was a divisive move, but analysts at Bernstein think President Trump’s Solana meme token launch Friday should be seen as an opportunity by investors—even if some in the crypto industry considered it a “cringe” move. Analysts at the investment firm said that the new era of the digital asset industry would be “chaotic,” but

Mark Cuban may be among Dogecoin’s most notable fans, but the Shark Tank star wasn’t too impressed by the launch of President Donald Trump’s meme coin this weekend. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Cuban pushed back against the notion that Trump’s official meme coin (TRUMP) is a long-term positive for the

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants everyone to calm down about artificial general intelligence. Again. “Twitter hype is out of control again,” Altman posted on X Monday, pulling back from weeks of cryptic teasers and bold predictions about the company’s latest AI model, o3. “We are not gonna deploy AGI next month, nor have we built

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s extra-governmental Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was served a lawsuit Monday just minutes after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The 30-page complaint, brought by public interest law firm National Security Counselors, alleges that DOGE—which shares an acronym with the ticker of Dogecoin, Musk’s favorite meme coin—is illegally operating as a

In brief Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th U.S. President after running on a pro-crypto platform. But Trump hasn’t always taken this stance: He used to call Bitcoin a “scam” and said he wasn’t a fan. Trump has since launched his own Solana meme coin, multiple NFT collections, and a DeFi platform. Bitcoin-friendly

Digital asset investment products pulled in $2.2 billion last week—up dramatically from $48 million the week prior—gaining momentum as traders gravitated toward Bitcoin on the eve of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Republican assumed control of the White House Monday, and he is expected to issue a flurry of crypto-related executive orders, as Decrypt reported

Gold Maxi Created $300M Meme Coin By Accident Ron made a YouTube video in an attempt to prove that cryptocurrency is worthless, after seeing Fartcoin shoot over a $1 billion market cap. Once the video was published, crypto degens caught wind of the story and sent Unicorn Fart Dust (UFD) to over $260 million—now $300