Geopolitical tensions and evolving trade policies continue to shape cryptocurrency markets, with Solana emerging as a focal point amid global economic uncertainty. SOL has shown impressive recovery strength, climbing 8% from its April 30 low of $140 to around $152, with daily trading volume jumping 35% over 24 hours. This resilience comes as US-China trade … Read more
A Texas congressman is asking the federal government to consider installing cryptocurrency ATMs in federal buildings as a way to help foster the pro-digital assets stance pushed by President Donald Trump. Representative Lance Gooden asked the chief of the General Services Administration — the agency that maintains the government’s buildings and real estate — to … Read more
The panic that ensued following President Trump’s Liberation Day tariff announcements continues to fade, with bitcoin (BTC) and major U.S. stock averages surging anew. Bitcoin at press time was trading just above $97,000 for the first time in nearly ten weeks, up 3.3% over the past 24 hours and ahead 14% since Liberation Day. With … Read more
The Cosmos ecosystem is gaining significant institutional attention amid broader market volatility, with ATOM showing remarkable resilience after recovering from a drop to $4.23 on April 30th to stabilize above $4.38. The price of ATOM rose more than 4% in the last 24 hours, while the broader market gauge CoinDesk 20 Index climbed nearly the … Read more
Trump’s election campaign focused on crypto, and already in his first 100 days in office, we’ve seen progress in support of the crypto industry. Canada held an election on Monday — can we expect the same focus on crypto in other regions? In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Morva Rohani from the Canadian Web3 Council explains … Read more
Crypto ETF issuers may not have to wait much longer to expand beyond spot bitcoin and ether funds. Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart now see a 75% or greater chance the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves a range of spot altcoin ETFs by the end of 2025. Eight separate spot … Read more
Crypto investment firm dao5 raised a $222 million fund to invest in blockchain projects targeting institutional and government adoption. The fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to $550 million. Founded in 2022 by Tekin Salimi, a former partner at Polychain Capital, dao5 made early bets on projects including Story Protocol, Bittensor, Berachain and … Read more
Kuwaiti authorities are cracking down on illegal crypto mining, with over 60 individuals now under investigation, as part of a sweeping campaign to root out unlicensed operations. The country’s Public Prosecution confirmed the investigations are ongoing and warned that more suspects could be identified in the coming weeks. The “security operation,” carried out last Friday, … Read more
Aztec, a layer-2 rollup focused on privacy, shared Thursday that its testnet has finally gone live. The announcement comes as a wave of new privacy-focused solutions begins to capture the interests of large institutions that need confidentiality with large transaction batches. The team behind Aztec said that they have been working on the product for … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies with high-performance computing (HPC) exposure underperformed the world’s largest cryptocurrency for the third month in a row in April, Wall Street bank JPMorgan said in a research report on Thursday. Some bitcoin miners have pivoted into new business areas, such as offering HPC services to the fast growing artificial intelligence (AI) … Read more
