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Coinbase CEO plans to hire 1,000 U.S. workers, saying Trump ‘breathed life back’ into industry

The crypto CEO attended the White House’s Crypto Summit on Friday.

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Trump holds long-awaited crypto summit, calls for bill ‘on his desk’ before August

"Never sell your Bitcoin. That's a little phrase that they have," Trump said during a Friday press conference. "I don't know if that's right or not."

08.03.2025 6

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Hackers are taking aim at board directors, warns Cisco security exec

Jason Lish, global CISO of Cisco, also said that bad actors are sending out more physical ransom letters.

07.03.2025 3

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Trump signs order for strategic crypto reserve, adds 200,000 seized Bitcoins

President Donald Trump promised Bitcoiners a strategic reserve during his appearance at a crypto conference in July.

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Robinhood taps HQ Trivia host for new contest with $2 million in Bitcoin prizes—and some Doge

The “Quiz Daddy” is back (just for two days), and he’s ready to dive back into the “nitty-gritty.”

05.03.2025 3

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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian wants to buy TikTok—and add a bold new crypto element

Ohanian posted Tuesday on X that he’s looking to bring TikTok “on-chain.”

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How North Korea cracked Bybit’s crypto safe to steal $1.5 billion in a record heist

North Korean hackers laid in wait for “probably many months." Here is a step by step guide to how they pulled off the robbery.

04.03.2025 10

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Here are the 5 cryptocurrencies Trump wants to buy with your tax dollars

The U.S. president sent crypto markets soaring with just two posts Sunday on Truth Social.

04.03.2025 3

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Coinbase’s stock slides nearly 30% as Bitcoin tanks

Other fintech firms that have a crypto business have also seen their stocks dip, including Robinhood.

28.02.2025 10

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Exclusive: Raise nets $63 million in round led by Haun Ventures to build a crypto platform for gift cards

George Bousis, founder and CEO of Raise, wants to put your $100 Walmart gift card on the blockchain.

28.02.2025 3

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Robinhood says SEC has halted probe into its crypto business

The regulator has also halted litigation or stopped investigations into Binance, Coinbase, and OpenSea.

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Coinbase says SEC agrees to right ‘major wrong’ and dismiss consequential lawsuit against crypto exchange

The regulator sued the U.S.’s most prominent crypto exchange in June 2023 for allegedly flouting securities laws.

21.02.2025 20

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Sam Bankman-Fried cozies up to Trump and Elon Musk as FTX cofounder reportedly looks for pardon: ‘I don’t think anyone was guilty’

In interviews with the New York Sun, the former crypto billionaire criticized the judge who presided over his trial as well as a case against Donald...

21.02.2025 20

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Figure gains SEC approval for first interest-bearing stablecoin launch

It’s the first time the regulator has approved the registration of an interest-bearing stablecoin as a public security.

20.02.2025 8

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Argentine President Javier Milei endorsed a memecoin that lost $4 billion in hours. Now a judge is investigating him for fraud

Milei’s memecoin foray has led to a flood of finger-pointing over who was responsible for the cryptocurrency’s crash.

19.02.2025 4

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Coinbase posts near-record results, but stock slumps on concern over temporary ‘Trump bump’

“We are a multiproduct business,” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said after his company released reported its Q4 earnings.

14.02.2025 4

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Meta and OpenAI have spawned a wave of AI sex companions—and some of them are children

The uncensored AI economy is booming, giving rise to hard legal and ethical questions.

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Coinbase rides crypto bull run to $1.3 billion in Q4 profit

Coinbase's 2024 totals revenue and net income come second only to its totals in 2021.

14.02.2025 4

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Robinhood hits record $1 billion in Q4 revenue, boosted by 500% jump in crypto fees

The online brokerage’s stock soared in 2024 as investors flooded back into crypto to trigger another bull market.

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Goldman Sachs gobbles up Bitcoin and Ethereum as crypto ETF holdings soar past $2 billion

The investment bank isn't the only Wall Street titan gobbling up crypto.

12.02.2025 3

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SEC puts Binance lawsuit on ice, citing new crypto task force

President Donald Trump has followed through on a number of promises to the crypto industry.

11.02.2025 6

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Stripe could be valued at $60 billion—roughly 40% less than 2 years ago—after investments from firms including Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital's possible investment in digital payments giant Stripe follows recent reports of its founders planning to go public within one year.

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