Will Canny

Will Canny is an experienced market reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He's now covering the crypto beat as a finance reporter at CoinDesk. He owns more than $1,000 of SOL.

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Finance

Copper Hires Tammy Weinrib as Chief Compliance Officer for Americas as it Expands in U.S.

Weinrib previously worked at crypto exchanges Binance.US and Gemini.

Copper makes hire

Markets

U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve More Likely, Further Details Needed: Citi

The President announced that XRP, SOL, BTC, ETH and ADA would be included in the strategic reserve.

Crypto market to stay highly correlated to stocks, Citi says. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX Is Looking for a Buyer: Sources

BitMEX appointed boutique investment bank Broadhaven late last year to assist with the sales process, according to sources.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)

Finance

Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Hires Zac Prince, Former CEO and Co-Founder of BlockFi

Prince will work closely with the firm's president, Chris Ferraro, to expand Galaxy's crypto offering.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Treasury Bandwagon Reaches Africa as Altvest Jumps on Board

The South African alternative investment firm has bought one bitcoin.

South Africa is classifying crypto assets as financial products. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Market Faces Weak Demand, Needs Trump Initiatives to Kick In, JPMorgan Says

Institutional crypto futures positioning suggests a weakness in demand, the report said.

JPMorgan (Shutterstock)

Markets

U.S. Stablecoin Adoption Is Being Hindered by a Lack of Regulation, S&P Says

Institutional use of these cryptocurrencies will increase once rules are in place, the report said.

 Increasing the money supply is a hidden tax on everyone who holds that currency (Credit: iStockPhoto)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Still in Talks to Be Acquired by Kraken: Source

A second source said U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase has also been kicking the tires of Deribit.

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Crypto Investors Are Still Piling Into Memecoins Despite the Huge Risks: Kraken

A survey by the crypto exchange showed that 85% of digital asset holders in the U.S. invested in memecoins.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Markets

U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Accounted for 29% of Global Hashrate in February: JPMorgan

Mining economics came under pressure as the network hashrate rose while the bitcoin price fell, the report said.

(Shutterstock)