Month: May 2025

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill, Drawing Fire from Crypto Advocates

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in Bitcoin using certain seized funds, halting a legislative effort to make Arizona the first U.S. state to hold BTC in its reserves. The…

Warren Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Stablecoin Deal. She’s Right to Do So.

The cryptocurrency industry has long battled reputational headwinds, but this week, it’s not a shady offshore exchange or an anonymous rug-pull making headlines. It’s the Trump family—again—and their dollar-backed stablecoin, now caught in the crossfire of international finance and domestic…

Mesh Just Did What Every Crypto Wallet Talks About: Made It Invisible

Crypto payments have always promised freedom. What they’ve lacked—until now—is frictionless familiarity. At Token2049, Mesh didn’t just launch a new integration. It launched a moment. A turning point where crypto payments became indistinguishable from Apple Pay—and that’s exactly the point….

Kraken’s Embed Isn’t Just a Product—It’s a Warning to Banks Still Sitting on the Sidelines

There’s a reason Kraken called it “Embed.” This isn’t just a product drop—it’s a direct invitation (or challenge) to every bank, fintech, and neobank still dragging its feet on crypto. With just one API, Kraken is now letting institutions offer…

Enso’s One-Click Migration Is About to Redefine DeFi Liquidity Flows

Let’s face it: moving liquidity in DeFi is still a mess. For all the talk about seamless composability, most LPs know the truth—migrating capital from one chain to another is a tedious, risky process. Between bridging, wrapping, gas juggling, and…

Bitcoin’s Short Squeeze Is Classic Crypto Drama — But Is It Built to Last?

Bitcoin doesn’t rally quietly. It surges when the market least expects it — and usually, when traders are positioned the wrong way. That’s exactly what just happened. Over the past few days, Bitcoin caught fire, jumping off oversold levels and…

Wall Street Finds Its Lifeline in Microsoft and Meta—But Trade Risks Still Loom

Amid growing anxiety over trade wars, shrinking GDP, and signs of labor market fatigue, Wall Street found comfort in familiar names: Microsoft and Meta. Their earnings beat didn’t just lift the Nasdaq—it calmed the nerves of an increasingly jittery market….

Kuwait’s Crypto Mining Crackdown Is a Warning to an Overheating Industry

When Kuwait, one of the cheapest places on Earth to mine Bitcoin, starts pulling the plug on miners, the message is loud and clear: energy beats decentralization when the lights start flickering. This week’s crackdown—spearheaded by Kuwait’s Interior Ministry—has already…

$330M Bitcoin Heist Exposes a Bitter Truth: Even Early Crypto Believers Aren’t Safe

The crypto world just witnessed one of its largest-ever thefts—$330.7 million worth of Bitcoin, gone in a flash. But this time, it wasn’t a high-profile exchange breach, a smart contract bug, or a North Korean state-sponsored attack. It was something…

Trump’s Economy Just Blinked—And He’s Blaming Biden for It

April was supposed to be the month markets rebounded. Instead, GDP shrank, tariffs caused chaos, and the president is pointing fingers. Not at himself—at Biden. Let’s break it down. A Surprise Contraction and a Familiar Scapegoat The U.S. economy just…