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XRP, DOGE Rally as SEC Acknowledges ETF Filings, JUP Cheers Token Buyback Plan

Altcoins made waves as BTC held steady despite continued outflows from spot ETFs.

XRP, DOGE and JUP rally (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average

Past trends associated with the 200-week SMA suggests the ongoing range play between $90K and $110K will likely resolve bullishly.

BTC's bullish pattern. (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Tech

Story Protocol Launches to Let People Register IP and Get Paid for It

Story protocol is an intellectual property blockchain backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

PIP Labs CEO and Story Protocol Co-Founder SY Lee (Provided)

Finance

CZ's Dog Made a Killing for One Memecoin Creator and Murdered Everyone Else

Broccoli coin is the latest example of the dangers of playing in an anything goes market.

CZ and Broccoli

Finance

GameStop Mulling Investment in Bitcoin/Crypto: CNBC

Eyebrows were raised this past weekend when GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen posted a picture of himself with Michael Saylor.

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Markets

Coinbase Posts $2.27B in Q4 Revenue, Blowing Through $1.84B Estimate

The crypto exchange benefited from a major bull move in crypto during the fourth quarter surrounding Trump's election victory.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

Estonian nationals Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Bitcoin mining machines in a former steel mill in the midwest.

Opinion

Why Congress Needs to Act on Digital Assets – Reps. French Hill and Bryan Steil

Leading House lawmakers say the U.S. should move fast on crypto and blockchain legislation.

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Finance

MetaDAO Hires Futarchy's Creator Robin Hanson as Adviser

Hanson, who devised the new form of governance a quarter century ago, gives a boost to the year-old crypto group.

metaDAO

Finance

Zoom Communications Should Embrace Bitcoin as Treasury Asset, Eric Semler Says

The Semler Scientific chair introduced the first member of his "Zombie Zone" companies that could benefit from adding bitcoin to their balance sheet.

Bitcoin, Semler Scientific

Tech

How a Sitting President Became Crypto's Most Sought-After Investor

Blockchain founders like MOVE's Rushi Manche are clamoring for a spot in the president's crypto portfolio, hoping it will boost their token price.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Scam Revenue From ‘Pig Butchering,’ AI Schemes Likely Grew in 2024, Chainalysis Reports

Fraudsters raked in at least $9.9 billion and possibly as much as $12.4 billion with their methods becoming more “professionalized.”

Photo of hands on a keyboard in a darkened room. (Unsplash)

Opinion

How Hong Kong Can Seize the Mantle as Asia’s Crypto Hub

Establishing the proper regulatory environment is essential; here’s what the territory needs to do.

Hong Kong

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: It's Tax Time

The 2024 tax year has come to a close, and tax filing season is now upon us. If you’ve been trading crypto, here are some key things you need to consider.

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Finance

Peter Thiel-Backed Plasma Raises $20M to Develop Bitcoin-Based Network for Stablecoins

The project, which also claims Tether's Paolo Ardoino as an investor, aims to enhance stablecoin adoption through a Bitcoin sidechain that allows zero-fee USDT transactions.

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Policy

South Korea to Start Lifting Ban on Corporations Trading Crypto

The country restricted institutions from trading crypto in 2017.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)