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Policy

Another Trump memecoin dinner advertised for token's top investors

The company managing the memecoin calls the November event the "most exclusive dinner in the world."

Trump arrives at an NFT dinner in May 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

California's Newsom signs memecoin ban and calls it 'The Opposite of Trump'

The California Governor signed AB 2409 as part of an anti-corruption package, framing it as a response to President Trump's $TRUMP fiasco.

California Governor Gavin Newsom. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Finance

Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut

LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before trading began.

Hunter Biden (Getty Images)

Finance

Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders

LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes — including a Democratic win in 2028 — comes good.

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Finance

GTA 6 leaker cashes out of his own memecoin hours before Rockstar's gameplay reveal

The token hit a $25 million market cap on the back of nine days of unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI footage. Its creator has now sold his stack — hours before Rockstar's first official gameplay reveal.

GTA 6 trailer. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Policy

Clarity Act sits idle over Trump ethics question as Warren asks SEC to investigate him

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe Trump's memecoin.

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren are among lawmakers pursuing probes into Binance. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

The post, now deleted, touted a token called $VLAD and falsely claimed it would be listed on Robinhood.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

Finance

The launchpad that fueled Robinhood Chain's memecoin boom just gave away all its revenue

Noxa, the launchpad behind CASHCAT's rise, racked up nearly $12 million in fees before going dark, giving away its revenue, and leaving Robinhood Chain's memecoin economy in freefall.

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Tech

Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks. Memecoins took over

Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing what the chain was built for.

Baiju Bhatt (right) and Vlad Tenev, founders of Robinhood (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Videos

Will the Clarity Act pass?

A new version of the CLARITY Act could arrive as soon as next week, but disagreements over ethics provisions leave crypto's biggest market structure bill racing against the congressional clock. Plus, Robinhood Chain processes more than $568 million in a single day, New Hampshire blocks a proposed bitcoin-backed bond, and what it all means for the future of crypto markets. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Will the Clarity Act pass?