According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump's advisers are considering plans to disband the Ministry of Education.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent is now acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to people familiar with the matter, signalling a possible shift in the Trump administration's strict approach to enforcement and regulation under Rohit Chopra, who was ousted by the Trump administration. The Biden-era appointee has imposed billions of dollars in fines and consumer compensation on banks including Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup during his tenure. Mr. Bescent, a f...
On February 3, local time, CCTV reporters learned that US Secretary of State Rubio called him the acting administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Rubio also said on the same day that the United States does not want to establish hostile or negative relations with Panama.
According to people familiar with the matter, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) failed to provide Senator Cynthia Lummis with detailed information about its handling of the dark web Silk Road case. Lummis sent a letter to the USMS last month expressing concern about the agency's plan to sell some 69,370 seized bitcoins, which are worth more than $6.60 billion at current market prices. She noted that this could result in financial losses for taxpayers and be linked to Trump...
Rohit Chopra, who served as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) during the Biden administration, was removed from his post by the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter. Chopra published a letter to Trump on X on Saturday, which read "This letter confirms that my term as CFPB director has ended." Chopra was confirmed by the Senate in September 2021. His departure was expected partly because of his aggressive regulatory style and partly because ...
According to The Information, ChatGPT subscriber user growth nearly tripled to 15.50 million by 2024.
People familiar with the matter: Mr. Trump is reviewing details of a tariff plan that could allow some exemptions, but those would be "few and far between". Mr. Trump is expected to announce a process that would allow Canada and Mexico to apply for exemptions on certain imports.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early talks with investors to raise $40 billion in a new round of funding that would value the artificial intelligence (AI) giant at $340 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. This could bode well for artificial intelligence-related cryptocurrencies, as OpenAI's valuation nearly doubled after the rise of rival DeepSeek lifted the industry out of some bubbles, which should give the industry some confidence.
On January 30th, in an informal poll conducted on votedannyryan, 97% of the addresses (325) supported Danny Ryan to become the new leader of the Ethereum Foundation, and only 3% (10) of the addresses voted against it. The addresses that voted for it held a total of 51,198 ETH (about 164 million US dollars), and the negative votes held only 8.85 ETH. Note: Danny Ryan is a former researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, who previously focused on the development of Ethereum 2.0 and worked on the key ...
According to official information, Grayscale has launched the Bitcoin Mining ETF (MNRS), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange Arca. MNRS tracks the performance of the Indxx Bitcoin Miners Index and provides investors with investment opportunities in bitcoin mining companies around the world. The ETF is currently priced at $25.31, and its top 10 holdings include major mining companies such as Marathon Holdings (16.66%), Riot Platforms (11.92%), and Core Scientific (9.2%).
BlackRock officially updated the spot bitcoin ETF position information. As of January 28, BlackRock IBIT held 576,529.33 bitcoins, which exceeded 2% of the total bitcoin supply. Its holdings are worth more than $58.80 billion.
According to people familiar with the matter, Binance-backed crypto travel platform Travala received unsolicited acquisition interest at the end of 2024. The company's revenue in 2024 exceeded $100 million, is expected to grow exponentially in 2025, and is currently valued at more than $100 million. It is reported that Travala's advisory team has approached several online travel giants, including Booking.com, but the latter has declined the acquisition proposal. As a significant minority shareho...
People familiar with the matter say Trump wants to prove he is not bluffing with tariffs first, and then bring trading partners to the negotiating table. Click to view...
In response to 23pds, the chief information security officer of Slow Mist Technology, reminding the trading tool DeBot to upgrade the security level, the DeBot team responded that the emergency upgrade has been completed as soon as possible. Previously reported, the SlowMist CISO said it recommended that the trading tool Debot upgrade its security level.