Meme coins led crypto’s rally last year. Now they may be hurting the entire crypto market.

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Rout wipes $800bn from crypto market as bitcoin slump deepens

Crypto fervour that greeted Trump’s election has faded amid series of scandals
Financial Times - 11h
Why are all my cryptos down?

Stablecoin nationalism meets attention-economy fatigue
Financial Times - 1d
SEC dropping crypto lawsuit, Coinbase says

The largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission would drop its lawsuit against it, a signal that the Trump administration plans to take a ...
NBC News - 5d
Coinbase Says S.E.C. Will Drop Crypto Lawsuit

The end of a court fight with the largest U.S. crypto company would be a big win for an industry that financially backed President Trump.
The New York Times - 5d
SEC ends investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has closed its investigation into the cryptocurrency arm of Robinhood without taking action against the online brokerage, the company announced Monday. ...
The Hill - 2d
After a Violent Kidnapping, Crypto Elites Hire Bodyguards

A spate of abductions has sent crypto executives and wealthy investors in search of ways to protect themselves.
Wired - 1d
Why the Apollo economist who coined ‘no landing’ now sees intensifying risks to the U.S. economy

Policy uncertainty is no friend to animal spirits, says a leading economist.
MarketWatch - 2d
Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange Bybit in biggest-ever heist

Theft deals blow to an industry that has been reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s re-election
Financial Times - 5d
Trump’s Crypto Love Affair Is Blossoming as Musk’s DOGE Reins In Regulators

Lawsuits are being dropped in the friendlier regulatory environment, while officials investigating Musk’s companies are getting DOGE’d.
Inc. - 5d

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Nvidia CEO Huang says AI has to do '100 times more' computation now than when ChatGPT was released

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke with CNBC's Jon Fortt following the chipmaker's quarterly earnings report on Wednesday.
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