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☆ Stablecoins are becoming ‘systemically important’ as market cap returns to record highs, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The market cap for stablecoins — cryptocurrencies that promise a fixed value peg to another asset — has recently reached all-time-high levels after a sharp drop in 2023. Monthly payments in stablecoins tripled to $1.4 trillion in the 12 months leading up to July. This could have investment implications for Robinhood down the road, he added, as it "continues integrating stablecoins for crypto trading & cross-border transfers." Crypto investors watch stablecoins closely for evidence of demand, liquidity and activity in the market. PayPal last year launched its own dollar-backed stablecoin, while Visa has been supporting stablecoin payments and Mastercard is supporting stablecoin wallets and other crypto card programs.

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☆ Trump's crypto allies boast lavish lifestyles amid trail of debts
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Three of Trump's children are employees of World Liberty Financial, including his 18-year-old son Barron, who CoinDesk reported holds the title of "DeFi visionary" at the company. World Liberty Financial's spokesperson, Jim Redner, told BI he has "no information." Both were involved in a project called Dough Finance, whose source code appears remarkably similar to that of World Liberty Financial, Coindesk reported. It's still unclear when World Liberty Financial will begin allowing investors to purchase its tokens. "Attention community: Please be aware of scams and fake tokens," World Liberty Financial posted on Telegram last month.

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☆ New details of Trump family crypto project released, including who can buy in
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | Christina Wilkie | Mackenzie Sigalos Is A Technology Reporter For Cnbc With A Focus On Cryptocurrency | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

For over a month, the former president and his family have been pumping up a project called World Liberty Financial, promising that it will do many things at once. He’s also part of the small group of World Liberty Financial founders, according to an internal report on the project obtained by CoinDesk. Witkoff was seated to Trump’s right during Monday night’s spaces, and described how he brought the Trump family together two crypto entrepreneurs. Alongside Trump and Witkoff, founders include Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Barron Trump, as well as Witkoff’s son, Zach Witkoff, according to a person briefed by a member of the group’s founding team. CNBC reached out to Eric Trump and Witkoff to ask about their leadership roles within World Liberty, and didn’t immediately receive a reply.

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☆ Trump family unveils new details of their DeFi crypto platform 'World Liberty Financial'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrump family unveils new details of their DeFi crypto platform 'World Liberty Financial'CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on the launch event for the Trump family's new crypto platform, World Liberty Financial.

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☆ Donald Trump is going all-in on the crypto bro vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump is taking his courtship of the crypto industry to the next level. "If we don't do it, China will do it," Trump told Sarmad, referring to making cryptocurrency mainstream. Ahead of the Monday livestream, Trump said he would use the event to launch his latest business venture: a new crypto-banking platform called World Liberty Financial. During the Monday livestream, Trump credited his changing perspective on crypto to his NFTs' positive response. During the Monday livestream, Trump took a scaremongering approach, encouraging crypto lovers to vote for him lest they court hostility from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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☆ Trump crypto event for World Liberty Financial offers few details so far
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Now, with 50 days until the presidential election, the Republican nominee says he would be launching World Liberty Financial in a Twitter Spaces event that began shortly after 8 p.m. CNBC sent detailed questions to a World Liberty Financial press email address on Monday. He's also part of the small group of World Liberty Financial founders, according to an internal report on the project obtained by CoinDesk. Along with Trump, Witkoff is one of at least a half dozen members of the project's "leadership team." CNBC reached out to World Liberty Financial, the Trump campaign, and the Trump Organization to ask for details related to the project and did not immediately hear back to this request.

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☆ Caroline Ellison seeks to duck prison sentence for role in FTX collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | Mackenzie Sigalos Is A Technology Reporter For Cnbc With A Focus On Cryptocurrency | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Lawyers for Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, are recommending no prison time for their client’s role in the implosion of the crypto empire that was run by her former boss and ex-boyfriend. Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over Bankman-Fried’s case, cited Ellison’s testimony when he decided in March to sentence the FTX founder to 25 years behind bars. Ellison, who ran Alameda Research, agreed to a plea deal in December 2022, a month after FTX spiraled into bankruptcy. Bankman-Fried forced Ellison into a sort-of isolation, culminating in her moral compass being “warped,” the lawyers say. Her former roommates and ex-FTX executives, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, will be sentenced in October and November, respectively.

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☆ Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, 'The Defiant Ones'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday promoted a soon-to-launch, Trump Organization crypto platform, "The DeFiant Ones" to his 7.5 million followers on Truth Social . Within minutes, his son Donald Trump Jr., shared the post with his 12 million X followers. Trump's post includes a link to a Telegram channel called "The DeFiant Ones," which had approximately 29,000 followers as of Thursday morning, and climbing. In May, he became the first major presidential nominee to accept cryptocurrency donations, and in July, the Republican presidential nominee headlined the biggest bitcoin event of the year in Nashville, Tennessee.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Donald Jr, Eric, Kamala Harris, Trump's Organizations: Trump Organization, Truth, Republican, Trump, New York Post, Trump senior, Solana Locations: Nashville , Tennessee, U.S, cryptocurrency

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCoinbase urges SEC to rethink rule change that brings DeFi under its jurisdiction: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Mar Gimenez and Piotr Cielas of Halborn discuss the cybersecurity firm's report on the top 100 DeFi hacks and what blockchain operators could do to protect against breaches.

Persons: Coinbase, explainers, Mar Gimenez, Piotr Cielas, Halborn Organizations: SEC, CNBC Crypto, CNBC

☆ Halborn's DeFi hacks report reveals more than $7 billion in losses in six year period
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHalborn's DeFi hacks report reveals more than $7 billion in losses in six year periodMar Gimenez and Piotr Cielas of Halborn discuss the cybersecurity firm's report on the top 100 DeFi hacks and what blockchain operators could do to protect against breaches.

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☆ Spot ether ETFs are set to trade Tuesday. Here’s what it means for the Ethereum blockchain
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

There are already ether ETFs that track futures contracts, but these are the first to track spot ether. Spot ether ETF applications Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH)Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE)Bitwise Ethereum (ETHW)VanEck Ethereum (ETHV)21Shares Core Ethereum (CETH)Invesco Galaxy Ethereum (QETH)Fidelity Ethereum (FETH)Franklin Ethereum (EZET)iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) Like the spot bitcoin ETFs that launched in January, most are waiving fees initially — in many cases for up to a year. By the standards of ETF launches, spot bitcoin ETFs have been a success: They recently topped $17 billion in net flows year to date since their debut. Bitcoin prices rose going into the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs. (Ether is the cryptocurrency used in the Ethereum network, but in practice the terms Ethereum and ether are often used interchangeably.)

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☆ Bitcoin bounces above $61,000, Solana leads cryptocurrencies higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Cryptocurrencies rose broadly, a day after bitcoin slumped to under $60,000 for the first time since early May, leading to a broad sell-off in crypto assets. Solana was the crypto market leader on Tuesday, however. The token tied to Chainlink, which provides data feeds on the Solana network, gained 7%. Ether gained 2% and coins linked to other Ethereum rivals rose broadly. Cardano's ADA jumped more than 6%, Polkadot advanced 5% and Binance Coin rose 3%.

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☆ From $40 billion fraud to $4.5 billion settlement: Inside the latest crypto firm paying big bucks to end legal trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

This week, a judge signed off on Do Kwon and his bankrupt Terraform Labs settling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $4.5 billion. This comes after a jury unanimously found Kwon and his company liable for securities fraud following less than two hours of deliberation. But investors piled in anyway, giving luna and UST a combined market value of almost $40 billion at one point. Terraform and Kwon fought our efforts to investigate – taking a fight over investigative subpoenas all the way to the Supreme Court. They are Caroline Ellison, the Alameda Research CEO who at one time dated Bankman-Fried; FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh; and Gary Wang, the co-founder and chief technology officer of FTX.

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☆ Bitcoin is undergoing a tech expansion that one expert says will drive 5-fold growth in just 2 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bitcoin's blockchain is slowly becoming more than just a buy-and-hold platform. Ethereum underwent a similar trend, leading to its massive rally in 2021, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen told Business Insider. Advertisement"The Ordinals protocol enabled the growth of memecoins on the bitcoin blockchain, leading to a surge in liquidity within the BTC ecosystem in record time. That's based on the Total Value Locked, or the amount of assets staked on the bitcoin protocol. However, even a twofold weaker surge could still result in a fivefold increase in the leading cryptocurrency's value," Chen wrote in a note.

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☆ Ether could surge 500% this cycle as new ETFs trigger a massive bull run, crypto expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The price of ether will climb to between $15,000 and $22,500 this cycle, SynFutures CEO Rachel Lin says. "Now the spot ETH ETF is approved, all indicators indicate a massive ETH bull run in the coming months," she said. AdvertisementThe positive verdict on spot ether ETFs last week will kickstart a price rally, according to Rachel Lin, the CEO of SynFutures. Today, 20 months since that date, ETH supply remains at the same 120 million," Lin said. Now the spot ETH ETF is approved, all indicators indicate a massive ETH bull run in the coming months," Lin wrote.

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The SEC has approved a rule change Thursday that would pave the way for ETFs that buy and hold ether , one of the world's largest cryptocurrencies. The decision comes less than six months after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved bitcoin ETFs. Many of the companies that sponsor bitcoin ETFs — including BlackRock, Bitwise and Galaxy Digital — have also started the process of the launching an ether fund. Specifically, the SEC's order approves applications from various exchanges to list eight different ether funds. Ether ETFs are expected to be smaller, at least initially, than their bitcoin counterparts.

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CNBC reached out to the SEC about the recent batch of Wells notices sent to crypto firms, and an agency spokesperson declined to comment. Exchanges, both centralized and decentralized, would be forced to choose between registering with the SEC, or delisting ether altogether. watch nowBoth Consensys and Uniswap suggest the SEC's broad approach to classifying securities may be outdated. "The SEC is arguing that the Uniswap protocol is an unregistered securities exchange, and that the Uniswap interface and wallet are both unregistered broker brokers," Ammori said. Uniswap argues in its response to the SEC that the majority of its trading volume is obvious nonsecurities, like ether, bitcoin and stablecoins.

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☆ Here's why DeFi platforms using Ethereum are facing SEC scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Kaan Oguz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHere's why DeFi platforms using Ethereum are facing SEC scrutinyCrypto World takes a look at the SEC's recent actions against decentralized finance platforms and Ethereum as it prepares to issue a decision on spot ether ETF proposals.

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☆ Bitcoin's next gen tokens are here. Inside the Silicon Valley hacker house where 17 coders helped build the new memecoin market
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Magic Eden coders gathered in an Airbnb in San Jose, California, to hack in preparation for the so-called bitcoin halving. Their goal was to spend a week hacking to prepare for the so-called bitcoin halving — an event that is baked into the chain's code and helps to stave off inflation through programmatic monetary policy. watch nowTechnically speaking, runes just enables asset issuance of fungible tokens on bitcoin's base chain. The reason this is significant to developers is because of its efficiency relative to existing BRC-20 tokens, bitcoin's widely-used fungible token standard that has already received a ton of traction. "There's definitely been an awakening of capital interest in the bitcoin layer two space," said Muneeb Ali, who co-founded Stacks — an open-source blockchain network that brings smart contracts to bitcoin.

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☆ Bitcoin miners brace for impact as halving goes live
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

The technical event is relatively simple: Bitcoin miners get paid in bitcoin to validate transactions, and after 210,000 blocks of transactions are computed and added to the main chain, the reward given to the miners securing bitcoin is 'halved.' The aggregate market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin miners tracked by JPMorgan analysts declined 28% over the first half of April to $14.2 billion, reaching year-to-date lows. Some have billed the 2024 bitcoin halving as a seminal moment for the mining sector. Marathon, along with other mining firms, has begun diversifying its business model into ancillary operations beyond purely bitcoin mining. Sullivan continued, "Bitcoin mining sites can only be repurposed if they meet the attributes that are required for HPC.

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☆ Ripple to launch U.S. dollar stablecoin, taking on a $150 billion market dominated by Tether, Circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCrypto startup Ripple is the latest major player to jump into the $150 billion stablecoin market with the launch of a digital currency pegged to the U.S. dollar. The move would pit Ripple against stablecoin giants like Tether, which is behind the largest stablecoin UDST, and USDC issuer Circle. Payments giant PayPal , meanwhile, launched its own U.S. dollar stablecoin called PayPal USD, a stablecoin backed by U.S. dollars and dollar equivalents that is issued by crypto firm Paxos. watch nowTether is the market leader for stablecoins with a market capitalization of $106.3 billion, according to CoinGecko data. "In fact, the number one request we get from the XRP community is to launch a USD-backed stablecoin on the XRP Ledger."

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☆ What investors need to know about ‘Dencun,’ Ethereum’s next big tech upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Relative to bitcoin , the initial price action following the upgrade is even weaker historically, with ether underperforming 80% of the time in the first 20 days, Saunders added. Saunders warned, however, that the trading environment for crypto is different today than it was during previous Ethereum network upgrades. The scalability problem Dencun follows the "Shapella" upgrade from almost a year ago, which allowed investors to withdraw their staked ether from the network for the first time. This upgrade is focused on the longer-term goal of enhancing Ethereum's ability to handle more activity and transactions as the network grows. "The Dencun upgrade serves as an important step in addressing this congestion, which hurts users and developers alike."

Persons: Alex Saunders, Saunders, Philipp Zentner, bitcoin –, Duncan Ash, Michael Bloom Organizations: BTC, Citi, ETH, Metrics, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: U.S

☆ Ether climbs another 6% after Monday rally, bitcoin hits record
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ether on Tuesday continued its march higher as the price of bitcoin took a breath. Bitcoin rose 1% to $68,833.45 and hit a record high above $69,000. "As has often happened in the past, bitcoin approaching record highs has caused a trickledown effect of adoption elsewhere in the ecosystem." With bitcoin up 19% in the past week, meme coins have gained about 175% in the same period, according to CoinGecko. Analysts point to them as evidence that retail investors, who have been absent for much of the recent crypto rally, are starting to return to the crypto market.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailXRP drops after Ripple co-founder's crypto wallets hacked: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Chuck Mounts, chief DeFi officer at S&P Global Ratings, discusses the agency's recent ranking of stablecoin stability and his outlook for digital assets.

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☆ Crypto is on a 'clear pathway' toward mass adoption: S&P Global's chief DeFi officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Talia Kaplan | Jordan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCrypto is on a 'clear pathway' toward mass adoption: S&P Global's chief DeFi officerChuck Mounts, chief DeFi officer at S&P Global Ratings, discusses the agency's recent ranking of stablecoin stability and his outlook for digital assets as well as decentralized finance.

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