On Friday, Ripple began testing its stablecoin on the company’s own blockchain, XRP Ledger, and Ethereum. The crypto firm first announced its plans to launch a U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency called…
Read article →The 2024 presidential election has become a referendum on the future of cryptocurrency—or at least that’s what the blockchain industry is trying to convince politicians. Backing by the top-funded super…
Read article →The crypto market was heating up and Fred, who is in his 60s and lives in Connecticut, figured it was a good time to shift some of the positions he…
Read article →The recent shift in the Democratic presidential race, with President Joe Biden’s withdrawal and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, presents more than just a change in leadership. It offers…
Read article →Ben Leventhal would rather tell you where to sit at a restaurant than what to order. “If you go to Balthazar, sit on table 62,” he says, sipping his tequila.…
Read article →On Thursday, Peter Mintzberg stepped into the top job at Grayscale. The move, first announced in May, meant that one of the oldest firms in crypto—an industry that once denounced…
Read article →The arrival of the internet unleashed a wave of creativity as users found new ways to make and mix culture, but it also delivered an economic blow to authors, musicians,…
Read article →When PayPal joined the stablecoin wars in August 2023 with its dollar-backed PYUSD, the crypto industry celebrated the entrance of a TradFi company into a competitive arena dominated by crypto-native…
Read article →The crypto industry may try to pretend that the collapses of 2022 are a distant memory, but the lending sector has not recovered from the catastrophic implosion of firms like…
Read article →Crypto is now so mainstream that it’s part of the 2024 election discourse. At a time when political rhetoric around the issue heats up, it’s important to keep in mind…
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