People Are Using Memecoins to Bet on the US Election

People Are Using Memecoins to Bet on the US Election

On July 13, as word spread that a would-be assassin had narrowly missed killing Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a trading frenzy began. Within an hour of the shooting, the price of TRUMP, a cryptocurrency inspired by the former president, had jumped up by more than a third, from $6.34 to $8.69. … Read more

Donald Trump Backs ‘Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile’ in Speech to Crypto Faithful

Donald Trump Backs ‘Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile’ in Speech to Crypto Faithful

Former president Donald Trump has outlined a plan to turbocharge crypto growth and make the US a crypto mining powerhouse in his keynote address to the 2024 Nashville Bitcoin Conference on Saturday. Trump announced that if he is elected, he will create a strategic bitcoin reserve in the US. “It will be the policy of … Read more

The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now

The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now

On March 12, Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was found guilty of money laundering conspiracy and other violations by a federal jury in Washington, DC, for having operated Bitcoin Fog, a service criminals used to launder what authorities claim was hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. The conviction was heralded by the US Department … Read more