Nasdaq-listed GDC plans to buy Bitcoin and TRUMP memecoin for $300M

GD Culture Group (GDC), a Nasdaq-listed holding company focused on livestreaming, e-commerce and artificial intelligence-powered digital human technology, plans to raise up to $300 million for a cryptocurrency treasury reserve. In a... Read more »

US Treasury Hosting Crypto Roundtables to Shape Regulations

The U.S. Treasury is holding closed-door talks with crypto leaders this week to reshape stablecoin rules, DeFi oversight, and digital asset regulation in the U.S. US Treasury Engages Crypto Leaders in Roundtables... Read more »

Coinbase makes history with S&P 500 induction, reinforcing crypto’s arrival in mainstream finance

Coinbase has become the first and only crypto company to be added to the S&P 500, marking a historic milestone for both the digital asset sector and traditional financial markets. Coinbase CEO... Read more »

XRP overtakes USDT as third-largest crypto after 10% price surge in 24 hours

Key Takeaways XRP’s price surged by 10% to $2.6, overtaking USDT as the third-largest crypto asset. Ripple is expanding its institutional presence through acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Share this article XRP has... Read more »

Bitcoin profit taking at $106K the first stop before new all-time BTC price highs

Key Takeaways: Bitcoin exhibits a bearish breakout from an ascending channel, with the risk of profit-taking near $106,000. A lower-than-expected US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print could boost Bitcoin, but a higher... Read more »

AI search startup Perplexity on track for massive $14 billion valuation – WSJ

Artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $500 million in a new funding round that would value the company at $14 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported,... Read more »

Will Bitcoin hodlers be the reason more countries adopt wealth taxes?

Opinion by: Robin Singh, CEO of Koinly Is there a catch for Bitcoin hodlers, with the asset’s price up over 600,000% since the beginning of 2013?  Perhaps — if governments keep waking... Read more »

Commissioner Hester Peirce Unveils SEC’s Flexible Framework for Tokenized Securities

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Hester Peirce proposed a regulatory exemption framework for crypto-related securities trading during her May 8, 2025 keynote in Washington D.C., balancing investor protection with technological... Read more »

Crypto’s energy problem may have a DePIN solution

The following is a guest post and opinion by Ruchir Punjabi, Co-Founder at ReNRG. Crypto, for all its growth, has an energy reputation problem. The proof-of-work era left a lingering carbon footprint,... Read more »

Teens kidnap Las Vegas man at gunpoint, stealing $4M in crypto

Three teenagers have been accused of kidnapping a man at gunpoint after he was returning from a crypto event in Las Vegas, before driving him an hour outside of the city and... Read more »
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