Currencies

Bitwise is the first firm to officially seek approval for a spot ETF that would track the daily price of XRP, the seventh-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of over $30 billion.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has until October 7 to appeal a controversial ruling in its high-profile legal battle with blockchain payments company Ripple

Vice President Kamala Harris extended a nod to the cryptocurrency industry in a speech to Wall Street donors over the weekend, where she promised to "encourage" digital assets.

Airdropping is when a blockchain project developer sends free tokens directly to a crypto wallet to attract users to a platform, similar to airline miles or credit card points.

Grayscale has published an intended four-phase product life cycle for its XRP trust, leaving open the possibility of an ETF at some point in the future.

A new analysis by JPMorgan found that despite concern about the erosion of the U.S. dollar's international status, the dollar's dominance is likely to continue in the decades ahead.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton has garnered the support of many crypto participants and has received personal donations from crypto billionaires.

A new report from Henley & Partners found the number of people who own at least $1 million in cryptocurrency has surged 95% worldwide over the past year.

Former President Trump called for the U.S. to become the "crypto capital of the planet" at a bitcoin conference and pledged to take a more favorable approach to crypto regulation.

Former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is heading to Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday to deliver the keynote at the Bitcoin 2024 conference.

Crypto For Us PAC founder Jeff Turner said his political action committee advocates for tech-positive candidates because democracy cannot exist without financial privacy.

Winklevoss twins donate to new Super PAC supporting pro-crypto candidate John Deaton in race against Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Former President Trump is hosting crypto-loving donors at a private fundraising event before he headlines the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville this month.

Former President Trump called Bitcoin a key route to energy dominance, as well as the "last line of defense" against a centralized digital currency controlled by the U.S. government.

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona introduced legislation that would put former President Trump's portrait on a proposed $500 Federal Reserve note.

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive with Binance, was arrested by the Nigerian government in February, after meeting with them to discuss the exchanges compliance issues within the country

A pair of brothers from New York and Boston have been arrested by federal authorities for allegedly exploiting the ethereum blockchain to steal $25 million from crypto traders.

The crypto industry, determined to make its voice heard in the election, raised more than $100 million through super PACs, with firms like Ripple and Coinbase giving large donations.

A video clip of White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein appearing to struggle with a question about the necessity of monetary policy went viral.

Traders and investors suggested yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities as the explanation for why the dollar fell sharply to 156.55 yen from as high as 160.245.