Crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm, founded by billionaire Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is working with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, the report said, noting that no final decision has been made on the listing. The potential IPO…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As he walked out of the White House’s crypto summit on Friday, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said his U.S. exchange is planning to hire a thousand people because of the policy progress the industry seems to be making at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term. “It’s only been, what, 50…
Recent on-chain data indicates that Bitcoin (BTC) whales have shifted from a prolonged distribution period to renewed accumulation and that the stablecoin supply on Binance is increasing; both metrics suggest good momentum for BTC. According to CryptoQuant community analyst Darkfost, whales had been reducing their holdings for over a month, marking the longest sustained decline in…
President Donald Trump hosted the first White House Digital Asset Summit on Friday, with a handful of major crypto executives and relevant members of his administration. Trump repeated his promises from his Thursday executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and to never sell America’s Bitcoin. “From this day on, America will follow the…
Federally regulated banks can engage in a range of cryptocurrency activities without prior approval, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said, in a new interpretive letter and statement. In a new interpretive letter, the OCC clarified that national banks and federal savings associations can legally provide crypto custody, conduct certain stablecoin-related activities,…
Coinbase-incubated Layer 2 network Base has announced acquiring the development team behind Iron Fish, a privacy-focused blockchain project. The latest move aims to boost privacy features within Base. The acquisition focuses on integrating the expertise of Iron Fish’s team and does not involve the Iron Fish blockchain or its native token, both of which will…
Crypto exchange Kraken is considering an initial public offering (IPO) by the first quarter of 2026, as the company believes the regulatory environment in the U.S. has sufficiently changed to make a public listing viable, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Like many other companies and executives in the digital assets industry, the…
A forfeiture complaint shared by blockchain detective ZachXBT revealed that the $150 million hack suffered by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen resulted from private keys stored in the password manager LastPass, which was compromised in 2022. The complaint details how the attackers accessed Larsen’s cryptocurrency wallets through stolen vault data from LastPass. LastPass compromise In December…
President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to supporting cryptocurrency and making America the “Bitcoin superpower” at the first White House crypto summit on March 7. Trump reaffirmed his pledge to reverse restrictive policies and position the US as a global leader in digital assets. He stated that his executive order establishing a Bitcoin reserve and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump assured the crypto sector that it’s on new ground in a first-ever summit at the White House on Friday, illustrating what the industry suspected: It’s got friends at every level in Washington. “I know that many of you have been fighting for years for this, and it’s an honor…