Coins

MoonPay, the Dogecoin Foundation, and its corporate arm House of Doge collectively donated 1 million DOGE—roughly $95,000 worth—to the AKC Humane Fund on Monday, enabling ongoing crypto donations to the dog welfare charity through MoonPay's payment infrastructure. The contribution will fund shelter assistance for pet owners affected by domestic violence, stray dog rescues, and veterinary support for families facing financial hardship across the United States. (Disclosure: MoonPay Ventures is an...

Coins

Dogecoin Cash Inc. announced Thursday it is developing Dogecoin Gold, a planned token that would link digital assets to physical gold reserves while borrowing the name of the most valuable and longest-running meme coin on the market. The framework proposes tokens representing precisely defined units of gold held by an independent, institutional-grade precious metals custodian. Under the proposed system, tokens would be created only when gold enters custody and removed from circulation upon verif...

Business

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) raised fresh concerns Tuesday about the planned April launch of X Money in a letter to its owner Elon Musk. In the letter to the billionaire entrepreneur, Warren flagged potential risks to consumers and financial stability, stating that, “If your track record operating X is any indication of how you’ll operate X Money, consumers, our national security, and the stability of the financial system may be at risk.” Warren noted that since acquiring Twitter and rebrand...

Markets

Canary Capital thrust Pepe into the limelight on Wednesday with an application for an exchange-traded fund that tracks the meme coin’s price, but the token’s muted reaction may serve as the latest sign of Wall Street’s tepid appetite for assets that trade on vibes. On Thursday, Pepe changed hands around $0.00000359, up about 0.6% over the last day, according to CoinGecko. The day before, trading volume rose 10% to $432 million. Not long ago, meme coins served as key growth drivers for firms lik...

Law and Order

Bitrefill, a platform that lets users exchange cryptocurrency for gift cards and phone service credit, disclosed Tuesday that it was targeted in a March 1 cyberattack. According to the firm, it began with a compromised employee laptop, then expanded into broader infrastructure after attackers exfiltrated a legacy credential tied to a snapshot containing production secrets. In an incident report posted to X, the company said the attackers moved from initial access into parts of its database and...

Opinion

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Business

Elon Musk’s long-awaited financial “everything app,” X Money, is entering early public access in April, according to the billionaire entrepreneur.  The payments app, which has recently been teased on social media from early beta testers, allows users to set up direct deposits, earn yield, and make payments directly in the app, rivaling the capabilities of other financial platforms like Venmo or Cash App.  “X Money early public access will launch next month,” Musk posted to X on Tuesday morning....

Markets

A day after leading the crypto market’s top tokens in gains, leading meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) is atop the pack of losers on Thursday as Bitcoin slides to nearly $71,000 after nearly touching $74,000 on Wednesday for the first time in four weeks. DOGE has now fallen about 8% in the last 24 hours, turning the token red for the week as it recently changed hands around $0.094. No other coin has fallen harder among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap in the last day, according to CoinGecko. T...

Markets

Leading meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) is up nearly 15% in the last 24 hours as Bitcoin’s jump to almost $74,000 has led to a strong rebound in crypto prices.  Dogecoin is currently the largest gainer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap over the last day, per CoinGecko. By comparison, Bitcoin is up about 7.7% in the last 24 hours at $73,961, with Ethereum showing a 10% leap to $2,183. The surge has helped recover DOGE losses from the last month, which now sit at just 6% as the token trad...

Business

Elon Musk’s X is eyeing crypto users with its introduction of “Smart Cashtags,” but the company isn’t getting its hands dirty with digital assets yet, according to Head of Product Nikita Bier. The feature, which was teased last month, will allow users to better specify which digital assets they post about, but it won’t facilitate users' crypto trades, Bier clarified on Saturday. Since Musk’s acquisition of the platform in 2022, speculation has abounded that the Dogecoin fan could fold crypto int...

Markets

Some of crypto's largest altcoins, like the Ripple-linked XRP and leading meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE), are trading at their lowest marks since 2024 on Thursday as Bitcoin extends its slide. The top crypto asset has fallen below $84,000 amid a broader market reset, following a rapid run-up in precious metals prices and a new all-time high for gold above $5,600 per ounce. Bitcoin fell to a two-month low price Thursday, but some altcoins are hitting prices not seen in more than a year. DOGE is now do...

Markets

The Dogecoin Foundation has officially gone Wall Street. A spot Dogecoin ETF backed by the organization began trading in traditional financial markets this morning, launching on the Nasdaq under the ticker TDOG. The product will allow retail and institutional investors to gain exposure to the world’s first meme coin—without relying on self-hosted wallets or crypto exchanges. The Dogecoin Foundation is a nonprofit that has overseen Dogecoin’s decentralized development and supported the token’s co...

Coins

A draft version of a key U.S. Senate bill could grant major cryptocurrencies like XRP, Solana, and Dogecoin significant regulatory relief by placing them in the same category as Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to text circulating ahead of the official release. The draft of the Senate Banking Committee's "Clarity Act," released by Chairman Tim Scott of the Senate Banking Committee today, includes a provision that would classify certain tokens as "non-ancillary" assets, effectively exempting them...

Markets

Leading meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) is up more than 17% on the week as the broader crypto market rebounds amid Bitcoin’s rise to nearly $95,000 this week. The move has propelled the DOGE price back above $0.15 for the first time since early December, with the coin topping $0.155 earlier Tuesday. It recently changed hands at $0.146, dipping alongside other major coins in recent hours. Dogecoin’s move coincides with consecutive trading days of positive inflows for the relatively new DOGE ETFs, which...

Markets

Meme coins are surging amid renewed interest in the sector, as Bitcoin continues to grind higher for the start of the year. Leading the charge are Bonk, Pepe, and Shiba Inu, posting 24-hour gains of over 20%, 14%, and 10%, respectively, according to CoinGecko data. On a weekly basis, however, Pepe leads with a 70% rally, followed by Bonk at 48% and Dogecoin at 22%. The resurgence in crypto's riskier assets coincides with a stabilizing Bitcoin.  The top crypto has closed higher for four consecut...

Coins

It started as a joke, but this year, Dogecoin was embraced by institutions, bought up by public companies, and its namesake was shared with a highly controversial U.S. government initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk. Still, despite this, the original meme coin didn’t set a new all-time high—to the dismay of its diehard fanbase. As of December 15, DOGE has erased any gains made in 2025, falling about 65% over the course of 12 months. As a result, Dogecoin has had an awkward year; it has moved...

Gaming

Hackers are inserting infostealer malware into pirated mods for Roblox and other games, according to research from cybersecurity company Kaspersky. A blog post from Kaspersky reveals that it has identified a new variety of infostealer called Stealka, which it has so far encountered on distribution platforms such as GitHub, SourceForge, Softpedia and sites.google.com. Disguised as unofficial mods, cheats and cracks for Windows-based games and other apps, Stealka exfiltrates sensitive login and br...

Law and Order

Florida prosecutors have announced the seizure of about $1.5 million in crypto on Thursday after tracing funds from a Citrus County investment scam to a wallet tied to a Chinese national. Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Office of Statewide Prosecution’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit obtained a court order targeting assets held by Tu Weizhi, who is now charged with money laundering, grand theft, and an organized scheme to defraud. While scammers are changing their methods, I am proud of...

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Filmmaker Carl Rinsch has been found guilty of defrauding streaming giant Netflix and using $11 million in misappropriated funds to buy cryptocurrencies and luxury goods. Rinsch, the director of the 2013 film “47 Ronin,” was found guilty on one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, and five counts of transacting with illicitly obtained property. Director of '47 Ronin' Charged With Defrauding Netflix, Misusing $11M on Crypto and Luxury Goods The 48-year-old had been commissioned by...

Business

Robinhood is rolling out a broad set of crypto features and services as it races to become a global digital finance platform, the company announced Monday. Support for Ethereum and Solana staking in New York, with nationwide access pending regulatory clearance are going live on Tuesday, the company said in a set of details shared with Decrypt. It has also introduced new fee tiers for high-volume U.S. traders, enhancements to its crypto trading API, and plans for cost basis tracking to simplify...