US Crypto Regulation Is Changing: What New CFTC, FDIC Heads Mean
The U.S. Senate just confirmed two crypto-friendly leaders, Mike Selig and Travis Hill, to lead powerful financial agencies. Here, I, who has been tracking the CFTC-SEC jurisdictional battle since 2020, will break this regulatory matter down. Selig will now chair the Commodity Futures
Visa Adds USDC on Solana for Settlements as Stablecoin Race Heats Up
In a critical moment for global finance, Visa now settles some payments in the USDC stablecoin on the Solana blockchain, expanding beyond its earlier Ethereum pilots and pushing stablecoins into mainstream finance. The company already operates at a pace of approximately $3.5 billion
CME Adds XRP and Solana Futures That Trade Like Spot – Why It Matters
CME Group expanded its crypto lineup again, this time with new “spot-quoted” futures for XRP crypto and Solana (SOL) that trade in much smaller sizes and track real-time prices more closely. XRP USD and SOL USD prices barely reacted on the day, but
Bitcoin Whales Scoop $4.6B on the Dip – Smart Signal or Bull Trap?
Large Bitcoin whales reportedly bought around $4.6 billion worth of BTC in a single week, even as the price slid toward the mid-$80,000s. That means big money stepped in while many smaller investors backed away. The move occurs in a year where Bitcoin
JPMorgan’s New Ethereum Fund Tests Tom Lee’s $20K ETH Dream
JPMorgan Chase has launched a $100 million tokenized money-market fund on Ethereum (ETH), adding fresh Wall Street backing to the world’s second-largest blockchain. Ethereum is trading around $2,926, down -1% in the past 24 hours, with a market cap of $353 billion, while
Elizabeth Warren Is Drawing The Knife on Trump’s Crypto Circus
Senator Elizabeth Warren is escalating her long-running war with crypto, this time zeroing in on decentralized exchanges and singling out PancakeSwap as a potential national security risk. Warren literally once tried to stop two sandwich companies from merging. People couldn’t afford both rent
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Now That The Trump Crypto Bubble Has Burst, What’s Next?
Greetings, 99Bitcoins. Cryptocurrency is doing TREMENDOUSLY well, folks, absolutely the safest investment in the world. Incredible results since Trump crypto renaissance. Nobody protects and holds crypto as I do! Sound like anyone you know? The Trump Crypto experiment has had its moments, but
Bitcoin Sees $200M Liquidations – What Does It Mean for Ethereum and Institutional Demand?
Bitcoin fell below the $87,000 level shortly after Wall Street opened on Monday, as fresh selling pressure set off a wave of liquidations across bullish positions. The move picked up speed around the opening bell. Several traders pointed to activity on Binance and
Sam Altman’s World App Evolves: Adds In-Stream Crypto Payments And More
Sam Altman’s “World” -the biometric identity and crypto project- has turned its controversial biometric ID wallet into a full-blown crypto “super app.” The 11 December 2025 release adds end-to-end encrypted chat, in-chat crypto payments, and virtual accounts that look a lot like a
