Ripple’s XRP surged to an all-time high yesterday following reports that President-elect Donald Trump is open to establishing an “America-first strategic reserve” of cryptocurrencies. The proposed reserve would reportedly include XRP, among other assets. This speculation has fueled a surge in activity in XRP markets, with its spot trading volume…

This week, three standout AI coins — Mode (MODE), aixbt by Virtuals (AIXBT), and Orbit (GRIFT) — have shown notable market activity and unique applications. Mode is building an AI agent app store to support financial automation and has risen 49% over the past week. AIXBT, which integrates AI into…

On Jan. 17, the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, a nonprofit established by Tron DAO, formally announced its sponsorship of President-elect Donald Trump’s Crypto Ball. In parallel, a source with knowledge of the situation informed Bitcoin.com News that World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance (defi) arm of the Trump family, is set…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States returned to an inflow streak on Jan. 16 as Bitcoin cemented its position above $100K ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $626.15 million in inflows on Thursday, extending their inflow…

The anime industry is booming, and is projected to grow to $60 billion by 2030. Yet, despite its massive popularity, the AnimeCoin Foundation sees a significant opportunity to tap into fans who have remained passive consumers of the art form. Intending to build an open and decentralized anime universe, the…

Ethereum (ETH) is in a weird place at the moment. While it is the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, it has underperformed its main rival, Bitcoin (BTC), over the course of the current bull run, by a pretty significant margin. Compared to prices this time last…

Crypto exchange Crypto.com has received in-principle approval for a European Union (EU) Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) license from Malta’s Financial Services Authority, edging it closer to be able to operate fully across the trading bloc. The in-principle license means that the exchange is expected to receive its full CASP…

The cryptocurrency market keeps going up, according to CoinMarketCap. DOGE/USD The rate of DOGE has risen by 8.04% over the last 24 hours. On the hourly chart, the price of DOGE has made a false breakout of the local resistance of $0.4181. If the daily bar closes far from that…

PumpFun Corp is facing allegations of running cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes. On Thursday, Kendall Carnahan, CEO of Sooner Payments, filed a lawsuit in a New York court, accusing the company of working alongside influencers to issue unregistered securities, described as Ponzi schemes. Carnahan, the lead plaintiff in the case, and his…

Crypto.com received approval to conduct business operations in the EU under the new MiCA regulations. Under this new license, the exchange will be able to offer its full suite of crypto services in Europe. Additionally, Crypto.com has made several outreach efforts with US regulators in the last few weeks, and…