Senators press regulators on Trump’s WLFI stablecoin

Five Democratic lawmakers in the US Senate have called on leadership at regulatory agencies to consider the potential conflicts of interest from a stablecoin launched by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto firm backed by US President Donald Trump’s family. In a March 28 letter from the US Senate Banking Committee, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren … Read more

Crypto market cycle permanently shifted — Polygon founder

The four-year crypto market cycle that traders and investors have become accustomed to is no longer as pronounced due to the maturation of crypto as an asset class and the participation of institutional investors, according to Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. During a recent episode of Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction, Nailwal said that Overall speculative activity is … Read more

Inflation Fears and Trade Turmoil Push Bitcoin’s Price Below $84K

Bitcoin tumbled to $83,544 on Friday, a low catalyzed by upheavals in financial markets amid Trump’s proposed tariffs on pharmaceutical companies. Concurrently, March’s consumer sentiment data illuminated the loftiest projections for long-term inflation in over three decades. Wall Street Wipeout Hits Bitcoin: Crypto Economy Tumbles 4.14% as Global Markets Recoil from Trump’s Tariff Blitz Cryptocurrency … Read more

President Trump Clears Bitmex Founders’ Money Laundering Convictions

President Donald Trump pardoned Bitmex co-founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed on March 27, 2025, clearing their 2022 convictions for failing to prevent money laundering on their cryptocurrency platform. Presidential Pardon Wipes Bitmex Founders’ Money Laundering Charge Bitmex, a Seychelles-based crypto derivatives exchange launched in 2014, faced U.S. legal scrutiny in 2020 when … Read more

US regulators FDIC and CFTC ease crypto restrictions for banks, derivatives

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said in a March 28 letter that institutions under its oversight, including banks, can now engage in crypto-related activities without prior approval. The announcement comes as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that digital asset derivatives wouldn’t be treated differently than any other derivatives. The FDIC letter rescinds … Read more

Saylor Projects Bitcoin’s Market Cap Will Hit $500 Trillion, Demonetizing Gold and Real Estate 

Strategy founder Michael Saylor declared that bitcoin will absorb up to $500 trillion in global capital by displacing gold, real estate, and other traditional stores of value (SoV) in a sweeping digital transformation of wealth. Bitcoin’s $500 Trillion Future Lies in Replacing ‘20th-Century Assets,’ Saylor Argues Saylor, a vocal bitcoin ( BTC) advocate, outlined an … Read more

Crypto Biz: GameStop takes the orange pill

It has been a wild few years for GameStop, the video game retailer turned memecoin stock. After being pulled from the edge of bankruptcy in 2021 thanks to a surging stock price, the company has made sensible business decisions over the years, such as shrinking its physical footprint and focusing on higher-margin items.  Now, GameStop … Read more

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