Memecoin Trading Is Suddenly Trump.fun

TRUMP.FUN – Former President Donald Trump’s speech just a couple weeks ago at the Bitcoin Nashville conference now seems like a distant memory. Not only has he been overtaken by Vice President Kamala Harris as the frontrunner in this year’s U.S. presidential election – at least in the eyes of punters on the prediction-betting site Polymarket – but his name and family members are now regularly getting dragged into conversations about memecoins. It started last week when one of his sons, Eric Trump, tweeted that he has “fallen in love…

How to Create Web3 Products That People Want

The journey of a builder in Web3 today is quite challenging. Let’s say you want to create an actual application instead of founding something like an L2. The path ahead is tough. Traditionally, you would gather a team of potential co-founders and brainstorm how your idea makes sense. Ideally, this team would include individuals who can help build the product through coding. Once your team is in place, you’d decide which blockchain to launch on. Recently, L2s have been popular, but you might also consider non-EVM blockchains like Solana, which…

Democrats Make Pitch For Crypto Voters. Will Crypto Listen?

The confirmed speaker list features some well-known names from Congress and the crypto industry, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), businessman Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci, a former White House communications director under President Trump and now CEO of Skybridge Capital, and high profile crypto lobbyists such as Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, and Justin Slaughter, VP of Regulatory Affairs at Paradigm. Source

The Coming Financialization of Hashrate Markets

Bitcoin hashrate, the computational power securing the Bitcoin network, is emerging as a unique commodity with intriguing investment potential, say Sadiq Jaffer, Senior Manager, Financial Services, KPMG UK, and Kunal Bhasin, partner for Digital Assets Center of Excellence, KPMG Canada. Source

Why the Latest Market Dip Could Be a Major Buying Opportunity

Cryptocurrencies, which would have been expected to fall by a greater amount than equities anyway, had their own negative drivers, including impending Mt. Gox fallout, mixed spot digital asset ETF flows, a rising appreciation that pro-crypto Trump candidacy isn’t a lock, and reports of a large market maker dumping hundreds of millions of dollars of crypto during the panic’s peak. All in, Bitcoin touched $49,200, down 30% from just a week earlier, while Ethereum fell below $2,200, dropping 35% over that time. Source