7 reasons why 2025 could redefine crypto
Despite questions over regulation, lingering SEC lawsuits and scores of billion dollar zombie blockchain, bitcoin and the entire crypto market had a roaring comeback in 2024.
Nina Bambysheva, Forbes Staff
Inside the wild money machine fuelling crypto’s stupidest bubble
Most in traditional finance have long considered cryptocurrency a joke. Now legions of young meme coin traders are leaning into the absurdity, translating their financial nihilism into a booming—if perilous—$100 billion market.
Exposing the myth of decentralisation
Never mind the recent rally, for a decade the crypto industry has been selling the promise of decentralisation, a new financial system without middlemen, but many blockchain projects have recreated the very elements they tried to overthrow, and regulators are adamant about keeping the status quo.
FTX gets $1.8 billion boost from soaring Solana and Bitcoin, easing path to full customer payouts
Bankman-Fried’s favored cryptocurrency has nearly doubled in recent weeks. Along with gains in bitcoin and other assets, the crippled exchange now seems to have sufficient funds to meet small-investor claims.
Bankman-Fried stars in his own courtroom climax
FTX founder will take the stand in an attempt to refute allegations by his former lieutenants that he knew he was running a scam. If he fails, he could be in for a century-long prison term.
PayPal leads what could be a Stablecoin stampede
While-label partner Paxos, smarting from loss of Binance token, said to be in talks with slew of financial firms.
Bitcoin regains US$28,000 amid crypto market rise
CFTC complaint against Binance raises hopes for some digital assets qualifying as commodities, limiting U.S. regulation as securities.
Ethereum gears up for next big upgrade; US$29 billion of Ether to be unlocked
Update, scheduled for March, will free up tokens accounting for approximately 14% of ether supply.
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty, trial set for October
The fallen mogul faces up to 115 years in prison if found guilty on all counts.
The looming US$62 billion crypto contagion
Like stock certificates sprinkled with pixie dust, inflated exchange tokens were at the core of FTX’s spectacular collapse. They are still in widespread use at major cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. Will they be crypto’s undoing?