Monthly Archives: February 2025

Whether you’re new to crypto or a seasoned vet, there’s no sugar-coating that it has been a horrible week for markets. Bybit suffered the largest hack in the industry’s 15-year history, Bitcoin (BTC) plunged more than 20% from its high and US President Donald Trump inched closer to slapping 25% tariffs on imports from Canada

Financial markets are sending mixed signals as uncertainty reaches new highs. On Feb. 25, the US debt ceiling was raised from $36.1 trillion to $40.1 trillion, marking another massive expansion in government borrowing. Following a historical pattern, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reacted to the news by dropping from 4.4% to 4.29%. While this may

The company’s Circom technology has been tested by Deutsche Bank and HSBC, among others. Billions Network has launched a digital identification platform that doesn’t require users to hand over their biometric data, a move the company says preserves privacy and goes against the grain of competing projects like Sam Altman’s World.  According to a Feb.

Trump-owned company DTTM Operations filed for trademarks on Feb. 24 for the word ‘TRUMP’ in connection with a metaverse and NFT marketplace built around the US President’s brand. In this Trump-themed virtual world, users would be able to shop for physical and virtual goods, dine in a Trump restaurant, enjoy simulated transport by limousine, aircraft

Solana (SOL) price dropped to a 2025 low at $125 on Feb. 28. However, the altcoin entered a 16% relief rally after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced the launch of Solana futures on March 17. The futures product now awaits regulatory approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). 🚨 NEW: CME Group to

Tether’s competitors are exerting increasingly more pressure to push the world’s largest stablecoin issuer out of the crypto market, including political pressure aimed at reducing the firm’s leading market share. In the wider crypto markets, analysts are suggesting that most cryptocurrencies won’t see a widespread “altcoin season” rally in 2025, and only select tokens with

Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw said that the agency’s working definition of memecoins was vague and could be easily misconstrued. US Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw issued a dissenting opinion on the SEC’s recent stance that memecoins are not securities. According to the commissioner’s Feb. 27 statement, memecoins could satisfy the Howey test’s condition of