Websites selling products with President Donald Trump’s brand are now accepting the $TRUMP meme coin as payment. Trump-branded watches, sneakers and fragrances take payment via the meme coin to attract the president’s supporters, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Jan. 28). The meme coin was released Jan. 17, and...
The governor of the Czech National Bank reportedly wants to invest in bitcoin. The move — involving billions of euros worth of the country’s reserves — could make this the first central bank in a Western nation to hold cryptocurrency assets, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (Jan. 29)....
It’s all systems go for Coinbase to launch in Argentina after regulators in that South American nation gave their approval for the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange to begin operating there, the company said Tuesday (Jan 28). The expansion will be led by Matías Alberti, who previously...
Bybit is making inroads into taking crypto payments mainstream in Brazil with its new payment solution. According to a Monday (Jan. 27) press release, the Bybit Pay solution is live in Brazil and integrates with the Brazilian Pix instant payment system developed by the Central...
The crypto industry wanted Donald Trump to become America’s 47th president, and they spent big to make it happen. Around 48% of all corporate money contributed to the 2024 election cycle came from crypto firms, and the 2024 elections saw 250 “pro crypto” members of...
In 2023, America’s cryptocurrency crackdown caused venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to look overseas. Now, the company is shutting down its U.K. office amid a new focus on the U.S. crypto sector following Donald Trump’s election, the Financial Times reported Sunday (Jan. 26). The firm’s...
President Donald Trump’s executive order on digital assets issued Thursday (Jan. 23) will reportedly boost stablecoins and issuers like Tether Holdings and Circle Internet Financial. Trump’s order aligned stablecoins with the government’s efforts to maintain the global supremacy of the dollar, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan....
Nearly a week into his presidency, and Donald Trump has yet to mention bitcoin. But despite the absence by name of any one particular digital asset, the crypto world still had reason to perk up on Thursday (Jan. 23) as America’s first “crypto president” issued...
A newly established Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets will work to develop a federal regulatory framework governing digital assets and consider the creation of a “strategic national digital assets stockpile.” The Working Group was formed by an executive order signed by President Donald...
