Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research, says Bitcoin is in “blue sky territory” and expects the cryptocurrency to run up to $180,000 in 2025. Bitcoin’s record-breaking rise since the United States elections is expected to continue, and investment manager and fund issuer VanEck is targeting a price of $180,000 by sometime next year....Continue Reading

The decentralized Web3 marketplace will leverage EigenLayer’s infrastructure to improve accessibility and reduce development costs.  Consensys Ethereum validator node provider Infura says it’s made significant progress in its Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN), announcing plans to launch as an Actively Validated Service (AVS) on Ethereum restaking platform EigenLayer. “By leaning on Ethereum’s economic security through EigenLayer,...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s price tumbled after the United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cast doubt on an interest rate cut in December.  The Bitcoin market stumbled almost 3% after the United States Federal Reserve hinted that further interest rate cuts might not be coming, contrary to expectations from those in the crypto and wider financial market....Continue Reading

The crypto industry is “going to save hundreds of millions of dollars” with Donald Trump as president, Consensys CEO Joe Lubin forecasts. The ongoing legal battles between crypto firms and the United States securities regulator will likely fade away with Donald Trump reelected as the 47th president of the United States, Consensys CEO Joe Lubin...Continue Reading

Former CFTC Acting Chair Chris Giancarlo said he’s “already cleaned up earlier Gary Gensler mess,” shooting down speculation he’d replace the SEC Chair. Chris Giancarlo, the former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair, has squashed rumors that he’s in the mix to take over Gary Gensler as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. “I’ve made...Continue Reading

Taiko Labs co-founder Daniel Wang first wanted to make an “unstoppable” social network and found his way to an Ethereum “based rollup” in the process. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, China plunged its economic capital, Shanghai, into a two-month lockdown in an attempt to outlast the virus — but it also wanted to...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s correction reflects investors’ inflation concerns and highlights the potential impact of future US fiscal policies. Bitcoin (BTC) traded down by 4.1% on Nov. 14 following US inflation data that marginally exceeded market expectations. This decline mirrored the S&P 500 index futures, which fell from 6,023 to 5,980 over four hours. As a result, traders...Continue Reading

Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton has been given a new role by President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced his former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton will serve as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Trump spoke highly...Continue Reading

Chinese public servant jailed for for selling state secrets for crypto, and Korean YouTuber accused of fleecing $230M from 15,304 followers. A former Chinese government employee, identified as Wang Moumou (a placeholder name that translates to “so-and-so” used in China to anonymize individuals) has been sentenced to life imprisonment for selling state secrets to foreign...Continue Reading