RECENTLY: Shiba Inu developer Shytoshi Kusama has urged President-elect Donald Trump to appoint a blockchain advisor to enhance the security of a proposed blockchain-based election system.
RECENTLY: Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse are facing criticism from industry figures over rumored meetings with President-elect Trump, which coincided with over a 17% surge in XRP.
ANALYSIS: PlanB forecasts Bitcoin could surpass $250,000 due to historic patterns, Trump’s pro-Bitcoin stance, major institutional buys, and growing ETF inflows.
RECENTLY: Roman Sterlingov, Bitcoin Fog founder, received a 12.5-year sentence for laundering $400 million in crypto, following a conviction for money laundering and operating an unregistered money-transmitting business.
RECENTLY: Aurelien Michel, developer of Mutant Ape Planet NFTs, was ordered to forfeit $1.4 million and fined $15,000 after a U.S. court found him guilty of fraud, though the court noted buyers received some value from the NFTs.
JUST IN: SingularityDAO has merged with Cogito Finance and SelfKey to form Singularity Finance, an EVM layer 2 platform for tokenizing the AI economy, after 94.7% of community voters approved the proposal.
TODAY: The BNB Foundation has announced the burn of over $1.07 billion worth of BNB in its 29th quarterly burn to reduce the total supply to 100 million BNB.
TODAY: TON announced updates to its Telegram-integrated wallet, TON Space, improving accessibility for over 100 million users by merging custodial and self-custodial options.
RECENTLY: Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis sends letter requesting the SBA to consider adding Bitcoin to state pension funds, citing Florida's economic strength.
RECENTLY: OKX announced a partnership with Standard Chartered to enhance custodial services for institutional clients, integrating crypto assets with traditional finance.