Grayscale has become the latest entrant into the Solana ETF sweepstakes as it looks to convert its existing Solana Trust (GSOL) into an exchange-traded fund. A 19b-4 filing submitted by NYSE Arca, the exchange that would list the fund, was made on Tuesday evening. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires exchanges to submit […]

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and one-time CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud on Tuesday afternoon, according to reports from Reuters and Inner City Press. He has reportedly agreed to a maximum sentencing guideline of 360 months, or 30 years, in prison. Last July, Mashinsky was arrested

A lot of stars would need to align for Paul Atkins, reportedly president-elect Donald Trump’s top candidate to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to take the job. It is an unattractive role for him because of the amount of work needed to turn around the bloated agency he believes was mismanaged by outgoing

The analyst who co-wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR). Despite all the weird memecoins and degen behavior in 2024, ETFs are in the running for story of the year in cryptocurrency investing. And that story — which began when bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds debuted to great fanfare — might not be over.

Whales made a splash on the South Korean exchange Upbit, swooping in with significant amounts of Tether’s USDT stablecoin to snap up coins at discounted prices after the declaration of martial law led to a flash crash in bitcoin (BTC) and other token prices. The large traders transferred over $163 million in USDT to Upbit

Major crypto tokens quickly plunged as much as 30% against the Korean won on South Korean exchanges as the government declared emergency martial law late on Tuesday. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law,” accusing opposition parties of undermining the government, sympathizing with North Korea, and paralyzing the nation’s legislative process. Negative

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 3764.72, down 2.6% (-100.09) since 4 pm ET on Monday. Nine of 13 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+11.0%) and POL (+9.8%). Laggards: XRP (-9.9%) and LTC (-6.1%).

Nuclear energy is back in fashion, and a new blockchain-based marketplace aims to hop on the trend bringing investment access in the yellow ore to retail investors in a tokenized form. London-based Tezos ecosystem development firm Trilitech launched Uranium.io on Tuesday to offer tokens backed by physical uranium oxide U3O8, also known as “yellowcake.”The app

Osmosis, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built for the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem, has opened a bridge to the Bitcoin network, as part of a pivot toward the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that governs Osmosis voted in favor of adopting Bitcoin bridge Nomic in June. The integration went live on Tuesday. Nomic’s bridge

Minima, a blockchain designed to manage transactions across the internet of things (IoT) comprising mobile phones, cars and other devices is working with semiconductor giant ARM to develop a microchip with a decentralized ledger embedded in it. Under the agreement, announced Tuesday, Minima will work with ARM’s Flexible Access Program, which gives 70 or so