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ARKW, also dubbed “Trump 2.0”, is up +31% since the election Bitcoin is now the largest holding in terms of market cap in Cathie Wood’s ARK Next Generation Internet ETF, an investment product that focuses on Internet and tech-focused businesses and assets. As the hosts of the Bloomberg ETF IQ noted in their latest show, BTC now accounts for 12% of the fund’s $1.8 billion market cap. Interestingly, the fund’s 2,033 BTC allocation is not even close to breaking the top of the Bitcoin rich list despite the massive $215 million valuation at current rates. 📈 $BTC leads all holdings…

Stellar Validators propose a new upgrade to significantly increase its ledger read or write limit while improving the event size limit. A successful implementation is expected to improve longer swap routes and the exchange rate of tokens in Soroswap. In our last update, we discussed the groundbreaking launch of the Soroban Smart Contract capability on the Stellar mainnet. Fascinatingly, the Stellar Validators have indicated their plans to enhance its functions through a proposal called SLP-0001. Analyzing the release, CNF discovered that the complete upgrade would enable more advanced Decentralized Applications (DApps) on the Stellar network. In doing so, the performance…

‘’We’re embracing the future with crypto and leaving the slow and outdated big banks behind’’, President Donald Trump declared, signaling a shift in his administration’s approach to digital assets. The vision was formalized on Thursday, when signed an executive order establishing a working group on digital asset markets. The order reaffirms the administration’s commitment to key crypto principles, including coding transparency, self-custody, and fair banking access, aiming to integrate blockchain technology responsibly into the U.S. financial system. This idea of blending blockchain with traditional financial systems is bold, and Graphite Network offers the means to make it happen with its…

Bitcoin’s mysterious creator(s), Satoshi Nakamoto, continues to inspire the cryptocurrency community even several years after Bitcoin was launched and the BTC creator exited the scene. Bitcoin historian Pete Rizzo recently shared on X (formerly Twitter) a statement made exactly 16 years ago by the Bitcoin creator, on Jan. 16, 2009: “I might make some sense just to get some in case it catches on.” “Satoshi Nakamoto on Bitcoin when the price was $0, exactly 16 years ago. Legendary,” Rizzo wrote, highlighting Bitcoin’s creator statement. ✨ Satoshi Nakamoto on #Bitcoin when the price was $0, exactly 16 years ago. Legendary 🔥…

Justin Sun, a crypto billionaire and the founder of the Tron blockchain platform, has published a tweet to offer crucial advice to Ethereum co-founder Buterin as he published a paper describing Ethereum Layer-1 and Layer-2 scaling as he sees it happening this year. This coincides with Sun’s ideas about how to drive the ETH price to $10,000 that he posted on his X social media account earlier this week. Sun’s advice to Vitalik Buterin While today, Vitalik suggested putting an explicit focus on the ETC economics, making sure that “ETH continues to accrue value even in an L2-heavy world,” Justin…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the Fed could cut interest rates in the near term, but a future rate hike is on the horizon if the U.S. economy remains strong. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Fink said “I see possibilities” for an increase beyond the next 12 months, but he noted that this scenario was not his “baseline forecast.” Fink noted several factors that could contribute to persistent inflation, including a labor shortage and rising wages. “We’re going to have a labor shortage, and that’s going to push wages up,” he…

The Department of Government Efficiency is still the DOGE, but the DOGE agency website no longer features the iconic Doge meme imagery shared with Dogecoin—and the original meme coin is now sinking. The price of Dogecoin jumped Tuesday once fans and investors noticed that the website for the Elon Musk-led government initiative featured the likeness of Kabosu, the late Shiba Inu pup who inspired the internet meme that Dogecoin is based on. Dogecoin rose as high as $0.385 on Tuesday, recovering some ground after plunging following last Friday’s launch of Donald Trump’s official Solana meme coin, TRUMP. Dogecoin had been…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that Gary Gensler and Jaime Lizarraga have stepped down from their roles as commissioners. Data on the SEC’s website revealed only three commissioners, including Hester Pierce, Caroline Crenshaw, and Mark Uyeda, remain from the previous five. In a post on X, crypto lawyer James Murphy referred to this development as “the beginning of a new era.” Murphy noted that the SEC can still function with a quorum of three commissioners and decisions can be made through a two-to-one vote. It’s Official! New Era at SEC Has Begun.The SEC website confirms there…

IQ GPT, a globally known tokenized agent for decentralized finance (DeFi), is reportedly live on SOON Network to offer enhanced blockchain solutions. SOON Network, founded in 2024 by Joanna Zeng, intends to provide support for high-throughput deployment of SVM Layer 2 solutions on various Layer 1 blockchains. IQ GPT is live on SOON Network! 🚨@soon_svm is an SVM Rollup that aims to support high-throughput deployment of SVM Layer 2 solutions on various L1 blockchains.IQ GPT in the SOON community would provide quick & accurate responses to blockchain queries, educate members, &… pic.twitter.com/D89DtViOvj — IQ AI (@IQAICOM) January 24, 2025 In…

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy and a well-known advocate of Bitcoin, has delivered another unflinching statement about his favorite cryptocurrency. Through a recent post, he reiterated his firm belief in Bitcoin’s unmatched position in the digital asset world. His commentary came with an AI-generated image — a visual depiction of himself bearing a shield labeled with Bitcoin’s iconic symbol. The tone of the post? It was a classic Saylor move. It is a message that feels familiar but still has weight. Saylor’s conviction is crystal clear. He is convinced that Bitcoin is one of a kind, and nothing can challenge…