Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering classifying cryptocurrencies as financial products similar to securities, according to reports from Nikkei and other sources

Metaplanet, a Japanese hotel investor and the country's first and only publicly listed Bitcoin Treasury company, has reported unrealized gains of $36 million from its Bitcoin investments in 2024

Legislation aimed at regulating cryptocurrencies in the United States is set to progress, with all four congressional committees overseeing crypto regulation—Senate Banking, House Financial Services, Senate Agriculture, and House Agriculture—aligned on the issue

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has acquired an additional 7,633 bitcoins for approximately $742M

James Howells, a British man who lost access to a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins, valued at approximately £620 million ($768 million), is seeking to purchase the Newport landfill where the hard drive was discarded

Ripple has expanded its European presence by partnering with Unicâmbio, a leading currency exchange provider in Portugal, to facilitate instant cross-border payments between Portugal and Brazil

The $B3 token, developed by the team behind B3, has officially launched, marking a significant step in the gaming sector on the Base blockchain, which is associated with Coinbase

Trump's World Liberty, a cryptocurrency entity associated with Donald Trump, has made a substantial acquisition of 273,937 MOVE tokens for 156,667 USDC

The value of Donald Trump's memecoins has seen a dramatic decline, with $MELANIA dropping by 90% from its all-time high and $TRUMP falling by 78%

CoinShares has filed applications with Nasdaq for the listing and trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on XRP and Litecoin