The political winds around cryptocurrency oversight in the United States are shifting once again. In a significant step for the crypto industry, the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), signaling a likely change in the agency’s leadership and policy direction. What’s Happening at…
Analysts are sounding the alarm as Bitcoin whale activity experiences its biggest surge of 2025 so far, reflecting heightened interest and potential market shifts. Large-scale investors—often known as “whales”—are swooping in with significant trades after Bitcoin’s price recently dropped below the $90,000 mark. According to data analysts from Santiment, this influx signals the whales are…
The world of cryptocurrency regulation is once again at a crossroads as the United States and United Kingdom mount a challenge against the Basel Committee’s stringent cryptoasset capital requirements for banks. Faced with rapidly increasing stablecoin adoption and diverging policies across the US, UK, and European Union, the influential international banking standards body is now…
Bitcoin miners are under pressure as the cryptocurrency’s hashprice—the revenue earned per unit of mining power—has tumbled to its lowest level in five years. This sharp decline isn’t just shaking the digital gold rush; it’s also fueling a heated debate about how politics, energy policy, and financial regulation intersect in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency….
Bitcoin has often dazzled investors with so-called “average gains” every November, but financial experts are sounding the alarm: these numbers may not tell the whole story. As the cryptocurrency landscape becomes increasingly politicized, young investors should be wary of relying on historical returns without considering the broader political context shaping digital currency markets today. According…
Cloudflare’s Major Outage Hits Crypto Platforms, Exposing Political Fault Lines on Internet Control On Tuesday, a sweeping outage at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare rendered large swathes of the web inaccessible, crippling major crypto exchanges, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, and digital wallets. This disruption reignited heated political debate about the security and resilience of the very…
Mastercard is entering the next era of digital finance by partnering with Polygon to introduce verified usernames for self-custody crypto wallets—a move that signals not just a technological leap, but a potential shake-up in the delicate balance between privacy and regulatory oversight in the digital asset sector. The collaboration will allow crypto users to create…
The long-dormant, politically-charged saga of Mt. Gox—the infamous Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange whose 2014 collapse still ripples across the crypto world—took a fresh turn this week. After nearly eight months of quiet, Mt. Gox trustees moved a staggering 10,608 Bitcoin—valued at approximately $953 million—triggering widespread speculation and anxiety across the global cryptocurrency community. This shift of…
Crypto startup LevelField has taken a major step forward in merging traditional finance with the burgeoning world of digital assets. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has officially approved LevelField’s acquisition of Burling Bank, a historic move that could make LevelField the first FDIC-insured bank in the United States to openly and broadly…
As Bitcoin’s value dipped below the $94,000 mark this weekend, leaders across the cryptocurrency industry started pointing fingers—not only at economic trends but also at rising political pressures that could be tilting the market. Analysts and executives alike agree: while price volatility is part of the cryptocurrency cycle, the current downturn opens important questions about…
