Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
California's proposed 5% tax on billionaires, which would apply to unrealized gains including cryptocurrency holdings, has drawn sharp criticism from crypto industry leaders who argue it would drive wealth and talent out of the state.
Ghana has officially legalized cryptocurrency trading through passage of the Virtual Asset Service Providers bill, establishing regulatory oversight split between the Bank of Ghana and Securities and Exchange Commission while planning gold-backed stablecoin initiatives.
BlackRock is expanding its digital assets team with new hires across New York, London, and Singapore, posting senior roles covering tokenization, stablecoins, and market infrastructure following its Bitcoin ETF launch and tokenized fund initiatives.
Ray Dalio says Bitcoin's blockchain traceability and susceptibility to government interference make central banks wary of holding it as a reserve asset, unlike gold which he views as harder for authorities to control.
Hyperliquid has confirmed that a wallet address accused of shorting its $HYPE token belongs to a former employee terminated in Q1 2024, addressing community concerns about potential insider trading activity.
IcomTech promoter Magdaleno Mendoza was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for his role in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that used fake guaranteed returns to defraud working-class, Spanish-speaking investors.
Tom Lee's BitMine has acquired $229.31 million worth of Ethereum this week, continuing aggressive accumulation that has brought the company's holdings above 3.2% of total ETH supply.
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum must become simpler to understand for true trustlessness, warning that technical complexity risks shifting trust from distributed code to a small group of experts who comprehend the protocol.
Caroline Pham, Acting Chair of the CFTC, will join cryptocurrency payments firm MoonPay as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer after the Senate confirms Mike Selig as her successor.
The UK Treasury is developing regulations to bring cryptocurrency under Financial Conduct Authority oversight beginning October 2027, treating digital assets similarly to traditional financial products with comprehensive consumer protections.
Binance has denied allegations of delayed response in freezing assets from the Upbit hack, contradicting South Korean authorities' claims that only a fraction of stolen funds were secured during the investigation.
Poland's government has reintroduced identical cryptocurrency legislation after President Nawrocki's veto, with Prime Minister Tusk emphasizing national security concerns over Russian-linked entities in the country's crypto registry.
