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In 2013, the Doge meme went viral online. Based on the internal dialogue of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, the name of the meme came from a slang pronunciation of the word "dog." Discover: 10 Reasons You...

Smaller companies are choosing to raise funds privately through venture capital firms (VCs) and accredited investors, making these early stage and potentially highly profitable opportunities less accessible to everyday investors. 

Companies issuing stablecoins would have to deal with the Federal Reserve as the chief oversight agency, according to the current version of a bill being developed in the U.S. House of Representatives, say people familiar with the talks.While the industry is desperate for rules a

Last week, a trio of announcements from Scroll, Matter Labs and Polygon all had something in common: Each company implied that it would be the “first” to bring a zkEVM to market.Congrats to @Scroll_ZKP, @0xPolygon, and @zksync for each announcing the first zkEVM!

Play-to-earn games reward participants with digital cash or non-fungible tokens. In recent years, these blockchain-backed games -- also known as P2E -- have gone mainstream, becoming a core component...

I’ve long been a critic of broadcast and cable networks for permitting “sin” products to be advertised during the hours when impressionable youngsters are watching a sporting event.Ever since I can remember, touchdowns, home runs and other achievements in sports

“The Fed keeps printing trillions of dollars,” said the bitcoin advocate. “The best defense against inflation, I believe, is bitcoin, and they will keep printing money.”The man spoke fluent crypto. He sounded like a speaker at a Bitcoin conference. And in

There are two stories I want to talk about that are related, but not directly. The first: it seems possible that the U.S. economy is in or will soon enter a recession – but officials who make that call are hesitant to say so. Second, a popular Ethereum-based staking protoco

Suppose bitcoin’s (BTC) price doubles over the coming months. Would the hundreds of thousands of customers whose cryptocurrency assets are frozen within stricken lending platform Celsius Network come out ahead, or just break even?This is uncharted territory for a U.S. bankr

Every aspect of modern life is going fully digital. This is causing our expectations about the ways we interact with the “old economy” to shift dramatically. Sports, however, has been extremely slow to adapt when compared with other industries. Momentum is now buildin

Many investors have come to accept that cryptocurrencies have a place in many portfolios. However, some don't understand the functions of cryptocurrencies beyond their use as a digital asset and digital currency.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set up a challenge on whether some tokens were securities, and Coinbase went ahead and slapped the agency with a glove.Also, a quick personal note: I’ll be at the Asian American Journalists Association annual conference in Los An

Cryptocurrency has one major drawback for investors: it is highly volatile. A form of crypto with its value tied to a currency reduces this issue. Enter stablecoins.

Cryptocurrency is the fastest-growing sponsorship category in sports advertising for a reason.The crypto industry adds immense value for leagues, franchises and athletes worldwide. In turn, leagues, franchises and professional athletes are looking to connect with younger audience

Cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s offer to basically buy out the insolvent crypto brokerage Voyager Digital is “incredibly opportunistic,” according to one bankruptcy expert.Thomas Braziel, a founder of investment firm 507 Capital, said there are pr

Cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s offer to basically buy out the insolvent crypto brokerage Voyager Digital is “incredibly opportunistic,” according to one bankruptcy expert.Thomas Braziel, a founder of investment firm 507 Capital, said there are pr

A common problem in making bitcoin (BTC) a truly worldwide new currency is the difficulty for underdeveloped regions to get access to hardware. However, Fedi’s radical new proposal for bitcoin custody could allow billions of people to become active in the international community

We appear to be reaching an end stage in negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on a plan to extend the EU’s financial-surveillance regime over the cryptocurrency industry. Alas, lawmakers were in such a rush that they appear not

“The only thing that’s certain is death and taxes.” This idiom may be overused, but adding a third item to that list is usually pretty clever.For example, my editor would probably say: “The only thing that’s certain is death, taxes and a lot of mispl

The liquidation trust for cryptocurrency lender Cred sued Uphold Friday, alleging that the crypto exchange masterminded the product that ultimately caused Cred to seek bankruptcy protection in 2020.That product, CredEarn, offered retail investors high yields until the investments