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Don’t Be Fooled by Trump-Family Memecoins, the Sell-Off Has Begun

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration started early this weekend with the release of the TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins, and resulting demand that drove their combined market cap to a high of more than $17 billion dollars, surpassing the value of both shiba inu (SHIB) and the Avalance blockchain’s AVAX. One might ask how investors had […]

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Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan: ‘It Would Be an Honor to Serve My Country Again’

Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive who was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned in Nigeria for eight months, said it would be an honor to serve his country again, if asked to do so, fighting crypto crime under the new Trump administration. Gambaryan, who has been the head of financial crime compliance at Binance for the past

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL Surges 16% as Index Inches Higher From Friday

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 4022.91, up 0.3% (+12.57) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Four of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (+16.0%) and LINK (+4.3%). Laggards: DOT (-13.3%) and RENDER (-12.9%).

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Google Searches for ‘How to Buy Crypto’ Skyrocket as Trump Flips the ‘Overton Window’

The crypto craze is sweeping the general public as observers said President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to debut a memecoin has flipped the Overton window, bringing digital assets to the mainstream. Google Trends, a widely used tool to gauge general or retail interest in trending topics, is currently returning a value of 100 for the worldwide

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Bitcoin Volatility Climbs to 6-Month High as Options Frenzy Picks Up

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, hit a record-high above $109,000 on Monday, sending both implied volatility and realized volatility to the highest levels since August’s yen carry trade unwind. Realized volatility is the historical price fluctuations of bitcoin over the past 30 days. It hit 67 on the Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVOL)

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Trump Memecoin Signals Start of a New Crypto Regulatory Era: Bernstein

The introduction of President-elect Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin is a paradigm shift in the way the U.S. and the rest of the world approaches crypto, broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday. “It signifies a new regulatory era, where governments see crypto as a technology to reach out to the masses directly,” analysts led

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Ether Drops to 4-Year Low Against Bitcoin as Trump Seen Boosting Largest Cryptocurrency

Ether (ETH) slumped Sunday to its lowest level against bitcoin (BTC) since March 2021 as the world’s second-largest token extended losses against its larger rival. One ether dropped to 0.03 BTC on Sunday, almost 50% lower than a year ago, as bitcoin soared in the run-up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The exchange rate

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Solana Bags Record Daily Fees of $35M Amid Trump Memecoin Frenzy

The world’s most-used blockchain just bagged its largest ever daily fees. On Saturday, Donald Trump’s official token, TRUMP, was issued on the Solana blockchain, which led to an uptick in trading volumes over the weekend. Between Saturday and Sunday, the network generated fees of over $35 million and revenue of at least $14 million, DeFiLlama

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Bitcoin Surges to $109K, Hits Record High Ahead of Donald Trump’s Inauguration

Bitcoin (BTC) zoomed to a record level above $109,000 during the Asian trading hours on Monday ahead of Republican Donald Trump’s scheduled inauguration later in the day. BTC reversed losses from earlier in the day when it fell to nearly $100,000 from a high over $102,000 on Sunday as first lady Melania Trump issued a

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