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Donald Trump says there’s ‘nothing wrong’ with his $1.4 billion crypto windfall

President Donald Trump said there is 'nothing wrong' with the money his family has made in crypto, responding to financial disclosures that showed he...

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ENS DAO Sunsets Public Goods Working Group After 4.5 Years of Ecosystem Grants

The working group's final term committed $450,000 in USDC and 72.5 ETH to Ethereum infrastructure projects including Vyper, Argot Collective and Remix Labs before...

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Binance pushes back on reports that EU regulators tried to block it

The HCMC did not immediately respond to a CoinDesk request for comment regarding Binance’s MiCA licensing process."As the person who led the license application,...

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ShapeShift’s Voorhees Defends Venice Token Terms After Critics Call Deal Underpriced

Erik Voorhees pushed back on X against critics who said Venice's $65M Series A undervalued VVV tokens, saying the deal could bring in $131M...

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Warren Pushes to Bar Trump Family From Crypto Profits After $1.4B Disclosure

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing to add a provision to pending Senate crypto legislation barring President Trump, his family and senior officials from profiting...

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ChatGPT developer OpenAI reported to discuss offering U.S. government a 5% stake

OpenAI has explored the idea of granting the U.S. government a 5% equity stake as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the Trump...

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Smaller tokens Memecore’s M, Auderia’s beat lead as bitcoin, sol rally in ‘first real bounce of the selloff’

Smaller speculative tokens are surging as bitcoin BTC$61,464.73 and other major tokens extend Wednesday’s advance. The CoinDesk 20 Index rose almost 5% in 24...

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MiCA became law 3 years ago, now Europe’s crypto framework is undergoing a rethink

European authorities are also debating how to treat multi-issuance stablecoins, such as Circle Internet’s (CRCL) USDC, which can be minted by multiple distinct legal...

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