Tag: Crypto

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Rolls Out Trading Support for Brand New Omni-Chain Native Token

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Coinbase traders can now buy and sell the brand-new native token of a new omni-chain tool focused on artificial intelligence (AI). The top US crypto exchange rolled out support for Wayfinder (PROMPT) on Thursday, the same day the token launched. Wayfinder bills itself as an omni-chain tool “providing groundbreaking ways for AI to interact with blockchain environments.” The project’s whitepaper notes that it will also be used for blockchain-based games. “Wayfinder is an AI agent framework able to power blockchain-based games, with Parallel Studios’ Colony as an initial game incorporating…

Binance Traders Vote To List Three New Altcoins on World’s Largest Crypto Exchange by Trading Volume

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Users of the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume have voted to add three new altcoins to the trading platform. In a new announcement, Binance says traders that use its services have voted to add decentralized investment banking protocol Ondo (ONDO), blockchain-based multiplayer role-playing game Big Time (BIGTIME), and artificial intelligence (AI)-based gaming protocol Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUALS) to its suite of crypto products. Binance says the trio of assets will be added with a seed tag, which warns investors that they may display higher levels of volatility compared to other…

US Senate bill threatens crypto, AI data centers with fees — Report

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Draft legislation in the US Senate threatens to hit data centers serving blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models with fees if they exceed federal emissions targets, according to an April 11 Bloomberg report.  Led by Senate Democrats Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman, the draft bill purportedly aims to address environmental impacts from rising energy demand and protect households from higher energy bills, Bloomberg said. Dubbed the Clean Cloud Act, the legislation mandates that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set an emissions performance standard for data centers and crypto mining facilities…

U.S. SEC’s Crypto Trading Roundtable Delves Into Easing Path for Platforms

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could consider a short-term crypto oversight framework to allow firms to keep innovating while the agency works out a more permanent answer to digital assets regulation, interim Chairman Mark Uyeda suggested during a Friday event at the agency’s Washington headquarters. “We should consider whether there may be a more efficient method of regulation under an accommodating federal regulatory framework,” said Uyeda, in a recorded statement played at the agency’s latest crypto industry roundtable. “While the Commission works to develop a long…

Trump kills DeFi broker rule in major crypto win: Finance Redefined

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In a significant win for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, US President Donald Trump overturned the Internal Revenue Service’s DeFi broker rule, which would have expanded existing reporting requirements to include DeFi platforms. Increasing US crypto regulatory clarity will attract more tech giants to the space, requiring existing crypto projects to focus on more collaborative tokenomics to survive, according to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson. Trump signs resolution killing IRS DeFi broker rule Trump signed a joint congressional resolution overturning a Biden administration-era rule that would have required DeFi protocols to report…

Cointelegraph’s Q1 crypto editorial roundtable

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The year 2025 kicked off with a bang and a meme. Just weeks into the New Year, a frenzy of politically fueled memecoins sent Crypto Twitter into overdrive, while lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned up the heat on stablecoins, securities laws and tokenized assets, usually with different approaches. It was a whirlwind first quarter, shaped by Bitcoin’s dominance in the crypto market and a US political climate that put digital assets back in the spotlight. Q1 delivered no shortage of storylines. Who better to break it all…

Illinois Senate Passes Bill to Stem Crypto Fraud and Meme Coin Scams

Key Notes Illinois’s Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act Bill has scaled the State’s Senate. Representatives in the Illinois House are expected to pass the bill with the Governor’s signature tagged the last hurdle. The primary goal of the Bill is to protect investors in the State from avoidable scams. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to regulate digital assets firms operating in the state. The new law responds to a rise in scams and fraud cases, particularly those involving meme coins. The new regulatory framework seeks to address…

New York bill proposes legalizing Bitcoin, crypto for state payments

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A New York lawmaker has introduced legislation that would allow state agencies to accept cryptocurrency payments, signaling growing political momentum for digital asset integration in public services. Assembly Bill A7788, introduced by Assemblyman Clyde Vanel, seeks to amend state financial law to allow New York state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. It could permit state agencies to accept payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), according to the bill’s text. Source: Nysenate.gov According to the bill, state offices could authorize crypto…

Trump seeks to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell via the Supreme Court. Good news for the crypto market?

The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been named one of the unluckiest Fed chairs as he has to deal with a terrible mess created by Donald Trump’s tariffs policy. Since Powell ignored Trump’s urges to cut interest rates, Trump decided to fire him via the Supreme Court. Let’s dive deeper into the nature of this conflict and figure out if Powell’s resignation would be good for crypto. What led to the conflict? First off, the Powell-Trump conflict is not new. The consistent leaning of Powell’s Fed towards keeping interest…

Kaiko Report Highlights Key Drivers of Q1 Crypto Market Decline and Outlook for Q2

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Meet Samuel Edyme, Nickname – HIM-buktu. A web3 content writer, journalist, and aspiring trader, Edyme is as versatile as they come. With a knack for words and a nose for trends, he has penned pieces for numerous industry player, including AMBCrypto, Blockchain.News, and Blockchain Reporter, among others. Edyme’s foray into the crypto universe is nothing short of cinematic. His journey began not with a triumphant investment, but with a scam. Yes, a Ponzi scheme that used crypto as payment roped him in. Rather than retreating, he emerged wiser and more…