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Markets

Bitcoin, Broader Market Dip After Trump Plans to Impose 25% Tariffs on EU

Bitcoin and S&P 500 both fell to their session low after Trump talked about tariffs at his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

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Policy

U.S. House Committee Advances Effort to Erase IRS' DeFi Tax Rule

A joint resolution in Congress seeks to reverse a December move by the IRS to impose a tax regime in DeFi, and the House has taken the first steps to do that.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Hires Galaxy Digital Counsel to Advise on Crypto

Tyler Williams previously served several roles in the U.S. government.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Bank of America CEO Says Bank Will Likely Launch Its Own Stablecoin

The United States Congress said that it would push to pass legislation on stablecoins in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Opinion

The U.S. War on Crypto Isn’t Over

The fact that the Trump administration has installed many crypto-friendly people in positions of power doesn’t mean that the industry will now get a free pass.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Strategy Is Down 50% From Its Highs. What Does It Mean for Its $43B Bitcoin Holdings?

Bitcoin's stumble begs the question asked during the last bear market: Is there a point at which Michael Saylor would be forced to liquidate part of the company's near-500,000 BTC stack?

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

UK Introduces Crime Bill That Extends Powers for Courts When Retrieving Crypto

The Crime and Policing Bill has measures on how to value crypto and retrieve it from criminals.

A U.K. policeman seen from behind stands in the middle of road

CoinDesk Indices

In Defense of the ‘MSTR Premium’

The premium given to the company’s massive bitcoin holdings will exist as long as investors believe it will continue to increase the amount of its bitcoin held per share.

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CoinDesk Indices

A Smarter Way to Crypto Diversification?

Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.

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Policy

One of 2 Remaining Democrats at U.S. CFTC Will Exit When New Chair Arrives

As the crypto industry awaits a surge in digital assets authority at the U.S. derivatives agency, Democrat Christy Goldsmith Romero plans to depart.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Future of Crypto Enforcement in the U.S.

The SEC won’t be giving up on enforcing crypto regulations, but what it focuses on will be different, writes a former head of the SEC’s crypto unit.

SEC

Policy

Crypto-Friendly Former Congressman Patrick McHenry Joins A16z as a Senior Advisor

McHenry announced his new role in a Wednesday X post, writing that he was “eager to help innovators navigate the policy landscape so they can build.”

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold-Back Cryptos Outperform as Precious Metal ETF Inflows Near Three-Year High

The price of gold is up nearly 11% so far in 2025 and 43% over the past 12 months.

Gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Drops 5.6%, Leading Index Lower

Uniswap (UNI) was also among the underperformers, falling 4.3% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-26: laggards

Finance

Delta Blockchain Founder Kavita Gupta Unveils Cross Chain Interoperability Startup

Inclusive Layer aims to abstract away technical friction and create liquidity aggregation between the Ethereum, Solana, Base, Polygon and Arbitrum blockchains.

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Finance

Ondo Finance to Bring RWAs to Mastercard Network

Mastercard's MTN incorporates API-enabled blockchain tools to allow banks to streamline domestic and cross-border transactions

Mastercard (CoinDesk)