Magic Eden’s $5B Token Airdrop Raises Crypto Wallet Security Questions
Early traders of NFT marketplace Magic Eden's new token ME had a lot to be thankful for – if they could access their airdrops, that is.In the first minutes of…
Building Out DePIN’s First Big Success Story
As (literally) a thousand DePIN projects bloomed in 2024, they could thank one decentralized physical infrastructure network in particular for showing the way: Helium. The original DePIN (before DePIN was…
XRP Price Jumps 10% as Brad Garlinghouse Says Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Gets NYDFS Approval
XRP, the native token of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) network, surged during the U.S. afternoon hours on Tuesday as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company's much-anticipated stablecoin obtained regulatory…
El Salvador and Argentina Regulators Sign Agreement to Help Develop Crypto Industry
El Salvador and Argentina are partnering to help develop the crypto industry in Latin America.Juan Carlos Reyes, El Salvador’s top crypto regulator and president of the Comisión Nacional de Activos…
Tether’s Big Backer at Cantor Fitzgerald
Howard Lutnick's firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, is a prominent Wall Street bond broker and a member of an exclusive club: It's a primary dealer that gets to trade directly with the…
The Michael Saylor of the Bitcoin Mining Industry
Under Fred Thiel's leadership, MARA Holdings (MARA) — previously known as Marathon Digital Holdings — has become not only one of the largest bitcoin miners in the world but also…
Bitwise’s Spot Crypto ETF Champions
The relentless efforts by Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley and chief investment officer Matt Hougan’s to bring institutional money into crypto for the past seven years finally paid off when spot…
IIlia Polosukhin: A Crypto+AI Pioneer
There are many in the Web3 space who have only recently jumped into AI. Illia Polosukhin isn’t one of them. Long before he co-founded the decentralized app blockchain protocol NEAR,…
Tether is Recognized as Accepted Virtual Asset in Abu Dhabi Global Market
Tether's stablecoin USD₮ has been recognized as an accepted virtual asset in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the company announced on Tuesday.The approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority…
He Took Prediction Markets Mainstream
For decades, prediction markets were a backwater, a science experiment.In 2024, Shayne Coplan, founder of Polymarket, turned them into a multibillion-dollar business and a popular barometer of the political winds,…