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A farewell for now – and some thoughts on the state of crypto
Happy Friday. It’s been almost two years since we relaunched the Fortune Crypto newsletter, gave it a new name and switched to a daily format. And what a two years it has been. Our daily chronicles began with the final scream of a previous crypto bubble, which turned into a recession and then a full-blown catastrophe with the industry’s biggest names — Celsius, BlockFi, FTXThree Arrows—went bankrupt and scandalous.
In late 2022, I was tempted to change the name of the newsletter to Fortune Crime, as those once hailed as visionaries were exposed as crooks and con artists and sent to prison. The high (or perhaps low) point of this era was the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, covered so ably by Leo and Ben Weiss. My own favorite memory from this period was being berated by a crisis PR firm who objected to my calling the Bankman-Fried clan “anegligible” and insisting that they are “really nice people.” At least someone thinks so.
By mid-2023, the industry was in the depths of crypto winter, as even many longtime believers began to silently ask whether it was time to shut down this blockchain-to-AI thing. And then, lo and behold, everything changed again. As has happened three times in the past, the crypto industry has grown again and become richer than ever, fueled by an influx of capital from Wall Street and the launch of Bitcoin ETFs. Somewhere along the way, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and other crypto OGs who had long shunned the ways of Washington, D.C., learned to play its game and are now a fearsome political force.
It was quite a trip. Through it all, I’ve maintained the same love for crypto as when I first encountered it in Manhattan’s Union Square Park in 2013, when the best way to get Bitcoin was to buy it at open-air markets. I’m grateful as ever for the technological ingenuity, over-the-top meme culture, and most of all, the wild cast of characters the industry continues to spawn. Whatever you think about crypto, it’s a lot more fun to cover than conventional sectors like pharmaceuticals or insurance.
It’s also been a pleasure for Leo and I to have such a knowledgeable collection of readers, many of whom have taken the time to write to us with praise, suggestions, and, yes, the odd stream of profane abuse. We wouldn’t have it any other way. But the thing about daily newsletters is that they’re a tough commitment — requiring someone to come up with a new angle every day and spend many nights scrambling for ideas. To that end, we’re shutting down the newsletter for now to recharge and do more original reporting on the biggest stories in crypto. Thanks everyone for reading. Please reach out anytime with tips and ideas starting in mid-July — after I get back from a much-needed vacation.
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Jeff John Roberts
jeff.roberts@fortune.com
@jeffjohnroberts
This story was originally featured in Fortune.com
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Big Tech Outperforms Bitcoin (BTC) as Trump Deal Weakens Token
Bitcoin has lost out on an asset rally fueled by positive comments from the Federal Reserve, while a tight US election race casts doubt on whether Donald Trump will get the chance to implement his pro-crypto agenda.
The digital asset fell 2.4% on Wednesday, following a Fed-fueled surge in an index of megacap tech stocks Magnificent Seven by one of the largest margins in 2024. The token retreated further on Thursday, changing hands at $63,750 as of 6:10 a.m. in London.
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‘This is huge’ — Billionaire Mark Cuban issues ‘incredible’ Bitcoin and crypto prediction amid price slump
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came back with a vengeance this year when former President Donald Trump Cryptocurrency boosts US presidential election in November with ‘revolutionary’ plan.
The price of bitcoin has surged to more than its all-time high in recent months, surpassing $70,000 per bitcoin and triggering a wave of mega-optimistic predictions about the price of bitcointhough it fell again this week, falling below $65,000 after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady.
Now, as Elon Musk suddenly breaks his silence on bitcoin and cryptocurrenciesBillionaire investor Mark Cuban called a California plan to digitize 42 million car titles using blockchain an “incredible step forward” and “huge” for cryptocurrencies.
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Mark Cuban, famous Shark Tank investor and billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has… [+] called a cryptocurrency update “amazing” amid bitcoin’s price slump.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain, it was reported by Reuters, through technology company Oxhead Alpha on the Avalanche blockchain and designed to detect fraud and facilitate the securities transfer process.
“This is an incredible development for crypto,” Cuban, best known as an investor on TV’s Shark Tank and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, posted on X, joking that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler could sue the state as part of his hostility toward cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
“The reason this is huge for crypto is because people who hold the tokens will have an app with an Avalanche wallet,” Cuban said. “Tens of millions of Californians having and using a crypto wallet in the next five years, or however long it takes, normalizes the use of wallets and crypto.”
John Wu, president of Avalanche developer Ava Labs, told Reuters that California’s DMV is “creating a wallet that you can download on your phone.”
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Bitcoin’s price has rallied this year, triggering a wave of bullish bitcoin price predictions from… [+] people like billionaire Mark Cuban.
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Last month, Cuban predicted that if the US dollar falls as the global reserve currency, bitcoin could become “a global ‘safe haven’” and a “global currency.” potentially sending the price of bitcoin to a much higher level.
According to Cuban, bitcoin could become what its most ardent supporters “envision” — a means “of protecting our economies… This is already happening in countries facing hyperinflation.”
The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed over the past year, largely due to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, leading a bitcoin attack on Wall Street.
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Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot Platforms (RIOT)’s second-quarter loss widens to $84.4 million as costs rise
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Why Trump Wants the US Government to Have a “National Stockpile” of Bitcoin
At a national bitcoin conference in Nashville, Donald Trump finally laid out some of his crypto policy proposals, including a long-awaited part of his plan — building a strategic bitcoin reserve. CNN’s Jon Sarlin explains what it is and why the crypto industry wants it.
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