Can meme coin ETFs turn dumb bits into real bucks?
Meme coins want to play with the grown-ups in finance, and to prove it, a whole new slew of meme-coin-based ETFs have been submitted for approval. The mind-boggling rapid institutionalization and the ...
Bitcoin jumps after pro-crypto senator takes leadership role
Bitcoin jumped more than 2% on Thursday shortly after pro-crypto Sen. Cynthia Lummis announced that she would chair a new subcommittee on digital assets. That move adds to the potential that a strateg...
Crypto, AI dreams, and memes: The best stock trades of 2025
Goldman Sachs’ curated baskets of thematically aligned stocks offer an interesting way of keeping tabs on the market. So far this year, they’re giving a pretty clear reading on parts of the market tha...
Mining company doesn’t mine bitcoin, so it’ll buy $500 million of it instead
Another day, another company adding bitcoin to its reserve. While bitcoin bulls continue waiting for Trump to announce a national bitcoin strategic reserve , more companies are joining in stockpiling...
“AI agent” crypto tokens rise as traders look to ride the AI wave
AI is hot. Crypto, excited about the new Trump administration, is hot again with reaching a new all-time high on January 20. So it’s no surprise that “AI agent” tokens — crypto tied to large language...
11-week streak: MicroStrategy buys again, now holds 461,000 bitcoin
continues its bitcoin-stockpiling spree , buying more of the cryptocurrency for the 11th consecutive week. CEO Michael Saylor posted on X today : “MicroStrategy has acquired 11,000 BTC for ~$1.1 billi...
Trump Media stock stumbles after inauguration, meme-coin launch
Shares of are sinking 7% in the premarket. We’re well past the point of thinking this is some kind of reevaluation of the future value of the cash flows the owner of Truth Social will generate over t...
New cryptocurrency $TRUMP surged, briefly hitting a $70 billion market cap
The keys to the White House have passed, once again, to Donald Trump. Inaugurated as the United States of America’s 47th president, today’s swearing-in ceremony — moved indoors because of forecasts pr...
Crypto-linked stocks surge as industry cheers incoming “crypto president”
Crypto-adjacent stocks like , , , and are on a tear along with on Friday in the final session before Donald Trump — the self-styled crypto president — returns to office. The digital asset is up 4.6%...
Bitcoin briefly bounces back over $100,000
rallied to over $100,000 at 3 p.m. ET today on a soft inflation report and growing optimism that President-elect Trump will move quickly to overhaul the nation’s crypto policies. According to Reuters ...
10-week streak: MicroStrategy buys more bitcoin, bringing its stash to 450,000
just added more bitcoin , announcing it bought 2,530 for about $243 million, making it the 10th consecutive weekly purchase for the company. “As of 1/12/2025, we hodl 450,000 $BTC acquired for ~$28.2...
Happy first birthday, bitcoin spot ETFs
It’s been one year since the SEC approved the first spot ETFs, which many saw as a landmark decision for the crypto industry. These ETFs now have $109 billion in assets under management and hold abou...
It’s crypto tax season, and evolving rules mean the devil’s in the details
With the holidays over, everyone’s other favorite time of year is upon us: tax season. For crypto investors, this can bring its own special set of headaches. The sector’s evolving rules and jargon can...
Bhutan joins bitcoin-stockpiling surge
As the global race heats up to stockpile bitcoin and create crypto national strategic reserves, Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City (a new special administration region) announced its “intention to reco...
Bitcoin’s slide challenges the “digital gold” narrative
Bitcoin’s acting like a risk-on asset again. The price of slid for the second straight day, dropping almost 8% from its peak of over $102,000 on Monday, as traders digested Tuesday’s stronger-than-ex...
MicroStrategy goes on another bitcoin buying spree
It’s off to the races for , which announced a capital plan on 16th birthday to raise up to $2 billion through “one or more public underwritten offerings of perpetual preferred stock” to buy more bitco...
FTX customers could finally get their money back as reorganization begins
A little more than two years after FTX’s collapse, today might be the day of reckoning for crypto investors who lost money on the platform. On December 16, FTX and its debtors announced that the Chapt...
Will crypto keep coining money?
I am not a bitcoin maxi; I have not had fun staying poor . But crypto generally, and specifically, sits at a busy intersection that includes government policy, retail enthusiasm, and growing institut...
Vitalik Buterin adopted Moo Deng for 88 ether
The shiny little hippo that captivated the world with its silly antics just got a rich benefactor. Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin “adopted” Moo Deng, the ultra-dewy pygmy hippo that gained fame fo...
Jump’s crypto subsidiary agrees to a $123 million settlement as terraUSD’s fallout continues to sting
TerraUSD is still managing to inflict pain — even from the grave. The SEC said it’d reached a settlement with Tai Mo Shan, a subsidiary of the investment firm Jump Crypto, regarding its dealings with ...