Martin Young

Democratic senators have asked Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould to explain how he’ll prevent Donald Trump from influencing stablecoin rules that may benefit his family.

Bitcoin tumbled to a three-week low near $114,000 as Trump’s tariff executive order triggered a stock and crypto sell-off.

White House digital assets chief Bo Hines confirmed strategic Bitcoin reserve plans remain active despite the omission of any new details in a recent policy report.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments dampened hopes for a September rate cut, which could lead to a slower crypto bull run, one analyst speculates.

Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly seeking half a billion dollars in funding as crypto exchanges capitalize on regulatory tailwinds, The Information reports.

Crypto mining firm MARA Holdings’ Q2 revenues jumped 64% from a year ago to $238 million, driven by Bitcoin appreciation and expanded mining operations.

Declan Fox, global product lead for Linea, said there is no exact date for the token generation event yet, but details will be shared a week before.

Stablecoin searches reached an all-time high on Google as market cap topped a record $270 billion following passage of the GENIUS Act.

Mill City Ventures has become the first public company to invest in a Sui treasury after a $450 million raise, betting on blockchain’s AI and DeFi capabilities.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed concern that ChatGPT conversations lack legal privilege protection and could be subpoenaed in lawsuits.

Graham Krizek, founder and CEO of Voltage, predicts the Lightning Network will capture billions in global stablecoin volume within the next few years.

A judge has denied MIT brothers’ bid to dismiss $25 million crypto fraud charges, ruling their novel crypto exploit methods still constitute wire fraud.

The Ethereum validator exit queue is at its longest in nearly two years as $2.3 billion worth of Ether now awaits unstaking. Is it profit taking or repositioning?

The UK central bank is considering abandoning its digital pound plans as its Governor Andrew Bailey favors private payment innovations over a state-backed CBDC.

21Shares has filed a preliminary application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an ETF tracking the token of the DeFi platform Ondo Finance.

ARK Invest has restructured three ETFs, selling Coinbase and Roblox shares to buy 1.5% stakes in Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine across its portfolios.

Ether Machine’s Andrew Keys said he’s an Ethereum maxi and doesn’t own Bitcoin. He’d “rather have an iPhone than a landline.”

Robert Kiyosaki says that asset bubbles will soon "bust", and when they do, “odds are gold, silver, and Bitcoin will bust too.”

Ethereum’s gas limit climbed over 37 million, with 47% of validators supporting a jump to 45 million.

Surges in the price of Ether and XRP have driven total crypto market capitalization to record highs just shy of $4 trillion.

The mining firm has raised $6 million and is set to dump Bitcoin in favor of Ethereum, targeting tens of millions in ETH reserves by year-end.

Matador Technologies plans to accumulate 6,000 BTC by 2027 — 1% of total supply — via a $656 million funding strategy, aiming to become a top 20 corporate Bitcoin holder.

Coinbase is transforming its wallet into Base App, a crypto-native app combining social media, trading, payments, and mini-apps.

The town of Grosse Pointe Farms has no crypto ATMs, but has regulated them anyway, requiring registration, warnings and limits on kiosks.

Brandon Lutnick’s Cantor Fitzgerald is nearing a big Bitcoin acquisition through a SPAC merger, targeting 30,000 BTC from Blockstream Capital.

Ethereum treasury companies accumulated more than 545,000 ETH over the past month, while institutional funds saw the fourth-highest weekly inflow on record.

Fairlead Strategies founder and managing partner Katie Stockton says Bitcoin should reach $135,000 as an “intermediate-term objective.”

Bitcoin has become a macro asset hedge against a $7 trillion deficit swing in the US and understanding that could be key to figuring out where the price is going.

xAI blamed an instruction set glitch for Grok’s anti-Semitic tirade, claiming that deprecated instructions made the chatbot mirror extremist content for 16 hours.

The Midas Project has filed a complaint with the IRS against OpenAI, alleging that CEO Sam Altman’s dual roles create conflicts violating nonprofit tax rules.