CRYPTO

Bitcoin has returned to $100,000 and was up over 4% Monday as corporate holders continue to stack up on their $BTC treasury ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.

The $CPAI token is now live on Uniswap, allowing for streamlined solutions related to crypto tax filings, preparations, reconciliation, and other services to address the critical shortcomings in traditional tax software.

Coinbase has revealed almost entirely unredacted letters from the FDIC to member banks that showed how it asked the member banks to not engage in some Bitcoin and crypto-related activities.

ZKcandy has secured $4 million in a private funding round that will help the team move its vision forward for a more open Web3 gaming ecosystem that provides secure, seamless and rewarding experiences for players.

Donald Trump's election was widely embraced by the crypto space, and one of the apparent beneficiaries of the President-elect's upcoming re-entry into the White House is Ripple, which overcame a four-year legal struggle with the SEC and is now ready to make crypto great again in its home turf.

Donald Trump is entering the White House in two weeks, and the anticipation for what he will do for crypto in his first 100 days is heating up, but hopes for a Bitcoin reserve may be easing.

Morgan Stanley is reportedly considering to add crypto trading to its E-Trade platform, and if does occur, the service could challenge the likes of Robinhood and even crypto-centric platforms such as Coinbase.

Just A Lotto was a top Solana memecoin gainer on Thursday, thanks to a new platform listing and much engagement among $LOTTO token holders who stuck with the coin through thick and thin.

A nonprofit is pushing to include Bitcoin in Switzerland's constitutional mandate on holding reserves, and earlier this week, the initiative was published in the Federal Gazette, getting it one step closer to hopefully achieving its goal.

The $KEKIUS token is back in the green even after Elon Musk reverted back to his real name on X, indicating that the memecoin, which rose in popularity on New Year's Eve when the Tesla CEO took on the Kekius Maximus persona, may be able to survive the memecoin market's volatility with or without the great Elon.

Crypto users on X went abuzz Wednesday night after Robinhood gave away $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin to its Gold members who tuned in to the New Year 2025 countdown on the Robinhood app.

AI agents cemented themselves in the crypto space in 2024, and by 2025, they are bound to deliver true and tangible utility that may have been overshadowed by the meme-driven narrative around AI and blockchain.

The $KEKIUS memecoin is down significantly after it jumped more than 1,000% on New Year's Eve with just a name and profile picture change from tech titan Elon Musk.

$RLUSD has stabilized at $1, seemingly affecting $XRP prices positively as the altcoin surged 15% in the last 24 hours – some crypto users believe the uptick may be related to FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) around $USDT's fate in the European Union.

While the rest of the digital currency space has witnessed impressive growth over the last few years, the Bitcoin cold storage wallets aka offline wallets have remained on the sidelines.

Solana's fall and rise is one of the crypto industry's crown of glory – from being tagged as a hopeless case following the 2022 winter period that dragged $SOL prices to $8, the blockchain now has the eye of institutional firms and is home to some of the best memecoin performers throughout the year.

Elon Musk is now Kekius Maximus, and his new persona on X drove the price of a token named after the moniker above 1,000% on New Year's Eve.

Some crypto coins gained a lot on New Year's Eve, but others only bled overnight, and some major coins saw smaller upticks but ruling them all is an Elon Musk-pumped memecoin by the name Kekius Maximus.

Bitcoin has made history multiple times since the whitepaper first emerged in 2008, but 2024 was a dramatically historical year for the $BTC community – there was beauty, there was beast, and there was the $100,000 milestone.

Many memecoins went live this year, but only a very few of them made a mark or took the meme token segment by storm – these tokens range from animal-themed coins to memecoins that started as a joke.

$XRP was definitely one of the most-followed altcoins this year as it grappled with the SEC and weathered four years of legal woes only to climb to the same prices when it used to challenge Bitcoin in the market cap race.

MiCA has finally come into full force, and it has a long list of requirements for businesses that seek to do business or are already providing services or crypto products to citizens in the European Union's member states.

Bitcoin's surge in valuation due to Donald Trump's election win has lost momentum as 2024 comes to a close despite experts initially predicting a possible $200,000 market cap before year end.

$MIRA was launched just last week and it now has a $17 million market cap even with a price plunge – proving that crypto isn't just about fun and earning; it's also about giving back for good causes.

$SURE offers crypto holders with a way to protect their assets, but decentralized insurance has yet to gain as much traction in the crypto space as other memecoins or other emerging digital asset segments.

X is teeming with "Buy Bitcoin" posts as $BTC struggles to break above $95,000 following a $99,000 surge last week – will new holders take the advice of veteran holders to buy the dip?

$USDT's price dropped over the weekend amid fears around the fate of the world's largest stablecoin, considering the European Union's MiCA implementation in full force Monday.

Altcoins were the biggest story of 2024 even with Bitcoin getting ETFs approved and hitting a new all-time high above $108,000 as some alternative cryptocurrencies eclipsed $BTC's year-to-date performance even with several market downturns.

Vivek Ramaswamy became a top trend on X Thursday night after news spread about Strive Financial's filing for an ETF that invests in companies that have Bitcoin reserves.