Reaction to Trump’s crypto reserve: ‘Short-term optimism, long-term caution’

A pair of posts by President Donald Trump about his plans for a US crypto reserve “triggered a marketwide rebound” in cryptocurrencies on March 2, with global market capitalization increasing nearly 7% to $3.04 trillion, Cointelegraph reported. Still, on closer examination, a crypto strategic reserve — presumably along the lines of the US Strategic Petroleum … Read more

Trump’s WLFI tripled Ether holdings in a week amid market downturn

The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform linked to US President Donald Trump significantly increased its Ether holdings over the past week as the cryptocurrency’s price briefly dipped below $2,000. Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) DeFi platform has tripled its Ether (ETH) holdings over the past seven days as ETH fell below the $2,000 psychological mark, reversing … Read more

Trump may be the “raging bull” of crypto, yet the EU may have the upper hand

https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Opinion by: Mateusz Kara, co-founder and CEO of Ari10 President Donald Trump’s return to office has signaled a new era for crypto in the US, but the country has much to do to catch up with Europe. Trump has outlined grand plans and made sweeping promises to transform the US into a crypto haven. … Read more

Trump’s crypto reserve likely to be mostly Bitcoin, bigger than expected: Bitwise

Despite including several large-market cap altcoins, US President Donald Trump’s planned crypto reserve will eventually be made up almost “entirely of Bitcoin,” says Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. “Market participants have soured on the announcement because the proposed reserve holds more than Bitcoin,” Hougan explained in a March 5 market note. “The inclusion of small-cap … Read more

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Today in crypto, US President Donald Trump is expected to unveil plans for a strategic Bitcoin reserve on March 7, and the Senate voted to block the new DeFi broker rule. Meanwhile, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) confirmed to Cointelegraph that its digital assets regulation does not ban holding or transferring non-compliant stablecoins. … Read more

Democrats see silver lining to layoffs in Virginia as they seek to rally voters for governor's race

https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Democrats are betting the flurry of pink slips President Trump has doled out to tens of thousands of federal workers and the blowback from it will give them a boost in the Virginia gubernatorial race, as they look to rebound from a disastrous election cycle and repair their party’s mangled image.