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Meta Is Bringing Back Stablecoin Payments—This Time the Conditions Are Different

After Meta's 2019 stablecoin initiative fell on its face, the cryptocurrency could make a return to the company's platform in an engagement boosting move.

MarketBeat

Polygon Labs buys two crypto startups for $250 million as it looks to compete with Stripe

The longtime blockchain developer bought cash-to-crypto company Coinme and wallet infrastructure firm Sequence.

Fortune

Bitcoin, Ethereum And Dogecoin Erased Their 2025 Gains, But This Privacy-Focused Coin Is This Year's Best Performing Crypto With Over 600% Returns

The premium cryptocurrencies may have lost all of their yearly gains amid the ongoing correction, but Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC) has stood tall, delivering impressive returns throughout 2025.

Benzinga

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Peter Schiff Questions Strategy's Inclusion In Global Equity Indexes After JPMorgan's Warning: Bitcoin Bull Michael Saylor Calls Report 'Alarmist'

Renowned economist Peter Schiff dismissed Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) as nothing more than a “highly leveraged” Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bet on Sunday, arguing against its inclusion in global equity benchmarks.

Benzinga

Cardano's Charles Hoskinson Warns Trump-Era Crypto Boom Was 'A Rib-Crushing Hug'

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) slipped toward key support on Wednesday after Charles Hoskinson said the Trump-era crypto boom became a "rib-crushing hug" that threw the market's normal cycle off balance.

Benzinga

Trump Administration's Bear Hug 'Unhelpful' For Crypto, Says Ethereum Co-Founder: 'Created An Irrational Exuberance'

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson said Monday that, contrary to expectations, some of the Trump administration’s policies have been “little unhelpful” for the industry.

Benzinga

New stablecoin connects crypto investors to real-world Nvidia AI GPUs that earn money by renting out compute power to AI devs — USD.AI lets crypto investors make bank off AI compute rentals

USD.AI is a new DeFi protocol that lets you invest your stablecoin in an AI data center, with each investment tied to a real Nvidia AI GPU.

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Eric Trump Teases Tokenization Plans Related To 'One Specific Building': Chance To Own Part Of Trump Tower?

World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump said that he is working to tokenize his family’s real estate portfolio, aiming to provide fractional ownership opportunities to the general public.

Benzinga

Bullish Stock Spikes After Hours, CEO Says Company's Bitcoin-Dominated Indexes Could Become 'MSCI Of Crypto World'

Bullish Inc. (NYSE:BLSH) CEO Tom Farley said Wednesday that the company’s flagship offerings, such as the CoinDesk 5 index, have the potential to become the “MSCI of the crypto world.”

Benzinga

Congress Grapples With CLARITY Act To Overhaul US Crypto Market Rules

The legislation seeks to define which crypto assets are securities, establish jurisdictional boundaries between federal regulators, and impose new consumer protections on exchanges and issuers.

International Business Times

Lawmakers Push Bitcoin Strategic Reserve to Secure US Digital Asset Dominance

The effort, framed as a "digital Fort Knox," represents the most ambitious attempt yet to embed cryptocurrency into America's national reserves.

International Business Times

Billionaire Barry Silbert says he hasn’t been this excited about a crypto project since discovering Bitcoin

“In the way that the internet was the world wide web of information, Bittensor is creating the world wide web of intelligence,” said Silbert during Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference on Tuesday.

Fortune

Ethereum Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson Sees 'Mag 7' Giants Like Amazon, Google As Next 'King Makers' In Crypto

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson said in an interview aired Tuesday that the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants could drive cryptocurrency’s next phase of growth.

Benzinga

Bullish Just Scored a Major European Crypto Win. Should You Buy BLSH Stock Here?

Bullish is a crypto company that also holds more than 24,000 Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Is BLSH stock a good buy right now?

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Bitget Posts $750B Monthly Volume In First Half 2025 As Institutional Trading Surges

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget on Thursday recorded an average of $750 billion in monthly trading volume during the first half of 2025, with derivatives making up close to 90% of activity, according to CoinDesk research.

Fortune

Inside Blockworks’ plans to build the Bloomberg of crypto by packaging data and media

The landscape in crypto media has shifted rapidly, and Blockworks cofounder Jason Yanowitz sees a big opportunity.

Fortune

Kanye West plans to launch a Nazi-themed memecoin—maybe

West is said to control 70% of the planned token’s supply, leaving investors vulnerable to a so-called rug pull.

International Business Times

$XRP Surges After US President Posts Article About 'Trump Effect' On Ripple

$XRP was up over 7% in the day after U.S. President Donald Trump posted an article on Truth Social that some $XRP Army members deemed was an "endorsement" of Ripple and the $XRP token.

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International Business Times

$LIBRA Scandal: Co-Creator Allegedly Claims To 'Control' Javier Milei Through Payments To His Sister

Hayden Davis, a co-creator of the $LIBRA token, allegedly claimed in text messages sent mid-December that he sent payments to Argentine President Javier Milei's sister.

Fortune

CoinDesk ownership Bullish fires top editorial staff amid newsroom controversy

CoinDesk CEO Sara Stratoberdha told editorial staff on Friday that editor-in-chief Kevin Reynolds and two deputies were let go.

Fortune

Billionaire Justin Sun pushed CoinDesk’s new owners to remove article about banana-eating, editorial chair Matt Murray resigns

The crypto exchange Bullish purchased CoinDesk in late 2023 for close to $75 million.

The Guardian - UK

Bitcoin rises after SEC chair says he is to step down when Trump is inaugurated

Gary Gensler, a critic of the crypto industry, will leave the US financial regulator on 20 January

The Independent UK

The Trumps want to make crypto ‘user-friendly’. Here’s what you need to know about the venture that has Barron as its ‘visionary’

Donald Trump’s sons say they want World Liberty Financial to make ordinary people feel welcome in crypto. But will it protect them from the sharks? asks Io Dodds

International Business Times

Sam Bankman-Fried Experienced 'Trial By Media'? FTX Co-founder Appeals Conviction

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers have filed to appeal their client's fraud conviction – they said the world judged the former FTX CEO, he didn't get a fair trial, and was presumed guilty by the media.

International Business Times

Who Is Ogle? The Crypto Sleuth Recruited As An Advisor For Trump's DeFi Project

The Trumps' have tapped Ogle to become an advisor for World Liberty Financial – notably amid security concerns over the project's supposed similarities with recently-exploited Dough Finance.

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