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TRX

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0.91%

WBT

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-0.14%

ADA

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0.98%

BCH

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-0.69%

XMR

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-2.72%

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-0.05%

CC

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-4.27%

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$276.37

3.05%

LTC

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-0.23%

RAIN

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-0.69%

SUI

$1.028

-0.11%

SHIB

$0.00000605

-0.86%

CRO

$0.078595

-2.02%

M

$1.86

7.17%

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1.18%

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$278.42

0.59%

OKB

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SKY

$0.073817

-6.37%

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-4.00%

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-3.81%

HTX

$0.00000168

1.81%

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1.39%

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0.26%

GT

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-0.98%

KAS

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9.75%

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0.77%

ENA

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-1.51%

FIL

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0.84%

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-1.42%

HASH

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-11.51%

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-0.62%

VET

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2.84%

GHO

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FET

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-4.55%

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3.53%

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$0.26471

0.22%

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1.07%

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IP

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1.52%

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1.01%

OP

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2Z

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LDO

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XPL

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1.55%

OHM

$16.83

-1.13%

FO

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-0.68%

MON

$0.02415011

-0.48%

TEL

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-1.55%

B

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2.62%

LUNC

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STRK

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-2.14%

XCN

$0.00591744

2.61%

TWT

$0.529166

0.46%

AB

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-1.57%

9BIT

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H

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-3.20%

ZBCN

$0.00210389

3.89%

VSN

$0.054693

0.65%

WAL

$0.086143

3.25%

ZK

$0.02065032

1.25%

WIF

$0.188635

0.01%

S

$0.04952666

2.63%

GALA

$0.00368122

2.05%

FF

$0.074577

-0.90%

RAY

$0.648626

-0.17%

FT

$0.098145

-0.64%

MX

$1.79

-0.04%

BAT

$0.108418

-0.18%

SENT

$0.02129261

-3.43%

IMX

$0.180045

-5.20%

SFP

$0.303265

2.47%

AKT

$0.519119

12.72%

XEC

$0.00000737

-0.27%

GLM

$0.141182

4.48%

SKR

$0.02357087

0.50%

A

$0.085258

1.49%

COW

$0.244096

-0.58%

JTO

$0.299954

2.18%

ATH

$0.00681298

3.64%

0G

$0.58421

-0.55%

OZO

$0.130077

-0.16%

AR

$1.89

-1.17%

DRV

$0.122007

9.45%

AMP

$0.0013914

0.15%
Price data by
André Beganski

André Beganski

André Beganski became a Staff Reporter at Decrypt after serving as the publication's first intern in 2022. He graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he studied Business and Economics Reporting while specializing in Data Journalism. He is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and has previously written for The New York Times and the New York Daily News. Disclosure: He owns more than $1,000 worth of BTC and ETH.

Stories by André Beganski

  • SEC Chair Paul Atkins. Image: SEC/Decrypt

    SEC Declares 'Most Crypto Assets' Not Securities, Including Staking, Airdrops and Bitcoin Mining

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued broad guidance towards the crypto industry on Tuesday, with SEC Chair Paul Atkins declaring that "most crypto assets" would not be considered securities. The guidance provides distinctions between which types of assets do not meet the definition of securities and what would make an asset meet that definition as an investment contract. It also notes that protocol mining (as on Bitcoin) and staking, along with crypto airdrops—or tokens sent to a...

    NewsLaw and Order
    5 min read
    Andrew Hayward, André Beganski
  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Democrats Target Prediction Market Insider Trading, Claim Trump Allies Are Profiting

    Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday prohibiting prediction markets that hinge on government action or certain predetermined outcomes, arguing such wagers are turning America into a casino where the rich and powerful always win. During a press conference, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) focused their criticism on the White House, claiming that President Donald Trump’s family and friends have profited off of bets tied to military actions in the Middle East....

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Mastercard. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Mastercard to Acquire Stablecoin Tech Firm BVNK for Up to $1.8 Billion

    Mastercard is set to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, the payments giant said in a press release on Tuesday. The acquisition will allow the company that processes around $9.5 trillion in annual payments volume to offer end-to-end support for digital assets, Mastercard said. The firm noted that the deal with BVNK involves $300 million in contingent payments. Representing one of the largest acquisitions involving a crypto-native firm this year, BVNK operates a f...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Gold. Source: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Theo Taps Gold Futures for Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Amid $100 Million Raise

    Gold prices have wavered amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, but tokenization platform Theo indicated on Tuesday that experimentation with the precious metal continues apace. The firm has raised $100 million to offer thUSD, a “gold-powered stablecoin,” according to a press release. Although most stablecoins are backed by cash and U.S. Treasuries, Theo said thUSD won’t be among them. Instead, thUSD will seek parity with the U.S. dollar based on reserves of thGOLD, a token introduced by...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial (WLFI). Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Trump-Backed World Liberty Puts $5.3 Million Price Tag on 'Guaranteed Access' to Team

    World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his sons, approved a measure on Friday that allows big-time investors to access members of its team based on their financial alignment. The shift stems from a governance vote that concluded last week, in which 99% of participants voted in favor of changes centered around World Liberty Financial’s native token and USD1, a $4.5 billion stablecoin unveiled by the project nearly a year ago.  (Disclo...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    André Beganski
  • Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. Image: Decrypt

    Strategy Makes Biggest Bitcoin Buy Yet in 2026 as Preferred Share Demand Surges

    Strategy bought $1.57 billion worth of Bitcoin last week, notching its largest purchase of the year so far with 22,337 BTC amid heightened demand toward STRC, its variable rate preferred share. Last week, the Bitcoin-buying firm raised nearly $1.2 billion via the dividend-paying product. That marked a notable increase compared to $377 in proceeds from STRC the week before. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm now owns roughly 761,000 Bitcoin, according to a press release. With Bitcoin recently...

    NewsMarkets
    2 min read
    André Beganski
  • Ron DeSantis. Image: Decrypt/Office of Governor Ron DeSantis

    How Florida's Stablecoin Bill Mirrors 'Big Brother' Tools Outlawed Under Ron DeSantis' CDBC Ban

    Not long before Ron DeSantis began shaping his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, the Florida governor described a dystopian future looming on the horizon. He warned that a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, could enable the federal government to inject “woke politics” into Americans’ everyday lives—whether that involved restricting gas purchases to combat climate change or monitoring individuals’ firearm purchases. At the time, he described the Biden administration’s eff...

    NewsLaw and Order
    5 min read
    André Beganski
  • Judge's gavel. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Judge Rejects RICO Claims in Lawsuit Over Pastor-Led Crypto Ponzi Scheme

    A federal judge in New York rejected RICO claims underpinning a class-action lawsuit against a pastor and alleged associates on Thursday, finding that investors in what authorities have called a crypto Ponzi scheme could not move forward with efforts to pursue damages. U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams found that a provision included in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 was grounds for tossing out the lawsuit because its claims were formed on “predicate acts of securities fra...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Kraken-Linked SPAC Could Target Crypto Firm Valued at Up to $10 Billion

    KRAKacquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company formed in January, is searching for a target that could be worth as much as $10 billion, director Ravi Tanuku told Decrypt. The blank-check firm, sponsored by an affiliate of crypto exchange Kraken, hasn’t determined what that firm could look like, but Tanuku noted that Wall Street’s interest in firms associated with stablecoins and tokenization reached new heights last year. “The market is clearly paying up for those and starting to...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    André Beganski
  • Layoffs. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    PIP Labs Sheds Staff as Story Protocol Leans Into AI

    PIP Labs, the company behind Story Protocol, a layer-1 network for licensing and maintaining intellectual property, has let go of several employees as it explores opportunities associated with artificial intelligence. The reductions include five full-time employees and three contractors, representing around 10% of staff contributing to Story across various entities, the company told Decrypt. That includes the Story Foundation and infrastructure layer Poseidon, according to Story Chief Protocol...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • A statue honoring Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Lugano, Switzerland. Image: Lugano Plan B/Decrypt

    Tether Backs Ark Labs’ $5.2 Million Bet on Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Revival

    Tether has backed Ark Labs in a $5.2 million seed round, as the Bitcoin infrastructure startup aims to expand stablecoin activity on Bitcoin through Arkade, the firm’s programmable layer. The Lugano, Switzerland-based firm plans to use the funding to bolster the Bitcoin network’s use in supporting stablecoins and digital representations of real-world assets, according to an announcement on Thursday. Tokenized assets primarily exist on networks like Ethereum and Solana that natively support smar...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Snowboarding. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    MoonPay X Games League Athletes Will Be Offered Exodus Stablecoin Bonus

    Athletes drafted on Thursday to compete in the MoonPay X Games League are set to receive signing bonuses in stablecoins, providing an early look at how the crypto payments provider plans to elevate its partners via the action sports spectacle. MoonPay said one-time payments of $2,500 will be sent to 40 athletes in the form of XO Cash, a stablecoin offered by crypto wallet provider Exodus. What’s more, the athletes will receive the funds in Exodus’ flagship product, with balances linked to payme...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Zcash. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Operator Foundry Is Getting Into Zcash

    Foundry Digital said on Wednesday that it plans to offer a mining pool for Zcash next month, enabling people to earn the privacy-focused cryptocurrency using shared resources. The move is aimed at publicly traded companies and financial institutions, which lack the necessary infrastructure to participate in the process of validating Zcash transactions, the operator of Bitcoin’s leading mining pool said in a press release. In a statement, Foundry CEO Mike Colyer said that Zcash has “matured into...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Tristan Thompson at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas. Image: Andre Beganski/Decrypt

    Basketball.fun Eyes Base, Marketplace Launches as NBA Star Tristan Thompson Departs

    Basketball.fun is processing refunds for those who aren’t willing to wait until the NBA-focused crypto project’s marketplace goes live—a move aimed at managing users’ expectations after former Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson stopped promoting the project. Since Basketball.fun began allowing users to purchase packs of digital player cards in January, the professional basketball player has moved on from his role as an advisor, according to a statement shared with Decrypt.  “I’m proud...

    NewsBusiness
    5 min read
    André Beganski
  • A Polymarket-themed hat given out for free at Bitcoin 2024. Image: André Beganski/Decrypt

    Polymarket, Peter Thiel's Palantir Eye 'Surveillance Models' for Sports Prediction Markets

    Polymarket signaled on Tuesday that it is planning to work with Palantir on developing systems for surveilling sports-focused prediction markets, a move aimed at bolstering its platform's integrity by enabling the data-analytics specialist to harness user data. The initiative will center on procedures like transaction monitoring and user screening, using the so-called Vergence AI engine. That tech was developed by Palantir and intelligence systems provider TWG AI through a joint venture created...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Ethereum. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Sharplink Posts $734 Million Loss as Ethereum Staking Revenue Soars

    Sharplink reported a full-year loss of $734 million on Monday, indicating that its business came under pressure as Ethereum’s price tumbled last year. In 2024, the firm notched $10.1 million in profits, before pivoting away from sports gambling marketing to become Ethereum’s second-largest corporate holder. The Miami-based firm currently owns 867,000 Ethereum. That sum was valued around $1.75 billion on Monday, with Ethereum changing hands around $2,000, according to CoinGecko. The company’s ho...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Strategy founder Michael Saylor, with eyes on Bitcoin. Source: Michael Saylor/Decrypt

    Strategy Drops $1.28 Billion on Bitcoin, Issues $377 Million in Preferred Shares

    Strategy spent $1.28 billion on Bitcoin last week, notching its largest purchase in over a month with funds that partly stemmed from STRC, its variable rate preferred share. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm now owns roughly 738,750 Bitcoin, according to a press release. With the digital asset changing hands around $68,500 on Monday, the Bitcoin-buying firm’s stockpile was worth $50.5 billion. Last week, Strategy raised $377 million by issuing STRC, a product that pays a variable monthly d...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Smell Fraud? This Telegram App Was Built to Reward Whistleblowers

    AlphaTON CEO Brittany Kaiser views the Telegram-focused tech firm’s latest contribution to the messaging platform’s ecosystem as deeply personal. Since she blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica’s internal practices in 2018, which involved the misuse of personal data and its role in influencing elections through psychological profiling, she told Decrypt that swaths of people have reached out yearning to follow in her footsteps. “I’ve had hundreds of people reach out to me from all over the wor...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Stablecoins are being increasingly used for payments. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Inside the Quest at Colossus to Replace Visa and Mastercard With KYC-Less Crypto Cards

    Joseph Delong’s desk looks less like a developer’s workstation these days and more like an electronics repair shop, littered with technology that crypto was pioneered to replace. That’s because the veteran Ethereum developer and former SushiSwap CTO has accumulated what he describes as a “box of goodies” while building a stablecoin credit card network called Colossus—from point-of-sale test terminals to card readers and manufacturer sample books. “Trying to get my hands on the hardware, it’s lik...

    NewsDeFi
    6 min read
    André Beganski
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Eyes State Stablecoin Framework Following Senate Passage

    Florida moved closer to becoming the latest U.S. state to enact stablecoin rules at the local level, following the State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 314 on Friday. Sam Armes, founder and President of the Florida Blockchain Business Association, described Senate Bill 314’s passage as a historic moment on X. He believes the bill will be signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a crypto advocate, within the next 30 days. A spokesperson for DeSantis told Decrypt that the governor has not yet re...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    André Beganski
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