Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney has worked in crypto media since 2014, including editorships at CoinDesk and The Block. In his spare time, he writes fiction and plays disc golf. Contact Michael at [email protected].
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Bitcoin markets soared just after 10 pm ET on election night, briefly surpassing $75,000

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A new spot SOL ETF filing with the SEC comes a few months after VanEck kicked off the process with a filing of its own

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The approvals come less than a month after the SEC granted Nasdaq permission to list similar options

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The US regulator accused the crypto market-making firm of acting as an unregistered dealer

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Plus, how we are feeling about Gurbir Grewal’s departure from the SEC

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Plus, this election just isn’t about crypto

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Plus, why we’re pumped about Permissionless

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Plus, Kamala Harris finally talked about crypto

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Without a technical post-mortem, we’re mostly in the dark as to what caused the recent seven-hour outage

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Polygon’s Colin Butler shared his thoughts on what really needs to happen for crypto to catch the institutional wave

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Although Magic Eden will still primarily function as an NFT platform, the app needs to “skate where the puck is going” to onboard new crypto users

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Some analysts suspect the selling came from investor concerns regarding Solana’s “heavy reliance on memecoins”

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Plus, Imran Khan’s intriguing experiment on the speeds of crypto onramps

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Paxos is getting off scot-free after the SEC said it wouldn’t pursue legal action against the company

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Plus, Trump is headed to the heart of Bitcoinlandia with a speaking appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference

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Plus, VC dollars are pivoting away from modular tech

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Plus, Sam Brown’s victory in Nevada could position crypto to be a race-defining issue this November

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Validators running private mempools are finding it harder to do business on Solana