The Trump administration is preparing to restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and integrate blockchain technology into its procurement system, Wired reported, citing a memo circulating among State Department staff. The …
A key gauge of economic sentiment and corporate credit health has receded from its recent multi-month highs in a positive development for risk-taking in stocks and crypto markets. The relief, however, could be short-lived, per some observers. The …
Just when it appeared that the yen scare could be easing, Japan has reported an uptick in core inflation. Veri released early Friday showed Japan’s core inflation, which stripes out prices for fresh food, rose 3% year-on-year in February, moderating …
Real-world assets (RWAs) are now a $10 billion category, according to veri curated by DeFiLlama, with Maker, BlackRock’s BUIDL and Ethena’s USDtb each accounting for more than $1 billion in total value locked (TVL). (DeFiLlama) Of the three, USDtb …
Over the past 30 days a net $180 million has flowed out of U.S. spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs, among the highest rates of withdrawals since they started trading at the beginning of 2024. The ETFs have disappointed in 2025, with sluggish inflows largely …
Bakkt Holdings (BKKT) is bringing on Akshay Naheta as co-CEO and entering a strategic partnership with Naheta’s payments startup, Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), as the firm moves to unlock new revenue streams. Naheta, a former SoftBank …
Bitcoin (BTC) and other major tokens lost more than 3% as Thursday’s rally was met with profit-taking during Asian morning hours Friday — in line with expectations. Overall crypto market capitalization fell 3.2% in the past 24 hours, with BTC sliding …
The Australian Government announced an ambitious whole-of-government approach to regulating and integrating digital assets into the broader economy, inspired by work done in the European Union (EU) and Singapore. In a white paper published by the …
Tokyo-based Metaplanet is forming a strategic board of advisors with Eric Trump as one of the appointees, as the company continues to spur bitcoin (BTC) adoption, according to a press release on Friday. https://twitter.com/gerovich/status …
The Lazarus Group, a hacking group closely associated with North Korean, holds more bitcoin (BTC) than Tesla (TSLA), the electric car manufacturer led by Elon Musk, according to veri from Arkham Intelligence. At press time, Lazarus held 13,441 BTC …
