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Policy

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Lays Out 10 Priorities for New Crypto Task Force

Peirce also urged crypto companies to be patient as the agency decides how to “disentangle” itself from litigation initiated under former Chair Gary Gensler.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Finance

Bitcoin OP_CAT Proposal Gets Boost From Taproot Wizards' $30M Fundraise

Taproot Wizards will use the funding to build an ecosystem of applications using the OP_CAT Bitcoin improvement proposal

TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)

Policy

Acting SEC Chair Uyeda Names 3 Appointees to Agency’s New Crypto Task Force

Landon Zinda, former policy director for crypto think tank Coin Center, is the task force’s new senior advisor.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump's Crypto Czar Sacks Says 'Golden Age' Coming

David Sacks and the leaders of the congressional committees that will handle crypto legislation outlined their plans at a press conference.

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

Opinion

The DeepSeek-R1 Effect and Web3-AI

Unlike most advancements in generative AI, the release of DeepSeek-R1 carries real implications and intriguing opportunities for Web3-AI.

DeepSeek (Getty Images)

Finance

Sol Strategies Bolsters Solana Holdings to Near 190,000 SOL Worth More Than $40M

The Canadian investment company, led by former Valkyrie Investments co-founder Leah Wald, has also acquired validators on other blockchains and holds some BTC.

Solana logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The Senate's bipartisan infrastructure deal envisions imposing stricter rules on cryptocurrency investors to collect more taxes to fund a portion of the $550 billion investment into transportation and power systems. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tech

Ethereum’s New Cheerleader on Wall Street: A Q&A With Vivek Raman

Vivek Raman, the founder of Etherealize, spent 10 years on Wall Street. Now he's trying to market Ethereum to big banks.

Etherealize co-founder Vivek Raman (Etherealize)

Policy

U.S. Senate's Effort on Stablecoins Revealed in New Bill from Hagerty

The Senate has pushed stablecoin bills before, but the chamber is now led by Republicans who want to make Hagerty's latest effort happen.

Bill Hagerty, a sponsor of the bill (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

Blockchain Firm Neptune Digital Assets Adds DOGE to Its Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy

The publicly traded company plans on accumulating other cryptocurrencies through its Sygnum credit line..

Screenshot of a candle chart going down.

Markets

Ether Worth Nearly $1B Left Exchanges Monday as Trade War Fears Sent Prices Crashing

Data shows investors likely bought the dip, snapping up ETH at lower prices.

Ether bears have an upper hand following the trendline break (Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase Users Are Losing $300M a Year to Social Scams, ZachXBT Says

ZachXBT advised Coinbase to enhance security by making phone number inputs optional, creating a restricted account type for new users and improving community education on scam prevention.

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

Markets

Berachain to Roll Out Its Mainnet This Week

The blockchain is humorously set to launch in "Q5,” a non-existent quarter beyond Q4.

Markets are forming a bottom according to Tom Lee (Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Falls 4.2% as Index Trades Lower From Monday

Polkadot (DOT) joined Uniswap (UNI) as an underperformer, declining 4.1%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-02-04: laggards chart

News Analysis

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve May Be Coming, But States Are Winning the Race

Millions of Americans may soon find out they're crypto investors when their states leap into the markets even before the feds figure out what to do.

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Markets

Semler Scientific Buys Additional 871 BTC for $88.5M

Semler Scientific now holds a total of 3,192 BTC

CoinDesk

Markets

CME's Monthly Crypto Volumes Hits Record High in January, Surges 180%

The surge to hit a new record was partly fueled by the popularity of micro bitcoin and ether futures contracts.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)