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Crypto’s reputation has taken a dramatic turn for the better as President Donald Trump returns to the White House.

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Stablecoins present a significant opportunity for advisors to enhance value to clients and stay ahead of market trends.

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Following Ross Ulbricht's pardon, the Trump Administration must follow through on crypto’s potential to spread privacy and financial innovation.

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AI agents, the new "digital workforce," are poised to redefine talent in the crypto space, says Jennifer Murphy of Runa Digital Assets.

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Trump's election has increased investor confidence among institutions, helping to elevate digital assets as a mainstream asset class. The question remains if this is a long-term shift or just a temporary response, says CCData’s Joshua de Vos.

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The IRS recently introduced a new rule stating that investors must use wallet-based cost tracking. And it’s likely the first of many such changes around the world, says Robin Singh, founder and CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly.

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Institutions are fueling demand for regulated derivatives offerings and it’s up to the crypto industry to deliver the trust factors that these companies require, avoiding the mistakes of the last cycle, says Bobby Zagotta, CEO of Bitstamp US.

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Ethereum founding member Anthony DOnofrio says the non-profit needs change.

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Donald Trump launching his own memecoin shows he’s willing to embrace the crypto industry and not just in rhetoric.

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The following article is an op-ed by Mike Romanenko, CVO & Co-founder of Kyrrex. The crypto industry in Europe is standing at the threshold of a regulatory transformation. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation – MiCA –, the European Union’s landmark framework for crypto governance, is set to become a legal requirement, shaping the industry’s future. […]
The post Is the crypto market ready for 2025 with MiCA? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The following is a guest post by Kadan Stadelmann, CTO of Komodo Blockchain. The 14th Amendment and the Debt Limit The debt limit is the amount of money the United States government can borrow to pay its existing legal obligations. These include Social Security and Medicare benefits, military salaries, interest on the national debt, tax […]
The post A US debt default would be unconstitutional—Bitcoin is the only way out appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Forcing prospective officials to divest crypto doesn't improve crypto policy, says Blockchain Association's Dan Spuller.

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Members of the crypto law bar lay out practical ways the new Trump administration can create the best environment for crypto development.

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Considerations for adding bitcoin to Traditional IRAs - it’s essential to set it up correctly with a platform that offers comprehensive support and peace of mind.

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Passing the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act into law would establish a responsible new regulatory framework that clearly defines the role of the SEC and the CFTC, says Rep. Mike Lawler, a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

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CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr on grass roots crypto adoption and paying forward the “gimmick.”

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Decentralization is fundamental to blockchain technology, offering resilience and resistance to censorship, but is the industry focused on the right incentives to drive decentralization? By Pablo Larguía

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The following is a guest post from Ahmad Shadid, Founder of O.xyz. The dominance of a few large tech companies over AI development has sparked growing concern about the future of technology’s integration into our daily lives and societal well-being. As AI becomes central to our everyday activities, its concentration in the hands of corporations […]
The post The fight for AI Freedom: Decentralization as the answer to monopolies appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The following is a guest post from Christina Comben. Fisher Yu is the co-founder and CTO of Babylon, the Bitcoin staking protocol causing a stir among forward-thinking HODLers. Polite and friendly, he asks how I’m doing and where I’ve flown in from to attend the first Bitcoin Conference in the MENA region. “Not as far […]
The post Babylon’s Fisher Yu on Bitcoin staking, Bitcoin maxis, and the next native use case for BTC appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Public-private forensics partnerships are necessary to ensure that scams don’t rise with crypto prices this cycle, says Nick Steegmans, VP of Training and Investigations, Crystal Intelligence.

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Recent M&A activity suggests we’re entering an era where finance is finally a unified ecosystem combining traditional and decentralized finance, says Mona El Isa, co-founder of Enzyme Finance.

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The U.S. is set for a regulatory shakeup. But balancing decentralization and compliance remains a fundamental challenge, say Ben Charoenwong and Jonathan Reiter.

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The following is a guest post from John deVadoss, Co-Founder of the InterWork Alliancez. The crypto universe is currently obsessed with generative AI, with the notion of “Agents,” putatively powered by crypto “rails” and coordinated via on-chain smart contracts. This is not a good idea for the simple reason that one cannot build “Agents” on […]
The post Crypto’s technical debt: 10 items on the backlog appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Blockchain technology’s inherent data security is an underappreciated use case, says Jessie Dai, Cofounder of CESS Network.

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Tokenized AI agents will drive a new era of decentralized innovation, and their autonomy depends on the infrastructure we build today, says Georgios Vlachos, co-founder of Axelar protocol and director at Axelar Foundation.

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Blockchains and smart contracts enable autonomous machines to team with humans in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and defense. Those teams will require secure communications, mutual trust, transparent rules, and crypto-economic incentives to set and complete tasks, says Jan Liphardt, founder of OpenMind.

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There are growing signs that ether is poised to lead its more well-established rival in the new year.

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A globally distributed workforce allows us to recruit better people and serve our customers more effectively, says Binance CEO Richard Teng.

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The following is a guest post from Forest Bai, Co-Founder at Foresight Ventures. As we look ahead to 2025, the confluence of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology is transforming industries and unlocking new opportunities. At Foresight Ventures, we see this as a watershed moment—one where decentralized AI, payment finance (PayFi), and real-world asset (RWA) […]
The post Investment Thesis for 2025: Why we’re bullish on decentralized AI, PayFi, tokenized assets and beyond appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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2025 will see a sea change in the U.S. regulations, acceptance of bitcoin as digital gold and stablecoins as important rails for payments, says EY’s Paul Brody.