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Solana Meme Coins, GameStop Stock Rocket as 'Roaring Kitty' Returns on X
In addition to common stocks, opportunistic crypto developers issued scores of meme coins on various blockchains to capitalize on the hype.
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GameStop's Halting Rally Has Crypto Howling
The U.S. stock market has circuit breakers that halt shares sometimes as a safeguard. That's funny to crypto folks.
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Trump and Biden Tied on Polymarket, Diverging From Polls
Other election contracts show a 35% chance of a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress and a 27% chance Democrats control the Senate after the election...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Slumped Last Week in Biggest Decline Since Crypto Winter: Bernstein
Lower cost miners have increased market share since the bitcoin halving, the report said.
Bitcoin Below $60K Could Trigger 'Panic' Selling, Crypto Analyst Says
One trader said recent declines are likely related to miners' asset sell-offs and fears of tighter regulation of cryptocurrencies.
DYdX Founder Antonio Juliano to Step Down as CEO of the Decentralized Exchange; Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen Takes Over
Juliano will become chairman and president of dYdX Trading.
Metaplanet Makes Bitcoin a Reserve Asset as Japan’s Debt Mountain Grows
The announcement comes as the yen, one of the top five global reserve currencies, bears the brunt of Japan's fiscal imprudence.
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Consensus 2024
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DeFi Gigabrain Tarun Chitra on ETH Staking, Restaking and Why ‘Financial Nihilism' Is a Real Consumer Product
The Gauntlet founder talks about the state of crypto ahead of Consensus 2024.
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Ryan Selkis Goes to Washington
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential peopl...
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Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing
Fannizadeh, a lawyer specializing in the crypto industry at Geneva Legal, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.
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Math Olympian in Shadow of John Nash Tries to Solve Blockchain, AI Trust Dilemma
Hyperbolic, the two-year-old startup focused on decentralized AI computing, said that it is introducing a protocol called “Proof of Sampling,” aimed at addressing challenges w...
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Kgothatso Ngako: How I Brought the Machankura Bitcoin App to Africa
Ngako is a speaker at this year's Consensus festival, in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
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'What Are We Waiting for'? SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Discusses Moving Crypto Regulation Forward
Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposal to allow projects to de...
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Wolverine-Themed Meme Coins Flood Market Following RoaringKitty's Cryptic Post
The Wolverine-themed tokens are not the only ones to have been issued on pump.fun.
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Protocol Village: ChainML Unveils Theoriq, an 'AI Agent Base Layer'
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.
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China's Digital Yuan Isn't Taking Off Despite State Employee Salary Trial: Report
Most early users immediately transfer the digital yuan balances to their bank accounts to spend as cash.
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Trump and Biden Tied on Polymarket, Diverging From Polls
Other election contracts show a 35% chance of a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress and a 27% chance Democrats control the Senate after the election...
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Chinese Police Bust $296M Illegal Crypto-Based Currency Operation: Report
Police in Panshi City, Jilin arrested six people for running an "underground bank."
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Custody Provider Liminal Wins Approval in Abu Dhabi as It Extends Expansion in Asia
The company has also secured registrations in India and Dubai.
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Trump’s Pro-Crypto Bluster at NFT Gala Lacked Policy Substance
At the Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump wooed a constituency Joe Biden has thoroughly snubbed. But the presidential candidate isn't exactly fluent in cryptocurrency policy.
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SEC Rebuts Coinbase's Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question
The exchange wants an appeal court to rule on whether conventional securities rules apply to crypto. Coinbase hopes they don't.