Mark Uyeda appointed acting SEC chair ahead of Atkins’ 2026 succession, Gensler officially resigns

[ad_1] US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Mark Uyeda was appointed as the acting chair of the regulator by President Donald Trump action published on Jan. 20. Meanwhile, the SEC released... Read more »

Helium fights back against SEC allegations over unregistered securities

[ad_1] Solana-based Helium Network is gearing up to contest a lawsuit filed against it by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Jan. 17, the SEC announced legal action against Nova... Read more »

Multichain Capital introduces proposal to slash SOL inflation to 1.5%

[ad_1] Multichain Capital partners Tushar Jain and Vishal Kankani introduced a proposal to address the inflation of Solana’s native crypto, SOL.  The goal is to use a market-driven mechanism to adjust Solana’s... Read more »

How digital asset management platforms help navigate the crypto boom

[ad_1] The following is a guest post by Peter Curk, CEO at ICONOMI. The year 2024 has marked a turning point for digital assets, highlighted by Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, the approval of... Read more »

Trump’s official memecoin captures $30 billion market cap overnight, igniting frenzy and skepticism

[ad_1] On Friday evening in Washington DC, President-elect Donald Trump announced the launch of a Solana-based memecoin, TRUMP, just days ahead of his second-term inauguration. The announcement, made via posts on his... Read more »

Wintermute reports 240% surge in institutional crypto trading via OTC in 2024

[ad_1] Crypto trading firm and market maker Wintermute registered a 240% yearly growth in traditional finance firms’ activity in its over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk, according to a Jan. 17 report. Traditional financial... Read more »

Crypto.com becomes first exchange to secure MiCA license for EU operations

[ad_1] Crypto.com announced it has received in-principle approval for a Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) license, becoming the first major global crypto exchange to achieve this milestone. The license will enable the... Read more »

Crypto developer sues DOJ over Biden-era regulatory crackdown

[ad_1] Blockchain developer Michael Lewellen has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ), accusing the President Joe Biden administration of stifling innovation in the crypto sector through overly broad... Read more »

Analysts believe spot Litecoin ETF likely to be the first altcoin approval as Nasdaq files listing application

[ad_1] Nasdaq filed a 19b-4 Form on Jan.16 to list and trade the spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) registered by Canary Capital. Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas sees this as... Read more »

Over 74,000 positions liquidated after modest market recovery, indicating high leverage

[ad_1] The total liquidations between Jan. 14 and Jan. 15 reached $201.87 million, with a skewed distribution favoring short positions. Data from CoinGlass showed that 74,152 traders were liquidated during this period,... Read more »