CRYPTO
Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Fraud
Mashinsky pled guilty to securities and commodities fraud charges last December. NEW YORK, NY — Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday for fraud. Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York […]
AS FORECAST: Bitcoin Jumps to Over $100,000 as Trump Prepares to Cash in
Trump will do everything in his power to reward his crypto donors who have given millions to his campaign and inauguration Bitcoin popped on Thursday, blowing past the $100,000 mark for the first time since early February, just as The Trends Journal forecast that U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto backers […]
Anna Kazlauskas: Data Ownership in the Age of AI
The co-founder of Vana is building data DAOs and decentralized marketplaces to create an ecosystem of user-owned data. She will give the keynote at the AI Summit at Consensus May 16. You’re swimming in data. You’re creating new data every day. If your health app counts your steps? That’s new […]
Bitcoin Tops $100K for First Time in 3 Months; Are Upside Targets Too Low?
The price has jumped 33% in a few weeks after plunging to $75,000 in the days following President Trump’s early April Liberation Day tariff announcement. What to know: Bitcoin BTC$104,000.04 is back in six figures, continuing yet another of its famous zigs when most were expecting a zag. To review, the world’s […]
Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker Canaan Could Have 5X Upside, Says Wall Street Analyst
Benchmark’s Mark Palmer initiated coverage on the firm’s roughed-up shares with a buy rating and $3 price target. What to know: Singapore-based developer of bitcoin mining ASIC chips and rigs Canaan (CAN) has had a rough run, but could be a five-bagger, suggests Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer. Palmer on Tuesday […]
Florida Withdraws Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bills From Consideration
The two bills, which were both filed in February, sought to allow investment of public funds in BTC What to know: Florida has withdrawn two bills related to the creation of a state-level strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve. House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration,” according to […]
Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?
Ahead of the People’s Regulatory Roundtable at Consensus 2025, six leading crypto lawyers discuss whether core crypto principles, like decentralization and privacy, will be included in upcoming legislation and regulation. It is often said that crypto is part technology and part religion. As such, it is hardly surprising that the […]
Pay Attention: The Cypherpunk Banking Stack Is Coming
The future banking stack is being built our in the midst of all the chaos. While many are currently wrapped up in press releases from public companies announcing that they’ve added to their Bitcoin treasuries, flame wars over OP_RETURN limits, or more general geopolitical developments cypherpunks are writing code. While […]
Arizona Governor Calls Crypto an ‘Untested Investment,’ Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill
The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state. What to know: Arizona will not be investing in bitcoin (BTC), at least not this year. Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed the state to hold the digital […]
Senator Lummis Says Trump Supports Her BITCOIN Act That Could Erase U.S. Debt
Senator Cynthia Lummis declares her bold plan to buy 1 million BTC is the only way to escape America’s $36 trillion debt spiral—and she says President Trump agrees. In a powerful address on Capitol Hill today, Senator Cynthia Lummis made her stance clear: the United States is out of time—and […]
