Kevin Hassett, who was central to the president’s crypto working group, has sprung up as a frontrunner to take over the Federal Reserve, Bloomberg reports.
Jesse Coghlan
Jesse Coghlan is a Sydney-based journalist and joined Cointelegraph’s Asia-Pacific newsdesk as its deputy editor in 2022. He mainly covers court cases and government policy from around the world that focus on cryptocurrency and aims to make complex legal language accessible. He previously co-hosted and produced a podcast covering crypto news and reported on crime and civil unrest with his early work as a freelance reporter. Jesse has no crypto holdings.
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Berachain disputes ‘framing’ of a $25M refund deal to Brevan Howard Berachain’s founder says a report that it gave one of its Series B investors a year-long refund right on its $25 million investment is both “inaccurate and incomplete.”
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South Korea’s Upbit parent plans US IPO after Naver merger: Report US investors could soon get exposure to South Korea’s active crypto market, as crypto exchange Upbit’s parent company, Dunamu, reportedly eyes a Nasdaq listing.
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1 in 3 young investors switched advisers over crypto access: Survey Young and rich investors want wealth advisers to offer crypto, and some have moved their money from those who don’t, according to a survey by Zerohash.
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Crypto, tech stocks climb on Nvidia’s blowout Q3 earnings Nvidia has posted a record quarterly revenue, which has helped dampen fears of an AI bubble and lift crypto and tech stocks.
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SEC makes no specific mention of crypto in 2026 exam priorities The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest examination priorities document didn’t mention crypto as an area of focus for the coming year, unlike in previous years.
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Bitcoin miner HIVE shares boost 7.5% on record quarterly revenue HIVE Digital has reported record revenues for its latest quarter, spurred by rising Bitcoin prices and an expansion of its mining fleet.
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VanEck Solana ETF goes live, Grayscale DOGE ETF expected on Monday The flood of crypto ETFs has begun, with VanEck’s Solana ETF launching on Monday, and many more ETFs expected to go live over the next week.
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Ethereum starting on ‘same supercycle’ as Bitcoin: BitMine’s Tom Lee BitMine’s Tom Lee says Ether is set to 100x in the next few years, copying a similar price run by Bitcoin years ago.
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Harvard University triples stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, filing shows The Ivy League university held 6.8 million shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF as of Sept. 30, 2025, and has also boosted its exposure to gold.
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Crypto exchange Kraken boss says they aren’t racing to go public in US Speculation that Kraken was planning to go public has been circulating since mid-2024, with one report suggesting it would do so in the first quarter of 2026.
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Bitfarms plunges 18% after plan to wind down Bitcoin mining ops Bitfarms said it plans to shift its Bitcoin mining sites over the next two years and convert them to power AI, starting with its major site in Washington.
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Canary Capital files for MOG ETF, boosting the little-known memecoin The memecoin Mog Coin saw a slight lift in its price on Wednesday after Canary Capital filed to launch an ETF tracking the token.
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Tokenization demand is no longer tied to Bitcoin: Galaxy executive Galaxy tokenization head Thomas Cowan says interest in tokenization is now “independent of the price of Bitcoin” as institutions have started to see the benefits.
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Gemini bets on ‘super app’ as stock sinks to record low on Q3 results Shares in Gemini slumped after the company reported losses in its third-quarter results, largely due to the costs associated with going public.
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Senate committee unveils crypto market structure bill draft The Senate Agriculture Committee has released a draft bill outlining the proposed regulatory jurisdiction of the country’s two main financial market regulators.
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FBI can’t be blamed for wiping hard drive with $345M BTC, say judges A US appeals court says the FBI isn’t at fault for wiping a drive containing over 3,400 Bitcoin, as its convicted owner never informed the government that he owned the tokens.
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Robinhood isn’t rushing into crypto treasuries, exec says Robinhood executive Shiv Verma says buying crypto could align it with the community more, but questions if it's “the right thing for shareholders.”
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Robinhood’s Q3 crypto revenue surges 300% as earnings beat forecasts Robinhood Markets’ crypto revenue jumped over 300% in Q3, helping to double its revenue from last year to surpass analyst expectations.
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Strategy files IPO for euro stock to fund more Bitcoin buys Michael Saylor’s Strategy has filed to offer euro-denominated shares in its latest push to raise capital for more Bitcoin.
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Crypto sentiment nosedives to ‘extreme fear’ as Bitcoin drops under $106K Bitcoin’s fall below $106,000 sent crypto sentiment into “Extreme Fear,” with the Fear & Greed Index plunging to its lowest level in nearly seven months.
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Ripple buys Palisade as it tips corporations to drive crypto adoption Ripple has added to its recent run of acquisitions, buying the crypto wallet and custody firm Palisade in a bid to boost its offerings to institutions.
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French MPs advance measure to tax crypto as ‘unproductive wealth’ Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly have passed an amendment that would consider larger crypto holdings “unproductive wealth” and subject them to taxation.
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Elizabeth Warren rebuffs CZ defamation threat as ‘without merit’ Changpeng Zhao’s lawyer, Teresa Goody Guillén, reportedly threatened to sue Warren for “defamatory statements” on X after CZ secured a pardon from Trump.
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Western Union’s ‘WUUSD’ trademark hints at crypto offerings A trademark filing by Western Union for “WUUSD” suggests the company is looking into building crypto wallet, crypto trading and even crypto lending services.
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Saylor says Strategy unlikely to buy up rivals, as there’s too much uncertainty Strategy is unlikely to make deals to acquire its Bitcoin-buying rivals, with founder Michael Saylor saying it’s too risky.
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Saylor’s Strategy boosts after hours as firm posts $2.8B Q3 income Strategy’s third-quarter net income was down from its record $10 billion in Q2, but still lifted its shares after the bell.
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Frax, IQ launch Korean won-pegged KRWQ on Base amid stablecoin push Crypto protocols Frax and IQ have partnered to launch KRWQ, a Korean won stablecoin designed to be fully regulatory-compliant amid the country’s stablecoin push.
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Banks’ concern over stablecoins ‘ignores reality’: Coinbase US banking groups have urged Congress to clamp down on stablecoin yields, arguing it would trigger a US banking customer exodus.