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Yogita Khatri is a senior reporter at The Block, covering all things crypto. As one of the earliest team members, Yogita has played a pivotal role in breaking numerous stories, exclusives and scoops.

South Korea’s left-wing Democratic Party agreed to push back taxation on crypto gains for another two years. The 20% levy on crypto income has already been postponed twice since 2021. South Korea is ...

Following its notable surge in price, Ripple’s XRP has become the fourth-largest crypto token by market capitalization, overtaking rivals Solana and BNB. XRP is currently trading at its highest price ...

XRP, which is largely associated with Ripple Labs, has a market cap of $141.8 billion, surpassing USDT’s $134.5 billion. XRP has surpassed Tether’s USDT stablecoin in market capitalization, becoming ...

Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetual swap trading platform that recently airdropped 310 million fully unlocked tokens to users who earned points by trading on the platform, has seen its HYPE token ...

A former Facebook executive detailed his experience of the downfall of the company’s blockchain and stablecoin project, originally called Libra and then rebranded to Diem, accusing politicians of ...

“Crypto Dad” Chris Giancarlo is a serious contender to become the first-ever U.S. “Crypto Czar,” a new position President-elect Donald Trump is considering implementing. The former CFTC Chairman says ...

Bleap has raised $2.3 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Ethereal Ventures to launch a self-custodial stablecoin payments app. Bleap is currently in beta with select EU users, with a full ...

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun will advise the Trump-connected World Liberty Financial project. The TRON founder invested $30 million into the project on Monday. World Liberty Financial, the Aave fork ...

This is an excerpt from the 16th edition of The Funding sent to our subscribers on Dec. 1. The Funding is a fortnightly newsletter written by Yogita Khatri, The Block’s longest-serving editorial ...

The second payout, made in cash or crypto, will distribute roughly 60% of the creditors’ petition date claims. Celsius filed for bankruptcy in 2022 after its $1.2 billion balance sheet gap was ...