Kelvin Maina is a professional crypto and Forex technical analyst with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and experience in the industry since 2017. He has authored several crypto white papers and supported multiple cryptocurrency launches through marketing and technical writing expertise.
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David Sacks, the White House’s newly appointed ‘Crypto Czar,’ has criticized media reports on his decision to sell off his cryptocurrency holdings before assuming his role in the Trump administration. Sacks took to X to dispute media narratives surrounding his crypto transactions, asserting that his actions were dictated by ethics regulations rather than a discretionary
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The Digital Chamber, the oldest cryptocurrency advocacy group in the United States, is undergoing a leadership transition. Perianne Boring, the organization’s founder and longtime CEO, is stepping down after over a decade, becoming board chairman. Cody Carbone, the group’s president, will assume the role of chief executive officer next month. The shift comes as the
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Coinbase has launched Verified Pools, a new set of liquidity pools available exclusively to verified users. The move, announced Tuesday, aims to reduce counterparty risk and bring greater transparency to decentralized finance (DeFi) trading. Verified Pools are open to users in the United States, Singapore, Netherlands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Channel Islands. Participants
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The Turkish lira fell sharply following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, sending investors scrambling for alternative assets. As the lira tumbled nearly 10% against the U.S. dollar, trading volumes on Binance’s BTC/TRY pair surged to their highest level in a year. İmamoğlu, a leading opposition figure and a potential challenger to President Recep
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World Liberty Financial, a Trump-backed cryptocurrency venture, has secured $550 million in total funding through two rounds of token sales, the company announced Monday. The latest offering brought in $250 million, following an initial $300 million sale after the platform’s October 2024 launch. The decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, known as WLFI, has drawn over 85,000
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Movemaker, the official community organization of the Aptos Foundation, has launched a $2 million grant program and a new Aptos Space collaboration hub in Hong Kong. The initiative aims to accelerate Web3 development in the Chinese-speaking region and globally. The grant program, backed by multimillion-dollar funding from the Aptos Foundation, will support developers building on
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Bitcoin remains the best-performing asset class post-election, even after a sharp correction from its all-time high. The cryptocurrency, which briefly surpassed $109,000 on January 20—the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration—has since pulled back 23%, trading near $82,350. Despite the downturn, Bitcoin has outpaced stocks, U.S. treasuries, real estate, and precious metals, according to data
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The Central Bank of Russia has launched a pilot program in Tatarstan to test smart contracts for the digital ruble. The initiative, coordinated with the region’s Ministry of Finance, aims to experiment with the conditional spending of funds allocated for specific purposes. A working group has been formed to oversee the project, according to the
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President Donald Trump has appointed Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman as the central bank’s new Vice Chair for Supervision, replacing Michael Barr, who resigned last month. Bowman, a longtime critic of overregulation in banking, is expected to take a more industry-friendly approach, a move welcomed by Wall Street and smaller lenders. Bowman’s appointment signals a
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Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has projected that only a small fraction of cryptocurrency participants will achieve long-term success. His remarks came during a conversation on X, where he responded to an analysis by the crypto influencer EmperorBTC. EmperorBTC argued that most individuals in the crypto market are unlikely to succeed. He categorized
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Hashdex Asset Management has filed an amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to expand the scope of its Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF. The proposed changes would introduce additional cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin (LTC), XRP, Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Avalanche (AVAX), Uniswap (UNI), and Solana (SOL), to the fund’s holdings. The ETF, which
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Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has introduced Margin Staked SOL, a new product allowing users to maximize their SOL earnings through leveraged borrowing and staking. The platform offers up to 2x leverage, enabling investors to potentially enhance their yield through Bybit’s liquid staking token, bbSOL. As of March 17, 2025, the
