• Sep 16, 2024

Trump Credits Success of His NFTs for Change of Heart on Bitcoin and Crypto

During Monday's World Liberty Financial launch event hosted by Decrypt's sister company Rug Radio, former U.S. President Donald Trump credited the excitement over his own branded NFT projects with his change of heart towards cryptocurrency. As the Republican candidate for president explained, Trump saw that the majority of his NFT trading cards minted on Ethereum scaling network Polygon were being purchased with cryptocurrency—and that his supporters were excited about his entry into the space....

• Sep 16, 2024

Trump Says US Crypto Startups 'Will Be Living in Hell' If He's Not Elected

During the launch event for his World Liberty Financial crypto platform, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that he believes U.S. crypto builders under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission "will be living in hell" if he is not elected for a second term this November. "If we don't win the election, those people that were under investigation and that are free as a bird right now," Trump said, "and people that weren't being looked at in the crypto world, they will be living...

• Sep 16, 2024

More than 40 Firms Join Central Bank Group to Explore Tokenization for Cross-Border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements launched Project Agorá in April and it brings together seven monetary authorities from the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Switzerland...

• Sep 16, 2024

Is EigenLayer Ready For Institutional Adoption?

Restaking leader EigenLayer is a hit with more risk-accepting retail investors, but it doesn’t currently meet institutional needs, says Tara Annison, Head of Product at Twinst...

• Sep 16, 2024

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Remains at All-Time Lows as Prices Fall, Hashrate Rises, JPMorgan Says

U.S.-listed bitcoin miners fell in the first half of the month as the world's largest cryptocurrency loitered below $60K and the network hashrate returned to pre-halving level...

• Sep 16, 2024

Multicoin Led $10M Raise for Crypto-Incentivized Internet Infrastructure Network Pipe

The company behind Pipe is trying to take on internet giants like Cloudflare and Akamai, by giving crypto incentives to those hosting the servers.

• Sep 16, 2024

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to Present Debt-Free Budget for 2025

Bukele spoke during the commemoration of 203 years of El Salvador independence.

• Sep 16, 2024

BitGo Unveils Token Management Service for Crypto Foundations

Big names like Worldcoin and LayerZero are among the first customers of the Token Management Service, announced on Monday.

• Sep 16, 2024

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Sinks 3.7% as 19 of 20 Assets Fall

Polygon led declines with a 10.3% drop

• Sep 16, 2024

First Neiro on Ethereum, Related to Dogecoin, Rockets 700% on Binance Spot Listing

Binance already offers NEIRO tokens as a futures product. But the surprise spot listing of a different NEIRO has fuelled a rocket rally.