Alex LeRoux
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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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Semler Scientific plans to acquire 105,000 BTC by 2027, representing 0.5% of the total Bitcoin supply through a…
Jupiter Halts Governance System Until 2025
DAO: Jupiter Pauses its Governance System The most utilized DEX platform on Solana has halted its DAO engine.…
June 20, 2025
Arizona’s Historic Move to Establish a Bitcoin Reserve
L’Arizona could become the second American state to officially hold a public reserve in bitcoin, following a tight…
June 20, 2025
Tether Introduces PearPass in Response to Massive Data Leak
Apple, Google, Facebook, governmental platforms… No one was spared. This Thursday, the web was rocked by the announcement…
June 20, 2025
Microsoft and OpenAI Clash Over AI Future
Microsoft is not bluffing. The software giant is reportedly ready to walk away from negotiations with OpenAI, despite…
June 19, 2025
Elon Musk’s Bold Vision: X Transformed into a Financial Super-App
Elon Musk is transforming X (formerly Twitter) into a super financial app, complete with a debit card and…
June 19, 2025
bunq Revolutionizes Banking with Crypto Integration
As European crypto regulations become clearer, Dutch neobank bunq has launched bunq Crypto, a dedicated tab for cryptocurrencies…
June 19, 2025
Circle Stock Surges: Impact of GENIUS Act on Financial Markets
L’explosive rise of +540% since Circle’s IPO It’s the biggest bullish move Wall Street has made in the…
June 19, 2025
Fed Rate Decision and Market Reactions
The Federal Reserve leaves its key rate at 4.25-4.50%, an expected decision accompanied by a more cautious tone.…
June 18, 2025
BlackRock’s BUIDL Emerges as Collateral on Crypto Exchanges
Two major platforms in the crypto sector, Crypto.com and Deribit, now accept an asset that symbolizes the convergence…
June 18, 2025
Trump’s Involvement in Iran-Israel Conflict Impacts Bitcoin
A single statement from Donald Trump was enough to shake up the crypto market. Last night, on Truth…
June 18, 2025
BBVA Encourages Wealthy Clients to Invest in Bitcoin and Ethereum
The Spanish bank BBVA recommends its wealthy clients to allocate up to 7% of their investment portfolio in…
June 18, 2025
Iran’s Crypto Exchange Crisis: Geopolitical Hack and Systemic Risks
The Largest Iranian Crypto Exchange, Nobitex, Falls Victim to $82 Million Hack Claimed by the Israeli-linked Group Gonjeshke…
June 18, 2025
Coinbase’s Bold Move Towards Tokenized Stocks
Coinbase wants to offer tokenized stocks on the blockchain, accessible 24/7 with reduced fees, potentially revolutionizing stock investment…
June 17, 2025
Inside the Trump Family’s Crypto Empire
Eric Trump denies any involvement in the Tron IPO, despite publicly showing support for Justin Sun and the…
June 17, 2025
Thailand’s Tax Break Drives Crypto Innovation
Thailand exempts crypto capital gains tax until the end of 2029 for transactions via regulated platforms, aiming to…
June 17, 2025
JPMorgan Sparks Blockchain Banking War
JPMorgan has filed a trademark for ‘JPMD,’ covering a wide range of crypto services from payments to exchanges,…
June 17, 2025
Unwavering Bitcoin ETF Investment Trends Amidst World Turmoil
While military tensions rise between Iran and Israel, American Bitcoin Spot ETFs recorded $412.2 million in net inflows…
June 17, 2025
Silencing of Pump.fun and Memecoin Accounts: Uncovering a Censorship Controversy
Pump.fun and several other accounts related to memecoins have been suspended without warning by X. This suspension comes…
June 17, 2025
Trump’s Bold Move: Filing for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF
Trump Media & Technology Group has filed an S-1 form with the SEC to create a combined Bitcoin…
June 16, 2025
Tron’s IPO and Trump Alliance: A Political-Financial Saga
Justin Sun is preparing Tron’s IPO through a reverse merger with SRM Entertainment, supported by Dominari Securities, a…
June 16, 2025
Strategic Move in the Crypto Space
Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, has purchased 10,100 BTC for $1.05 billion, increasing its holdings to 592,100 BTC,…
June 16, 2025
Trump Media Enters Crypto with Billion Dollar BTC Strategy
The SEC has approved Trump Media’s plan to use the $2.3 billion raised from investors to buy Bitcoin…
June 16, 2025
Exploring the Future of DEX with Byreal
Bybit steps up its game on Solana. After conquering the world of centralized trading, the exchange unveils Byreal,…
June 16, 2025
Coinbase Revolutionizes Crypto Payments
Coinbase has just delivered a double punch in the payment arena: an integration of USDC on Shopify, and…
June 13, 2025
Bold Move: SharpLink Gaming’s Ethereum Acquisition Game
SharpLink Gaming, listed on the Nasdaq, has purchased 176,270 ETH for $463 million, becoming the second largest institutional…
June 13, 2025
US Senate to Vote on GENIUS Act: A Game-Changer for Crypto Regulation
The US Senate will vote on the GENIUS Act on June 17, a potentially historic law that would…
June 13, 2025
Breaking Boundaries: Amazon and Walmart’s Bold Move with Stablecoins
When Amazon and Walmart show interest in a market, they come to make a serious impact. According to…
June 13, 2025
Anthony Pompliano’s Crypto Big Leap
Anthony Pompliano is poised to lead ProCapBTC, an entity aiming to raise $750 million through a SPAC to…
June 13, 2025
Geopolitical Tensions Impact Global Markets
Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Program Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Program A rain of missiles falls on Iran. Markets…
June 13, 2025
Evolving DeFi with Morpho V2
Morpho is unveiling its V2 with a complete overhaul of DeFi lending: fixed rates and terms, freely negotiable…
June 12, 2025
Tariff Tensions and Market Turmoil
Donald Trump threatens new tariffs, causing an immediate fall of the dollar to its lowest level since March…
June 12, 2025
Alipay’s Ambition: Jack Ma Aiming for Stablecoin License in Asia
Ant Group, a subsidiary of Alipay founded by Jack Ma, plans to launch a stablecoin by obtaining licenses…
June 12, 2025
Ethereum: Internal Conflict Exposed
Péter Szilágyi, ex-leader of Geth, reveals turning down a $5 million offer to privatize Ethereum’s main client, denouncing…
June 12, 2025
Stripe Acquires Privy to Simplify Crypto Wallets
Stripe Acquires Privy to Simplify Crypto Wallets Stripe is no longer content with just being a payment processor.…
June 12, 2025
Trump and Xi: The Impact of a Swift Trade Truce on Global Markets
L’accord surprise entre les États-Unis et la Chine prévoit une reprise des exportations chinoises de terres rares, en…
June 11, 2025
Solana ETF Approval: A Game-Changer for Crypto Markets
Solana in the starting blocks. The approval of a spot ETF could arrive in the next five weeks.…
June 11, 2025
Polygon’s Strategic Shift and Web3 Revival
Polygon changes its captain… and its course. Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of the project, has become the CEO of…
June 11, 2025
Ripple Unveils Ethereum-Compatible Sidechain: Redefining XRPL Development
Ripple is gearing up to launch a sidechain compatible with Ethereum (EVM) connected to the XRP Ledger in…
June 11, 2025
Crypto IPO Boom: The Rise of Bullish and Crypto Market Trends
Bullish, a crypto exchange backed by Peter Thiel and owner of CoinDesk, has filed a confidential IPO application…
June 11, 2025
Pyth Network: Changing the Game in DeFi
Pyth Network strikes a major milestone. The decentralized data provider announces real-time integration of the world’s most traded…
June 10, 2025
Bitcoin Core Update: Removing the OP_RETURN Limit
Bitcoin Core Prepares to Remove the 83-Byte Limit on OP_RETURN, Allowing Up to 100,000 Bytes of Data in…
June 10, 2025
The Unveiling of a Crypto Entrepreneur’s $2 Billion Money Laundering Allegations
Iurii Gugnin, founder of Evita Pay and Evita Investments, is accused of laundering nearly $2 billion for Russian,…
June 10, 2025
Société Générale: Pioneering the World of Stablecoins
Société Générale is no longer content to sit on the sidelines. As stablecoins emerge as the key infrastructure…
June 10, 2025
SEC President Proposes Relaxing DeFi Regulation
A revolution may be underway in Washington. At the latest SEC crypto roundtable, its new president Paul Atkins…
June 10, 2025
Plasma Shatters Fundraising Records with $500 Million Round
500 million for Plasma: a game-changing funding round 500 million dollars. 48 minutes. Over 1,100 wallets. This is…
June 9, 2025
Michael Saylor Bolsters Bitcoin Holdings and Strategy Hits $62.5 Billion Valuation
Michael Saylor is showing no signs of slowing down. Leading the charge at Strategy (MSTR), he has once…
June 9, 2025
Deblock Introduces Coffres for Crypto Savings
Deblock launches Coffres, a savings product in euros or stablecoins with up to 6% annual return, accessible from…
June 9, 2025
Trump’s Crypto Empire: The Billion Dollar Comeback
An year ago, Donald Trump was running out of cash, burdened with over 500 million dollars in legal…
June 9, 2025
Crypto Scandal in Argentina: Memecoin, Political Fallout, and Billions Lost
In February 2025, Javier Milei unexpectedly promoted an unknown memecoin, Libra ($LIBRA), on social media platform X. There…
June 9, 2025
Elon’s Crypto Revolution: Disrupting Polls and Media with Predictive Markets
Elon Musk officially announced a strategic partnership between X and Polymarket, declaring his intention to replace traditional polls…
June 6, 2025
Trump Media’s Bold Move in the Crypto World
Trump Media Registers 84.6 Million Shares with SEC, Potentially Raising Up to $12 Billion to Bolster Crypto Strategy.…
June 6, 2025
Bitpanda Unveils Exciting Crypto Promotions
Bitpanda is offering 25€ in $PSG tokens to the first 1,000 new French users who deposit 150€ and…
June 6, 2025
Uber Considers Implementing Stablecoins for Payment Transactions
Uber Considers Implementing Stablecoins for Payment Transactions Stablecoins: Uber Revisits Crypto Payments The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi,…
June 6, 2025
The Feud Between Trump and Musk: Crypto Markets Shake
The Feud Between Donald Trump and Elon Musk Shakes Crypto Markets Trump vs Musk: Bitcoin Wavers Below $101,000…
June 6, 2025
Circle’s IPO Shifts Financial Landscape
Circle makes a dazzling debut on the stock market: soaring by +200% on its first trading day, valuing…
June 6, 2025
Reviving the HyperLiquid HLP Vault: From Crisis to Triumph
Two months after teetering on the brink of chaos, the HLP part of HyperLiquid is making a stunning…
June 5, 2025
Plume Revolutionizing DeFi through RWA Tokenization
The blockchain network Plume, specializing in tokenizing real-world assets (Real-World Assets, or RWA), has officially launched its mainnet…
June 5, 2025
JPMorgan Banking on Bitcoin ETFs: A New Era in Finance
JPMorgan, a leading American bank, has made a groundbreaking decision to use Bitcoin ETFs as collateral for lending…
June 5, 2025
Institutional Adoption of Tokenized Real Estate: A Game-Changer
A new milestone has been reached in the institutional adoption of real-world assets (RWA). The pan-European fund manager…
June 5, 2025
Ethereum Foundation’s Financial Strategy Shifts Towards DeFi
The Ethereum Foundation Implements Strict Budget Management, Shifting its Focus Towards DeFi Quarterly reports on cash flow and…
June 5, 2025
Pakistan’s Ambitious Bitcoin Plan: Paving the Way for Digital Economy Leadership
The government of Pakistan has presented a national plan based on Bitcoin to the Trump administration, aiming to…
June 4, 2025
Binance’s Innovative Altcoin Liquidity Boost Program
Binance launches an unprecedented program exclusively dedicated to altcoins, aiming to attract small and medium-sized market makers often…
June 4, 2025
Pump.fun’s Billion Dollar Token Fundraising Journey
Pump.fun raises a billion to launch its token The phenomenon of Pump.fun is reaching a new height. The…
June 4, 2025
Trump Media’s Bold Move with Truth Social Bitcoin ETF
Trump Media & Technology Group has officially filed a 19b-4 form via NYSE Arca to launch a Bitcoin…
June 4, 2025
Wave of Cryptocurrency Kidnappings Sweeping France
Twenty-five people, including six minors, have been indicted in Paris for a series of attempted kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency-related…
June 4, 2025
Confusion Surrounding Crypto App ‘Trump Wallet’ and Trump Family’s Distancing
An application called “$TRUMP Wallet” is causing confusion in the crypto world: despite being widely associated with the…
June 4, 2025
Paul Krugman’s Scathing Critique of Cryptocurrency Industry
Paul Krugman denounces stablecoins as useless and dangerous, stating that they serve only to bypass regulations and facilitate…
June 3, 2025
Nasdaq-Listed Company Increases SOL Reserve with Mega Financing Deal
Classover Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed edtech company, has announced a financing agreement of up to $500 million to build…
June 3, 2025
Robinhood’s Strategic Move: Acquiring Bitstamp
Robinhood completes acquisition of Bitstamp for $200 million, marking a strategic expansion into international and institutional markets. Bitstamp,…
June 3, 2025
Strategy Introduces High-Yield Preferred Stock Offering
STRD is a new preferred stock offering a 10% yield, with no convertibility or cumulative dividends, and subordinated…
June 3, 2025
Revamping the Future: Ethereum Foundation’s Evolution
The Ethereum Foundation undergoes a major restructuring of its research department, renamed “Protocol”, with layoffs to focus on…
June 3, 2025
Leadership Transition and Technological Innovation in Morph
Cecilia Hsueh, co-founder of the Bitget Layer 2 project, announced her departure as CEO on Monday. She is…
June 2, 2025
Circle’s IPO Expansion Strategy: Riding the Wave of Investor Enthusiasm
The issuer of the USDC stablecoin, Circle, is accelerating its IPO plans and significantly raising its ambitions. Faced…
June 2, 2025
Deblock Introduces Revolutionary Metal LED Visa Card
Deblock unveils its new Visa metal LED card In a market saturated with neobanks and premium cards, Deblock…
June 2, 2025
Revealing Strategy’s Latest Bitcoin Acquisition
Strategy continues to fuel its Bitcoin accumulation strategy. From May 26th to June 1st, Strategy acquired 705 BTC…
June 2, 2025
Elon Musk Introduces XChat Messaging App with Bitcoin-Style Encryption
Elon Musk unveils the new messaging platform XChat with encryption ‘à la Bitcoin’ New bombastic announcement from Elon…
June 2, 2025
Unlocking Crypto Security Training with CoinAcademy and Ledger
CoinAcademy is proud to announce the launch of its new exclusive training dedicated to cryptocurrency security, in collaboration…
May 30, 2025
Cetus Protocol Revival After DeFi Hack
The Cetus protocol is on the brink of a revival. An on-chain governance led on the Sui network…
May 30, 2025
Trading Titan James Wynn’s Epic Loss on Hyperliquid
James Wynn, the flagship trader of Hyperliquid, lost nearly $110 million in just a few hours due to…
May 30, 2025
Cryptocurrency Showdown on Binance
HYPE, the native token of HyperLiquid, has been listed on Binance Futures with leverage of up to x75.…
May 30, 2025
SEC’s Stance on Crypto Staking: Reshaping Regulation for Stakers
The SEC removes crypto staking from its legal scrutiny Amid the American regulatory saga, the latest SEC staff…
May 30, 2025
SEC Drops Lawsuits Against Binance: Political Shifts and Crypto Victory
The SEC has definitively dropped its lawsuits against Binance and Binance.US, ending a legal battle initiated in 2023…
May 30, 2025
BlackRock’s IBIT ETF Reigns Supreme in Bitcoin Market
The Dominance of BlackRock’s IBIT ETF in Bitcoin Market BlackRock’s ETF Bitcoin Receives $4 Billion in 10 Days…
May 29, 2025
Bitcoin Treasury Merger Achieves $685 Million Raised
Twenty One Capital raises an additional $100 million through secured convertible bonds, reaching a total of $685 million…
May 29, 2025
Bybit Expands in Europe: Strategic Moves and Regulatory Compliance
In a strategic move, Bybit obtains its MiCA license in Austria and establishes its European headquarters in Vienna,…
May 29, 2025
Argentina’s Memecoin Drama: Frozen Funds and Political Intrigue
Circle freezes $58 million in USDC on two wallets linked to the memecoin LIBRA, accused of fraud after…
May 29, 2025
Elon Musk’s Departure from DOGE and Trump Administration
Elon Musk officially leaves his role at the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ after a tumultuous five months. Elon…
May 29, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Overturned: Economic Tensions Rise
A federal judge has overturned a significant portion of the customs duties imposed by Trump, deemed unconstitutional as…
May 29, 2025
Crypto Investigator Accuses Trader of Memecoin Scams
Nouvelle passe d’armes sur le Crypto Twitter. Le célèbre enquêteur on-chain ZachXBT accuse frontalement James Wynn d’avoir orchestré…
May 28, 2025
Telegram Secures Grok Partnership and Raises $1.5 Billion
Coup de tonnerre dans la tech: Telegram has just sealed a strategic deal with xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial…
May 28, 2025
Christine Lagarde’s Potential Move: From ECB to Lead WEF
Christine Lagarde would be considering leaving the ECB before the end of her term to succeed Klaus Schwab…
May 28, 2025
GameStop’s Bold Bitcoin Move
GameStop has announced the purchase of 4,710 bitcoins for an estimated amount of $513 million, marking a major…
May 28, 2025
IMF Urges El Salvador to Halt Bitcoin Accumulation
While El Salvador continues to stack bitcoins, the International Monetary Fund prefers to tread lightly on the diplomatic…
May 28, 2025
Breaking News: Plasma’s ICO Launch on Sonar Platform by Cobie and Echo
The star crypto trader Cobie (Jordan Fish) has finally unveiled Sonar, his new ICO platform, with an ambitious…
May 27, 2025
Circle’s IPO Journey: From Filing to Fray
Circle has officially filed for its IPO on the NYSE, offering 24 million shares, with 9.6 million issued…
May 27, 2025
Trump’s Bold Move: $2.5 Billion Raised for Bitcoin Treasury
Trump Media & Technology raises $2.5 billion, with $1.5 billion in stocks and $1 billion in convertible bonds,…
May 27, 2025
Celebrity Accounts Hacked: Personal Data Exposed
The Instagram account of the group Migos was hacked on Monday night, exposing highly sensitive personal information about…
May 27, 2025
Cetus Protocol: Decrypting the Liquidity Exploit Recovery Efforts
Unforeseen bug in a critical function led to the draining of Cetus DEX’s liquidity pools on Sui. Last…
May 27, 2025
Google Researcher Redefines Quantum Threat on Bitcoin
A Google Quantum AI engineer has shown that a quantum computer with less than a million qubits could…
May 27, 2025