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Bitcoin Down 2.5% as China Slaps Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S., Probes Google

The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump's new 10% tariffs on China came into effect.

China. (Excellentcc/Pixabay)

Markets

TRON, Movement Labs Deny ‘Token Swap’ Deal for World Liberty Financial Inclusion

A report alleges that projects were pitched on a $10 million - $15 million buy-in on the Trump-backed project.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Policy

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Canadian Man With $65M Hacks of Indexed Finance, KyberSwap

Andean “Andy” Medjedovic, 22, has been on the run from authorities since 2021.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York via CoinDesk archives

Opinion

10 Commandments for Federal Securities Laws

Too often regulators get bogged down in the minutiae of prescriptive laws and miss their core intent, says Teresa Goody Guillén, a partner at BakerHostetler. Crypto regulation should be guided by principles for an effective market.

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

Markets

Real-World Asset Tokens Lead Crypto Rebound as Tokenization Narrative Gathers Steam

Ondo Finance's native token, MANTRA's OM and Chintai's CHEX posted double-digit gains during the crypto rebound, while many altcoins still nursed losses.

(Giovanni Calia/Unsplash)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto.com President Eric Anziani on the Exchange’s Ambitious Global Plans

The Singapore-based exchange has made a plethora of announcements regarding its plans for the E.U., the U.S. and Asia.

Crypto.com president Eric Anziani

Opinion

The AI Agents Are Coming

And blockchain tech is poised to become the fundamental infrastructure for an agentic economy, functioning as an API layer that enables seamless interaction and transactions among AI agents, says Marc Baumann.

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Opinion

AI Shows Why Data Portability Matters

AI provides a rationale for personal data portability, in the form of a better product experience rather than ideology alone, says Anna Kazlauskas, the creator of Vana and the CEO of Open Data Labs.

data (Unsplash)

Policy

Trump Orders Creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund

Such a fund could be a vehicle through which the government might accumulate bitcoin.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Opinion

Wyoming’s Future as a Blockchain Leader Hangs in the Balance Without Fair Procurement Processes

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says closed-door policy-making around the state's recent stablecoin initiative raises doubts about the state's commitment to becoming a crypto hub.

Wyoming (Shutterstock)

Markets

MicroStrategy Pauses Weekly Bitcoin Purchases Ahead of Earnings

The company reports fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounces Above $100K, XRP Surges 40% as Trade War Tensions Suddenly Ease

Agreeing to some of Trump's terms, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. will be pausing tariffs on her country for one month.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index recovered above $100,000 (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Plunges 17.1% Over Weekend

Among the underperformers, Filecoin (FIL) dropped 33.9% and Aave (AAVE) fell 29.3%.

Markets

Crypto Stocks Slide Pre-Market as U.S. Futures Point to More Bitcoin Losses

S&P 500 futures slid 1.4%, Dow Jones future fell 1.2% and futures on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 lost 1.7%

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Markets

THORChain to Issue Equity Tokens to Battle $200M Debt After Pausing Bitcoin, Ether Lending

TCY tokens will be distributed at a rate of 1 TCY per dollar of defaulted debt, turning lenders and savers into equity holders.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)