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Truth Social has shifted to Cronos via Crypto.com for its rewards, converting gems to CRO and shelving a native token. TMTG has announced a $105M CRO purchase and pursued a Bitcoin–Ethereum ETF, while rolling out editing, scheduling, drafts, history, and enhanced search. The post Trump’s Truth Social Ditches Own Token Plan – Adds $CRO Instead appeared first on Cryptonews.

CZ has led Polymarket’s 2025 pardon market at 35%, ahead of George Santos and Roger Ver. He has pleaded guilty and has stepped down from Binance, has filed a request for a pardon, and Democratic senators including Elizabeth Warren have sought details on Binance–Trump links. The post ‘CZ’ Widely Favored To Be Pardoned By Trump, Polymarket Bettors Predict appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Trump family fortune soared this week amid heightened volatility, but the price of ABTC and WLFI have since retraced by double-digits. The family of United States president Donald Trump grew their collective wealth by $1.3 billion this week amid the trading debut of mining company American Bitcoin (ABTC), and gains from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol linked to the Trump family. World Liberty Financial has added $670 million to the Trump family’s net worth, and Eric Trump’s stake in ABTC, which he co-founded, was valued at over $500 million following the trading debut of ABTC on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. The calculation measured the family’s net worth using market prices on Wednesday when shares of ABTC shot up to a high of $14 before collapsing by over 50% to a low of 6.24.  Read more

American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC), backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 3 seeking to raise $2.1 billion through share sales. The filing follows a volatile Nasdaq debut that saw ABTC stock surge 91% in one hour before crashing lower than the opening price by […] The post Trump brothers seek $2.1B raise via share sales amid American Bitcoin’s volatile Nasdaq debut appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto options platform PowerTrade reports that traders are betting on a strong year-end rally in several altcoins, including SOL, XRP, TRUMP, HYPE, LINK.

Claude predicts continued strength across crypto markets. XRP adoption has accelerated, Memecore has rallied to near a $1B cap, and Trump memecoin has gained traction after WLFI’s launch. Meanwhile, Ethereum has reached a fresh high and Bitcoin has reclaimed $111K with sentiment leaning bullish. The post Leading AI Claude Predicts the Price of XRP, MemeCore and TRUMP by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said he will intensify his attacks on President Donald Trump by launching a memecoin and expanding a wave of social media posts designed to parody the former president’s online persona, NBC Los Angeles reported. The governor made the revelations during a recent appearance as a guest co-host on the “Pivot” podcast […] The post California gov Gavin Newsom to launch memecoin to continue ‘trolling’ Trump appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The crypto company tied to the US president and his family unlocked 24.6 billion tokens, making their holdings worth about $5 billion. An entity tied to US President Donald Trump’s family now holds about $5 billion worth of World Liberty Financial’s governance token (WLFI) after a significant unlock on Monday.  According to World Liberty Financial’s website, DT Marks DEFI LLC and “certain family members” of Trump held 22.5 billion WLFI tokens. The company reported unlocking 24.6 billion WLFI tokens on Monday as part of a scheduled move to establish an initial circulating supply, briefly boosting the price to $0.40 before it fell to about $0.21 at time of publication. World Liberty previously said the holdings of its founders — including Trump and his three sons, Donald Trump Jr., Barron Trump and Eric Trump — would initially remain locked. However, Monday’s unlocking effectively gave the Trump family’s stake a valuation of about $5 billion based on the WLFI price at the time of publication. Read more

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is now available on the Ethereum mainnet – World Liberty Fi Price Prediction shapes up to be the next 1,000x moonshot. The post World Liberty Fi Price Prediction: Trump’s $40B Coin Set to Drop – Is WLFI the Next 1,000x Moonshot? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw outflows on Friday after the Fed reported rising core inflation, driven in part by Trump’s tariff policies. Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded outflows on Friday as the Federal Reserve released key inflation data showing price pressures are creeping higher under President Donald Trump’s trade policies. According to SoSoValue data, Ether (ETH) ETFs saw a net outflow of $164.64 million, reversing five straight days of inflows that had added more than $1.5 billion to the asset class. Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs also turned negative with $126.64 million in net outflows, their first daily loss since Aug. 22. Total assets under management dropped to $28.58 billion for Ethereum and $139.95 billion for Bitcoin. Read more

China’s control over crypto liquidity and its buying power gives Beijing unprecedented leverage over the Trump family’s digital fortune. Opinion by: Joshua Chu, co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association China’s control over cryptocurrency liquidity in Hong Kong gives it unprecedented power over the Trump family’s crypto wealth. This leverage lets Beijing influence the family’s financial fate — and potentially US-China relations — through market moves. As Eric Trump visits Hong Kong, this crypto-political nexus signals a new era of global power. Cryptocurrency is no longer seen as just the new financial innovation around the block. Virtual assets have become powerful geopolitical instruments determining the fates of nations.  Read more

Donald Trump Jr. has joined Polymarket’s advisory board after 1789 Capital invested tens of millions. The prediction platform has processed more than $8B in bets, has partnered with X, has acquired QCEX, and U.S. probes have closed as it prepares a return to the U.S. market. The post Trump Jr. Joins Polymarket Board as 1789 Capital Pours Millions appeared first on Cryptonews.

Donald Trump Jr. has joined Polymarket’s advisory board as 1789 Capital invests in the platform, tying the prediction market more closely to US politics. Prediction market Polymarket has added Donald Trump Jr. to its advisory board after receiving a strategic investment from 1789 Capital, which describes itself as a politically aligned vehicle backing companies it sees advancing “American exceptionalism.” The companies did not reveal financial terms, but Axios estimated the investment at “double-digit millions of dollars."  Trump Jr. became a partner in the fund in 2024. In a Tuesday statement, he said that "Polymarket cuts through media spin and so-called 'expert' opinion by letting people bet on what they actually believe will happen in the world." Read more

Canary Capital filed the first S-1 registration statement for a TRUMP memecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the SEC on Aug. 26. The “Canary Trump Coin ETF” filing marks a departure from earlier mutual fund approaches, utilizing Form S-1 under the 1933 Securities Act rather than the N-1A investment company registration form used by competitors Tuttle […] The post Canary Capital files first S-1 application for TRUMP memecoin ETF under 1933 Act appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sparked a legal standoff and renewed concerns over the Fed’s independence. Update (Aug. 26, 2025, 2 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by crypto lawyer Aaron Brogan. US President Donald Trump announced the dismissal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, raising questions about the reliability of the US dollar. In a Tuesday post, the White House Rapid Response X profile published a letter signed by Trump removing Cook from her role at the Federal Reserve. He accused her of having made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements and, addressing her directly, wrote: Read more

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been scooping up stock in companies that could benefit from tariffs, as well as investing in Bitcoin funds. As US President Donald Trump’s tariffs create an unpredictable trade environment, some members of his administration have been investing in sectors influenced by his policies, including Bitcoin (BTC).  On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would extend the tariff delay on China. At the same time, the United States Commerce Department will introduce aluminum tariffs on over 400 different products, including wind turbines, mobile cranes, railcars, motorcycles and construction equipment. The unpredictability of Trump’s trade tariffs has raised concerns among national trade groups like the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), which said they are “delaying growth, disrupting operations, and raising legal concerns among companies.” Read more

Polymarket traders are pricing low probabilities on several notable phrases being spoken during President Donald Trump’s joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage today, even as volumes on the event’s prediction markets reach six figures. The markets, which resolve on whether Trump uses specific words or phrases during the appearance, have drawn […] The post Polymarket traders bet on Trump shunning crypto during Putin meeting, go all in on Zelensky mention appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Canary Capital has registered a Trump Coin ETF in Delaware, a move that signals plans to launch a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the memecoin. The entity, “Canary Trump Coin ETF,” was incorporated on Aug. 13, according to state records. The registration is typically a precursor to filing an S-1 application with the U.S. Securities […] The post Canary Capital register TRUMP memecoin ETF in Delaware in latest altcoin bet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The $2.4 billion represents roughly 43.5% of the known money Donald Trump has gained from “personal enrichment” during his political career. US President Donald Trump has gained roughly $2.4 billion from his crypto-related ventures since entering the space in 2022, according to estimates from The New Yorker. The gains show a diversification of the Trump family’s crypto income streams and raise new concerns for a Commander-in-Chief overseeing the industry’s regulation in the United States. According to the report, Trump has gained an estimated $14.4 million from his non-fungible tokens (NFT) collections, $412.5 million from token sales via World Liberty Financial, $243 million from crypto deals with the United Arab Emirates, $13 million from Bitcoin (BTC) mining company American Bitcoin, $1.3 billion from BTC treasury company Trump Media and Technology Group, and $385 million from the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin. Overall, Trump’s crypto ventures account for 43.5% of the known personal wealth he has accumul...

President Donald Trump issued a debanking executive order this week aimed at stopping what his administration described as unfair banking discrimination toward the crypto sector. Will the order be the definitive blow to the so-called Operation Choke Point 2.0? Will banks that debanked crypto companies unfairly be forced to reinstate them? Custodia Bank founder and […] The post Custodia Bank founder Caitlin Long dives into Trump’s debanking executive order appeared first on CryptoSlate.