Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator Jupiter announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Moonshot, an app that allows users to buy memecoins using Apple Pay. Meow, Jupiter’s pseudonymous founder on Jan. 25 shared the news on X: “For the first announcement of Catstanbul, I’m thrilled to share that Jupiter Exchange has acquired a majority stake in…

Following the re-election of President Donald Trump in the United States, crypto advocacy groups have shifted their focus to key players in both chambers of Congress, which advocacy groups have characterized as the most pro-crypto Congress in history. Ron Hammond, the senior director of government relations at the Blockchain Association, told Cointelegraph editor Jesse Coghlan…

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) echoed calls for government transparency by bringing all public spending onchain in every country. CZ chimed in following reports of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exploring blockchain to track government spending and reduce the federal deficit in the United States. CZ wrote in a Jan. 25 X post: “Unpopular…