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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Breakthrough after Failed Testnet: Pectra Update Advances Ethereum’s Technological Leap Ethereum is inching closer to its next big…
Trump Announces Creation of Bitcoin Strategic Reserve at White House Crypto Summit
Trump to Announce Creation of Bitcoin Strategic Reserve at White House Crypto Summit President Donald Trump is set…
March 5, 2025
Justin Sun’s Legal Battle with the SEC Takes Unexpected Turn
Justin Sun’s Legal Battle with the SEC Suspended The legal battle between Justin Sun and the Securities and…
March 4, 2025
Aave Initiates Strategic Tokenomics Reform for Its Economy
Aave Initiates Strategic Tokenomics Reform to Restructure its Economy Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, is proposing a…
March 4, 2025
MegaETH to Launch Public Testnet and Aims for Unprecedented Scaling on Ethereum
MegaETH to Launch Public Testnet on March 6, an Essential Step before its Mainnet, Aiming for 100,000 Transactions…
March 4, 2025
FTX and Alameda Unlock 3 Million SOL, Worth $431 Million, in Digital Asset Liquidation
FTX and Alameda Research have unlocked over 3 million SOL tokens, equivalent to $431 million, continuing the liquidation…
March 4, 2025
Bitcoin Reaches $95,000 Amid Trump Announcement, Faces Volatility
Bitcoin reached $95,000 following Trump’s announcement about a strategic reserve in cryptocurrency before experiencing a significant correction. The…
March 4, 2025
Denial of MetaMask Token and Speculation on Pre-Markets
MetaMask, the well-known crypto wallet in the Ethereum ecosystem, has officially denied the existence of a MASK token…
March 3, 2025
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Kraken: A Victory Marked by Clarity
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Kraken with No Sanctions, No Admission of Guilt, and No Change in Business Model…
March 3, 2025
US Senate Considers Repealing IRS Rule Imposing Obligations on DeFi
The US Senate May Overturn IRS Rule Imposing Increased Tax Obligations on DeFi Platforms The US Senate could…
March 3, 2025
Controversy Surrounding Cronos’ Token Reissue
Cronos plans to reissue 70 billion CRO tokens, cancelling the burn from 2021 and restoring the total supply…
March 3, 2025
Binance to Remove Non-Compliant Stablecoins in the EEA from March 31
Binance to Remove Non-Compliant Stablecoins in the EEA from March 31, Affecting USDT, DAI, FDUSD, and Others Binance…
March 3, 2025
Trump Insists on a Strategic Reserve of Cryptocurrencies, Sparking a Price Surge
Trump Insists on a Strategic Reserve of Cryptocurrencies, Including BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, and XRP, Sparking a Price…
March 3, 2025
BlackRock Integrates Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in Model Portfolios, Marking a Strategic Turning Point for Institutional Adoption
BlackRock integrates its Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) into certain model portfolios, with an allocation of 1% to 2%, marking…
February 28, 2025
CME Group to Launch Solana Futures, Expanding Crypto Derivatives Market
CME Group to Launch Solana Futures on March 17, Expanding Crypto Derivatives The world leader in derivatives, CME…
February 28, 2025
Bitcoin Correction Creates Buying Opportunity, Says Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered Expects Bitcoin Correction to Range from $69,000 to $76,500, Offering Buying Opportunity The global head of…
February 28, 2025
Bybit Hackers Launder $480 Million ETH to Bitcoin via ThorChain
Bybit Hackers Convert Over 209,384 ETH to Bitcoin via ThorChain, Making Funds Harder to Trace Hackers responsible for…
February 28, 2025
MetaMask Expands Ecosystem, Adds Support for Bitcoin and Solana
MetaMask to Integrate Bitcoin and Solana in 2024, Expanding its Ecosystem and Eliminating the Need for Third-Party Wallets…
February 28, 2025
Bitcoin and Ethereum Experience Sharp Decline Amidst Market Instability
Bitcoin and Ethereum Experience Sharp Decline Amidst Market Instability Bitcoin plunged 8% in 24 hours, dropping to $78,250…
February 28, 2025
BitMEX Seeks an Acquirer Amidst Cryptocurrency Derivatives Market Consolidation
BitMEX Seeks an Acquirer, Broadhaven Capital Partners Hired for Sale BitMEX, a pioneering cryptocurrency trading platform, has officially…
February 27, 2025
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Consensys, Ushering in Cryptocurrency Regulation Shift
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Consensys, Shifting Cryptocurrency Regulation Stance The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has…
February 27, 2025
Metaplanet Raises $13.4 Million to Fuel Bitcoin Buying Spree
Metaplanet Raises $13.4 Million in Funding to Buy Bitcoin The Japanese company Metaplanet, specializing in Bitcoin treasury, continues…
February 27, 2025
Wallet Compromised: Founder of Mask Network Loses Millions in Cryptocurrencies
A Wallet Linked to Mask Network Founder Suji Yan Compromised, Resulting in the Theft of Nearly $4 Million…
February 27, 2025
Bitwise Registers Entity for Potential Aptos ETF
Bitwise, a cryptocurrency fund manager, has registered a legal entity named “Bitwise Aptos ETF” in the state of…
February 27, 2025
Record Outflow for BlackRock’s Bitcoin Spot ETF Results in Total Decline for US Bitcoin Spot ETFs
Largest One-Day Outflow for BlackRock’s Bitcoin Spot ETF BlackRock’s Bitcoin Spot ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), experienced a…
February 27, 2025
Ondo Finance Joins Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network to Facilitate Digital Asset Investments
Ondo Finance joins Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network Ondo Finance, a major player in the tokenization of real assets (RWA),…
February 26, 2025
Major Hack by Lazarus Group Puts Safe Under Scrutiny
Safe, a major player in the world of cryptocurrency security, recently experienced a high-profile hack orchestrated by the…
February 26, 2025
The Clash Between Circle and Tether: A Battle Over Regulation of Stablecoins in the US
Circle CEO Advocates for Mandatory Registration of Stablecoin Issuers in the US Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of…
February 26, 2025
Ethereum AMA Session Under Tension
Pectra and Scalability The Pectra update will double the number of blobs per block, reducing costs for Layer…
February 26, 2025
Bitcoin ETFs Experience Large Outflows as Interest in Futures Arbitrage Drops
Massive Outflows Hit Bitcoin ETFs in the US as Interest in Futures Arbitrage Wanes The cryptocurrency market experienced…
February 26, 2025
Bybit Launches Website to Track Wallets Tied to Lazarus Group After $1.4 Billion ETH Theft
Bybit Launches Website to Track Wallets Tied to Lazarus Group After $1.4 Billion ETH Theft Bybit has launched…
February 25, 2025
SBF’s Unexpected Digital Appearance From Prison Causes Temporary FTT Surge
SBF Makes Surprise Digital Appearance from Prison, Causing Temporary Surge in FTT Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of…
February 25, 2025
Bitcoin Falls Amid Tech Sell-Off and Strengthening Yen
Bitcoin Falls to Three-Month Low amid Tech Sell-Off and Strengthening Yen Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $89,000 on Tuesday,…
February 25, 2025
The Bybit Hack: A Security Lesson for the Crypto Industry
In a historic hack, Bybit has had 1.4 billion dollars in ETH stolen through a flaw in its…
February 24, 2025
Strategy Acquires Over 20,000 Bitcoins in a Bold Move
Strategy Acquires Over 20,000 BTC in a Strategic Purchase Michael Saylor-led company, Strategy, continues its aggressive accumulation of…
February 24, 2025
Arbitrum’s GMC Proposal Divides Community, Sparks Controversy
Arbitrum DAO’s GMC Proposes Investing 7,500 ETH in Non-Native Protocols, Draws Criticism for Lack of Support to Local…
February 24, 2025
OX.FUN in Crisis: Su Zhu-backed Exchange Faces Fraud and Insolvency Rumors
OX.FUN, Su Zhu-backed exchange, faces fraud accusations and insolvency rumors OX.FUN, the Su Zhu-backed derivative exchange, is in…
February 24, 2025
Raydium Loses 31% Rapidly as Pump.Fun Tests New AMM
Token Raydium (RAY) Drops 31% as Pump.Fun Tests New AMM, Threatening its Key Role in the Solana Ecosystem…
February 24, 2025
Bybit Recovers After Historic Hack
Bybit Overcomes $1.4 Billion ETH Deficit After Historic Hack Bybit has successfully restored a 1:1 asset coverage ratio…
February 24, 2025
Massive Hack at Bybit: $1.46 Billion in ETH Stolen
Bybit has experienced a record-breaking hack in which $1.46 billion worth of ETH was stolen, involving the transfer…
February 21, 2025
Kanye West Launches YZY Token to Bypass Traditional Platforms and Monetize His Community
An Explosive Entry by Kanye West into Crypto? Kanye West, now known as Ye, is set to launch…
February 21, 2025
EDF Launches Digital Asset Custody Service for Financial Institutions
EDF, through its subsidiary Exaion, launches a service for digital asset custody aimed at financial institutions, with a…
February 21, 2025
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Coinbase, Signaling Shift Towards Legislative Regulation
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Coinbase in Potential Shift Towards Legislative Regulation The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is…
February 21, 2025
BCE Develops Fiat Settlement System Based on DLT to Modernize Financial Infrastructure
Advancement Towards DLT Integration in the European Financial System The European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its efforts…
February 21, 2025
Vitalik Buterin Warns of Moral Reversal in Crypto Sector
Vitalik Buterin criticizes the crypto sector’s drift towards blockchain casinos, which he sees as a “moral reversal” that…
February 21, 2025
Is Pi Network’s Token Facing Volatility and Liquidity Challenges?
Token PI experiences explosive start before plummeting in value: Volatility and insufficient liquidity revealed. The launch of the…
February 20, 2025
SEC Establishes CETU to Combat Crypto Fraud
SEC’s Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announces the creation of…
February 20, 2025
KAITO Token Launches on Base: A Strategic Move in the Crypto Space
KAITO Token Launches on Base with One Billion Tokens The KAITO token has been launched on Base with…
February 20, 2025
Nigeria Files Colossal $81 Billion Lawsuit Against Binance
The Nigeria’s Colossal Lawsuit against Binance for $81 Billion Nigeria is suing Binance for an astronomical amount of…
February 20, 2025
Ethereum Foundation Introduces Open Intents Framework
L’Ethereum Foundation launches the Open Intents Framework to standardize intent usage in blockchain transactions, supported by major Layer…
February 20, 2025
Kraken Supports FTX Client Refunds and Offers Fee-Free Trading
Kraken Supports FTX Client Refunds and Offers Fee-Free Trading Kraken has been chosen as a distribution partner by…
February 19, 2025
Dave Portnoy Launches, Sells, and Crashes Memecoin: A Look into the Controversy
Dave Portnoy Launches, Sells, and Crashes Memecoin, GREED, in a Matter of Hours The founder of Barstool Sports,…
February 19, 2025
Strategy Raises $2 Billion in Zero-Interest Convertible Bonds to Finance Bitcoin Purchase
Saylor Returns with Massive Fundraising Just hours after issuing a warning about its profitability, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has…
February 19, 2025
Czech Central Bank Governor Urges Central Bankers to Study Bitcoin
A Czech Central Bank Governor Calls for Central Bankers to Study Bitcoin Aleš Michl, the governor of the…
February 19, 2025
Echo Develops ICO Product with No Fees
Echo Is Developing an ICO Product with No Management Fees, Says Cobie Jordan Fish, also known as Cobie,…
February 19, 2025
Reeve Collins to Launch Pi Protocol Yield-Bearing Stablecoin as Rival to Tether
Reeve Collins, co-founder of Tether, will launch a yield-bearing stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana in 2025, backed by…
February 19, 2025
DefiTuna Exposes Market Manipulation on Solana: Shockwaves in the Crypto Community
DefiTuna Exposes Massive Market Manipulation on Solana Involving Kelsier and Ben Chow Moty, founder of DefiTuna, has revealed…
February 18, 2025
Argentine President Milei Denies Involvement in LIBRA Memecoin ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Scandal
Argentine President Javier Milei Denies Involvement in LIBRA Memecoin ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Argentine President Javier Milei finds himself at the…
February 18, 2025
Unexpected Airdrop: Trump Fans to Receive Tokens
Unexpected Airdrop for Trump Fans Buyers of watches, perfumes, sneakers, or digital cards featuring Donald Trump will receive…
February 18, 2025
Trump Wants Canada? A Joke Turned into a Serious Threat
Donald Trump’s suggestion of annexing Canada as the 51st American state, once seen as a joke during Justin…
February 18, 2025
Jack Dorsey and the Satoshi Nakamoto Connection
Sean Murray reignites the theory that Jack Dorsey could be Satoshi Nakamoto by highlighting coinciding dates and technical…
February 17, 2025
Binance Denies Sale Rumors and Accuses Competitor
Changpeng Zhao and Yi He Reject Rumors of Binance Sale, Accuse Asian Competitor of Destabilization Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao,…
February 17, 2025
Manipulation and Insider Trading in the World of Memecoins
Manipulation Assumed to Control Liquidity Hayden Davis, a self-proclaimed advisor and facilitator of the memecoin Libra (presumably similar…
February 17, 2025
BNB Chain Collects $15 Million in Transaction Fees, Outpaces Ethereum
BNB Chain Collects $15 Million in Transaction Fees, Surpassing Ethereum The BNB Chain has collected nearly $15 million…
February 17, 2025
Argentine President’s $LIBRA Token Plummets 95% After Massive Sell-Off
Argentine President Milei’s $LIBRA Token Plummets 95% After $107 Million Sell-Off by Team The $LIBRA token, promoted by…
February 17, 2025
Emmanuel Macron Defends French Ambition in AI
Emmanuel Macron defends French ambition in AI, cites Mistral and personal use of AI tools, but acknowledges the…
February 17, 2025
Hyperliquid Introduces On-Chain BTC Spot Trading via Unit
Hyperliquid Launches On-Chain BTC Spot Trading via Unit Hyperliquid achieves a major milestone with the introduction of Bitcoin…
February 14, 2025
Abu Dhabi Makes Strategic Investment in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF
Abu Dhabi Invests $436.9 Million in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Abu Dhabi has revealed in an official filing with…
February 14, 2025
Bybit Removed from AMF Blacklist After Regulatory Victory
A Regulatory Victory in France After Two Years of Negotiations Bybit, a cryptocurrency exchange, has been removed from…
February 14, 2025
Former Near Protocol Manager Accidentally Shares Nudes, Sparks Social Media Buzz
Former Near Protocol Manager Accidentally Shares Nudes on Livestream, Sparks Social Media Buzz During a livestream with Near…
February 14, 2025
Ethereum Launches Pectra Update: Client Software on Holesky and Sepolia
Developers of Ethereum Launch Pectra Client Software on Holesky and Sepolia The developers of Ethereum have released dedicated…
February 14, 2025
GameStop Contemplates Bitcoin Investment, Spurs Pre-market Surge
GameStop Considers Investing in Bitcoin, Sparking 7.5% Pre-market Surge Shares of GameStop surged by 7.5% in pre-market trading…
February 14, 2025
OpenSea Unveils OS2: 0.5% Fee Reduction, 14 Blockchain Integration, and $SEA Token Airdrop for Early Users
OpenSea Introduces OS2 with 0.5% Fee Reduction, Integration of 14 Blockchains, and $SEA Token Airdrop for Early Users…
February 13, 2025
CZ of Binance Sparks Memecoin Frenzy on BNB Chain
Binance’s CZ triggers a wave of memecoins on the BNB Chain with the release of his dog’s photo,…
February 13, 2025
Ethereum Foundation Allocates $120M in ETH to DeFi Protocols
The Ethereum Foundation has recently allocated $120 million worth of ether (ETH) to three major decentralized finance platforms:…
February 13, 2025
21Shares Seeks SEC Approval for Staking in Ethereum Spot ETF, Causing 4% Price Increase for ETH
21Shares Files Request with SEC to Add Staking to its Ethereum Spot ETF, Causing 4% Price Increase for…
February 13, 2025
US States Exploring Bitcoin Reserves with Potential of $23 Billion
20 US States Considering Buying Bitcoin, with a Potential of $23 Billion and Approximately 247,000 BTC Accumulated, According…
February 13, 2025
BTC-e Former Operator to be Released in Prisoner Exchange between US and Russia
Alexander Vinnik, Former BTC-e Operator, to be Released in Prisoner Exchange between US and Russia Alexander Vinnik, former…
February 13, 2025
TRUMP Memecoin Puts MoonPay Under Pressure, Receives Support from Galaxy and Ripple
TRUMP Memecoin Leads to MoonPay’s Financial Strain, Galaxy and Ripple Step In The launch of the TRUMP memecoin…
February 12, 2025
Franklin Templeton Expands Tokenized Fund with Solana
Franklin Templeton integrates Solana into its $594 million tokenized money market fund FOBXX, strengthening the blockchain’s position in…
February 12, 2025
zkLend Offers 10% Reward to Hacker in Attempt to Recover Stolen Funds
zkLend Offers 10% Reward to Hacker in Attempt to Recover Stolen Funds The decentralized lending protocol zkLend, built…
February 12, 2025
Bitcoin Reacts Instantly to Higher-than-Expected US Inflation
The Unexpected Rise in US Inflation Fuels Concerns over Bitcoin’s Decline The US inflation data for January has…
February 12, 2025
A Shift in Approach to Regulating Memecoins
Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner, Suggests Alternative Regulation for Memecoins Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and…
February 12, 2025
Trump’s DeFi Project Introduces ‘Macro Strategy’ Token Reserve
World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol supported by the Trump family, has announced the launch of…
February 12, 2025
Donald Trump’s Strategic Choice to Lead the CFTC: Brian Quintenz
Donald Trump’s Strategic Choice to Lead the CFTC: Brian Quintenz Donald Trump is set to appoint Brian Quintenz…
February 12, 2025
Tether Launches Crosschain Stablecoin on Arbitrum One to Enhance Interoperability
Tether Launches Crosschain Stablecoin USDT0 on Arbitrum One to Enhance Stablecoin Interoperability Tether, the issuer of the world’s…
February 11, 2025
Superstate and Plume Network Team Up to Expand Access to Tokenized Financial Products
Superstate Partners with Plume Network to Offer Tokenized Financial Products Superstate, the company founded by Robert Leshner, is…
February 11, 2025
Lido V3: Redefining Ethereum Staking with Customizable stVaults
Lido V3: Redefining Ethereum Staking with Customizable stVaults In a strategic move, Lido, the leading staking protocol on…
February 11, 2025
Elon Musk and Investors Offer $100 Billion for Control of OpenAI Nonprofit
Elon Musk and Investors Offer $100 Billion for Control of OpenAI Nonprofit Elon Musk and a group of…
February 11, 2025
Binance and SEC Agree to Suspend Lawsuit as New Regulatory Framework Takes Shape
Binance and SEC Agree to Suspend Lawsuit as Task Force Develops Regulatory Framework Binance and the US Securities…
February 11, 2025
Cryptocurrency ETFs: Approval Probability Soars
Approval Probability On the Rise Analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas from Bloomberg ETF believe that exchange-traded funds…
February 11, 2025
Ethereum: Under Pressure Despite High Activity
Under Pressure: Ethereum Struggles as Hedge Funds Increase Short Positions Ethereum is having difficulty breaking free from its…
February 10, 2025
Binance Adjusts BTC and USDT Reserves, Raises Questions About Fund Allocation
Binance Adjusts BTC and USDT Reserves, Raises Questions About Fund Allocation Binance witnessed a $355 million decrease in…
February 10, 2025
ETF Ethereum Surpasses Bitcoin with $793 Million in One Week
ETF Ethereum Surpass Bitcoin with $793 Million in One Week The popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to…
February 10, 2025
Strategy Acquires 7,633 BTC, Reinforces its Position as Largest Institutional Bitcoin Holder
Strategy Acquires 7,633 BTC, Reinforces its Position as Largest Institutional Bitcoin Holder Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) has…
February 10, 2025
Centrafrican President Launches Memecoin Project to Promote Blockchain
Centrafrican President Launches Memecoin Project – $CAR – to Unite Population and Promote Blockchain Centrafrican Republic President Faustin-Archange…
February 10, 2025
2025: A Year of Uncertainty and Opportunities
2025: A Year of Uncertainty and Opportunities The year 2025 is shaping up to be a decisive period…
February 10, 2025
ConsenSys Under Pressure: Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Targets Crypto Companies
Facing Pressure: ConsenSys Experiences Bank Deplatforming Twice The authorities in the United States have deplatformed ConsenSys on two…
February 7, 2025
BlackRock Increases Stake and Validates Bitcoin Maximalist Strategy
BlackRock Increases Stake in Strategy, Validates Bitcoin Maximalist Strategy BlackRock, a global asset management giant, has recently raised…
February 7, 2025