President Donald Trump, who has interests in the stablecoin USD1 via his involvement in World Liberty Financial, has called on the US House of Representatives to move quickly on the GENIUS Act, a new bill aimed at regulating stablecoins and boosting America’s role in the digital asset economy. In a June 19 post shared on […]
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently met with senior policymakers in the United Kingdom to support the country’s ongoing efforts to shape clear crypto regulations. In a June 16 post on X, Armstrong revealed he had been in London, pictured outside Downing Street, for discussions focused on positioning the UK as a leading crypto hub. While
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Senator Elizabeth Warren has voiced fresh concerns about the GENIUS Act, a bill designed to regulate stablecoins in the US financial system, ahead of its final vote scheduled for later today. In a June 16 statement on X, Warren claimed the bill could allow billionaires to launch stablecoins that monitor user activity and gain an
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Coinbase’s sponsorship of the military parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14 has sparked a debate about whether crypto has lost sight of its original ethos. The parade, which was held to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, took place amid the country-wide ‘No Kings’ protests. The protestors voiced their opposition to President Donald Trump’s
U.S. President Donald Trump, who ventured into crypto during his presidential campaign last year, earned over $58 million from crypto ventures in 2024. Trump’s mandatory 2025 financial disclosure report filed on Friday detailed his earnings from all businesses between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024. In the filing, Trump reported employment-related assets worth a minimum
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) greenlighted the registration statement filed by Trump Media and Technology Group for its $2.3 billion Bitcoin (BTC) Treasury deal on June 13, an SEC filing shows. Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, is a public company that U.S. President Donald Trump’s family significantly controls. The SEC “declared effective” Trump
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The Cardano ecosystem could soon undergo a strategic treasury shift to energize its DeFi and stablecoin sectors. On June 13, the network founder Charles Hoskinson suggested allocating around $100 million worth of ADA from the network’s treasury towards a mix of stablecoins and Bitcoin. According to him: “[W]e take about a hundred million worth of ADA
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Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy and a long-time Bitcoin advocate, has dismissed concerns that quantum computing poses an imminent threat to the top crypto. In a recent CNBC interview, Saylor argued that the narrative is exaggerated to promote speculative quantum-resistant tokens. He noted : “It’s mainly marketing from people that want to sell you the
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Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office has determined that President Javier Milei did not violate any ethics laws when he promoted the Solana-based LIBRA memecoin in February. In a resolution issued on Friday, the office declared that Milei’s Feb. 14 X post constituted a personal statement rather than an official announcement as a public servant. Therefore, Milei’s post
A debate has erupted among the Bitcoin community over a joint statement released by 31 Bitcoin Core developers on June 6. In their statement, the developers argued that while the new transaction relay policy might lead to more non-financial use cases, protecting censorship resistance is one of the core tenets of the blockchain. The developers
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