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Policy

David Sacks Responds to U.S. Crypto Reserve Conflict of Interest Allegations

The president's AI and crypto czar says he's sold his crypto positions, but questions still remain about his other investments.

President Donald Trump Signs More Executive Orders with David Sacks by his side (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Copper Hires Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer for Americas as it Expands in U.S.

Weinrib previously worked at crypto exchanges Binance.US and Gemini.

Copper makes hire

Markets

Crypto ETPs See Record $2.9B Outflow With Bitcoin Leading Three-Week Streak: CoinShares

Investor withdrawals hit $3.8B over three weeks amid Bybit hack, Fed uncertainty, and profit-taking from 19-week inflow streak.

Fund flows for week-ending Sept. 20 (CoinShares/Bloomberg)

Markets

One Trader Made Millions Betting $200M on BTC Just Before Trump's Crypto Reserve News

At one point the trader was just $50 away from being liquidated.

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Policy

SEC Plans to Drop Its Case Against Kraken, Firm Says

Kraken called the SEC’s decision to drop the case a “turning point for the future of crypto in the U.S.” in a Monday blog post

Kraken CEO Dave Ripley (Kraken)

Tech

Layer-2 BOB's 'Bitcoin DeFi' Continues Progress With Fireblocks Integration

Fireblocks users can now earn yield on their BTC holdings via BOB's network

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Markets

Hut 8 Reports $331M Net Income in 2024 While Expanding AI Infrastructure

The bitcoin miner held over 10,000 bitcoin at the end of last year.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

The Morning After: Bitcoin Slips Back Below $90K Following Crypto's Wild Sunday

President Trump's social media post on a crypto reserve sent markets soaring, but raised questions.

Roller coaster ride for bitcoin on Monday (Getty Images)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Cardano (ADA) Surges 58.8% as Nearly All Assets Rise

Litecoin (LTC) was the only underperformer, falling 8.5% from Friday.

CoinDesk

Finance

Tether Names Simon McWilliams as CFO Amid Push for Full Audit

The stablecoin giant is moving toward a comprehensive financial audit as it expands its global operations

Tether. (CoinDesk archive)

Markets

Strategy Bitcoin Holdings Steady Last Week; Company Declares First Preferred Dividend

The Michael Saylor-led company holds just shy of half a million BTC tokens.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

Policy

Coinbase Chasing Receipts at SEC to Tally Cost of Agency's Crypto Saga

The U.S. digital assets exchange made a public-records request to add up what the regulator spent on crypto cases in recent years, including against Coinbase.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve More Likely, Further Details Needed: Citi

The President announced that XRP, SOL, BTC, ETH and ADA would be included in the strategic reserve.

Crypto market to stay highly correlated to stocks, Citi says. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Markets

Core Scientific Appoints Former Investment Banker as New CFO

Finance veteran to succeed Denise Sterling as CFO, shares are up 2% in pre-market trading.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

U.S. Senate Expected to Vote on Erasing IRS's Crypto Broker Rule That Threatens DeFi: Source

Senate leaders are said to be queuing up votes to reverse two Biden-era regulations tied to digital assets: the IRS DeFi rule and a CFPB digital-payments rule.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)