Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise, said in a post that fraud and bad actors in the crypto industry will decrease significantly in the next four years as David Sacks, the AI and cryptocurrency "czar" appointed by Trump, pushes forward with sound regulatory policies. Hougan believes that the previous law enforcement-oriented regulatory approach has instead increased investor risk. Previously, Sacks said that the Digital Asset Working Group will work to develop market structure norms...
Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, retweeted the "Second Foundation" tweet on the X platform, with the caption saying that the Ethereum Foundation is not the only entity that can write the future of Ethereum.
Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said in a social media post that "the U.S. plan to build a strategic reserve of bitcoin has not been priced by the market. It's not even close."
On January 17, according to VanEck Digital Assets Chief Research Officer Matthew Sigel, the 10-year rolling annualized yield on U.S. Treasury bonds of 15 years and above fell into negative territory, setting the worst performance in 90 years. This is the lowest level in history since relevant data were recorded in 1936.
Stuart Alderoty, Ripple's chief legal officer, wrote on X in response to the "SEC has filed an opening statement of appeal against Ripple": "As expected, the SEC's appeal is just a restatement of arguments that have failed - likely to be abandoned by the next administration. We will formally respond in due course. For now, know this: SEC litigation is just noise. A new era of pro-innovation regulation is upon us, and Ripple is thriving."
According to Reuters, three people familiar with the matter said that top Republican officials at the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are preparing to begin reforming the agency's cryptocurrency policy as early as next week after Trump takes office. According to two of the people familiar with the matter, the measures being considered by Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda include initiating procedures to finalize guidance or rules on when the agency considers cryptocurrencies to be ...
Regarding the SEC's indictment of Musk for alleged securities violations, Fox Business News reporter Charles Gasparino wrote that people close to the SEC revealed that this is a middle finger raised by the Democratic majority, not only against Musk, but also against Trump and his nominee for SEC chairperson Paul Atkin, in a blatant attempt to divide law enforcement and the White House with a rather minor violation.
Israeli alternative protein company Steakholder Foods has approved the purchase of up to $1 million in Bitcoin, and CEO Arik Kaufman expressed optimism about the development of cryptocurrencies as an asset class. In addition, Santa Fe meat company Beck & Bulow supports online and offline Bitcoin payments, plans to convert 20% of its assets to Bitcoin and hold all Bitcoin revenue, and supports employee 401 (k) plans to invest in BTC. Chipotle, Whole Foods, and Starbucks already support Bitcoin pa...
On January 10, Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, said in a post on the X platform that the fintech company Block is expected to become the first company in the S & P 500 to hold bitcoin. For a stock to be included in the index, it must meet six main criteria, including: 1) market capitalization of more than $18 billion; 2) public float of more than 10%; 3) earnings in the most recent quarter should be positive, and the sum of GAAP earnings in the first four quarters should...