Ripple's co-founder emerged triumphant this year in legal cases with big implications for crypto's future. He couldn't have done it without the XRP Army.
From ChatGPT to Worldcoin, Sam Altman changed everything in 2023.
With CZ gone at Binance, and SBF set for prison, Brian Armstrong is the biggest big gun still in the hot seat. Having launched its own layer-2 blockchain and derivatives exchange this year, and ETFs looking poised to launch in 2024, Coinbase looks well positioned to ride crypto's next wave.
Assessing who was the most influential regulator or law enforcement official in a year when so many have affected or shaped the crypto industry is challenging. But influence is not just measured by action and impact; it's the reactions caused, the responses garnered, the way we hang on to words said and left unsaid that demonstrate influence. Using this criteria, there’s really only one winner: SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
The payments giant debuted its own Ethereum-based U.S. dollar stablecoin this year, offering serious competition to existing market leaders such as Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.
The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments, after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.
Lido has become a victim of its own success, attracting criticism as its share of staked ether has grown to nearly one-third. That's why it's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential of 2023.
The $1.33 trillion asset manager was viewed as old-fashioned, but its CEO is at the forefront of Wall Street's embrace of bitcoin ETFs and crypto technology.
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential people of 2023.
His "Ordinals Theory," allowing data inscription on Bitcoin, generated a backlash from Bitcoiners who said it will ruin the network. But Rodarmor remains undeterred.
As many as 28 Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) or crypto service providers have registered themselves with India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND).
These tokens have been among the strongest performers among the top hundred tokens by market capitalization in the past week.
Having created trading pairs on Archax between bitcoin and tokens showing ownership of an abrdn money-market fund, the firms talk for the first time about using this institutional-grade token as collateral elsewhere.
Charges were dropped after one of the accused argued he was an "ethical hacker," according to French news publication Le Monde.
They also want the government to tweak plans to make sure the CBDC’s design won’t preclude the possibility of paying interest on the digital pound.
Tron's native token [TRX] traded at a premium of up to 17% on recently-hacked exchange Poloniex over the weekend, creating a potentially lucrative arbitrage trade.
Mere hours after it hit $40,000, Bitcoin surged past $41,000 on renewed optimism over the possible approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Bitcoin is trading at levels previously seen in April 2022, shrugging off a tough year marked by several implosions and regulatory clampdowns.
The release will be the second core product in the Mantle ecosystem, and comes just six months after the Mantle Network, a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, went live.
Numbers from the exchange show institutional traders largely ignored altcoins in favor of perceived "safe" assets.
The "basis trade," a standout in the 2020/2021 bull market, is hinting at a resurgence, one observer said, referring to the rising futures premium.
Overall market capitalization has risen 3% in the past 24 hours to reach a level previously seen in April 2022.
The price of Bitcoin hit $40,000 on Sunday for the first time in 18 months, while Ethereum rose past $2,200.
Bitcoin is back above $40,000, continuing its recent rise amid anticipation over a potential spot ETF approval in the U.S. And ETH is up too.
A frenzy of increasingly absurd tokens dominated discourse this week—and fanned hopes of an impending crypto bull market.
Many games are using Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Immutable X or the upcoming Immutable zkEVM. Here's what you'll find on the Epic Games Store.
Investors this week have had their eyes on Bitcoin and a bunch of obscure meme coins following the death of Charlie Munger and Henry Kissinger.
Leading AI artist Refik Anadol speaks with SCENE about MoMA's acquisition of his towering work—and what it means for the art world.
The Israeli Defense Force showcased its AI-powered 'Gospels' targeting system, running around the clock since the Hamas attack.