Trump Announces Thursday Speech on 2020 Election Intelligence

Trump's Thursday 2020 election speech: a crypto volatility trigger? President Donald Trump's Thursday speech at 9:00 PM ET was first rumored to be about US-Iran tensions. Now it looks more likely to center on newly declassified intelligence about foreign interference in the 2020 electio ...

Bitcoin Braces for Waller Warning: US Inflation Test Looms

Bitcoin braces for Waller warning as US inflation test looms Bitcoin has a rough week in front of it. Fresh inflation data is due, Fed rate worries are back, and crypto traders are staring at the macro calendar again like it has a personal grudge against them. My take: this is not just a ...

Solana Retweets Nibble Launch: What It Means for You!

Solana's Nibble retweet: a social launchpad for the ecosystem Solana recently retweeted @nibblefun's announcement that Nibble is live on Solana mainnet and open for early access. Nibble calls itself a social launchpad. I'll be honest: that label sounds useful, but it also sounds easy to ...

Why Optimism’s Privacy Focus is Critical for $5.5T On-Chain

Optimism's Privacy Push Matters as $5.5T On-Chain Shift Looms Optimism recently cited a Citi Institute report that puts possible on-chain assets at $5.5 trillion by 2030. Big number. A little too clean, maybe. Still useful. If traditional finance is going to put real money on public bloc ...

Ethereum Bullish Signals Strengthen: Whales & Roadmap Fuel Optimism

Ethereum Bulls Have More to Work With as Whales Buy and the Lean Ethereum Roadmap Lands Ethereum looks more bullish than it did a month ago. Not cleanly bullish. Not "send it" bullish. Crypto almost never gives you that. My take: ETH now has more pieces lining up at the same time, with s ...

Ripple Funds $250K Grant Program for Veteran-Owned US Businesses

Ripple funds $250,000 grant program for veteran-owned US businesses Ripple's $RLUSD stablecoin funded a $250,000 grant program for veteran-owned US businesses. The company announced the program Monday. Twenty-five businesses will receive $10,000 each, distributed through ...

Mark Yusko: If Elon Musk Sold 1 DOGE, Dogecoin Hits Zero

Mark Yusko: Dogecoin's Musk-tied valuation raises the same worries he sees in a SpaceX IPO Mark Yusko says Dogecoin's price depends too much on Elon Musk and a few large holders. He made that comparison while talking through SpaceX's IPO setup, and the point was not subt ...

Solana USDC Suspension: What OKX Users Need to Know

OKX Solana USDC suspension: what crypto traders need to know OKX will pause USDC deposits and withdrawals on Solana on July 14 at 06:30 UTC for wallet maintenance. Probably routine. Annoying anyway. My take: planned exchange maintenance is exactly the sort of thing traders underestimate ...

Franklin Crypto CIO: Crypto Prices Disconnected from Fundamentals

Franklin Crypto CIO: institutional inflows expose crypto price disconnect Franklin Crypto CIO Ginns put it plainly: crypto prices do not match the fundamentals he sees underneath. My take: that is the whole story here, not the noise around it. Traditional finance and crypto are starting ...

Binance.US CEO: Rebuilding for 20% U.S. Market Share

Binance.US CEO targets 20% market share as regulation starts to loosen Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory says the exchange is trying to wake up after two years of "hibernation." The target is blunt: get back to the 20% share of U.S. trading it once had. That is not a small rebound. My take: ...