In a landmark development for Ripple’s XRP, the digital asset has been officially added to the Nasdaq Crypto US Settlement Price Index (NCIUS), effective June 2, 2025. This move expands the index beyond its original Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) components to now include XRP, Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and
Bitcoin reclaimed the $106,000 mark today, touching an intraday high of $106,039. At press time, BTC trades at $106,144.42, showing a mild 0.52% gain over the last 24 hours. Despite this uptick, the 24-hour trading volume declined by 5.65% to $37.13 billion. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s market capitalisation rose slightly to $2.1
Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office (OA) has formally cleared President Javier Milei of any ethical misconduct related to his February promotion of the $LIBRA cryptocurrency. The OA concluded that Milei acted in a personal capacity and did not misuse public office or state resources. According to the OA, Milei’s now-deleted post on
Pakistan’s Finance Ministry is pushing forward with plans to set up a National Crypto Council, a new advisory group that could help legitimize and bring clear rules to the country’s crypto space. The move is being backed by a team tied to Wall Street players and some big-name former Trump
Yuga Labs, the team behind the legendary Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), just dropped a bombshell: they’ve proposed shutting down the ApeCoin DAO. Citing ongoing governance issues that just aren’t getting better, Yuga’s suggesting a full reset with a new setup called ApeCo. Their ultimate goal was to fix the
In a major crackdown on cybercrime, U.S. authorities have taken down 145 domains tied to BidenCash, a well-known dark web marketplace. They also seized an unknown amount of crypto connected to the site. BidenCash was a go-to spot for buying and selling stolen credit card data and loads of personal
In a major step that shows just how serious digital assets are becoming on the global stage. President Trump’s Executive Director for Digital Assets, Bo Hines, sat down with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on June 5, 2025. The meeting took place in San Salvador and focused on deepening ties
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 35-year-old man from the Poltava region for allegedly hacking into thousands of hosting accounts and using the stolen access to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in more than $4.4 million in damages. The suspect is accused of running an elaborate cryptojacking operation that compromised servers from a
Circle Internet Group, a stablecoin issuer, went public today with an initial public offering valued at $1.1 billion. The value is much higher than it was originally expected. On June 4, the company that offers the second-most used stablecoin, USDC, sold 34 million shares at $31. Exceeding what investors expected
With the U.S. national debt growing faster than ever, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is floating a pretty radical idea that if America treated Bitcoin like digital gold and made it part of its financial strategy. He’s not just hyping crypto, he’s serious about using Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset.
