President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Zhao, who is widely known as CZ, had pleaded guilty in 2023 to enabling money laundering while CEO of the huge cryptocurrency exchange.

The House is set to vote on three crypto-related bills during "Crypto Week" at the Capitol. The GENUIS Act, a stablecoin bill, has already passed the Senate and looks set to become the first ...

House Bills 4510-4513 would provide a framework for how the state invests in and regulates digital currency. One lawmaker backing the bills believes Michigan has a chance to either be a leader in the ...

As a whole, the cryptocurrency benefits from several macroeconomic megatrends. Solana stands out because of its technical advantages over rivals. However, unlike Solana's previous big rally in 2021, ...

A decade ago, Latin America’s criminal groups were starting to experiment with cryptocurrency, but in 2025, they went all in. From an unprecedented bank heist to nearly untraceable money laundering ...

Climate activists worry about the high-energy demand for bitcoin mining. A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners ...

The unprecedented level of digital assets highlights an enormous reversal of fortune for the cryptocurrency industry. financial disclosures filed by July 9. President Donald Trump reported at least a ...

Financial disclosures for 2024 filed by the president on Friday show that digital coins had already become one of his family’s most successful ventures. By Ben Protess and Andrea Fuller Ben Protess ...

On July 18, President Donald Trump signed into law the boastfully named GENIUS Act. If the law wreaks havoc on the financial system, as seems highly likely, that name will become a grim joke: What ...

Mr. Brunton is the author of “Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency.” Oct. 24, 2025 It was pitched as the world’s most exclusive ...