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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Caroline Pham, the Republican commissioner who just took the reins of the agency as President Donald Trump returns to the White House, has brought out many of the agency’s top officials under her predecessor Rostin Behnam, the Democrat who had been appointed by Joe. Biden. The personnel changes – with […]

Coinbase has asked a US appeals court to decide whether or not cryptocurrency trading activity on its platform should be subject to securities laws. In a filing Tuesday, Coinbase attorneys urged the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to hear its case, arguing that doing so “presents the best opportunity to decide the fundamental legal question

An industry-wide debate over institutional crypto adoption and the risk of centralized custody will spark renewed interest in self-custody, OKX President Hong Fang said in a recent interview with CoinDesk. While the institutional adoption and growing popularity of crypto ETFs is a net positive for the industry, there could be a shift in industry discourse

Konstantin Lomashuk, the founder of the Lido staking protocol, announced plans to build a “second foundation” to advance the Ethereum ecosystem. Over the past few days, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, outlined his plans for a major restructuring of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the non-profit organization responsible for supporting the development of Ethereum. In a

The crypto industry is waiting for President Donald Trump to issue an executive order that will move the federal government toward a new, more welcoming era for digital asset oversight. This will be good for Trump’s business, and it’s one reason Democrats in the House of Representatives are already calling out the administration’s ethical lapses.

PK Press Club – In a recent tweet, Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, sent a warning to traders, highlighting potential market movements and urging caution, especially for those using leverage. CryptoQuant CEO warned that Bitcoin could see a pullback or move sideways for months. This indicates that the current bullish momentum could slow down,

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PK Press Club – In a tweet, historian Pete Rizzo shared an important moment from 16 years ago about Hal Finney, an early Bitcoin pioneer working on Bitcoin when its value was still $0. On January 21, 2009, Hal Finney, a computer scientist and one of the first to use Bitcoin software, tweeted about his

Prices of the payments-focused cryptocurrency two. According to an article on X, CME has published the futures page for XRP and SOL in its “staging subdomain”. A screenshot of the website shows that regulated futures could begin trading on February 10, pending approval from regulatory authorities. The website was not accessible at the time of

PK Press Club — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s government disclosure forms revealed that he has between $1 million and $5 million in , held through Fidelity Crypto. This news comes as no surprise since RFK Jr. has already expressed his strong support for the digital currency. Kennedy Jr. has made his commitment to Bitcoin clear,