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Users of Apple’s new Apple Savings service, launched in April in partnership with Goldman Sachs, are reporting severe delays in withdrawing or moving their deposits. Customers have struggled for weeks to retrieve amounts as high as $100,000 stranded in Apple Savings account

Government stimulus payments sent out during the COVID-19 pandemic were intended to provide a financial lifeline to Americans who needed help paying the bills. The money wasn't intended to be invested...

For a while, crypto's role in the illegal and gray area drug trade seemed swept under the rug. Or, at least, it was not getting the attention it could have, which is good and bad for an industry still looking to shed its early associations with the Silk Road digital marketplace,

Texas legislators are throwing their weight behind bitcoin mining with two bills passed in the latest legislative session that are signaling support for the industry — and one thwarted for the time being.In the past few weeks, two bills — SB 1929 and HB 591 — th

The crypto industry is slowly regaining traction, with some asset prices bouncing back and confidence in the sector building back up after a terrible year of collapses, millions in losses and...

Achieving influencer status on social media is something that many up-and-coming non-fungible token (NFT) collectors dream of. Hidden behind profile-picture (PFP) NFTs are figures who send “gm” messages, share the latest crypto news and boost morale within the Web3 co

It gives me no pleasure to report that less than six months into this Congressional term, the 2024 election season has become fully underway. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) officially declared his candidacy last week, though he appears to have been laying the groundwork (campa

Whether the crypto industry wants the spotlight or not, digital assets are among the earliest talking points in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, with the most prominent of the new candidates even invoking bitcoins in his campaign opener as evidence of President Joe Biden&rsqu

One of the perverse truisms of crypto is that for a certain kind of founder, the clearest path to success is to never actually build anything. Token presales incentivize infinite delay because you can cash in so effectively on grandiose promises – and the reality of what yo

In recent years, banking platforms have begun to integrate digital assets into their portfolios, as a way to diversify investment profiles while simultaneously addressing numerous lending requests that need to be fulfilled.

A new bill introduced in the House would clarify that a digital asset that is sold as part of an "investment contract" does not necessarily become a security. If passed, the Securities Clarity Act would help settle one of the most debated legal questions in the crypto space and m

Halfway through 2023, the crypto industry is slowly recovering from the bruises and losses it suffered last year and regaining ground. A very long crypto winter, collapses, millions of dollars lost...

So, there was a deal resolving the U.S. debt ceiling battle in Washington, D.C. Now what? First, let’s look at where we are.The words “crypto” and “cryptocurrencies” don’t appear at all in the initial version of the deal. I wrestle with whether

Another country is waffling on blockchain. Russia, the belligerent nation led by an egomaniac, has allegedly ditched plans to build a national cryptocurrency exchange, according to local reports surfaced to Crypto Twitter by Wu Blockchain’s Colin Wu. Instead, the country wi

Cryptocurrency is somewhat of a divisive asset -- some investors believe it's a better investment than traditional assets, while others see it as too volatile and risky. Check Out: 9 Safe Investments...

Crypto in the U.S. is more polarized and politicized than ever.Ironically, that’s a sign that the issues around this technology have become less of a fringe concern for ordinary Americans. With Florida governor Ron DeSantis signaling his fidelity to Bitcoin in his president

Yesterday, the company behind the Sam Altman-fronted Worldcoin project announced it had raised $115 million dollars in venture capital. The raise looks like an atavistic last gasp for the kind of prestige-driven, slot-machine structured Silicon Valley fundraising fostered by a d

The ecosystems around blockchain-based tokens and cryptocurrencies are dynamic and complex.

Pudgy Penguins, a non-fungible token (NFT) project made up of cute chubby birds, has experienced waves of success and mishap since its debut in July 2021, including a rapid downturn in price and sentiment as doubts surrounding the founders emerged later that year.The community of

Durante Consensus 2023 del mes pasado, CoinDesk organizó dos roundtables de administradores de inversiones a las que solamente se podía acceder con invitación: una diseñada específicamente para inversores institucionales (35 pensiones, oficinas