Florida lawmakers have revived a push to put bitcoin on the state’s balance sheet, filing new legislation for the 2026 session that would create a state-run cryptocurrency reserve after a similar effort stalled last year. House Bill 1039, filed Jan. 7 by Republican Rep. John Snyder, would establish a Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund that sits … Read more
Bitcoin is trading near $90,000, extending a fall-off after spending several days above $92,000. The crypto now faces a fresh macro test as markets brace for a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could land Friday on the legality of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The case centers on tariffs imposed in early 2025 under the … Read more
The U.S. is entering what may be the most favorable policy environment for crypto since the industry emerged, as President Donald Trump’s second term accelerates deregulation across financial markets and pulls digital assets closer to the center of the U.S. financial system, according to a new outlook from TD Cowen’s Washington Research Group. The report, … Read more
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started 2026 with sharp outflows, shedding a combined $681 million over the first full trading week of the year. According to data from SoSoValue, spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded four consecutive days of net outflows between Tuesday and Friday, outweighing inflows earlier in the week. The largest daily redemption occurred … Read more
VanEck released a new report on Bitcoin’s long-term capital market assumptions today, projecting strong growth over the next several decades and outlining how institutional investors might use the asset in diversified portfolios. The report, authored by VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel and Senior Analyst Patrick Bush, models BTC reaching $2.9 million per … Read more
President Donald Trump said this week that he has no intention of pardoning Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX chief executive who is serving a lengthy federal prison sentence for one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. In an interview with The New York Times, Trump was asked whether he would consider granting clemency … Read more
Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen said the Solana-based memecoin launchpad is overhauling its creator fee system after concluding that the existing model may have skewed incentives. “Creator fees need change,” Cohen wrote in a Friday post on X, acknowledging that the Dynamic Fees V1 system, introduced several months ago, succeeded in driving activity but failed to … Read more
South Korea is reportedly preparing to open its financial markets to spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year, marking a shift in the country’s long-standing approach to digital assets as regulators accelerate work on a comprehensive new crypto law. The plan was outlined in the government’s newly released 2026 Economic Growth Strategy, with the Financial … Read more
A series of ads reportedly aired on Fox News, calling on the public to contact their senators to remove DeFi provisions from the CLARITY Act bill. An anti-decentralized finance group is reportedly running advertisements on Fox News encouraging the public to pressure their Senators into passing crypto market structure legislation that excludes DeFi provisions perceived … Read more
The bitcoin price was trading near the $90,000 mark on Friday as crypto markets steadied following a delay from the U.S. Supreme Court on a closely watched ruling tied to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, temporarily easing near-term macro uncertainty. The price of bitcoin stood at $90,443 at the time of writing, down about 1% … Read more