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SEC commissioners say agency may move away from enforcement actions

“We have a big toolkit,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said earlier this month

Mrgn’s co-founder built a new product. Some ex-colleagues aren’t fans.

The two products aren’t exactly the same, by both parties’ accounts, but they are both focused on the same niche

How Bitcoin predictions from Cathie Wood, Mike Novogratz, and Michael Saylor played out in 2024

Where will Bitcoin end in 2024? These bigtime crypto execs thought they knew. Most were wrong.

Stocks trade sideways after Congress passes stopgap spending bill

Markets have struggled to maintain their post-election momentum this month

Lack of proper indexing is throttling DApp speeds — Pangea CEO

Institutions are ‘locked out’ until an altcoin become a major pair: Analyst

Altcoins offer regular investors a “more even playing field” than the stock market does

FTX-linked fund MNNC Group raises over $100m after LedgerPrime name change

Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange acquired LedgerPrime as part of a 2021 deal.

Don't be afraid of quantum computers

Unpacking the Santa rally that never was

Going into an FOMC meeting, a constellation of factors come together to affect the event’s price outcome

Fed delivers expected 25bps cut as investors speculate a Santa rally

We’re still a few days out from the “Santa rally window,” but a breakout in equities and crypto could be imminent

Congress kicks the can

Lawmakers now have until Friday to pass the highly-anticipated continuing resolution

Senate Banking Committee cancels confirmation vote for SEC’s Caroline Crenshaw

In the meantime, Trump will name either Commissioner Hester Peirce or Mark Uyeda as acting chair

Why rate changes impact the US, Canadian economies differently

Reflecting on the two worlds I live in poses an interesting vignette

How crypto IPOs could bring back retail

Three factors could contribute to 2025 being the year of the crypto IPO

Exclusive: 2 VanEck funds back Solana-based DePIN DAWN

VanEck Ventures and VanEck’s Digital Assets Alpha Fund invested $2.5 million in DAWN through a strategic funding round, the teams exclusively told Blockworks

Helium revenues heat up just in time for a new DAWN

DAWN is positioning itself as a decentralized protocol for gigabit-level internet access

Republicans nominate pro-crypto reps to lead key House committees

Rep. French Hill was nominated to chair the House Financial Services Committee

Trump-crypto CEO meeting about appointments, BTC reserve

Trump’s latest industry rendezvous featured a conversation with Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek

Delayed Crenshaw vote increases odds of all-Republican SEC early next year

If the Senate does not confirm SEC Comm’r Caroline Crenshaw by the end of the session, Trump will be able to nominate a Republican in her place

Avalanche raises $250 million to boost layer-1 upgrade

Avalanche raises $250M ahead of Avalanche9000 launch

Crypto market could see ‘pullbacks’ ahead of the holidays: Analyst

Keep an eye on liquidity into the holidays, Kraken’s Thomas Perfumo says

Solana should reintroduce a public mempool, researcher says

A Solana researcher identified that the network’s top sandwich bot was pocketing millions of dollars a day from sandwich attacks

Chinese yuan dips on reports government may resort to using old tricks

A strategic currency devaluation does have some historical precedent in China

Santa rally? Altcoins could use a Christmas miracle

Things may look grim, but there’s still time for altcoins to turn things around in 2024

Traders brace for key inflation data this week

Analysts are anticipating November’s annual CPI figure to come in at 2.7%, a moderate uptick from October

Google’s Willow Quantum: Should Bitcoiners Be Concerned?

On December 10th, Google announced that Willow, their quantum computer, now has 105 qubits with improved error rates.

Google’s New Quantum Chip Won’t Kill Bitcoin, Expert Says

Chinese Nvidia probe could start Trade War 2

The probe into the chipmaker was made on suspicion of anti-monopoly law violations

Quantum Computing and Crypto: Will Google’s Willow Impact Blockchain?

Google’s Willow chip achieves 105 qubits but remains far from cracking Bitcoin encryption. Breaking Bitcoin’s encryption would require over 1 million qubits, far beyond Willow’s power. The crypto market panicked over Willow’s announcement, causing a temporary sell-off.