Hester Pierce, a Republican SEC appointee, said industry watchdogs had previously been practicing regulation by enforcement with digital assets.

With Gary Gensler's "Wild West" in the rearview mirror, a less combative approach to cryptocurrency looks likely to boost product innovation and investor adoption.

Crypto enthusiasts' faith is tested as an executive order, a bitcoin sell-off and the introduction of meme coins by the president and first lady mark the first 10 days of his second term.

Hester Peirce and SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda say they want to group to devise a clear compliance framework for digital assets and end regulation by enforcement.

China currently dominates the market for the hardware and software used to mine cryptocurrency. Creating a large federal reserve would expose a major U.S. asset to potential Chinese meddling.

The avalanche of cases announced Friday included charges against a no-longer registered advisor and firm accused of misappropriating more than $20 million from clients.

The Westlake, Texas-based firm called 2024 a transition year after faltering during the regional banking chaos in 2023.

Leadership appointments and an influx of new crypto-friendly lawmakers suggest the 119th Congress could be the most fintech and crypto-friendly in years.

If there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's that the constant state of change in our industry is driven by advances in technology.

In December, the BlackRock Investment Institute stated that giving bitcoin a 1% to 2% weighting would produce a similar share of profile risk as the so-called Magnificent Seven technology stocks in a standard 60/40 portfolio.

The iShares Bitcoin Trust (ticker IBIT) smashed industry records in its launch year of 2024.

Industry watchdogs stayed busy trying to root out elder fraud and off-channel communications while plaintiffs lawyers' questioned firms' sweeps policies and regulators' basic authority.

As Americans prepare for a more crypto-friendly government, do digital currencies deserve a place in their nest eggs?

Donald Trump has promised lax regulation of cryptocurrencies, and in a month he'll be president. Should investors buy in?

From cryptocurrency to Medicare, 2025 is likely to be a year of change. Here's what nine experts are forecasting.

The president-elect confirmed he will pursue a strategic reserve of the flagship cryptocurrency as part of a broader push for the U.S. to champion the digital-asset industry.

The nominee for head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, will pursue a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach than Gary Gensler.

With the second presidency of digital-asset booster Donald Trump approaching, executives and lawyers involved with ETFs say they are ginning up strategies to cater to all tastes.

The bulk of the haul came from the bankrupt crypto company Terraform Labs. But Morgan Stanley, LPL Financial, Ameriprise and other big firms also came under scrutiny.

Schwab currently offers crypto-linked exchange-traded funds and crypto futures.