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In a Feb. 18 post on X, former U.S. intelligence agent Edward Snowden said, "Unpopular but true: Bitcoin is the most significant monetary advance since the creation of coinage. If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you, sorry."  Snowden...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project uses eye-scanning technology to verify identities that are stored on the blockchain. The project is one of the more anticipated uses of blockchain technology because of its backing from Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI and its potential uses for secure and...

Peter Schiff is a Bitcoin skeptic who became famous for predicting the 2007 mortgage-backed securities market crash.  "The truth is the real success of Bitcoin rests on more people buying it," he said. "If you own it, you need to get many of your friends or colleagues to buy it because that's...

Over the past year or so, Solana (SOL) has experienced strong returns following a rough end to 2022. The project was heralded by former FTX Trading Ltd. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Once FTX became insolvent, SOL started to fall in price, as FTX was a major holder of the token. However, as the dust...

In early 2024, over several weeks, former president Donald Trump sold more than 1,000 Ethereum (ETH) tokens, according to Arkham Intelligence, a blockchain analytics company. Arkham Intelligence has been tracking Trump's ETH wallet, which they first obtained through financial filings and...

Perhaps the most famous value investor of all time, Warren Buffett is strongly against Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, saying, "You can’t value Bitcoin because it’s not a value-producing asset." Buffett and his holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have been well-known for their...

In early 2024, Ethereum decentralized application (dApp) EigenLayer made huge waves in the Ethereum community by offering a new technology called restaking. The service attracted huge amounts of attention, and amassed more than $6.5 billion in deposits in just a few months, with most deposits...

Bitcoin’s journey through the financial landscape has been anything but dull. From its inception as a digital currency free from government oversight, it has sparked debates, fueled speculation and, more recently, ignited a wave of optimism about its potential to soar to new heights. As...

In early 2024, the Securities and Exchange (SEC) approved the launch of over 10 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a landmark decision. In the months leading up to the announcement, the price of Bitcoin rose dramatically, going from less than $30,000 in late October to above $48,000 in...

EigenLayer is a new liquid restaking platform for Ethereum. The protocol allows users to stake the same amount of Ether (ETH) across multiple projects simultaneously to earn additional rewards. Proponents of the technology say that it will increase capital efficiency and spur innovation. Those...

While the topic of stocks and other equities on Capitol Hill has been a contentious topic, crypto ownership by politicians has been less discussed.  The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, passed in 2012 and amended in 2018, requires all politicians to disclose trades of...

It is well known that Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk is a huge cryptocurrency proponent. From allowing customers to buy Tesla cars with Dogecoin (DOGE) to seemingly incessant support on social media, Musk has made his adoration for crypto known over the years. However, Musk and Tesla showed that some...

In 2020 and 2021, Dogecoin (DOGE) became an internet sensation. Elon Musk became a strong proponent of the token, and billionaires were made overnight. Since then, many have been searching for the next major meme coin that will propel them to new financial heights.  With Solana's recovery...

Former President Donald Trump has sold more than 1,000 Ether (ETH) in the past several weeks, according to blockchain analytics company Arkham Intelligence, which has been tracking his ETH holdings for the past several months. It obtained the data through Trump's financial filings and disclosures....

Few people in modern history have fallen faster than FTX Trading Ltd. Founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who went from a financial genius to a federal prisoner when his cryptocurrency exchange failed. Perhaps the most obvious reminder of that for Bankman-Fried is the alternative currency he has been...