Counting down the days: State of Crypto

Senators Ruben Gallego and Thom Tillis sent a proposed revised ethics provision to the White House on Thursday, after drafting the compromise the day before, an industry source familiar with the talks told CoinDesk. As of midafternoon on Friday, the White House had not officially responded to the proposal. Ethics remains the biggest outstanding issue … Read more

Coldcard Exploit Sparks Bitcoin Flight, ‘Bullish’ Crypto Consolidation: Hodler’s Digest,

Cold storage fears after Coldcard users lose $90M in Bitcoin After $90 million in Bitcoin was drained from Coldcard wallet users, small hodlers desperately sought refuge on centralized exchanges and via alternative custody methods. Bitcoin transfers below 1 BTC climbed to their highest daily level since 2022 on Friday, with 39,600 BTC moved, according to data shared … Read more

Trump Media Moves Bitcoin as Holdings Fall to 4,261 BTC

Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, has made another major move involving its Bitcoin holdings, extending a series of recent sales. The company sold 2,628 Bitcoin (BTC) worth about $165 million through transfers to Crypto.com, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain said in a Sunday X post, citing data from Arkham. Lookonchain said … Read more

Legacy crypto on-ramps and bridges will disappear as payments become invisible, Fun CEO says

While those applications have become increasingly visible, the infrastructure that enables deposits, withdrawals and settlement has largely remained behind the scenes. Fun is one of the companies building that infrastructure. The firm said it powers 100% of deposits and withdrawals on Polymarket and deposit flows into Aave’s largest vaults, while processing more than $3 billion … Read more

Crypto meets Wall Street using perps

Everything under one login Round-the-clock trading is one part of the plans exchanges have for traditional assets. Coinbase and Binance want customers to trade crypto, stocks and other products through one account, a model both have described as an “everything exchange” or financial super app. Coinbase is preparing to offer U.K. customers equities and derivatives … Read more

Scott Bessent Urges Clarity Act Vote, Quotes Satoshi

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday became the latest major figure to support the crypto Clarity Act — and quoted Satoshi Nakamoto while doing it.  Writing on X, the politician urged the Senate “vote NOW on this landmark legislation,” and blasted Democrats — focusing on Elizabeth Warren — for holding back the bill.  Lawmakers … Read more