Crypto

The plaintiff is seeking a declaratory judgment protecting his forthcoming crypto crowdfunding project from being prosecuted for unlicensed money transmitting.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, set to lead the Senate Banking Committee’s digital assets panel, went after the sale of U.S. bitcoin holdings and FDIC debanking.

Scott Bessent, who is immersed in the Senate confirmation process as President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, only addressed crypto briefly.

The trading platform is seeking a $5 billion valuation and could list as soon as the second quarter, the Financial Times said

Canary Funds’ litecoin ETF filings were recently amended, potentially indicating that the SEC is engaging with the filing.

Wednesday’s soft U.S. core CPI has opened doors for traders to focus on Trump’s swearing in and the possibility of first-day pro-crypto announcement.

XRP’s price rise is accompanied by record perpetual futures open interest and surge in trading volumes.

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Emma Reynolds was appointed as the new economic secretary following the resignation of Tulip Siddiq.

In another 11th-hour court loss for Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure, judges in a Coinbase case again call the SEC’s crypto position “arbitrary and capricious.”