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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…

About half of all venture capital funding in the fourth quarter of 2024 went to cryptocurrency startups headquartered in the United States, and an incoming pro-crypto administration could push that further. Galaxy Digital’s Crypto and Blockchain Venture Capital report, filed on Jan. 15, found that 46% of capital invested went to startups headquartered in the US,…

Cryptocurrency businesses in the European Union are subject to new cybersecurity regulations as the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) takes effect on Jan. 17. DORA impacts cybersecurity and resilience practices by virtual asset service providers (VASP) in the region. To comply with DORA, financial entities in the EU are required to have a comprehensive register of their…

South Korean financial authorities have taken action against alleged unfair cryptocurrency trading practices under the country’s investor protection regime. On Jan. 16, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) reported the first case of unfair crypto trading practices under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which took effect in July 2024. South Korea’s Virtual Asset Protection Act requires local virtual…

Cryptocurrency-focused pension funds are attracting increasing attention from younger adults, reflecting a shift in how new generations view digital asset investments. Up to 20% of Gen Z and Alpha are open to receiving pensions in cryptocurrency, according to a Jan. 16 Bitget Research report shared with Cointelegraph. Moreover, 78% of the respondents expressed greater trust…