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Videos

Can the Trump-Xi Summit send Bitcoin higher?

Bitcoin is holding around $80,000 as President Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping covering tariffs, rare earths, and the Middle East. Could the outcome lift risk assets? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Can the Trump-Xi Summit send Bitcoin higher?

Policy

SEC chair Atkins signals new rules for onchain markets, AI-driven finance

The SEC chair linked the rise of AI-powered financial systems with growing demand for blockchain-based market infrastructure and automated settlement.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Videos

SEC Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel: 'I bought my first Bitcoin in 2013'

Taylor Lindman, chief counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami to outline the agency's two-bucket approach to crypto regulation, why the CLARITY Act will "supercharge" the SEC, and the open questions around tokenized securities. Plus, the chief counsel's personal crypto origin story: buying Bitcoin in Korea in 2013 and learning self-custody after his exchange went bust.

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Videos

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Anthropic's multi-gigawatt compute deal with Google and Broadcom highlights how AI companies are now directly competing with bitcoin miners for the same energy infrastructure. Several major miners have already started converting capacity to AI hosting, but does this mean that bitcoin mining is dying? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Are AI giants coming for bitcoin miners' power?

Policy

SEC close to putting out 'reg crypto' for fundraising questions, Chair Atkins says

The Securities and Exchange Commission will address fundraising and startup exemptions in this proposal, Paul Atkins told a crowd Monday.

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Opinion

The SEC’s latest crypto guidance still leaves too much unsaid

The regulatory agency’s reset is real, but the new details stop short of the full course correction the industry needs, say Gibson Dunn attorneys.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nasdaq winning SEC approval to move stocks onchain shows how Wall Street is taking charge of crypto tech

Nasdaq's structure the SEC approved opens door to bring blockchain benefits to equities, while preserving the same-old intermediaries and market structure, industry insiders say.

The Nasdaq Marketsite in New York City (Getty Images)

Markets

Morgan Stanley sets MSBT ticker and $1 million seed capital for bitcoin ETF

Morgan Stanley has filed to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF with the ticker MSBT and a $1 million seed at debut.

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Opinion

Crypto markets – and the American people – deserve clarity

The SEC is pivoting away from its previous regulatory strategy.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC approves Nasdaq's move to support tokenized securities trading

The SEC’s approval lets Nasdaq test blockchain-based versions of stocks that trade and settle like traditional shares.

Nasdaq sign on a building