Coinbase director Conor Grogan says he has identified around $47 million worth of bitcoin associated with Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
The Bitcoin community celebrated Tuesday night following President Donald Trump’s pardon of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht.
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, has been granted a full and unconditional pardon by former U.S. President Donald Trump. The move brings an end to Ulbricht’s life sentence, a punishment he received for creating and operating Silk Road, an online platform infamous for facilitating illegal activities. The pardon, viewed […]
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A Solana wallet tied to renowned blockchain investigator ZachXBT has been accused of withdrawing nearly $4 million from a memecoin project associated with his name. The controversy comes amid a community-led effort to raise funds for his investigative work. ZACHXBT token Blockchain data shows that an address allegedly belonging to ZachXBT, identified as investigations.sol, received […]
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to officially pardon Ross Ulbricht, fulfilling a key campaign pledge.
"I don't know much about it other than I launched it," Trump said. "I heard it was very successful. I haven't checked."
The launch of an official memecoin tied to the U.S. President himself brought a tsunami of attention into the industry.
Vitalik Buterin has addressed calls for changes at the Ethereum Foundation, rejecting demands for Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi’s resignation and criticizing pressure campaigns targeting the organization. His comments were in response to tweets from traders and industry players, including CoinMamba, Tetranode, and Evan Van Ness, who argued that appointing Danny Ryan as EF leader would […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and vocal crypto commentator, has criticized the crypto community’s embrace of Donald Trump’s memecoin launch. Cuban voiced his concerns on X (formerly Twitter), where he dismissed the idea that Trump’s memecoin debut is a positive milestone for the industry. Instead, he argued that the digital asset reinforces a culture of […]
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Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has resigned from his position at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Ramaswamy announced this in a Jan. 20 post on X, stating that he would no longer co-lead DOGE, a department focused on streamlining US government operations. He expressed optimism about the department’s future under X owner Elon […]
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Buterin said recent comments leveled against current Ethereum Foundation director Aya Miyaguchi were “pure evil.”
The bitcoin acquisitions follow MicroStrategy's latest sale of shares during the same period, equivalent to the same value.
Dogecoin enthusiast Elon Musk is now reportedly in sole charge of the government streamlining and cost saving unit.
An address on the Solana blockchain associated with famed onchain sleuth ZachXBT has apparently cashed out on a memecoin named after him.
Polymarket currently predicts a 95% chance that Donald Trump would pardon the Silk Road creator in his first week in office.
The project acquired $47 million worth of ether and $47 million worth of wrapped bitcoin, among other tokens, on Trump’s first day in office.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, and key executives from Marathon Digital, a prominent Bitcoin mining firm, have engaged with representatives of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The meeting, held during a reception hosted by Vice President JD Vance, signals potential movement in Bitcoin policy under the new administration. While details of the discussions remain private, […]
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi platform associated with Donald Trump, is seeing a sudden surge in demand for its token pre-sale. The project initially sought to raise $300 million during its token sale but scaled back its target to $30 million after facing fundraising challenges. However, on Jan. 20, WLFI confirmed that it successfully […]
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Last week’s inflows and positive price action propelled total assets under management at the funds to an all-time high of $171 billion.
Establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve and commuting the sentence of Ross Ulbricht are among Trump's potential day one executive orders.
Donald Trump-affiliated project World Liberty has diversified its treasury even further with these recent token purchases.
A memecoin named after Barron Trump rose to a $460 million market cap on rumors it might be real — but this was never confirmed.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin implied the foundation is looking at staking its ETH, despite previously choosing not to.
The TRUMP memecoin achieved a fully diluted valuation of more than $73 billion after launching on the Solana blockchain late Friday.
Bitcoin rallied as positive sentiment continues with Trump set to take office on Monday and having launched his memecoin.
The Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin saw its price rebound to $61 after Robinhood announced the token’s listing on the exchange.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial said it has sold 20% of its token supply and decided to open up an additional 5% of supply for sales.
As the U.S. prepares for a new era under the Trump 2.0 administration, what are the early takeaways from Official Trump?