Cardano’s ADA and XRP led losses among majors on Tuesday as traders await the outcome of the upcoming Federal Reserve (FOMC) meeting, where rates are expected to stay unchanged but Fed chair Jerome Powell’s comments could provide cues on further market positioning. Bitcoin (BTC) prices held above $94,000 after briefly dipping below that level on … Read more
VIRTUAL, the native cryptocurrency of the Base-based Virtuals Protocol for creating and owning AI agents, has outperformed all major cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin (BTC), over the past four weeks. This rally is characterized by increased participation from the “smart money” wallets, according to on-chain data tracked by Nansen. VIRTUAL has rallied 207% to $1.66 in 30 … Read more
Payments firm Ripple has pledged $25 million to support educational initiatives in the U.S., with most of the disbursement in its RLUSD stablecoin. The funds will be distributed throughout 2025. Some $15 million is dedicated to teachers through DonorsChoose, and $10 million will go to Teach For America. The donation is in partnership with The … Read more
The debate over Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN heats up, as developers of Bitcoin Core – the most popular node software – said they plan to scrap OP_RETURN entirely in the next release. The OP_RETURN limit is an 80-byte cap on the amount of arbitrary data that can be embedded in a Bitcoin transaction using a special, unspendable … Read more
Ripple will sunset its quarterly XRP markets reports in its current form after Q2 2025, with newer versions including deeper insights as the token grabs more demand among institutional investors. The quarterly XRP Markets provides transparency into Ripple’s XRP holdings and updates on the state of the crypto markets and the XRP ecosystem. “However, the … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has further delayed making a decision on Canary Capital’s proposal for a spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). This comes after the agency delayed several other applications for spot crypto ETFs last week, including XRP, Hedera, and Dogecoin but hadn’t done so for the Canary Litecoin ETF, sparking … Read more
Senate Democrats are balking at advancing landmark stablecoin legislation due to President Donald Trump’s increasing personal benefits from his own crypto ties. Over the weekend, Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat elected to represent Arizona with $10 million in backing from crypto super PAC Fairshake, warned with eight of his colleagues that they would not vote … Read more
Lawyers for Samourai Wallet have accused the prosecution of suppressing critical evidence in its case against the mixing service’s co-founders, calling for a hearing to determine whether the case should now be tossed out in light of the alleged Brady violation. In a Monday court filing, lawyers for Samourai Wallet told Judge Richard Berman of … Read more
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who helped shape Berkshire Hathaway into a global investment powerhouse, is stepping down as CEO at year-end — but his distaste for bitcoin (BTC) will likely live on at the firm. Buffett, who will remain chairman of the board, has famously described bitcoin as “rat poison squared” and a “gambling … Read more
The leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Maxine Waters, will block efforts to hold a joint hearing between her committee and the House Agriculture Committee on Monday’s newly unveiled market structure discussion draft bill. Under House rules, all participants in a joint hearing need to agree to proceed. Waters will object to … Read more
