Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has acquired a 9.1% stake in crypto mining company BitMine Immersion Technologies, prompting a sharp surge in the company’s shares during after-hours trading on Tuesday. Thiel purchased 5.09 million shares of BitMine via his venture...
Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has rolled out a new app designed to estimate users’ sun exposure and potential vitamin D synthesis. Dorsey introduced the app, named Sun Day, to his followers on X on Sunday. According...
Polygon has appointed its co-founder, Sandeep Nailwal, as CEO of the Polygon Foundation. This move signals a strategic shift aimed at streamlining decision-making and fast-tracking the expansion of AggLayer, Polygon’s interoperability protocol. ⚡NEW: #Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal is now...
Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise Asset Management, has highlighted the potential for the economic policies of the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States to influence the cryptocurrency industry significantly. In a recent tweet, Horsley pointed out that...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be reconsidering its legal battle against Ripple Labs, according to former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo. Speaking on Fox Business, Giancarlo suggested that the agency might abandon its appeal...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has described President-elect Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that could help boost economic freedom in the United States. In a November 17 post on X, Armstrong highlighted the...
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has criticized UK policymakers for what he described as a “backward” approach to crypto trading regulations, especially when contrasted with the permissive stance on regulated gambling. In an interview with The Times, Tenev emphasized the...
Blockchain infrastructure firm Consensys is working on a new project to create a platform enabling individuals to declare personal sovereignty within Web3 and the AI-driven global economy. According to the company's founder, Joe Lubin, in an X post on...
Gary Gensler, the current chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), hinted at a potential departure from the agency in a speech at the Annual Institute on Securities Regulation Event on November 14. Reflecting on his tenure...
HashKey Group chairman Xiao Feng has suggested that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pro-crypto policies could eventually influence China to rethink its approach to digital assets. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Xiao proposed that a strong...
