Thank you to our sponsor of this week’s newsletter, Grayscale. For financial advisors near Chicago, Grayscale is hosting an exclusive event, Crypto Connect, on Thursday, May 22. Learn more. In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Tedd Strazimiri from Evolve ETFs writes about the evolution of tokenization and the value it brings to investors. Then, Peter Gaffney … Read more
The Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, took to the chamber floor on Thursday morning to make a case for moving forward with stablecoin legislation — marking his first significant foray into the topic of crypto as Republicans grow frustrated with keeping what was once a bipartisan effort on track. “Stablecoins should be made in … Read more
Bitcoin is back in six figures, continuing yet another of its famous zigs when most were expecting a zag. To review, the world’s largest crypto first pushed through $100,000 in December as it rallied hard following Donald Trump’s November election victory. The price eventually rose above $109,000 in the hours prior to the Trump inauguration … Read more
A report by Solidus Labs has revealed the alarming scale of fraudulent activity on the Solana blockchain, with 98.6% of tokens launched on Pump.fun being chalked down as rug pulls or pump-and-dump schemes. More than seven million tokens have been issued on Pump.fun since its inception in January 2024, with just 97,000 of those maintaining … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2869.91, up 6.2% (+166.74) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+16.4%) and BCH (+15.6%) Laggards: BTC (+3.3%) and LTC (+4.5%). The … Read more
Stripe is ramping up its stablecoin capabilities, expanding the provision for businesses to receive and hold payments on cryptocurrency rails. Following on from Stripe’s acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge, the San Francsico-based payments giant has unveiled a new money management service powered by stablecoins. Stablecoin Financial Accounts will enable businesses to hold a balance in … Read more
The Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates any time soon, but when it does, the easing could be aggressive, according to Dutch investment bank ING. On Wednesday, the Fed kept the benchmark rate on hold between 4.25% and 4.5%, with Chairman Jerome Powell raising the specter of stagflation during the press conference following the … Read more
Coinbase has agreed to pay $2.9 billion to buy bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) options platform Deribit, according to a press release, marking its official push into the highly profitable crypto derivatives market in the U.S. The crypto exchange, alongside competitor Kraken, had been in talks to buy Deribit for months, with Bloomberg reporting that … Read more
The latest Crypto-and-Congress news is all about the Senate Democrats getting cold feet on the stablecoin bill (the GENIUS Act). The same bill they voted for just two months ago. Why the flip-flop? Because they don’t like Trump and they think the bill will help him profit. Why the Democrats keep hitting “replay” on this … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market is a sea of green as traders look past the stagflation specter raised by the Fed on Wednesday and cheer President Donald Trump’s hint of a big trade-deal announcement with a major trading partner. Bitcoin jumped 2.6%, nearing $100,000, even with the WSJ … Read more
