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Companies Turn to Crypto for Payments as G7 and EU Mull Sanctions on Russian SWIFT Equivalent

Some Russian companies have turned to using crypto to settle payments and protect themselves from potential secondary sanctions from Western countries. At least two top metal producers have transacted using…

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Crypto Voter Backlash: How Biden’s Veto May Have Cost Him the 2024 Election

After a period of intense scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry, many speculated that the Biden administration had reversed its stance by allowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to…

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Banking Associations Support Resolution to Overturn SEC’s Controversial Crypto Rules

The American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Financial Services Forum, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association sent a letter to President Joe Biden on May 31, urging him to…

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Inside the Crypto Fortunes of Justin Sun, Vitalik Buterin, and Other Influencers

According to analytics, several prominent crypto influencers hold substantial amounts of money onchain. For example, Tron founder Justin Sun has more than $1 billion in crypto assets. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik…

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Musk vs. Nakamoto: A 210% Bitcoin Surge Could Change the World’s Wealth Rankings

At this moment, Tesla’s Elon Musk holds the title of the wealthiest individual on the planet, as reported by the Forbes Real Time Billionaires list on June 1, 2024. However,…

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Bitmain Launches Antminer L9 With Enhanced 16 GH/s Capacity for Scrypt-Based Coins

Bitmain has announced the release of the Antminer L9, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miner tailored for coins that use the Scrypt algorithm, such as litecoin and dogecoin. The company…

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Sleepy Crypto Market ‘May Get Caught Offside’: QCP Capital Eyes Bullish Shift in Ethereum

This weekend, the Singaporean cryptocurrency firm QCP Capital reported a significant drop in market volatility after the approval of spot ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), despite ongoing catalysts. QCP highlighted…

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Ethena’s USDE Stablecoin Surpasses $3 Billion, Flipping First Digital’s FDUSD

This weekend, Ethena’s synthetic U.S. dollar stablecoin USDE reached the $3 billion range. As of June 2, 2024, USDE has surpassed First Digital’s FDUSD stablecoin. Ethena’s Synthetic Stablecoin USDE Exceeds…

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Senator Ted Cruz Acquires 3 Bitcoin ASIC Miners, Begins ‘Hashing’ in Texas

Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas has announced that he purchased three application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners. “I just bought 3 Bitcoin miners that started hashing today in Iraan,…

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