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Bitcoin DeFi Protocol Velar Unveils .BTC Name Grant Program for Unified Identities on Stacks

The Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol, Velar, has unveiled the BTC Name Grant Program to unify digital identities on the Bitcoin layer-2 network Stacks and simplify on-chain transactions. According…

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Litecoin ETF One Step Closer to Approval: Will the SEC Finally Say Yes?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially recognized Canary Capital’s proposal for a Litecoin ETF and invited public input as the potential for a US listing grows. Multiple fund…

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Bitcoin Shrugs Off Fed’s Rate Decision: Is Crypto Decoupling From Stocks?

After the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced that interest rates would remain unchanged at 4.25%-4.50%, Bitcoin’s price showed no significant fluctuations. The CME’s FedWatch tool had already projected a…

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a16z’s Chris Dixon Blames Policy Failures for Meme Coin Boom

Chris Dixon, founding partner at a16z Crypto, claims that misguided regulations fueled the meme coin explosion witnessed in 2024. The venture capitalist criticized the Biden administration’s approach to digital assets,…

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