Trump Media expanded into crypto in 2025 with its fintech brand Truth.Fi, creating a Bitcoin treasury, filing multiple crypto ETFs, and forming a partnership with Crypto.com.Trump Media & Technology Group said it is considering spinning out its flagship social media platform, Truth Social, into a publicly traded company, a move…

X head of product, Nikita Bier, says the paid promotions tag aims to encourage people to build their businesses on X while being transparent with their fan base.Social media platform X is now permitting paid promotional crypto posts under its updated labeling policy, though crypto advertisements will continue to be…

The prediction platform said it would reimburse users and resolve markets to the last-traded price before the death of the Iranian leader was confirmed.Tarek Mansour, the co-founder of prediction market Kalshi, provided an update, following the platform’s decision to void some positions that were opened after the death of Iran’s…

Gold has become “overextended” after climbing to more than $5,247 per ounce, according to Jan3 CEO and Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow.Bitcoin (BTC) is relatively undervalued compared to gold and the global money supply, which could signal a price reversal, according to Samson Mow, the CEO of Bitcoin technology company Jan3.“Bitcoin…

The 25-basis-point the latest monthly adjustment of STRC’s dividend and comes amid a sharp downturn in the crypto markets and macroeconomic uncertainty.Strategy chairman Michael Saylor said in a social media post on Sunday that the largest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company is raising the dividend on its STRC preferred stock, also…

Bitcoin avoided a fresh breakdown around major geopolitical events in the Middle East, with BTC price targets now including $74,000 next.Bitcoin (BTC) ignored geopolitical volatility on Sunday as traders waited for markets’ Iran reaction.Key points:Bitcoin coils around $67,000 as the dust settles on a wild weekend in the Middle East.Read…

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.Today in crypto, prediction market Kalshi provided an update on a market carveout for positions opened after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader…

Tokenized gold markets like PAXG and XAUt now handle nearly all gold price discovery when CME futures shut for the weekend.Gold pricing shifts onto blockchain networks once US futures markets close for the weekend, according to Iggy Ioppe, former chief investment officer at Credit Suisse and now chief investment officer…

The US military reportedly relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI for intelligence analysis and targeting during an Iran strike hours after Trump ordered a ban on the company’s systems.The US military reportedly used Anthropic during a major air strike on Iran, only hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to…

The newly created Polymarket wallets placed bets on the timing of a US strike against Iran, buying shares hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran.Six Polymarket traders earned roughly $1 million after accurately betting that the United States would strike Iran before the end of February, triggering insider…

Crypto markets stabilized after geopolitical shockwaves from US-Israeli air strikes on Iran rattled risk assets.Bitcoin climbed back toward $68,000 after US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the confirmed death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.Bitcoin (BTC) prices reached $68,200 in early trading on Sunday morning on Coinbase, according to TradingView.The asset…

Removing intermediaries with account abstraction is a “core principle of non-ugly cypherpunk Ethereum,” said Buterin.Ethereum account abstraction, or smart accounts, will be shipped with the Hegota upgrade “within a year,” said Vitalik Buterin on Saturday.“We have been talking about account abstraction ever since early 2016,” said the Ethereum co-founder over…

The company was the first to deploy its AI models on classified US military cloud networks, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.The CEO of AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has responded after the Department of Defense and the White House ordered military contractors to stop using Anthropic’s products.Anthropic objected to…

Ethereum’s dominant total value locked and widespread adoption by traditional finance institutions confirm its role as the base of global onchain finance. Will Ether price follow?Key takeaways:Institutional adoption of the Ethereum network accelerates despite Ether disappointing price action. Ethereum and its layer-2s hold 65% of TVL market share.Vitalik Buterin is…

A rare Bitcoin bottom signal from 2023 has flashed again, but the 2026 macroeconomic backdrop calls its validity into question. Can BTC price defy the odds?A Bitcoin (BTC) bottom signal that appeared in 2023, ahead of a 130% rally in 2024, has flashed again this week, raising the possibility that…

Declining crypto prices mean that many digital asset treasuries are either underwater or trading at a discount to their net asset value.The crypto treasury market is likely to consolidate this year amid the market downturn, as companies with operating businesses merge with or acquire those trading below net asset value…

Traders who bought Bitcoin three to five years ago are still up around 90% on average, even after the latest correction.Bitcoin (BTC) rewards investors the most who hold it for at least three years, according to data shared by André Dragosch, head of research at Bitwise Europe.Key takeaways:Holding BTC for…

Lawmakers urge US regulators to review Binance’s AML and sanctions controls after reports of Iran-linked transactions and potential evasion risks.A group of 11 US senators has asked federal authorities to investigate whether crypto exchange Binance is complying with US sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, citing recent reports.In a letter…

TPS breakthroughs get engineers excited, but TradFi is looking at Ethereum because that’s where the liquidity is, says Kevin Lepsoe of ETHGas.Ethereum continues to host the largest concentration of stablecoins and decentralized finance (DeFi) capital, even as successive waves of faster networks emerge.Newer blockchains have promised higher throughput and lower…

Tether blocked billions in USDt tied to scams and laundering cases as authorities increasingly rely on stablecoin issuers to halt suspicious funds.Stablecoin issuer Tether has reportedly frozen roughly $4.2 billion worth of its USDt tokens connected to suspected criminal activity over the past three years.Most of the blocked funds were…