Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Canadian bitcoin miner Bitfarms mulls pivot to AI data centers

Toronto-based bitcoin miner Bitfarms has enlisted two consultants to explore how it can transform some of its facilities to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence data centers, it said on...

Trump accelerates with the launch of Truth.Fi - Crypto Recap

Donald Trump expands his empire with Truth.Fi, a new FinTech brand launched by Trump Media. Objective: invest $250 million in cryptos and ETFs to optimize the group's cash flow. A strategic...

How Trump's Crypto Policies Reveal Winners and Losers

Meltem Demirors, Crucible Capital Group general partner and founder, says President Donald Trump's pro-crypto stance and policies will help to reveal the winners and losers within the crypto...

Ark's Wood on DeepSeek, AI, Crypto, Trump

Ark Investment Management Founder and CEO Cathie Wood discusses Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek and its promise of cheaper AI which has sent shockwaves through the US tech...

Bitcoin drops to 11-day low amid tech selloff

Bitcoin fell below $100,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest in 11 days, in a move analysts attributed to a wave of caution after the surging popularity of a Chinese artificial intelligence model sparked...

Humanity Protocol valued at $1.1 billion after latest fundraise

Humanity Protocol has secured a fully diluted valuation of $1.1 billion after raising $20 million in a funding round co-led by Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto, the identity verification blockchain...

Kraken, Blockchain.com join crowd signing with Trump-tied lobbyists

The companies behind the crypto exchanges Kraken and Blockchain.com have joined the dozens of corporations and wealthy individuals that have hired the President Trump-tied lobbying firm Ballard...

Crypto markets lose steam after Trump's first policy move

Crypto markets steadied on Friday, still holding below recent highs even after President Donald Trump ordered the creation of a new working group, tasked with proposing new crypto rules and exploring...

U.S. lawmakers are light on crypto heading into new Trump era

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration is expected to usher in a boom time for crypto but a Reuters review shows very few members of the incoming congress are invested in bitcoin or...

EU Commission completes probe into X, to decide fine, reports Handelsblatt

The European Commission has completed its initial probe into social media platform X and will soon decide to impose a fine worth millions of euros, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Friday,...

EXPLAINER-How would a US bitcoin strategic reserve work?

President Donald Trump ordered the creation of a digital asset working group on Thursday which, among other things, would be tasked with exploring a U.S. cryptocurrency stockpile. He has...

Crypto's charms leave some investors in Davos cold

Despite watching Bitcoin's scorching run past $100,000 and the inauguration of Donald Trump, who has pledged to be a crypto president in the U.S., some of the world's largest investors said this week...

Crypto: The Trump administration's well-stocked wallets - Crypto Recap

As Donald Trump surrounds himself with his team in his executive cabinet, one detail doesn't go unnoticed: many of his staff are cryptocurrency enthusiasts. With wallets well-stocked with bitcoins,...

AI Is Going to Transform Everything: Cathie Wood

Ark Invest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood says they have a nice exposure to OpenAI following Trump's AI announcement which included SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, Oracle's Larry Ellison and OpenAI's Sam...

Crypto under Trump: Beyond memecoins, hopes for better regulation

What are Donald Trump’s first steps to becoming a “crypto president”?

Saudi prince's investment firm would be keen on TikTok if Musk or others buy it, CEO says

DUBAI -Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's investment company Kingdom Holding would be interested in investing in ByteDance's TikTok if Elon Musk or others offered to buy it, CEO Talal Ibrahim...

US issuers REX Advisers, Osprey seek approval to launch Trump meme coin ETF

Just days after President Donald Trump launched his new crypto token, two asset management firms jointly sought regulatory approval to debut an exchange-traded fund tied to the digital currency or...

Cryptocurrency financial firm to plead guilty after novel FBI probe

A cryptocurrency financial services firm agreed on Tuesday to plead guilty to U.S. charges that it offered to help manipulate the market for a digital token created at the FBI's behest to help uncover...

Trump effect on crypto undeniable, will lure investment, Coinbase CEO says at Davos

Donald Trump's second term as U.S. president will draw a lot of investment into crypto, the CEO of Coinbase told a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Trump effect...