Key takeaways: Crypto wealth in 2025 is led by exchange founders and stablecoin creators like CZ, Devasini and Armstrong. Not all crypto billionaires are CEOs — Buterin shows protocol builders can rival corporate giants. A new wave of millionaires is rising from culture, entertainment and Web3-native models like Stake.com. Crypto leadership shifts fast; most top names…
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Opinion by: Zac Cheah, co-founder of Pundi AI The West is regulating itself into irrelevance. With Europe and the United States bogged down in committee meetings and legal drafts, Southeast Asia, specifically Singapore, is running live AI pilots in hospitals, refining crypto licensing through targeted enforcement, and attracting top global talent with a governance model…
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The SEC lawsuit threatens XRP In December 2020, XRP (XRP) was under existential threat. But what almost killed it now appears to be its greatest strategic advantage. A US Securities and Exchange Commission bombshell on Dec. 22, 2020, caused XRP to crash 62%. It led to mass delistings and put the cryptocurrency in a legal…
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The cryptocurrency industry may be just one cycle away from reaching full-scale mainstream adoption, making digital assets a globally accepted alternative payment means, according to industry insiders. There were an estimated 659 million cryptocurrency holders at the end of 2025, according to a December research report from centralized exchange Crypto.com. However, continuing cryptocurrency adoption may…
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Lee Eok-won, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), has made harshly critical remarks about cryptocurrency. According to a Monday report by local news outlet News1, Lee said that “crypto has extreme price volatility, lacks monetary function” and has “no intrinsic value.” He also wrote in answers questions submitted by lawmakers…
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Lee Eok-won, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), has made harshly critical remarks about cryptocurrency. According to a Monday report by local news outlet News1, Lee said that “crypto has extreme price volatility, lacks monetary function” and has “no intrinsic value.” He also wrote in answers questions submitted by lawmakers…
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Key takeaways: Buffett’s growing cash appetite has historically preceded stock market crashes. A potential Nasdaq downturn will likely pull down Bitcoin, too. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway raised its cash holdings to roughly $350 billion by mid-2025, combining Treasury bills and cash. That is an all-time high for the company and the largest among US public…
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Japan’s top Bitcoin treasury firm, Metaplanet, just acquired 1,009 BTC, reaching 20,000 BTC of holdings just as the firm issues millions of new shares. According to a Monday Metaplanet announcement, the firm acquired 1,009 BTC and reached 20,000 BTC for 16.479 billion yen (nearly $112 million). On the same day, the firm announced the issuance…
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A Bitcoin whale has been accumulating billions of dollars’ worth of Ether, surpassing the second-largest corporate treasury firm, signaling a growing rotation among large investors seeking cryptocurrencies with more upside potential. A Bitcoin whale worth over $11 billion sold another $215 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to buy $216 million worth of spot Ether (ETH)…
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Bitcoin (BTC) starts the weakest month of the year with new local lows and predictions of more BTC price downside. Bitcoin drops to $107,270 after the weekly open before rebounding as volatility ramps up. The US Labor Day holiday keeps traders guessing over how markets will react to fresh US tariff chaos. Gold is back…
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