Pump.fun is planning to raise $1 billion in a token sale at a $4 billion fully diluted valuation (FDV), according to Blockworks, which added that it was unable to confirm timing nor whether the new token would be issued on pump.fun. The
The U.S. Senate may be fast approaching a final vote on regulating stablecoins, which would be a high-water mark for crypto legislation in Congress, but Representative French Hill said the Senate’s bill has some key differences with a similar effort in the
Bitcoin BTC trading at or about record highs hasn’t proven to be much of a benefit to the roughed up the BTC miners, but perhaps the growing energy needs of the AI sector could prove to be the industry’s salvation. Social media
A representative of the Trump Organization said the group “knows nothing” about a crypto wallet project called the “$TRUMP Wallet,” despite the app’s branding and claims being tied to the U.S. president. “The Trump Organization knows nothing about this project,” a spokesperson
French authorities have charged 25 people, including six minors, for their roles in a spate of crypto kidnappings in Paris, with the majority of the suspects connected to the recent failed kidnapping attempt of a crypto exchange CEO’s family, Paris’s public prosecutor’s
Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) produced 950 BTC in May, a 35% increase from the previous month and its strongest output since the Bitcoin halving in April 2024, the company said Tuesday. The firm also set a new internal monthly record for
OpenAI just spent $6.4 billion acquiring io, Jony Ive’s nascent hardware venture. As someone who grew up idolizing the Jobs-Ive partnership—Mac Addict subscription, Marathon on shareware, one of everything they ever made—I understand the allure. But this move reveals OpenAI’s existential crisis:
Geopolitical tensions and evolving trade policies continue to shape cryptocurrency markets as stablecoin giant Circle prepares for its landmark NYSE listing. The company behind USDC has increased both share count and price range, signaling strong institutional confidence in the stablecoin sector despite
Litecoin LTC edged higher, climbing 2.1% in the last 24 hours and breaking through the $90 resistance level. The move came as global markets grappled with rising geopolitical friction and a shifting macroeconomic outlook. LTC briefly pierced the psychologically significant $90 threshold
Dimitra, a blockchain-based agricultural technology company, has partnered with Layer 1 blockchain platform MANTRA to bring real-world agricultural assets on-chain. Jon Trask, Dimitra’s founder CEO, told CoinDesk at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas last week that the partnership aims to eventually bring