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BTC

$120,429.00

1.32%

ETH

$4,536.98

3.41%

BNB

$1,099.34

6.22%

SOL

$233.81

4.72%

TRX

$0.343991

0.47%

ADA

$0.864721

0.79%

WBTC

$120,600.00

1.70%

XLM

$0.404775

-0.96%

BCH

$595.80

0.61%

LTC

$117.75

-0.36%

CRO

$0.214522

4.80%

SHIB

$0.00001258

0.02%

XMR

$330.60

5.57%

ENA

$0.619638

4.25%

PEPE

$0.00001007

0.71%

OKB

$192.29

-0.36%

M

$2.07

-10.11%

TAO

$326.29

1.53%

IP

$9.05

1.66%

POL

$0.239619

0.05%

PUMP

$0.00706788

1.73%

ARB

$0.449799

2.12%

PI

$0.263744

-3.13%

KAS

$0.080412

0.66%

ZEC

$129.68

3.08%

VET

$0.02363189

1.11%

HASH

$0.03978051

2.99%

GT

$16.48

0.33%

MYX

$10.07

-40.53%

FLR

$0.02566073

-2.19%

2Z

$0.536463

-11.23%

SEI

$0.297903

-0.65%

XPL

$0.92296

-4.83%

SKY

$0.06999

-1.62%

BONK

$0.00002054

-1.03%

FET

$0.598744

0.08%

QNT

$106.31

-0.64%

LBTC

$120,584.00

1.59%

JUP

$0.467216

0.35%

IMX

$0.707963

-1.23%

XDC

$0.075736

0.46%

OP

$0.744119

4.25%

STX

$0.620177

1.45%

CRV

$0.744285

1.33%

S

$0.276463

-3.61%

WBTC

$120,636.00

1.70%

GRT

$0.087703

2.36%

WIF

$0.776597

-0.61%

CFX

$0.148832

-0.77%

TBTC

$120,647.00

1.71%

XTZ

$0.711228

0.28%

GALA

$0.01596259

2.06%

AB

$0.00831073

-0.04%

A

$0.413765

-0.45%

0G

$3.06

10.78%

ATH

$0.050936

-4.76%

BTT

$0.00000061

0.19%

WAL

$0.406312

-0.39%

BDX

$0.080204

-0.84%

W

$0.109715

-3.27%

LION

$0.01641059

0.92%

SUN

$0.02541439

-0.79%

DAI

$0.999756

-0.02%

CHZ

$0.04533838

-0.43%

BEAM

$0.00883215

5.82%

VSN

$0.135744

-0.09%

TEL

$0.00471617

8.08%

APE

$0.558778

-0.82%

NFT

$0.00000043

0.86%

FF

$0.181561

-12.51%

ZK

$0.056503

1.19%

GNO

$153.95

1.04%

XCN

$0.01149816

-5.38%

RSR

$0.00658957

-3.53%

UBTC

$120,239.00

0.78%

AR

$6.00

-1.24%

XEC

$0.00001861

0.41%

GHO

$0.999703

0.01%
Price data by
Sander Lutz

Sander Lutz

Sander is a senior writer at Decrypt reporting on crypto policy from the White House. He covers crypto's impact on politics, law, and culture. Sander graduated from UC Berkeley and holds a masters in history from Cambridge. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Stories by Sander Lutz

  • Image: Shutterstock

    Senator Accuses Crypto Billionaire of Dodging Puerto Rico Tax Evasion Investigation

    The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee has accused a prominent crypto investor of refusing to cooperate with an investigation into an alleged billion-dollar tax evasion scheme running through one of the digital asset community’s most popular enclaves: Puerto Rico.  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) first opened an investigation into the finances of Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead in January, as part of a broader inquiry into how “ultra-high net worth” Americans have used Puerto Rican residenc...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Bitcoin and gold. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Bitcoin and Gold Jump as Stocks Dip Amid US Government Shutdown

    Popular stores of value like Bitcoin and gold jumped Wednesday, diverging from a spooked stock market that contracted in the wake of the U.S. government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years.  Bitcoin is up 3.6% in the last 24 hours, to $117,293 at writing, reaching its highest price in about two weeks. The token has spiked over 7% since Sunday. Gold, meanwhile, soared to a new all-time high Wednesday morning above $3,922 per ounce, according to Yahoo Finance. It has remained closed to the mark...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • President Donald Trump. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Trump Orders NIH to Spend $50 Million on AI to Combat Childhood Cancer

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the National Institutes of Health to spend $50 million developing AI systems to analyze data related to childhood cancer, in a move the administration said could “fundamentally transform” how young cancer patients are treated in the United States.  “The treatments of the future will have the promise of a higher cure rate as well as lower side effects,” Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, told reporter...

  • A screenshot from South Park's prediction markets episode. Image: Comedy Central

    'South Park' Takes On Prediction Markets—And Traders Are Already Betting On It

    In the midst of a headline-grabbing season that’s taken aim at all manner of timely and controversial subjects, South Park has found its latest target: prediction markets.  The latest episode of the hit animated series, due to air Wednesday night, will center on prediction markets and their incessant popularity among young people, Comedy Central announced earlier today.  The episode, titled “Conflict of Interest,” will specifically center on a rift that emerges between characters Cartman and Kyl...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • SEC Chair Paul Atkins. Image: SEC/Decrypt

    SEC Chair Paul Atkins Says Crypto 'Innovation Exemption' Coming This Year

    SEC Chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday that he aims to institute an “innovation exemption” for certain digital assets by year's end, in the most tangible sign yet of how quickly the regulator’s aggressive pro-crypto push is taking shape. Atkins gave the timeline update this morning during an appearance on the Fox Business show "Mornings With Maria," in which he also announced plans for the SEC to complete certain crypto rulemakings “in the coming months.” In July, Atkins unveiled “Project Crypto”—an...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Source: Shutterstock

    US and UK Crypto Coordination Could 'Kick-Start' British Sector, Analysts Say

    The United States and the United Kingdom announced the creation of a joint task force Monday aimed at enhancing ties between both nations’ crypto economies and easing restrictions on cross-border capital flows in the digital assets sector. The Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future will be chaired by officials from both the U.S. Treasury Department and His Majesty’s Treasury, and include representatives from relevant financial agencies in both countries responsible for digital assets...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao. Source: Decrypt

    Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump DOJ for Lack of Cooperation With Binance Inquiry

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing the Department of Justice for answers regarding its enforcement of the U.S. government’s settlement with Binance—and for further details about the crypto giant’s recent interactions with the Trump administration. In a letter sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday seen by Decrypt, Warren raised concerns about what she framed as the department’s lack of cooperation with previous inquiries into Binance’s compliance with its 2023 settlement for violatin...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks. Image: White House/Decrypt

    Elizabeth Warren Probing Whether Trump's AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks Broke Ethics Rules

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other prominent liberal lawmakers have turned up the heat on White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, pressing the Trump administration official Wednesday on whether he has overstayed his temporary post and violated ethics rules. In a letter sent to Sacks Wednesday morning and shared with Decrypt, Warren noted that as a Special Government Employee, the crypto czar is permitted to work in his position for only 130 days per year.  “Any effort to stay beyond the...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • President Donald Trump. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    President Trump Alleges New York Times Harmed Meme Coin in $15 Billion Lawsuit

    President Donald Trump has brought his meme coin into a prominent legal dispute, alleging in a new $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times that the publication harmed the reputation of his multibillion-dollar Solana token project.  The lawsuit, filed Monday in a federal court in Florida, claims that four Times reporters maliciously published false information about the president in multiple articles and a book, leading to “enormous” economic losses to the value of his brand, prope...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Google Reveals AI Agent Payments Protocol Backed by Coinbase, Ethereum Foundation

    Google took its latest step Tuesday to hasten the arrival of the AI agent economy, announcing the creation of an open-source protocol for agent payments backed by some of crypto’s biggest companies.  The Agent Payments protocol revealed today can be used as an extension of Google’s previously released Agent2Agent protocol, which attempted to create a standard for interactions between AI agents—automated assistants authorized to zip around the internet completing complex tasks on behalf of humans...

  • PayPal. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    PayPal Is Making It Much Easier to Send Bitcoin, Ethereum and Other Crypto Tokens

    PayPal on Monday unveiled a new peer-to-peer payments program designed specifically for messaging apps—and crypto is playing a major role.  The initiative, called PayPal Links, will allow users to send various currencies directly to intended recipients via text, DM, or email. The program launched today for U.S. users sending dollars, but will “soon” expand to provide support for payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, PayPal stablecoin PYUSD, and other tokens.  Decrypt asked a PayPal spokesperson for fur...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Source: Decrypt

    Ethereum Foundation Launches AI Team, Underscoring Network’s Future Priorities

    The Ethereum Foundation is launching a full-time team dead set on the network’s latest priority: becoming not just the bedrock of the AI economy, but also of AI software development at large. The dAI team, named in a nod to Ethereum’s longstanding principles of decentralization and democracy, will focus its efforts both on fostering the development of AI systems within the crypto ecosystem and on bringing top players in the off-chain AI industry onto the network. “We want to bridge the gap betwe...

  • Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at Bitcoin 2025. Image: Tether/Decrypt

    Tether Coming to America: Reveals 'US-Regulated' USAT Stablecoin, With Its Own CEO

    Stablecoin giant Tether furthered its push into the United States on Friday, announcing a previously teased U.S.-specific stablecoin designed to comply with new laws.  The token project, dubbed USAT, will be led by Bo Hines, former executive director of the White House’s digital assets working group. Hines will serve as USAT's CEO from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he and his family are based. Hines left the Trump administration last month, and immediately signed on as Tether’s strategic advi...

    NewsBusiness
    5 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Donald Trump (center) and the Winklevoss twins. Image: Tyler Winklevoss

    Trump's Stalled CFTC Chair Nominee Takes Feud With Winklevoss Twins Public

    Brian Quintenz, President Donald Trump’s long-stalled pick to head the CFTC, escalated a spat with Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss Wednesday, publicly posting what he said were screenshots of conversations with the twin crypto entrepreneurs regarding their reported attempts to derail his nomination. The images show what appears to be a text conversation on messaging app Signal between Quintenz and the Winklevosses on July 24. Decrypt reached out to a Gemini representative to confirm...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov. Image: Decrypt

    Chainlink to Bring More Trump Admin Agencies On-Chain—With Eye on Aiding Elections

    Fresh off a partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said the decentralized oracle network is collaborating with other Trump administration agencies to bring even more federal government functions on-chain.  The entrepreneur said a timeline for rolling out these partnerships has not yet solidified—but that he is hopeful “things can move quickly.” “All of these agencies and departments have their own processes, which is unpredictable for approvals,” Na...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • US Capitol building. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Senate Democrats Want Seats at SEC, CFTC to Support Crypto Bill

    A dozen pro-crypto Senate Democrats issued a list of conditions under which they would support a pending digital assets market structure bill, citing President Donald Trump’s resistance to keeping Democratic commissioners at federal agencies like the SEC and CFTC as a key sticking point. The conditions were outlined in a letter published Tuesday morning by Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets.  The letter, which underscored...

    NewsCoins
    5 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • SEC building. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    SEC, CFTC Propose Making US Financial Markets 24/7 to Keep Up with Crypto

    The heads of America’s two top financial regulators floated several more aggressively pro-crypto proposals Friday, including one that would bring traditional finance markets online “24/7” in a bid to adapt the U.S. economy to the cadence of the digital asset market.  SEC chair Paul Atkins and CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham announced the considerations in a joint statement focused on heralding “a new beginning” for both agencies, as markets for securities and non-securities, long held to vastly...

    NewsLaw and Order
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • SEC building. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    SEC Goes All In on Pro-Crypto Agenda With Slew of Digital Asset Rulemakings

    The SEC released its latest rulemaking agenda Thursday, which focuses heavily on easing regulation of the crypto sector and following through on promises to integrate digital assets with the traditional American economy.  Of 20 rulemakings proposed by the agency today, nearly half have to do with loosening regulations on crypto. The entire crypto market, for context, is collectively worth $3.8 trillion at writing—a tiny fraction of the $120 trillion U.S. capital markets under the SEC’s purview....

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan. Source: Polymarket/Decrypt

    Polymarket Gets Green Light to Operate Prediction Markets in US, CEO Says

    Polymarket has received a green light from the CFTC to resume operations in the United States, the company’s CEO said Wednesday, years after the blockchain-based prediction market was fined and pushed offshore for an alleged failure to comply with existing regulations.  The CFTC announced in a statement today that it would not pursue enforcement actions against QCX, a regulated derivatives exchange that Polymarket acquired in July, exempting it from certain recordkeeping and data reporting requi...

    NewsBusiness
    3 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • U.S. President Donald Trump (center) with sons Donald Jr. (left) and Eric (right). Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Trump Bros’ American Bitcoin Mining Stock Soars, Then Plunges During Public Debut

    American Bitcoin, a newly public Bitcoin mining and treasury firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, raced out of the gate during its Wall Street debut Wednesday, surging briefly before falling back down to earth.  Within minutes of debuting on the Nasdaq, the stock, ABTC, pumped from $7.59 to $13.93, a leap of over 83%. It has since shed much of those gains, falling to $9.26 at writing. Even so, it's up 34% on the day. Along the way, the flashy debut certainly sparked excitement among tr...

    NewsMarkets
    2 min read
    Sander Lutz
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