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Volatility surged this year, driven by U.S. spot ETF listings in January and the start of options trading on those products this week.

Joining Google, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic amid a booming AI industry, xAI is part of a cohort developing consumer-facing AI. 

Just over a week ago, Dogecoin touched a three-year high price of $0.43 but the last week has felt quiet compared to what had come before.

Another day, another record broken. Bitcoin just touched $95,000 for the first time as the leading cryptocurrency eyes a $100,000 sprint.

Just a chill guy? The crypto token based on the TikTok is showing no chill at all, skyrocketing to a nearly $500 million market cap.

Despite strong results, Nvidia’s stock fell 0.76% during regular trading and dropped another 2.39% in after-hours, closing at $142.40. 

Dogecoin donations are now possible via JustGiving as the charity platform adds support for 60+ cryptocurrencies via The Giving Block.

A crypto czar in the White House under President-elect Donald Trump could have major implications for the digital assets industry.

MicroStrategy is the most actively traded stock Wednesday, with shares hitting a new peak price as Bitcoin too set a fresh all-time high.

A teenager was giddy after rugging his meme coin, dumping it for $30,000 while crashing the price. But degens made sure he regretted it.

Among star witnesses, Gary Wang was the last to be sentenced in the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy had offered $1.75 billion worth of zero-interest convertible notes on Monday, but is now boosting the sale.

Nym CEO Harry Halpin sat down with Decrypt’s Stephen Graves at Web Summit to talk about what makes its mixnet VPN unique, the global crackdown on privacy projects, and whether crypto’s “honeymoon” with the Trump administration will last.

“The activist that put that proposal together contacted me to present to the board, and I agreed to provide a 3-minute presentation,” Saylor said.

The tooling on Grayscale’s existing ETFs aims to generate income by employing a covered call strategy amid a surge in investor interest.

Yield Guild Games announced Tuesday during the YGG Play Summit its Onchain Guilds platform will launch on Coinbase’s L2 Base.

Lawmakers heard expert testimony that explained away questions about some UFO sightings while raising questions about others.

Marathon’s latest offering comes as several firms begin acquiring more Bitcoin following a market rally that has catapulted crypto prices.

How did Michael Saylor’s firm amass a record stash of Bitcoin? Here’s a look back at how MicroStrategy made such massive gains.

Solana’s top dog Bonk reclaimed its title from Dogwifhat, all while SOL comes close to beating its own record from 2021.

The icing on the cake is Mistral’s use of Flux Pro to generate images, meaning it’s the multimodal chatbot with the best image-generation capabilities currently available

Flickplay has teamed with Bandai Namco to launch a Pokémon Go-style scavenger hunt in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood, starring Pac-Man.

Traders betting on the future price of Dogecoin have faced liquidations Tuesday, with one Binance user losing $1 million.

An anime-style mascot introduced by the Catholic Church last month has spawned one of the hottest meme coins of late. Of course it has.

Sky co-founder Rune Christensen told Decrypt that Solana support “marks the beginning of a new multi-chain era for USDS.”

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Bitcoin reached a new all-time high price on Tuesday, breaking last week’s record. Now it’s up $20,000 since Election Day.

Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal has signed an $11 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit brought over his embattled Astrals NFT project.

Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition team, is headed for another role in the administration after apparent Treasury hopes fizzled.