Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire believes US President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order making it easier for banks to own digital assets. In an interview with the Reuters Global Markets Forum at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Allaire said he expects President Trump’s pro-crypto orders to be issued “imminently,” but he…

As Ethereum community members call for the Ethereum Foundation to stake its Ether and earn interest to cover the organization’s expenses instead of selling its tokens, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the foundation is exploring ways to minimize its staking concerns. On Jan. 20, Josh Stark, who works at the Ethereum Foundation, explained that the organization…

The Trump family’s newly-launched tokens may usher in a wave of retail investor adoption for high-risk digital assets such as memecoins and smaller cryptocurrencies. Trump’s advisory team launched the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin on Jan. 18 and the Official Melania (MELANIA) token on Jan. 19 on the Solana network, ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Jan….

Crypto market liquidations over the last 24 hours have reached over $1 billion as Bitcoin briefly fell back below $100,000 after reaching near its all-time high. CoinGlass shows that in the past day, $1.18 billion has been liquidated from nearly 406,000 traders, split between around $921 million in long liquidations and $260 million in short liquidations. Ether…

The Donald Trump-affiliated Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin has surged in the past 24 hours, with forecasts suggesting its price could double by Jan. 20. TRUMP memecoin to “100 Billy” Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, has stirred the crypto community with his latest commentary on the burgeoning memecoin. “More than halfway there,” Hayes said on…

US President-elect Trump takes office on Jan. 20, much to the excitement of crypto industry executives expecting pro-crypto policies. However, those policies may or may not survive past his administration and depend on the balance of power in Washington, DC, sources told Cointelegraph. Adam O’Brien, founder and CEO of Bitcoin Well — a financial services…

2025 will be a year of crypto projects and tokens merging to maximize product-market fit, according to Dan Novaes, co-founder of EARN’M — a loyalty platform that rewards users for screen time on their mobile devices. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the executive said the crypto space is extremely overcrowded and plagued by over-tokenization, disproportionately…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced major changes to the Ethereum Foundation’s leadership to emphasize technical expertise and improve communication between the foundation and builders in the Ethereum ecosystem. Buterin outlined several goals for an overhaul in a Jan. 18 X post, which included supporting decentralized application developers and promoting decentralization, censorship resistance, and privacy. The…

On Jan. 18, 2025, the cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant event with the launch of the “OFFICIAL TRUMP” ($TRUMP) memecoin on the Solana SOL blockchain. Its price has soared over 490% in less than 24 hours. OFFICIAL TRUMP becomes top 30 crypto overnight Donald Trump has announced the token from his official accounts on Truth Social and X, and…

Primex Finance, which provides an advanced DeFi experience to users by offering a mix of trading, lending and leveraged yield farming, is counting down on its token generation event. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has transformed traditional finance (TradFi) with its promise of open, permissionless access. However, it has yet to reach its full potential due to fragmented…