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Trump's Sons Send a Strong Message from Las Vegas The Trump family is well-known for its involvement with several crypto businesses. President Donald Trump himself has pursued an aggressive pro-crypto policy during his second term, the most crucial step being his order to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve and digital assets stockpile. Now that Bitcoin 2025, arguably the largest crypto gathering in the world, takes place in Las Vegas, the Trump family just had to be there. Trump's two eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, took the stage at the conference on May 28 and didn't hold back on any questions. When asked what minimum price Bitcoin could hit by 2026, Eric responded, "The Moon!" Eric clarified that he expected Bitcoin to hit at...

Ledger and Baanx launch Bitcoin rewards debit card in the U.S. U.S. users can now get 1% back in Bitcoin and deposit paychecks directly into crypto through the CL Card, powered by Ledger and Baanx. Baanx, a crypto payments platform, has officially launched its Crypto Life (CL) Visa Card in the U.S., in partnership with Ledger, the leading provider of digital asset security solutions. The card offers 1% cashback in Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC on every purchase and allows users to directly deposit their paychecks into the card account—bridging traditional income with everyday crypto use. Users can top up the card at their discretion, convert income into crypto automatically, or hold it in fiat. The card is non-custodial, meaning users...

Why Cybersecurity ETFs Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio As the adoption of AI technology accelerates, the need for cybersecurity becomes increasingly evident, with cybercrime evolving into a global crisis. Cyberattacks are on the rise as an increasing number of companies across various sectors are integrating generative AI into their daily operations, making companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. As corporate investments in AI continue to rise, a correlated and inevitable increase in cybersecurity spending is becoming evident. The Case for Increased Cybersecurity Investment Increased cyber-attacks on crucial sectors, like healthcare, utilities, and finance, have the potential to disrupt the economic stability of the broader...

Goldman Sachs shrugs off court blocking Trump’s tariffs Bitcoin and broader crypto markets remained choppy Thursday as macro uncertainty deepened following a court ruling blocking President Trump’s April tariff hike. BTC was down 1.4% at $107,326, while Ethereum hovered around $2,730. “This kind of geopolitical whiplash always spills over into crypto,” said pseudonymous trader @DeltaDecks, who runs a trading Discord focused on macro-crypto crossovers. “The court ban on tariffs might delay Trump’s trade war playbook, but the market expects him to find a workaround — and that keeps volatility high, especially for assets seen as inflation hedges like Bitcoin.” Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against the...

Image: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) JD Vance wants the Bitcoin community to get involved in politics Vice President JD Vance has a message for cryptocurrency holders: “Don’t ignore politics.” Vance issued the call to arms during his keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I guarantee you, my friends, politics is not going to ignore this community, not now, and not in the future,” he added. The vice president emphasized the strategic and geopolitical importance of Bitcoin, noting that the U.S. must maintain leadership in the crypto industry to remain competitive in the new era of digital finance. “What happens in the world of politics, what happens in the world of bureaucracy, will affect even the most...

New Jersey's most populous county, Bergen County, is home to approximately 1 million. Part of the prosperous New York City metropolitan area that is worth a gross metropolitan product of $2.6 trillion, the county has recently entered into a new deal that could push the frontiers of its highly developed real estate industry. Bergen County's Blockchain Initiative Bergen County has entered into a 5-year partnership with the real estate infrastructure firm Balcony to tokenize its entire real estate deeds worth $240 billion on the Avalanche blockchain network. Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) refers to the process of turning RWAs such as real estate, art, etc., into on-chain, digital tokens on a blockchain for easier and faster...

Bitcoin and XRP could potentially be included in 401(k) plans The U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn its 2022 guidance that warned fiduciaries against including cryptocurrency in 401(k) retirement savings plans, the Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced on May 28. The 2022 guidance urged fiduciaries to exercise “extreme care” while they consider adding a crypto option to a 401(k) retirement plan for participants. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) doesn't mention the “extreme care” standard, so the 2022 directive marked a departure from ordinary fiduciary principles, the Labor Department noted. Prior to 2022, the Labor Department usually articulated a "neutral approach" to particular...

Tether, Tron Dominate Fast-Growing Stablecoin Payments Arena, Survey Shows Tether’s USDT token and the Tron blockchain network dominate the rapidly growing stablecoin payment industry, according to analytics firm Artemis with help from investment firms Dragonfly and Castle Island Ventures. A report entitled “Stablecoin Payments from the Ground Up” looked at data from 31 stablecoin payment companies and found USDT, the largest stablecoin, accounted for 90 percent of payment transaction volume, followed by Circle’s USDC, the second-largest. Tron was the preferred settlement network, hosting around 60 percent of volume, followed by Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon. The snapshot of stablecoin payment volume taken in February...

DeFi Dev Corp COO Parker White, a converted Bitcoiner, is now leading the charge to stack SOL. Inside the company copying strategy’s Bitcoin playbook — with Solana When Michael Saylor famously transformed MicroStrategy into a leveraged bet on Bitcoin, few could have predicted just how successful the experiment would become. Now, a new firm is aiming to do something similar —with Solana. Meet DeFi Dev Corp, or DFDV, a publicly traded company that has seen shares surge more than 3,000% since launching an attempt to run back Saylor's playbook on Solana. As DeFi Dev Corp's COO Parker White explains, that playbook isn't exactly a mystery. “We want to bring TradFi capital into DeFi and DeFi returns into Tradfi,” White said. The...

SOL/ETH ratio. (TradingView) Solana vs. Ethereum Programmable blockchain Solana is on course to flip its rival and leading smart contract blockchain Ethereum in terms of market capitalization, several observers have said it in recent months. However, for now, Ethereum's native token ether (ETH) seems to have an upper hand over Solana's (SOL), according to technical analysis. The SOL/ETH ratio has dived out of an upward sloping trendline connecting lows in September 2023, June 2024, and December 2024, per data source TradingView. In other words, tables have turned in ETH's favor and the token could outperform SOL in the near-term. Additionally, the weekly chart MACD histogram is printing red, indicating a strengthening of the...

Vaulta, Fosun Team Up to Power Blockchain Infrastructure in Hong Kong Vaulta, formerly known as EOS Network, and its digital banking platform have teamed up with Fosun Wealth Holdings to bring blockchain infrastructure to Hong Kong’s financial sector, the companies said. The partnership centers around “FinChain,” a virtual asset business launched by Fosun Wealth Holdings, which is part of the Fosun International conglomerate. That conglomerate includes various businesses, including regional insurance and healthcare leaders in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Vaulta will supply its full BankingOS suite, while exSat, Vaulta’s digital banking platform, will serve as the on-chain banking layer for asset issuance, yield generation, and...

Dasha Kennedy, creator of The Broke Black Girl and financial activist, is known for sharing real-world money advice through social media and other online platforms. Recently, she partnered with National Debt Relief to offer guidance to people who have always assumed that their financial problems were the result of simply being “bad with money.” Kennedy said people should not blame themselves for a lack of discipline when it comes to excessive spending or failing to save for the future. She explained bad money habits may result from being in “financial fight or flight” mode. Avoiding Checking Your Bank Account People who avoid checking their bank accounts are not necessarily careless. They may instead be reacting to fear or anxiety...

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin, Ether Rise After Court Invalidates Trump's Tariffs Bitcoin BTC rose and stock index futures surged early Thursday after a U.S. court declared President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs regime invalid. The positive sentiment was buoyed by AI giant Nvidia's upbeat earnings. On-chain data showed large wallets, those holding over 10,000 BTC, have shifted to selling from buying as the largest cryptocurrency holds close to its record high, with an increase in exchange deposits also pointing to selling pressure. Meanwhile, options market data signaled potential for volatility ahead of Friday's monthly settlement. Ether ETH, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, jumped to $2,780, the highest...

Crypto exchange Bybit has been granted a license in Austria in compliance with Europe's framework for dealing in digital assets, the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime, according to the website of the local regulator FMA. Europe’s new MiCA rules came into force at the start of this year, prompting firms to select the most appropriate member state to base operations and passport services across the 27-country trading block. Austria is also the MiCA home base of crypto trading firm Bitpanda which also holds a licence in Germany. Founded in 2018 by entrepreneur Ben Zhou, Bybit, which has risen to become the second largest exchange by volume according to CoinMarketCap, is based in Dubai having moved its headquarters from Singapore in...

Surprising Rally Sends Token Higher After Musk's DOGE Exit The price of the Dogecoin meme coin surged 3.2% within hours of the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk announcing his departure from the Department of Government Efficiency. A meme coin is a type of cryptocurrency that parodies a mainstream cryptocurrency, often giving a nod to viral memes or internet trends. Launched in December 2013, Dogecoin is a parody of the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. While not officially affiliated with the department Musk had been leading, its ticker DOGE shares the acronym of the said department. Dogecoin experienced a rise, trading at $0.225 at press time, marking a 25% increase over the month. The Department Of Government Efficiency...

Musk Exits DOGE Leaving Threadbare Agencies and Strained Workers Brendan Demich and his team of research engineers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Pittsburgh were racing to complete a virtual reality program to help train miners on what to do in an emergency underground. They feared that soon, time would run out, and Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency would throw them out of work. “You’re calling on an incredible day,” Demich said while speaking with a reporter on the phone on May 2. The night before, his group had finished a stable version of their simulator, which could teach thousands of workers how to assist each other in the event of a mine collapse, explosion or fire. “Nobody...

Image source: Getty Images. Key Points Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. is embracing cryptocurrency like never before in crypto's brief 16-year history. It's a full-spectrum embrace of everything crypto, including altcoins, stablecoins, and meme coins. Crypto enthusiasts are proclaiming this to be a new "Golden Age" for cryptocurrency. But are they right? And if they are, what should you be buying now? Signs of a new "Golden Age" are everywhere When Trump campaigned for president in 2024, he promised a complete shakeup of the crypto industry, and he has delivered. The pace of change has been fast. A major shakeup at the Securities and Exchange Commission has relieved regulatory pressures on the crypto industry. That has...

The real winner in GameStop's bitcoin pivot is Strategy How might the market react when a meme stock fuses with crypto? GameStop (GME) invited more volatility to its doorstep and provided an early answer. After announcing the purchase of more than 4,700 bitcoins, the stock sank as the video game retailer-turned-YOLO ticker underwent a new transformation into a digital currency "hodler." There's a reaction to the announcement, perhaps expected and even warranted, that this is the latest flailing attempt to turn a business in decline into something people will like better. Why not lean into GameStop's own recent history as a meme stock and take it to its logical crypto conclusion? After all, there's a successful precedent on its side...

Solana Scores Twin Institutional Wins With $1B Raise and First Public Liquid Staking Strategy Solana’s SOL got a double dose of institutional adoption this week as two publicly traded firms revealed major initiatives centered on the blockchain’s ecosystem — one targeting liquid staking, the other aiming to raise up to $1 billion for direct investment. Canada-listed Sol Strategies filed a preliminary base shelf prospectus to offer up to $1 billion in securities, including equity and debt, to deepen its exposure to Solana. There is no immediate plan to raise capital, but the filing provides the firm with flexibility to act quickly on future opportunities. The move comes just weeks after Sol Strategies secured a $500 million convertible...

Image source: Getty Images. Key Points MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), which has rebranded itself as just Strategy, has been among the hottest growth stocks to own during the past three years. The stock has risen 1,600% during that time frame, while the S&P 500 has increased by just 42%. If you believe Strategy's co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer Michael Saylor, however, then there could still be a lot more upside for the stock. Here's a look at how valuable he thinks the business will become, and why. Forget just $1 trillion. Saylor thinks Strategy might be worth $10 trillion In a recent documentary, Saylor said that Strategy, still the company's executive chairman, may one day reach a valuation of $10 trillion. Today...