President-elect Donald Trump named Patomak Global Partners founder and CEO Paul Atkins as his pick to head up the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Atkins, who co-chairs the Digital Chamber’s Token Alliance and is an adviser to Reserve, previously served as a commissioner at the agency under former President George W. Bush between […]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned five individuals and four entities tied to the TGR Group, a sophisticated international sanctions evasion service catering to Russian elites. The TGR Group, believed to be led by Ukrainian national George Rossi, used cryptocurrencies — including Tether (USDT) — to help clients, including Russian oligarchs, ransomware gangs and

Mike Collins, a first-term Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, may not have a high profile on crypto policy, but he has a very active crypto portfolio. And his trading indicates that memecoin enthusiasm has reached the shores of Congress. Collins, whose committee assignments keep him far from the core decisions on U.S. crypto

After the election, as everyone except for muggles know, the price of BTC rallied to all time highs (ATH) just short of $100,000. At the time of this writing, it’s hovering around $98,000. An interesting question then is: what happened to Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy (MSTR) during this period? The publicly traded stock, synonymous with its

As the cryptocurrency market matures, driven by growing institutional, corporate, and possibly governmental adoption, the role of the crypto options market is becoming increasingly crucial. This segment helps investors deploy tailored strategies for hedging, leverage, and yield generation while providing deeper insights into market sentiment. Crypto options markets are primarily divided into centralized exchanges and

Botanix Labs, the developer of Bitcoin layer-2 network Spiderchain, which aims to advance the possibilities of decentralized finance (DeFi) on the world’s original blockchain, has moved to its final testnet phase ahead of a 2025 mainnet debut. The testnet, known as Aragog, introduces tools that will form the basis for the mainnet’s DeFi offering, such

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said nobody has the power to ban bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies and that they will continue to develop, news agency RIA reported. “Who can ban bitcoin? Nobody,” Putin said at an investment conference in Moscow on Wednesday. “And who can prohibit the use of other electronic means of payment? Nobody. Because

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 3892.21, up 1.3% (+48.1) since 4 pm ET on Tuesday. Fifteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: DOT (+17.3%) and FIL (+16.3%). Laggards: HBAR (-5.3%) and LTC (-2.7%).

It has been almost exactly a year since Javier Milei became the 59th President of Argentina. Inaugurated on December 10, 2023, the flamboyant libertarian economist — a former goalkeeper who cloned his dogs and called central banks “the worst garbage that exists on this Earth” — had vowed to end the South American nation’s hyperinflation

The bitcoin market is seeing unusual activity, hinting at increased adoption of the U.S.-listed spot ETFs for purely directional plays rather than arbitrage strategies. Since Nov. 20, the ETFs have seen strong daily uptake — other than Nov. 25 and 26 — capturing over $3 billion in net inflows, according to data source Farside Investors.