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Trump Organization Executive VP Eric Trump said that his family being targeted by banks was what drove him to embrace cryptocurrency.

The largest corporate Bitcoin owner is doubling down, with Strategy aiming to raise another $21 billion to buy BTC despite Q1 losses.

The crypto investment firm‘s latest raise brings its assets under management to roughly $550 million. 

Stablecoin giant Tether says it now holds nearly $120 billion worth of direct and indirect exposure to U.S. Treasuries.

Metaplanet is following Strategy‘s playbook with a new Florida-based operation, after consistently buying up Bitcoin this year.

Semler Scientific bolstered its Bitcoin treasury to 3,467 BTC, just days after the Nasdaq-traded firm made its latest purchase.

The listing, which will tentatively go live on May 16, could increase Galaxy Digital’s access to capital from U.S. investors. 

Crypto payments firm Ripple made an offer to acquire USDC issuer Circle but was rebuffed, according to Bloomberg.

TRM Labs told Decrypt that “Garantex has a unique on-chain fingerprint and Grinex uses this same fingerprint.”

The exclusive, invite-only forum aims to scale its influence among the crypto and traditional finance elite.

The U.S. regulator has ended its investigation into PayPal’s stablecoin, as Congress advances efforts to regulate the sector.

The Trump family continues to lean into crypto, expanding its global footprint with advisory roles, digital asset endorsements, and payments.

Truth Social, the social network of President Trump‘s Trump Media & Technology Group, is considering launching a crypto token.

Bunq says it serves 17 million customers across Europe.

AUSTRAC has urged inactive crypto businesses to deregister or risk cancellation as it seeks to protect consumers and block criminal misuse.

The payments giant wants crypto holders to be able to spend their stablecoins.

Tether had over 7.7 tons of physical gold backing its Tether Gold (XAUT) stablecoin as of the end of last quarter, according to an audit.

Strategy has sold around $20.9 billion worth of common shares since it established an at-the-money equity offering program in October.

The crypto exchange has fixed a user interface error that incorrectly flagged failed password attempts as 2-step verification failures.

When will GameStop buy Bitcoin after raising $1.5 billion for the move? Strive CEO Matt Cole says there‘s still internal debate.

Two firms, Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, were spun up by North Korea’s Lazarus Group, according to cybersecurity outfit Silent Push.

RockawayX has $125 million for a fund aimed at backing early-stage crypto projects on Solana, as the network‘s user activity cools.

Theo plans to use the funds to build user-friendly infrastructure, automating complex trading strategies without the technical expertise.

Helium, the decentralized wireless network powered by Solana, is teaming up with AT&T to provide customers access to hotspots.