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Policymakers of various stripes spoke at the SALT Wyoming conference this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. The narrative
For most of its history, bitcoin has been prized as digital gold: an asset to hold rather than use. That passivity has left trillions of dollars’ worth of BTC sitting idle in wallets, disconnected from the yield strategies and composability that define
Brazil’s 17.5% crypto tax signals a global shift as governments eye digital assets for revenue, ending the era of tax-friendly crypto investing worldwide.
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries nearly doubled in H1 2025, but analysts warn some firms may be using crypto reserves as a short-term PR boost.
Every era of economic transformation has begun the same way: with infrastructure that seems niche – until it isn’t. Early irrigation systems unlocked the first cities. Early railroad networks rewired entire economies. The internet’s core protocols, TCP/IP, turned slow and siloed information
Meme token climbs to $0.24 peak with volume nearly doubling monthly averages, signaling institutional activity behind the rally. News Background • The Federal Reserve signaled a softer stance on crypto banking rules, while Wyoming launched the first state-backed stablecoin. Both developments lifted
Ethereum’s breakout past $4,800 triggered nearly $388 million in liquidations tied to the token in the past 24 hours, data shows, marking the heaviest flush across all crypto assets. The wipeout was part of $769 million liquidated marketwide, with over 183,000 traders
XRP and Solana are showing signs of strength again, with traders pointing to both institutional flows and technical setups as catalysts for a fresh rally. XRP is back above $3 after slipping under its 50-day moving average earlier this week, when whale
Cryptocurrencies surged late Friday after Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell struck a dovish tone at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, defying market expectations for a more hawkish stance. That has prompted asset managers to call for new all-time highs for bitcoin (BTC),
Concerns are rising among Bitcoiners over institutions doing “institutional-like things” with Bitcoin, Preston Pysh said in a recent podcast interview.