BJ “There’s a famous saying that sometimes the enemy of your enemy is actually your best friend,” Eric Trump told the crowd at Consensus in Toronto, Canada. “That was the Trumps with the crypto community. And I think the banks made the biggest mistake of their lives.” The son of U.S. President Donald Trump and co-founder … Read more
TORONTO — Ethereum just completed its most significant upgrade in more than a year, but the milestone comes after a turbulent stretch for the blockchain. The price of ether (ETH) has declined, developers have migrated to rival platforms, and the Ethereum Foundation — a nonprofit steward of the project — has faced criticism for a … Read more
Christy Goldsmith Romero, one of the four commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will depart the federal regulator at the end of the month, she announced Friday. Goldsmith Romero joins fellow Commissioner Summer Mersinger, who announced earlier this week that she would leave on May 30 after being named the next CEO of the … Read more
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin is now operable across multiple blockchains through an integration with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), the companies announced Friday. That’s according to World Liberty Financial’s team, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, and the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, Eric Trump, who announced the cross-chain capabilities at Consensus 2025. USD1, a … Read more
Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) jumped 30% on Friday to fresh record highs after unveiling a partnership with Solana’s top memecoin BONK and purchasing another batch of Solana’s SOL SOL tokens. The company said it will co-manage a Solana validator with BONK, claiming to be the first time a memecoin community and a public company … Read more
Global economic uncertainties are weighing on cryptocurrency markets as TRX consolidates following its recent failed breakout attempt. The token, which established a trading range between $0.271 and $0.278, has shown resilience despite mounting trade tensions between major economies. Tron’s blockchain continues to demonstrate strong fundamentals, processing over $1 billion in daily transaction volume while maintaining … Read more
TORONTO — David Goyer, the filmmaker whose credits include the Blade trilogy, The Dark Knight, and Apple TV’s Foundation series, said Friday he is building a new blockchain-based science-fiction universe called Emergence. The world of Emergence, according to Goyer, features spaceships, relic-hunting and white holes — science-fiction staples that will serve as the foundation for … Read more
Galaxy Digital (GLXY) just debuted on the Nasdaq, but it appears the financial services company’s listing will be jostling for the attention of the crypto sphere’s hive mind. Crypto X — still widely known as Crypto Twitter (CT) despite the platform’s name change — was abuzz with users sharing news of fast food company Steak … Read more
There’s no shortage of crypto projects that have been touted as the thing that will onboard the next billion users to Web3, but Moonwalk Fitness has a slightly different approach — wellness. The fitness accountability app, which launched for iOS and Android earlier this year, essentially offers users a way to bet on whether they’ll … Read more
World Liberty Financial, the crypto business tied to President Donald Trump and his family, is pushing back against scrutiny from U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, the leading Democrat on a panel responsible for investigating corruption and mismanagement. “WLFI is not operating in the shadows,” according to a letter the company’s lawyers sent to the Connecticut senator. … Read more
