By Elsa OhlenBitcoin, XRP and other digital assets rose early Friday, but failed to reach new highs despite fresh crypto friendly moves by President Trump.The world's largest digital coin, Bitcoin, is up 3.6% over the past 24 hours to $105,413, accor

Crypto markets will witness nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today.Market watchers are particularly attentive to this event due to its potential to influence short-term trends through the volume of contracts and their

Ether could be set for a “tactical breakout” after the US Securities and Exchange Commission revoked a crypto accounting rule that had made financial firms hesitant to offer crypto services, says a crypto analyst.“This could be a pivotal moment for E

Cryptocurrencies gave a lukewarm reception to Donald Trump's first policy moves on digital assets, notching small gains after he commissioned a report on regulation and a crypto reserve.Bitcoin is broadly steady since Trump took office on Monday

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to create a cryptocurrency working group tasked with proposing new digital asset regulations and “evaluating the potential creation and maintenance of a national digital asset stockpile.” Additi

The order, flexing a grand-sounding name, seeks to make crypto a big force in the US where digital assets play a “crucial role.” 🔥 Crypto Executive Order DropsBitcoin prices rushed to reclaim the $105,000 handle after Donald Trump late on Thursday

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who had been serving a double life sentence without parole, publicly thanked US President Donald Trump after receiving a full pardon. This marked the first time Ulbricht had spoken publicly since being released from a

By Ian SalisburyPresident Trump's meme coin is getting a lot of attention, just as cryptocurrency seems poised to enter many mainstream investment portfolios. It may remind investors why they stayed away in the first place.The crypto industry has hig

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin Thursday withdrawing its controversial SAB 121.SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers' crypto assets on their own bal

Update (Jan. 23, 1:21 am UTC): This article has been updated to add information throughout.The Securities and Exchange Commission has canceled a controversial rule that asked financial firms holding crypto to record them as liabilities on their balan

Hedera will hold a community call on January 24th at 16:00 UTC, featuring Hashgraph and Sirio Finance.The agenda includes a sneak peek at HederaCon to be held in Denver on February 25, updates on AI Agents, and insights into the future of DeFAI.HBAR

Bitcoin advocates have aired disappointment at the language of US President Donald Trump’s crypto executive order to study making a “digital asset stockpile” — which didn’t once mention the leading cryptocurrency.“The executive order does not mention

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a cautionary screed about TRUMP, political meme coins, and the current state of the crypto industry.He noted that Gensler left a regulatory loophole in differentiating governance tokens from securities, whic

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s crypto-related enforcement actions dropped by 30% in the last year under former Chair Gary Gensler, a report has found.The agency launched just 33 crypto-related actions in its last year under Gensler, comp

Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick recently said the banking giant is exploring potential crypto offerings for its clients and is in discussions with financial regulators in the United States.Speaking with CNBC at the World Economic Forum’s Davos summit, Pi

By Kenneth CorbinEven without a permanent chairman confirmed to lead it, the Securities and Exchange Commission is wasting no time in signaling a departure from the work of the previous administration.This week, on the first full day of the new admin

Markets are grappling with uncertainty in the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration, but there’s an undeniable shift flying under the radar: crypto is no longer a dirty word.The transformation is striking. Just a year ago, figures like SEC Chair Gary G

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revoked controversial crypto accounting guidance following upheaval from lawmakers and the crypto industry alike. The SEC's move on Thursday marks another shakeup in the agency following former SEC Chai

By Joe LightPresident Trump signed an executive order meant to spur the crypto industry in the U.S. It marks a 180-degree turn from the crackdown seen under President Biden's administration, but stops short of creating the Bitcoin "strategic reserve"

Litquity, the Ethereum-based lending and borrowing protocol, has launched the second version of its app, Litquity V2, marketing lead Samrat Lekhak told The Block in an interview. Unlike existing lending platforms, which typically set rates through pr