Crypto News

- The Winklevoss Twins Are Behind Crypto's Next High-Profile IPO. What You Need to Know. Crypto's next high-profile initial public offering involves a set of twins credited with being the world's first bitcoin billionaires. Brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who landed in the public eye through their early involvement in the social media platform then called Facebook, now Meta (META), plan to list Gemini Space Station, which operates the crypto exchange they founded in 2014, on the Nasdaq under the symbol "GEMI," according to a filing. Gemini's public debut looks like the next notable IPO to come out of crypto, following stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) and Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish (BLSH). The company intends to...

- Where Will Bitcoin's Price Be in 2030? Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) currently carries a market cap of $2.2 trillion. This helps it rival the valuation of some of the largest and most dominant businesses on the face of the planet. Getting to this point has been the direct result of this digital asset's price skyrocketing historically. But where will this leading cryptocurrency's price be in 2030? Expect the gains to continue I wouldn't be shocked if Bitcoin's price reaches $500,000 per coin in five years. This would be a much lower return than the 973% gain posted since early September 2020 (as of Sept. 2). Rising 349% from today's price of $111,4000 over a five-year stretch translates to an annualized return of 35%. This outcome would...

- Myriad Moves: Markets Flip Bearish on Bitcoin, and Can the Cowboys Upset the Eagles? Prediction market gurus have plenty on their plate this week, between NFL kickoff and forecasting the next crypto market moves after recent all-time highs. As crypto prices slide on Thursday morning, odds are shifting on Myriad’s prediction markets as predictors sway odds in favor of lower price targets for Solana and Bitcoin. Over $40,000 has been put up against predictions on the major crypto assets’ next moves.  Meanwhile, a new flash market is offering sweeter odds for a major underdog in the NFL. Whether you’re into sports, crypto, pop culture, or something else entirely, there are plenty of markets to choose from. Solana’s next move: Pump...

- Wall Street veteran predicts MicroStrategy will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2026 Though the MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) stock is more than 2,000% up over the last five years, not everyone is positive about the future of the Bitcoin treasury firm. Fred Krueger, a Wall Street veteran and mathematician, thinks the company is headed for a massacre in 2026. MicroStrategy will launch another preferred stock, Krueger predicts Krueger predicts a scenario in which Bitcoin is trading at $350,000 and MicroStrategy holds 876,091 BTC worth $307 billion on Aug. 24, 2026. There is speculation around Michael Saylor's firm going for one million coins by 2033. Next, Krueger imagines a scenario in which the Wall Street veteran Josh Mandell...

- Arbitrum floats $40m token incentive reward for DeFi users Arbitrum is opening its token rewards faucet and spraying out fresh incentives to boost DeFi activity on its blockchain. On Wednesday, Arbitrum launched the DeFi Renaissance Incentive Programme, a scheme that dangles 80 million Arbitrum tokens, worth $40 million, to woo DeFi traders onto its onchain money markets. The first phase of the scheme focuses on looping, a DeFi strategy where traders lever up by borrowing endlessly against the same collateral to boost their yield. It’s risky, sure, but also lucrative, and for blockchains that capture fees on every deposit and loan, it can be a major source of recurring revenue. Arbitrum is eyeing that revenue by dangling carrots...

- SEC Goes All In on Pro-Crypto Agenda With Slew of Digital Asset Rulemakings The SEC released its latest rulemaking agenda Thursday, focusing heavily on easing regulation of the crypto sector and integrating digital assets with the traditional American economy. Of the 20 rulemakings proposed by the agency, nearly half relate to loosening regulations on crypto. The entire crypto market is collectively worth $3.8 trillion—a tiny fraction of the $120 trillion U.S. capital markets under the SEC’s purview. “This regulatory agenda reflects that it is a new day at the Securities and Exchange Commission,” SEC chair Paul Atkins stated. “A key priority of my Chairmanship is clear rules for the issuance, custody, and trading of crypto assets...

- World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, saw its governance token fall to a new low price on Thursday since trading opened earlier this week. WLFI hit a low of nearly $0.16 on Thursday, according to crypto data provider CoinGecko. The token’s price peaked above $0.33 on Monday, not long after a significant portion of the token’s supply became tradable, putting the low about 50% down from the peak. The price of WLFI has rebounded slightly to $0.175 as of this writing, still down 20% on the day. “The World Liberty Financial team is focused on building and shipping great products, as they have since the very beginning,” a spokesperson told Decrypt. The performance, in some...

- Can Bitcoin ETF Flows Save BTC From Its September Curse? Bitcoin has lost steam, falling 1.3% and just below $110,000 Thursday morning, but ETF flows have been strong, and that may be the key to BTC escaping another Red September, an analyst told Decrypt. CryptoQuant blockchain analyst JA_Maartun said market data shows that Bitcoin in long-term holder wallets has been steadily moving into ETFs. “Visually, the chart makes it clear that there is a major redistribution taking place: Bitcoin is moving from long-term holders into new addresses managed by ETFs,” he said. “As ETFs create demand, supply is being provided by old holders.” Bitcoin ETFs, first approved by the SEC in January 2024 after more than a decade of denials, allow...

- Strategy shares decline as Nasdaq tightens crypto scrutiny Strategy shares declined 3.5% after The Information reported that Nasdaq is intensifying its scrutiny of companies attempting to boost their stock prices by raising funds to acquire cryptocurrency. The report indicated that Nasdaq is now requiring certain companies to obtain shareholder approval before issuing new shares for crypto purchases, potentially slowing the recent trend of firms transforming themselves into crypto-focused stocks. This increased oversight could delay deals and introduce uncertainty into the market’s crypto boom. Other crypto-adjacent stocks were similarly affected, with Bitmine Immersion declining 8.7% and SharpLink Gaming falling 9%. The broader...

- SEC Pushes New Crypto Rules in Spring 2025 Agenda The SEC's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda highlights the need for greater clarity in crypto regulations, aiming for reduced compliance burdens and increased investor protection. Chair Paul Atkins has prioritized establishing clear rules for crypto issuance, custody, and trading, as well as reviewing the costly Consolidated Audit Trail. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the agenda today, which Atkins has described as "a new day" at the Commission. Key proposals focus on ensuring that digital asset transactions comply with federal securities laws. More News: The SEC aims to provide issuers, custodians, and trading platforms with greater peace of mind while...

- India has once again topped the global rankings for crypto adoption, according to Chainalysis’ 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, surpassing every other country across retail, institutional, and DeFi activity. Yet even as India cements itself as the world’s crypto hotbed, regulators are preparing to turn up the heat. The government is set to adopt the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), which will create a global model for sharing tax information on digital assets starting April 2027. While the framework gives India greater oversight of offshore holdings, it does nothing to ease the country’s already punishing tax regime — a 30% flat tax on gains, a 1% TDS on...

- Since the seed of an idea around a cryptographically linked chain of blocks first emerged, blockchain has come a long way. Today, the tech is being used in many use cases, but it’s in financial services where it is being adopted at scale, and ticking a lot of the boxes it promised early on. For example, BlackRock used JP Morgan Chase’ Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN) to tokenise shares in one of its money market funds, which were then sent to Barclays as collateral for an over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade between the firms. This transaction, which used a private blockchain on JP Morgan’s platform, now called Kinexys, demonstrated the greater efficiency and stability which blockchain can offer. When it comes to banking and...

- Why Gold is Crushing Bitcoin & Nasdaq Gold is outperforming both the Nasdaq and Bitcoin with a massive 33% gain in 2025. Key technical patterns, including the crucial BTC-XAU ratio, are being closely analyzed by industry experts to understand what this could mean for the future of both assets. This article has been published in coindesk.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/video/why-gold-crushing-bitcoin-nasdaq-143358393.html

- Bitcoin Faithful Bet on Saylor’s Strategy Being Added to S&P 500 Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin empire is emerging as a new contender for Wall Street’s most exclusive club. Strategy Inc., the enterprise software firm Saylor famously turned into a Bitcoin vault, has surfaced as a potential S&P 500 entrant, a scenario that seemed far-fetched just a year ago. A $14 billion unrealized gain last quarter delivered the profitability required for index eligibility, at least in theory, under current rules. It may be a long shot for now, but the implications of Strategy’s inclusion in the behemoth index one day are sweeping. If admitted, passive funds tracking the index would be forced to scoop up nearly 50 million shares, worth around $16...

Charles Hoskinson fumes at Cardano Foundation over alleged $600m malfeasance. ‘Where’s my fucking apology?’ All isn’t well within the Cardano community. On Thursday, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson launched a blistering broadside at the Cardano Foundation, after a full audit seemed to clear him of any wrongdoing after he faced $600 million embezzlement accusations. “Where’s my fucking apology?” Hoskinson demanded during an X Spaces interview on Thursday. The episode is the latest salvo in a string of public clashes between Hoskinson and several Cardano stakeholders, including Cardano Foundation members. The alleged $600 million malfeasance traces back to the Cardano Allegra hard fork of 2021. The accusors alleged that Hoskinson...

- Hackers Using Ethereum Smart Contracts to Deliver Malware: Report Software security firm ReversingLabs has identified two open-source code packages that use Ethereum smart contracts to download malware. It forms part of a “sophisticated campaign” of malicious actors attempting to hack users via poisoned blockchain-related public code libraries—a vector of attack Binance has previously linked to North Korean hackers. The two Node Package Manager (NPM) libraries, or packages, called colortoolsv2 and mimelib2, were effectively identical in that they contained two files, one of which would run a script that downloads the second half of the malware attack via an Ethereum smart contract. NPM packages are collections of reusable...

- US SEC unveils agenda to revamp crypto rules and ease Wall Street rules The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday unveiled its rulemaking agenda for the upcoming months, which could see broad proposals to revamp cryptocurrency regulations and reduce rules that Wall Street has decried as being overly burdensome. The SEC in its rulemaking agenda formally outlined several of its initiatives to overhaul cryptocurrency policies. Those include proposing rules about the offer and sale of digital assets, which the SEC said could potentially include certain exemptions and safe harbors. The SEC also said it would consider amending its rules to allow for crypto to be traded on national securities exchanges and alternative...

- Key Points Cathie Wood has built her reputation on spotting opportunities at the intersection of speculation and disruption. Unlike many of her peers in the wealth management space, her Ark Invest portfolio isn't heavily allocated toward blue chip stocks that churn out steady, predictable cash flows. Instead, Wood gravitates toward more exciting opportunities -- companies that carry higher risk but also the potential for multibagger returns. In the financial services sector, this philosophy is on full display. While more prudent investors lean toward stalwarts like Visa, Mastercard, or Bank of America for exposure, Wood's strategy takes a different path. Wood has taken a keen interest in SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), a...

- Here’s Why Bitcoin Can Act Like ‘Digital Gold’ in Your Portfolio, Says Investing Expert If you’ve even casually followed investment news, odds are you’ve heard a lot about cryptocurrency. Once a niche interest of the chronically online, crypto has gone mainstream — so much so that even celebrities like Matt Damon and Lionel Messi have endorsed it. As digital assets gain legitimacy, everyday investors are starting to ask a more practical question: Where does crypto fit into a typical portfolio? You may be one of those curious investors. But with so much conflicting advice, it can be hard to separate hype from helpful guidance. That’s why GOBankingRates turned to Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck and a financial markets expert with over...

- HubSpot Unveils AI-Optimized Marketing Strategy HubSpot, Inc. showcased its AI-driven marketing strategy at its 2025 Analyst Day in San Francisco. Analysts expressed confidence in the company’s long-term growth and profit trajectory. Truist noted that HubSpot is dedicated to aiding customers amid ongoing shifts in the marketing landscape. They detailed HubSpot’s new Loop playbook for the AI era and highlighted product updates, internal AI adoption metrics, and growth opportunities. Financial disclosures showed "net new ARR growth outpacing revenue growth since 2H24." Truist reiterated HubSpot’s 2027 non-GAAP operating margin target of 20%-22% and a long-term target of 25%, portraying the company as optimistic about AI’s role...