Alex LeRoux
1451 posts
Editor-in-Chief for CoinAcademy.
Curious and passionate about innovation, cryptocurrencies attracted me in 2017 while NFTs absorbed me in 2021.
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Arizona Takes a Decisive Step towards Creating a Digital Asset Reserve The state of Arizona could become the…
Hyperliquid Takes Control of the Decentralized Perps Market
Hyperliquid Dominates the Decentralized Perpetual Contracts Market with Nearly 70% Market Share and $175 Billion Traded in March…
April 18, 2025
Kraken’s Workforce Reductions Aimed at Streamlining Operations
Kraken lays off employees ahead of IPO The cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken has quietly conducted a series of…
April 18, 2025
Trump’s Threats to Fire Jerome Powell Create Uncertainty in Financial Markets
Trump Threatens to Fire Jerome Powell, Creating Uncertainty in Financial Markets The economic climate in the United States…
April 18, 2025
Massive BTC Withdrawal Shakes Babylon’s DeFi Ecosystem
Babylon experiences massive BTC withdrawal, causing a 32% drop in TVL The Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon has just…
April 17, 2025
Coinhouse Revamps Pricing and Launches Humorous Campaign to Demystify Crypto
Coinhouse Overhauls Pricing Strategy and Launches Humorous Campaign to Demystify Crypto Coinhouse is revamping its pricing structure with…
April 17, 2025
Coinbase’s Base Accused of Promoting Rugpull in Crypto Controversy
Base, Coinbase’s blockchain, has been accused of promoting a rugpull after a 95% drop in the ‘Base is…
April 17, 2025
Jerome Powell Hints at Easing of Banking Regulations on Cryptocurrencies
Jerome Powell hints at possible easing of banking regulations on cryptocurrencies Jerome Powell, the chairman of the US…
April 17, 2025
OM Token Crashes without Explanation
Mantra’s OM token loses over 90% of its value with no clear explanation, causing widespread panic and loss…
April 16, 2025
DWF Labs Invests $25 Million in DeFi World Liberty Financial
DWF Labs Invests $25 Million in DeFi Protocol World Liberty Financial to Strengthen Presence in the United States…
April 16, 2025
Cryptocurrencies Make Waves in French Political Debate
The Entrance of Cryptocurrencies into French Political Debate After advocating for the innovation savings account (a savings account…
April 16, 2025
US Relaunches Trade War with China Through Tariffs
The United States has reignited the trade war with China by imposing tariffs of up to 245% on…
April 16, 2025
China Illegally Selling Seized Bitcoin to Fill Budget Deficit
The article focuses on the conflicting approach of China towards cryptocurrencies. While officially banned, local authorities continue to…
April 16, 2025
Confusion Arises Over US Customs Announcement on Electronics Tariffs
Confusion Surrounds US Customs Announcement Regarding Electronics Tariffs The US Customs briefly announced an exemption for electronics from…
April 15, 2025
Trump Administration’s Strategy to Fund Bitcoin Reserve Without Public Funds
The Trump Administration’s Strategy to Fund a Bitcoin Reserve Without Public Funds The Trump administration is exploring ways…
April 15, 2025
Centralized Cloud Dependency: Binance, KuCoin, and Web3 Services Disrupted by AWS Outage
Centralized Cloud Dependency: Binance, KuCoin, and Web3 Services Disrupted by AWS Outage The exchanges Binance and KuCoin briefly…
April 15, 2025
Euro Stablecoin Experiences Soaring Growth amid US Economic Tensions
The Euro’s Soaring Growth Driven by US Economic Tensions The EURC stablecoin, issued by Circle and backed by…
April 15, 2025
Kraken Revolutionizes Trading with Commission-Free US Stocks and ETFs
Kraken Revolutionizes Trading by Introducing Commission-Free US Stocks and ETFs Cryptocurrency platform Kraken has entered a new era…
April 14, 2025
Strategy Continues to Accumulate BTC
Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, has just announced the acquisition of 3,459 new bitcoins for a total of…
April 14, 2025
Solana Excels while Ethereum Faces Challenges
Solana Surpasses Expectations, Ethereum Struggles The market has spoken. In just one week, the price of SOL has…
April 14, 2025
Mysterious Fall of Mantra Token: Losses and Speculations
Mantra Token Plummets by More Than 90% in Mysterious Circumstances In just a few hours, the OM token…
April 14, 2025
Bitcoin ETFs Experience Six Consecutive Days of Outflows Amid Investor Nervousness
Bitcoin ETFs See Six Consecutive Days of Capital Outflows, Signaling Investor Nervousness In the midst of escalating trade…
April 11, 2025
US Dollar Slumps as China Escalates Trade War
US Dollar Falls Below 100 Points, Reaching Lowest Level Since April 2022, and Loses More Than 10% From…
April 11, 2025
Historic Political Victory: Trump Administration Repeals IRS Rule for DeFi Platforms
The Trump administration has repealed an IRS rule that required DeFi platforms to transmit tax data from their…
April 11, 2025
Babylon Launches Genesis: A New Era for Bitcoin-Based DeFi
Babylon launches Genesis, a Layer 1 blockchain designed to allow BTC holders to generate yield through staking without…
April 10, 2025
US Inflation Drops: Market Reaction and the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Dilemma
LATEST US INFLATION DATA: CPI Drops, Bitcoin and Stock Markets React The latest release of the Consumer Price…
April 10, 2025
Pakistan to Harness Electricity Surplus for Bitcoin Mining and AI Centers
Pakistan to Use Surplus Electricity for Bitcoin Mining and AI Centers Pakistan plans to turn its chronic electricity…
April 10, 2025
Paul Atkins: Bringing Change to SEC
Paul Atkins: Shaking up Financial Regulation in the US Paul Atkins has been appointed as chairman of the…
April 10, 2025
Trump Imposes Surcharge on Chinese Imports, Offers Tariff Pause to Allies
Trump Imposes 125% Surcharge on Chinese Imports, Offers 90-day Tariff Pause to Allies In an escalation of trade…
April 9, 2025
EU Imposes Tariffs on US Products in Response to Trade Dispute
The European Union (EU) is taking a decisive step in its ongoing trade dispute with the United States…
April 9, 2025
China Escalates Trade War Tensions with Additional Tariffs
China Increases Trade War Tensions with Additional Tariffs China has announced the immediate imposition of an additional 50%…
April 9, 2025
Binance Introduces LDUSDT: Margin Token with Yield
Binance is launching LDUSDT, a hybrid asset that allows futures users to use their locked USDT in Simple…
April 9, 2025
Trump-Backed DeFi Project World Liberty Sells ETH at a Colossal Loss
Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Sells ETH at a Colossal Loss World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project backed by…
April 9, 2025
Ripple Acquires Hidden Road: Becomes First Global Crypto Prime Broker
Ripple Acquires Hidden Road: A Historic Move in the Crypto Industry Today, Ripple announced it is acquiring Hidden…
April 8, 2025
Trump Administration Shifts Approach to Crypto Regulation
The crypto division of the Ministry of Justice, the NCET, created in 2021, has been dissolved by the…
April 8, 2025
Will Yuan Devaluation Revive Interest in Bitcoin?
Amidst escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, all eyes are on the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).…
April 8, 2025
Teucrium Launches First-Ever XRP ETF with 2x Leverage on NYSE Arca
Teucrium launches the first-ever XRP ETF with 2x leverage on NYSE Arca Teucrium Investment Advisors, based in Vermont,…
April 8, 2025
Panic in the Markets: Trump Considers a 90-Day Tariff Pause, Triggers Volatility
Just a hint of hesitation from the White House was enough to electrify Wall Street. In a matter…
April 7, 2025
CZ Takes on Strategic Advisory Role in Pakistan’s Web3 Strategy
CZ Becomes Strategic Advisor to Pakistan Crypto Council, Reinforcing the Country’s Ambition to Become a Regional Leader in…
April 7, 2025
Hong Kong Embraces Crypto Staking: A Gateway to Innovation
Hong Kong Opens Up to Crypto Staking, Aiming to Become a Major Digital Asset Hub The Securities and…
April 7, 2025
dYdX Surge Program: Rewarding On-Chain Engagement
Surge Program: dYdX’s Initiative to Reward On-Chain Engagement dYdX protocol has launched the Surge program, a nine-month trading…
April 7, 2025
Bitcoin Plunges Below $75K as Global Markets Panic
Bitcoin Plunges Below $75K as Global Markets Panic The global markets, including the Nikkei (-8%) and TSMC, triggered…
April 7, 2025
Coinbase Announces Launch of XRP Futures Contracts
Coinbase Derivatives to Launch XRP Futures Contracts Coinbase Derivatives, the derivatives branch of the American cryptocurrency giant, is…
April 4, 2025
Fortnite’s Secret Mining Farm Sparks Real-World Crypto Frenzy
Fortnite Introduces Secret Mining Farm, Creating Real-World Crypto Ripple Fortnite has once again stirred up interest in the…
April 4, 2025
Bitcoin ETF Withdrawals: Trump Tariffs Spark Panic on Markets
Bitcoin ETFs underwent nearly $100 million in outflows following Trump’s announcement of new tariffs, causing panic in the…
April 4, 2025
The Future of Solidity: Shaking Up the Ethereum Ecosystem
The Debate on the Future of Solidity Shakes the Ethereum Ecosystem A simple message posted on X by…
April 4, 2025
Trump Confirms SEC President Nomination
Paul Atkins has been approved by the Senate Banking Committee to head the SEC, supported by Republicans despite…
April 3, 2025
Ethereum’s Pectra Update: A Revolutionary Leap in Accessibility and Efficiency
Emphasizing on Accessibility and Efficiency The highly anticipated Pectra update by Ethereum developers is set to be deployed…
April 3, 2025
Bybit Partners with Zodia Custody to Enhance Security
Bybit experienced a historic hack in February, losing $1.45 billion worth of ETH, highlighting the vulnerability of centralized…
April 3, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Global Economy and Crypto Market
Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Global Economy and Crypto Market Donald Trump has implemented ‘reciprocal’ tariffs of at least…
April 3, 2025
JPMorgan Sees Investor Rotation from Bitcoin to Gold
JPMorgan observes a clear shift of investors towards gold, to the detriment of Bitcoin, due to its volatility…
April 3, 2025
OnlyFans Founder Teams Up with HBAR to Make a Bid for TikTok
OnlyFans Founder Teams Up with HBAR Foundation to Make a Bid for TikTok The founder of OnlyFans, Tim…
April 2, 2025
Fidelity Launches Fee-Free Retirement Savings Plan for Crypto Investments
Fidelity Launches Fee-Free Retirement Savings Plan (IRA) Allowing Americans to Invest in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin with Secure…
April 2, 2025
Justin Sun Accuses First Digital Trust of Insolvency
FDUSD stablecoin loses up to 13% of its value after public accusation from Justin Sun The FDUSD stablecoin,…
April 2, 2025
Elon Musk Steps In to Defend Digital Privacy
Elon Musk’s Unexpected Intervention in the Defense of Digital Privacy X Corporation, owned by Elon Musk, has officially…
April 2, 2025
VanEck Sets Sights on BNB for Potential ETF
VanEck Pursues BNB with Fiduciary Structure for Potential ETF VanEck, the New York-based investment firm that paved the…
April 2, 2025
BlackRock Obtains Exclusive Certification in the UK
The American asset management giant, BlackRock, has obtained the coveted registration from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),…
April 2, 2025
Grayscale Converts Crypto Fund into ETF: The Next Frontier for Wall Street
Asset management firm Grayscale has taken a decisive step in its strategy to democratize crypto investments. On April…
April 1, 2025
ACT Coin Plunges 50% Amid Bullish Market, Sparking Speculation of Algorithmic Squeeze
ACT Coin Plunges 50% Amid Bullish Market, Sparking Speculation of Algorithmic Squeeze Despite a generally bullish market on…
April 1, 2025
Anima Revolutionizes Web3 Identity and Launches Interactive Quests Platform
Anima Revolutionizes Web3 Identity with Decentralized Proof of Personhood (PoP) and Reputation NFTs, Eliminating Sybil Attacks and Making…
April 1, 2025
Tether’s Structured and Assured Bitcoin Investment
Tether’s Bitcoin Investment: Structured and Assured Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, continues to shift its strategic…
April 1, 2025
Ethereum Regains Top Spot in DEX Trading Volumes in Bearish Market
Ethereum Regains Top Spot in DEX Trading Volumes amid Bearish Market In March 2025, Ethereum surpassed Solana as…
April 1, 2025
Hut 8 Teams Up with American Data Centers to Launch American Bitcoin
Hut 8 Forms Strategic Alliance with American Data Centers to Launch American Bitcoin Canadian cryptocurrency mining giant Hut…
March 31, 2025
Larry Fink Warns About US Debt and Embraces Bitcoin
Larry Fink warns about the US debt that threatens the dominance of the dollar, with interest payments soon…
March 31, 2025
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Acquires $1.92 Billion Worth of Bitcoin
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Acquires $1.92 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Michael Saylor, through his company Strategy, has acquired 22,048…
March 31, 2025
FTX Creditor Repayment Begins
FTX plans to distribute $11.4 billion to its creditors starting from May 30, with a process already underway…
March 31, 2025
Ethereum Shows Historic Underperformance Against Bitcoin
An Unprecedented Drop in the ETH/BTC Ratio since 2020 The gap between the performances of Ethereum (ETH) and…
March 31, 2025
Elon Musk Rejects Dogecoin, D.O.G.E. Project Shows Real Impact
Elon Musk Puts an End to Dogecoin Integration Speculations in D.O.G.E. Project Elon Musk has officially declared that…
March 31, 2025
Arthur Hayes: Trump’s Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on Bitcoin, Says Former BitMEX CEO
Arthur Hayes believes Trump’s tariffs will have little impact on Bitcoin, as the Fed’s monetary policy remains the…
March 28, 2025
Galaxy Digital Pays $200 Million Settlement in Terra-LUNA Case, Reports Strong Financial Results
Galaxy Digital to Pay $200 Million Settlement in Terra-LUNA Case Galaxy Digital, the investment firm led by Mike…
March 28, 2025
US Inflation Spurs Crypto Market Uncertainty
US Inflation Data Spurs Crypto Market Uncertainty The latest data on US inflation is dampening investor enthusiasm, causing…
March 28, 2025
Terraform Labs Opens Claims Portal for Creditors
Terraform Labs, the company behind the LUNA project and the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST), is finally opening the…
March 28, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried Transferred After Unauthorized Interview
Sam Bankman-Fried Transferred to Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma after Unauthorized Interview Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of crypto…
March 27, 2025
Hyperliquid Expands its Offering with Spot Trading on Ethereum
Hyperliquid Expands its Offering with Spot Trading on Ethereum Decentralized exchange platform Hyperliquid is expanding its services to…
March 27, 2025
Bpifrance to Invest Additional €225 Million in Blockchain Startups, Leading France’s Crypto Conquest
Bpifrance to Invest additional 225 Million Euros in Blockchain Startups by 2029, Exceeding Previous Investments Bpifrance, the French…
March 27, 2025
The ICE Group Joins Forces with Circle to Revolutionize Traditional Finance
The ICE Group Partners with Circle to Drive Tokenized Finance The ICE Group, the parent company of the…
March 27, 2025
Revolut Launches Revolut X Mobile App in Europe and the UK
Revolut has introduced its mobile application Revolut X in Europe and the UK, allowing users to trade over…
March 26, 2025
Whale Manipulation Forces Hyperliquid to Withdraw JELLYJELLY Perpetual Contract
Whale Manipulates JELLYJELLY Price, Forcing Hyperliquid to Withdraw Perpetual Contract Decentralized protocol Hyperliquid was forced to withdraw the…
March 26, 2025
GameStop Invests in Bitcoin to Redistribute its Image
The news that GameStop is investing a portion of its treasury in Bitcoin has caused its stock to…
March 26, 2025
Political Bet Controversy Exposes Flaws in Decentralized Governance Systems
A Dubious Political Bet Raises Manipulation Accusations The decentralized prediction market giant Polymarket is at the center of…
March 26, 2025
Fidelity Enters the Tokenized Asset Market with Its Own Stablecoin
Fidelity Launches Its Own Stablecoin and Enters the Tokenized Asset Market Fidelity Investments is making a strategic move…
March 26, 2025
Get Rewarded with Ledger’s Promotional Campaign
Secure your assets and get rewarded with Ledger’s promotional campaign Ledger is launching a promotional campaign offering Bitcoin…
March 25, 2025
Revolutionizing Traditional Finance through Asset Tokenization
CME Group and Google Cloud Collaborate to Launch Universal Ledger for Financial Institutions CME Group, a leading derivatives…
March 25, 2025
FDIC Abandons “Reputational Risk”, Paving the Way for Fairer Treatment of Crypto Companies
The FDIC initiates a strategic change by abandoning the use of “reputational risk” as a supervisory criterion, paving…
March 25, 2025
BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL to Solana
BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL to Solana BlackRock, the asset management giant, continues its foray into the world…
March 25, 2025
Market Maker Manipulates Token MOVE Launch, Generating $38 Million in Profit
A Market Maker Manipulated the Launch of MOVE Token, Generating $38 Million in Profit The cryptocurrency giant Binance…
March 25, 2025
Hyperliquid Activates Native Bridge Between HyperCore and HyperEVM
Hyperliquid is accelerating its transformation into a hybrid infrastructure by enabling communication between HyperCore and HyperEVM on the…
March 25, 2025
Kraken’s Billion-Dollar Debt Raise: Paving the Way for a Potential IPO
Kraken plans billion-dollar debt raise in collaboration with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, paving the way for a potential…
March 24, 2025
World Network and Visa: Revolutionizing Banking with Crypto Wallet Integration
World Network and Visa: A Collaboration with Global Ambitions World Network, the blockchain ecosystem built around Worldcoin, is…
March 24, 2025
Strategy Becomes the Largest Institutional Holder of Bitcoin
Strategy becomes the Largest Institutional Holder of Bitcoin with Over 500,000 BTC Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has…
March 24, 2025
Trump’s Truth Social Post Causes 12% Surge in Memecoin Price
Trump’s Truth Social Post Causes 12% Spike in Memecoin Price Donald Trump’s recent post on Truth Social reignited…
March 24, 2025
dYdX Launches Token Buyback Program to Enhance Security and Community Trust
The dYdX protocol has announced its very first token buyback program for its native token, DYDX. Behind this…
March 24, 2025
US Treasury removes Tornado Cash from blacklist, but maintains vigilance against money laundering
The US Department of the Treasury has officially removed Tornado Cash from its blacklist, marking an unexpected turn…
March 21, 2025
Coinbase in Advanced Talks to Acquire Deribit: A Strategic Move in the Crypto Industry
Coinbase in Advanced Talks to Acquire Deribit in a Multi-Billion Dollar Deal Coinbase, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in…
March 21, 2025
USAID Could Undergo Major Restructuring to Integrate Blockchain Technology in its Contracting Process
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could undergo a profound strategic and technological transformation. According to…
March 21, 2025
Strategy Raises $711.2 Million to Strengthen its Position in Bitcoin
Strategy Raises $711.2 Million to Strengthen its Position in Bitcoin Strategy, well-known for its extremely bullish stance on…
March 21, 2025
Metaplanet Appoints Eric Trump as Strategic Advisor in Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy
Metaplanet Names Eric Trump as Strategic Advisor in Push for Bitcoin Accumulation Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based company and one…
March 21, 2025
The Surge and Sustainability of Major Stablecoins
The Capitalization of Stablecoins Surpasses $230 Billion, Led by a 56% Growth in One Year, with USDT and…
March 21, 2025
Nasdaq and NYSE to Extend Trading Hours: Adopting Crypto Market Inspiration
The Nasdaq and NYSE plan to extend trading hours to a 24/5 or 24/7 model, taking inspiration from…
March 20, 2025