Riding the Wild Wave of Crypto Coverage

David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter who has covered the cryptocurrency industry since 2022, has come to embrace learning on the fly.

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Crypto Investor Known as ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Reaches Deal With Prosecutors

In the Trump administration’s latest example of dialing back cryptocurrency enforcement, Roger Ver agreed to pay about $48 million to end a tax fraud case.

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Trump Aides’ Involvement in Chips and Crypto Deals Draw Senate Calls for Inquiries

Democrats in Congress and ethics lawyers are calling for an investigation into potential ethics violations related to United Arab Emirates deals.

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New Crypto Super PAC Garners $100 Million to Help Push Industry Agenda

The effort, called the Fellowship PAC, is the crypto industry’s latest move to help elect legislators that will force through its interests in Washington.

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A Times Investigation Into Trump, UAE and 2 Giant Deals: 5 Takeaways

A $2 billion crypto deal and an agreement to sell valuable chips to the United Arab Emirates were intertwined in ways that have not been previously reported.

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In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches

A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

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The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned him in January.

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Would Anyone Use a Chinese Stablecoin?

A new law in Hong Kong could pave the way for digital currencies tied to China.

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Billionaire Crypto Investor Hits Out at Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial Firm

Justin Sun, a major investor in World Liberty Financial’s cryptocurrency, said that his coins had been “unreasonably frozen.”

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Trump Family Profits Even With Tepid Launch of Crypto Tokens

World Liberty Financial’s cryptocurrency token fell short of investors’ hopes. But a previous deal paved the way for a payment to the Trump family of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.

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