Former California Assemblymember and Bitcoin advocate Ian Calderon has kicked off his campaign for California governor in 2026, entering a crowded and competitive race to replace Gavin Newsom. Calderon confirmed his bid for governor in a post to X on Tuesday, centering most of his promises around affordable homes, groceries and gas while positioning himself
Companies that switched their business focus to holding digital currencies are now using borrowed money to buy back their own shares, suggesting the “crypto treasury” trend may be falling apart. Businesses ranging from online gaming firms to golf cart makers changed their strategies to purchase cryptocurrencies just two months ago. Now these same companies are
A swarm of autonomous robots could offer a new way to bring trustworthy real-world data onto blockchains—without relying on centralized sources. The idea, detailed in a new preprint study titled Swarm Oracle: Trustless Blockchain Agreements through Robot Swarms, builds on earlier peer-reviewed research where researchers demonstrated that mobile robots could reach reliable consensus, even in
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday reiterated the central bank’s delicate balancing act, stressing that policymakers are trying to navigate between their price stability and employment mandates following last week’s interest rate cut. “Recent data show that the pace of economic growth has moderated,” Powell said in prepared remarks at the Greater Providence Chamber
Bitcoin sits near $113,000 as of September 23, 2025, recovering from a sharp mid-month correction. The broader narrative around US policy has shifted dramatically this year, following President Trump’s executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in March. While the reserve already holds about 198,000 BTC in forfeited assets, the decisive moment will come if
Tether Holdings, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, is seeking to raise as much as $20 billion in a private funding round that would value the company at roughly $500 billion, according to a report. The El Salvador-based firm is negotiating with investors to sell a 3% equity stake, a move that would place Tether
Earlier this year, some reports suggested that China might be changing its tune on crypto due to some cryptocurrency in Hong Kong. However, according to a Tuesday report by Caixin Global, Beijing regulators have ordered local tech and financial firms to scale back their crypto activities. Crypto mirage Earlier this year, Hong Kong, one of
Cryptocurrency analyst Joao Wedson stated that the weakness in the Bitcoin (BTC) to gold (XAU) pair could be a positive signal for the markets in the long term. In his report, Wedson argued that especially large institutions and banks have recently turned from Bitcoin to gold. In his analysis last December, Wedson stated that this
Silo Pharma has secured a key pillar of its digital asset strategy by partnering with institutional custodian Fireblocks, triggering a 22% stock surge as investors appear to endorse the move to secure its Bitcoin and Ethereum treasuries. Summary Silo Pharma stock jumped 22% after naming Fireblocks as custodian for its crypto treasury. The company launched