It was a big week for crypto following the inauguration of Donald Trump to a second term Monday.
The White House issued an executive order on digital assets, calling for a friendly approach to crypto across the administration and the creation of a “digital asset stockpile” (which may, or may not be, a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve). Regulatory editors Nik De and Jesse Hamilton were all over the news, as usual.
The SEC withdrew a controversial crypto accounting rule, started a crypto taskforce headed by Hester Peirce (aka “Crypto Mom”), and named crypto-friendly Commissioner Mark Uyeda as acting chair.
Senator Cynthia Lummis, arguably crypto’s most loyal friend in Congress, was named to head the Senate Banking Committee’s new digital assets panel, Hamilton also reported.
We dissected the fallout from the (very) controversial memecoins dropped by the Trump family on the eve of Monday’s swearing in. CoinDesk’s Shaurya Malwa reported that 60 Solana Whales made off with at least $10 million each (many others gained a lot less). Reporting from Tom Carreras on Monday showed that the paper wealth generated by these surprise tokens was, frankly, staggering, even absurd.
Still the memecoins were a great success, encouraging filings for memecoin ETFs, Helene Braun reported. Helene also broke the story about how
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