Author: Anshul

Trump’s Crypto Venture Eyes Stablecoin Market

Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, has taken a bold step by planning the development of a stablecoin, according to sources close to the venture. The project, which recently raised $14 million through an initial token sale, seeks to capitalize on the stablecoin market—a crucial element of the crypto ecosystem—by creating a financial product […]

Arthur Hayes’ Crypto Strategy Amid Election Risks

With the U.S. election just a week away, markets are bracing for potential volatility. Arthur Hayes, Chief Investment Officer of Maelstrom and co-founder of BitMEX, is taking a strategic approach by hedging with Ethena Lab’s USDe stablecoin while keeping significant positions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and other cryptocurrencies. Hayes hopes to balance short-term election […]

Vitalik Buterin Defends Ethereum Holdings

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently took to Twitter to respond to speculation about ETH sales by himself and the Ethereum Foundation. In a Saturday thread, Buterin addressed questions surrounding the Foundation’s transfer of funds to centralized exchange Kraken and clarified the motives behind these transactions, which he said were misunderstood as “dumping” ETH onto the […]

Agentic Web: How AI Agents Are Shaping Crypto Influence

Crypto Twitter has seen a surge of excitement around the rise of AI agents like Terminal of Truth, a bot whose unexpected endorsements of meme coins have captivated users. More than mere chatter, these AI entities hold the potential to become influential players in crypto, leveraging their “autonomous” interactions to shape user engagement and investment […]

Bitcoin Dev Peter Todd Denies Satoshi Claims

Longtime Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd has found himself in the spotlight this month after being accused of being Satoshi Nakamoto in a new HBO documentary, “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery.” Despite vehemently denying the claims both on- and off-camera. Todd said on Friday that the rumors have forced him to adopt new security measures. […]

Balance Gains Custodian Status, Aims to Repatriate

Balance, Canada’s long-standing crypto custodian, has achieved qualified custodian status. With CEO George Bordianu calling for Canada’s crypto ETFs to shift their holdings back to domestic custody. Currently, crypto assets backing ETFs by firms like 3iQ, Purpose Investments. And Evolve are primarily stored in U.S. custodial institutions such as Coinbase and Gemini. “We have billions […]

Japan’s Metaplanet Adopts “BTC Yield” Metric

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has taken a page from Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy playbook, introducing a “BTC Yield” metric to gauge how Bitcoin acquisitions affect shareholder returns. Often referred to as “Asia’s answer to MicroStrategy,” the Tokyo-based firm disclosed on Thursday that it will begin using this metric to evaluate its growing Bitcoin portfolio’s impact on […]

Kraken Launches Ink, an Ethereum Layer-2 Built on Optimism

Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the launch of Ink, an Ethereum-based layer-2 blockchain powered by Optimism’s OP Stack. Ink is designed to offer a suite of on-chain wealth management tools for both experienced traders and newcomers to the crypto space, according to a joint statement released by Kraken and the Optimism Collective on […]