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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Calls Roger Ver's Potential Life Sentence 'Absurd'

Kraken founder Jesse Powell and pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht are also standing with Ver.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

Markets

Swiss National Bank President Reportedly Dismisses Bitcoin as Reserve Asset

Despite Switzerland’s growing acceptance of cryptocurrencies, SNB's President dismissed them as a "niche phenomenon."

Swiss flags in Zurich (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Finally Snap Eight-Day $3.2B Outflow Streak With $94.3M Inflows

The inflows come amid a slight market recovery as BTC rebounds from its monthly low, over growing pro-crypto stance from the Trump administration.

BTC, ETH carry trades lose shine, spurring record ETF outflows. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Prices Show Signs of Recovery With Bitcoin Above $84k Amid Trump's Summit Plans

The rebound comes amid a planned crypto summit hosted by Donald Trump and BlackRock’s inclusion of bitcoin in its model portfolios.

Price chart on an exchange (Nick Chong/Unsplash)

Policy

The SEC's Crypto Course Reversal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed a number of cases over the past few weeks.

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Policy

Trump to Host First Crypto Roundtable at White House Next Week

Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks, "prominent founders, CEOs and investors" will convene at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Sen. John Boozman, David Sacks, Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. French Hill (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Federal Judge Dismisses SEC Case Against Richard Heart, Citing Lack of Jurisdiction

Heart raised over $1 billion across three different unregistered securities offerings, the SEC had alleged

Richard Heart, creator of the Hex token and PulseChain platforms, in a circa 2017 YouTube video. (Richard Heart/YouTube)

Finance

Donald Trump-Linked Firm May be Looking to Start NFT and Metaverse Platform

DTTM Operations filed a trademark application that hints at software that manages crypto, NFTs and virtual reality services.

Trump Trading Cards Series 2 (OpenSea)

Markets

Why DeFi Projects Could Be Ready to Outperform: Kaiko Research

Regulatory clarity may provide a boost for DeFi projects.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Weekly Recap: Bitcoin’s Tumble and the SEC’s Retreat

Plus: Bybit fallout, stablecoin wrangling, Ethereum Foundation changes.

Mark Toshiro Uyeda, acting chair of the SEC  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Markets

BlackRock Adds Its IBIT Bitcoin ETF to Alternative Asset Model Portfolio

The world’s biggest asset manager added a 1% to 2% allocation to its target allocation portfolios.

(BlackRock)

Markets

Bitcoin Dip-Buyers Step in Friday, but What Might Weekend Action Bring?

Punitive tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China could go into effect on Tuesday.

Fear headed into weekend

Markets

Bitdeer Buys the Bitcoin Dip With BTC Price Set for Worst Month in 3 Years

Bitdeer currently holds 855 BTC, valued at approximately $69 million.

Mining machines (GreenBelka/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Why Trump’s Potential Plan to Make Crypto Gains Tax-Free Could Be a Bad Idea

The elimination of capital gains taxes on crypto might not be the huge boon to American investors that it would appear to be.

President Donald Trump

Markets

CME Group to Launch Solana Futures as Demand for Crypto Derivatives Grows

CME Group expands its crypto offerings with Solana futures, set to debut in March.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Drops 7.1% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower

Aave (AAVE) joined Uniswap (UNI) as an underperformer, declining 7% from Thursday.

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