Sheila Warren, CEO of the crypto advocacy group Crypto Council for Innovation, announced her decision to step down just a month before the Trump administration takes office. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-council-for-innovation-ceo-sheila-warren-resigns-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Month: December 2024
Bitcoin Millionaire Faces Prison: The Price of Hiding $4 Million in Gains
An early bitcoin investor was sentenced to two years in prison for evading taxes on $3.7 million in cryptocurrency gains, using mixers and secret wallets. Bitcoin Investor Sentenced: The High Cost of Hiding Cryptocurrency Profits Frank Richard Ahlgren III, a resident of Austin, Texas, was sentenced to two years in prison for “filing a tax […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-millionaire-faces-prison-the-price-of-hiding-4-million-in-gains/
Pepe, DogWifHat Prices Dip as Traders Rotate into Wall Street Pepe – Presale Passes $13M
Meme coins are taking a hit across the board. It’s not looking good for fan favorites like Pepe and DogWifHat, which have dropped significantly in the past 24 hours. But not all meme coins are in the red today. Newcomer Wall Street Pepe is bucking the trend – with its presale soaring past the $13 […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/pepe-dogwifhat-prices-dip-as-traders-rotate-into-wall-street-pepe-presale-passes-13m/
Bitcoin Breaks 100K and ETH Is Ok
Bitcoin’s historic rally last week didn’t happen in isolation—it came amid a surge of retail investors, Ethereum ETF inflows, and more. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Return of Retail Bitcoin […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-breaks-100k-and-eth-is-ok/
‘Tomarket’ Telegram Game Dumps TON for Aptos Ahead of Token Launch and Airdrop
Tomarket, a popular Telegram game playable on the messaging platform as a mini app, is ditching its original plan to launch its token on The Open Network (TON) and will instead deploy TOMA on rival layer-1 network Aptos. With 50 million total users and 6 million daily active users, Tomarket will launch its TOMA token on December 20, with an…
US Senator Joins Drone Hunt as ‘UFO’ Sightings Continue
U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), who posted to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account Friday a video he took of swarms of mysterious drones that have been spotted nightly during the past few weeks, said he was increasingly concerned about the unexplained phenomenon. Kim, who joined local police in rural Clinton Township, New Jersey, 36 miles north of Trenton,…
Crypto Helps Propel ETF Industry to Record $1 Trillion in 2024 Inflows
Bitcoin and ether ETFs approved in January and July respectively, played a vital role in the industry’s record-breaking year. Crypto Gives ETF Industry a Second Wind Global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) averaged $4 billion in daily inflows and closed out with a record-breaking total of $1 trillion in annual inflows for 2024, according to reporting from […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-helps-propel-etf-industry-to-record-1-trillion-in-2024-inflows/
Telegram Game ‘TapSwap’ Sets Token Launch and Airdrop for January
Popular Telegram tap-to-earn game TapSwap revealed it will launch its TAPS token on The Open Network (TON) alongside an airdrop of rewards for players in the second half of January 2025. TAPS will become a critical resource in the TapSwap ecosystem, the developers said, granting holders access to tournaments, staking rewards, and governance participation. Whether or not a player receives…
Could Bitcoiners embrace BlueSky, an X alternative that hit 25M users?
The social media platform roughly doubled its number of users since November, suggesting it may have pulled some US-based X users after the presidential election. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bluesky-twitter-crypto-users-moving-platforms?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Japanese Lawmaker Named Satoshi Pushes for National Bitcoin Reserve
A Japanese lawmaker is pushing his government to consider launching a national Bitcoin reserve, as calls to stockpile the cryptocurrency gain traction across the world. A formal request to discuss the would-be Bitcoin reserve was submitted on December 11 to the National Diet, according to the Japanese legislature’s website. National Diet member Satoshi Hamada put forth the proposal; he shares…