Good Riddance to Gary Gensler Passing the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act into law would establish a responsible new regulatory framework that clearly defines the role of the SEC and the CFTC, says Rep. Mike Lawler, a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Crypto Daybook Americas: XRP, AI Coins Eye Big Moves While Bitcoin in Stasis Ahead of CPI Your day-ahead look for Jan. 15, 2025

Crypto’s U.S. Banking Problem Likely Among the First Things Tackled Under Trump From the debanking crisis to the SEC’s crypto accounting standards, the blockade between the digital assets sector and banks may be an easy target.

Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Forges Ahead as More Listed Firms Ride the Wave In the last few weeks, four firms have announced bitcoin purchases, while seven companies announced a strategy, but no acquisition.

Bitcoin Caught Up in a Macro-Driven Sell-Off, May Fall Further: Standard Chartered There is a danger that forced or panic selling could lead to further bitcoin weakness and a break below $90K could lead to a 10% retracement, the report said.

Stalled Stablecoin Supply Casts Doubt on BTC’s Bullish Recovery as U.S. Inflation Report Looms The combined supply of top four stablecoins has stabilized with barely any change over the 30-day period.

Deribit CEO Confirms Strategic Investment Inquiries, Rules Out Takeover Report The crypto options platform is reportedly working with FT Partners to assess takeover bids.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XLM Gains 9.8% as All Assets Trade Higher Hedera (HBAR) joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer, gaining 7% from Tuesday.

ARC’s Elroy Cheo on How Asia Is Doing Web3 Differently The co-founder of the exclusive Web3 community argues that Asia is uniquely positioned to lead the next phase of NFT innovation.

Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Business Accounts for 25% of Its Revenue as Volume Triples The exchange, which now boasts over one million crypto trading clients, has been expanding its cryptocurrency offerings since 2019.

U.S. Prosecutors Ask Court to Green-Light Return of 95,000 Stolen Bitcoin to Bitfinex The remaining 25,000 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack must be returned through a more complex claims process.

How to Ensure Blockchains Are Really Decentralized Decentralization is fundamental to blockchain technology, offering resilience and resistance to censorship, but is the industry focused on the right incentives to drive decentralization? By Pablo Larguía

UK Appoints Emma Reynolds as Economic Secretary to Oversee Crypto Emma Reynolds was appointed as the new economic secretary following the resignation of Tulip Siddiq.

MicroStrategy Targeting $2B Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering: Benchmark Benchmark-Hosted an investor meeting with MicroStrategy’s executive chairman Michael Saylor.

Still Learning After All These Years CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr on grass roots crypto adoption and paying forward the “gimmick.”

Hashed’s Simon Kim Says AI Has a ‘Black Box’ Problem Centralized AI is opaque, centralized, and a huge burden for intellectual property owners. Here’s how he thinks blockchain fixes this.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Exceeded Expectations in 2024, but Just Wait for 2025 Gary Gensler has described crypto as the Wild West and one observer said markets are likely to see just that under new leadership in D.C.

Dogecoin, XRP Lead Crypto Rebound, Bitcoin Tops $96K as Traders Await Key Inflation Data The selloff in stocks and cryptocurrencies could mean Donald Trump’s inauguration will less likely be a sell the news event, K33 Research said.

Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem Academics get it: prediction markets aren’t gambling because the house doesn’t always win. But regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.

Coinbase’s Layer 2 System Base Gets a Marketplace Linked to Gas Revenue Dragonfly-backed startup Alkimiya unveils a DeFi market for betting on the price of blockspace on the Base rollup.