SEC’s XRP reversal a ‘victory for the industry’: Ripple CEO

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s dismissal of its years-long lawsuit against Ripple Labs, the developer of the XRP Ledger blockchain network, is a “victory for the industry,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at Blockworks’ 2025 Digital Asset Summit in New York. Earlier on March 19, Garlinghouse revealed that the SEC would dismiss its legal …

SEC dropping Ripple case is ‘final exclamation mark’ that XRP is not a security — John Deaton

The US Securities and Exchange Commission dropping its appeal against Ripple is the “final exclamation point that these [XRP] tokens are considered digital commodities, not securities,” crypto lawyer John Deaton told Cointelegraph. Deaton added that there is still a $125-million judgment against Ripple over the improper selling of the XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency, which perhaps the …

Price analysis 3/19: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, LINK, LEO, TON

Bitcoin (BTC) has been clinging to the 200-day simple moving average ($84,359), which suggests that the bulls have kept up the pressure. That improves the prospects of an upside breakout, signaling the corrective phase may be ending.  Derive founder Nick Forster told Cointelegraph that the current pullback is a normal correction that Bitcoin experiences during …

US needs competitive moat around tokenized RWA — Sergey Nazarov

The United States needs to establish a competitive moat around highly secure tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to remain competitive in the age of borderless, permissionless finance, according to Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov. In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright at the Digital Asset Summit in New York, Nazarov said that blockchain is a global phenomenon …

US needs competitive moat around tokenized RWA — Sergey Nazarov

The United States needs to establish a competitive moat around highly secure tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to remain competitive in the age of borderless, permissionless finance, according to Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov. In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright at the Digital Asset Summit in New York, Nazarov said that blockchain is a global phenomenon …

Hive doubles down on BTC hodl strategy amid miner equity dilution, debt reliance

Data center infrastructure provider Hive Digital is doubling down on its long-term Bitcoin treasury strategy and is using the recent market sell-off to expand its mining capacity and acquisition targets, signaling a growing shift among public miners to retain their mined assets.  In an interview with Cointelegraph, Hive Digital’s chief financial officer, Darcy Daubaras, said …

Hive doubles down on BTC hodl strategy amid miner equity dilution, debt reliance

Data center infrastructure provider Hive Digital is doubling down on its long-term Bitcoin treasury strategy and is using the recent market sell-off to expand its mining capacity and acquisition targets, signaling a growing shift among public miners to retain their mined assets.  In an interview with Cointelegraph, Hive Digital’s chief financial officer, Darcy Daubaras, said …

Crypto payments for small businesses: Benefits, risks and how to get started

Key takeawaysAccepting crypto payments reduces transaction fees, eliminates chargebacks, and enables seamless global transactions.Businesses of all sizes, from e-commerce to real estate, are integrating cryptocurrency payments to attract new customers.Risks like price volatility and regulatory compliance can be managed with trusted payment processors like BitPay, CoinsPaid and Coinbase Commerce.Setting up crypto payments is easier than …

Crypto payments for small businesses: Benefits, risks and how to get started

Key takeawaysAccepting crypto payments reduces transaction fees, eliminates chargebacks, and enables seamless global transactions.Businesses of all sizes, from e-commerce to real estate, are integrating cryptocurrency payments to attract new customers.Risks like price volatility and regulatory compliance can be managed with trusted payment processors like BitPay, CoinsPaid and Coinbase Commerce.Setting up crypto payments is easier than …

The crypto industry has turned into a global memecoin casino

Opinion by: Georgii Verbitskii, founder of TYMIO  Memecoins have dominated the crypto narrative over the past year, leading to a series of high-profile events where most traders lost money while insiders profited. The Libra token alone, by some estimations, resulted in $4.4 billion in public losses. Unlike previous crypto cycles where broad market growth rewarded …