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VanEck’s new fund seeks to invest 80% in blockchain firms and instruments through a Cayman Islands subsidiary.

While the regulator already filed its appeal in mid-October, Wednesday’s opening brief represents a formal step in the appellate process.

TradFi is moving on-chain, with platforms like Clearpool’s Ozean embracing tokenization amid institutional adoption.

XRP is now less than 10% away from an all-time high as Bitcoin hovers around $100,000 and Solana and Dogecoin hit weekly price peaks.

Sony’s Ethereum scaling network Soneium faced pushback from some users soon after launch, but Vitalik Buterin sees nuance in the noise.

Generative AI chatbots tried their hand at chess, mistakenly teleporting kings, reviving dead bishops, and moving pawns sideways.

RP leads crypto rebound, up 20% this week. SEC delays decision on Bitwise 10 Crypto ETF. XRP derides SEC on refusal to delay appeal. SEC never said BTC, ETH are securities: Gensler. Trump’s World Liberty transfers $61m ETH. Emmer named vice chair crypto subcommittee. BTC breakout likely before Jan FOMC: 10x. BTC to dip further … Read more

The bill’s Republican sponsor said that Oklahoma’s Bitcoin initiative follows President-elect Donald Trump’s “vision for digital assets.”

Bitcoin topped $100,000 on Wednesday, showing renewed strength ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Will it run Doom? Probably. Now someone has even managed to get the iconic first-person shooter working in a PDF.

The delivery driver was previously sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after being linked to a cryptocurrency wallet containing 150 BTC.

Users of Solana decentralized exchange Jupiter can check to see if they’re eligible for a share of the next “Jupuary” airdrop.

BitMEX was ordered to pay a $100 million fine Wednesday following a years-long legal battle over money-laundering violations in the U.S.

Billions worth of Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 should be returned to the exchange, the Feds wrote in a filing.

XRP nearly touched a price of $3 on Wednesday morning, hitting a mark not seen since 2018 as meme coins on XRP Ledger saw a resurgence.

Hard to say investors in Ripple-linked XRP care about the news. The XRP price has gained nearly 16% in the past day, according to CoinGecko data.

“Like it or not, we have to move along with more adoption of cryptocurrencies worldwide,” a regulator told Bloomberg.

ElizaOS, a popular AI agent, is getting a robot body in the quest to become a “productivity partner” for humans.

Thai authorities noted the decentralized prediction marketplace’s operations fall under illegal online gambling, which is banned.

Inflation fears are eating away at Bitcoin’s post-election gains.

TELEGRAM TRYOUT: We’ve been playing the buzzy new Zoo game. Should you bother jumping in ahead of the airdrop?

MoonPay acquired Solana-native crypto payment processor Helio for $175M. The Jupiter team rolled out a new onboarding method allowing the gifting of SOL to friends with a few button clicks. Over 8M HYPE was staked in the first day following the ANIME announcement that some tokens would go to HYPE stakers. Chainalysis acquired Fraud Detection … Read more

Annual NFT trading volumes fell by 19%, while sales counts dipped by 18% compared to 2023, according to DappRadar.

The sudden rise in RedNote’s popularity in the U.S. has experts warning it’s being orchestrated behind the scenes.

Tom Emmer has been appointed vice chair of the Digital Assets Subcommittee which is expected to drive efforts on U.S. crypto legislation.

As inflation and Fed policy take center stage, institutional flows and macro conditions could shape Bitcoin’s path to $200,000, analysts say.

New AI glasses this year promise to reward users with crypto while processing data locally as competition in the sector intensifies.

Top AI tokens Virtuals Protocol and AI16z are soaring—and now Franklin Templeton is talking up the promise of AI agents and crypto.

Expected Solana and XRP ETFs could attract sizable investment, JP Morgan analysts said, but it’s unlikely they’ll match the Bitcoin boom.

Running on Ethereum gaming network Ronin, Forgotten Runiverse has launched a stress test ahead of its global launch in Q1 2025.