Discover the richest crypto founders, tech CEOs and digital asset moguls of 2025. From CZ to Vitalik Buterin, see who tops the crypto wealth ranking. Crypto wealth in 2025 is led by exchange founders and stablecoin creators like CZ, Devasini and Armstrong. Not all crypto billionaires are CEOs — Buterin shows protocol builders can rival corporate giants. A new wave of millionaires is rising from culture, entertainment and Web3-native models like Stake.com. Read more
XRP price is stuck in a downtrend, with several metrics suggesting that the sell-off could continue to $2 if the support at $2.70 is lost. Key takeaways: Declining onchain activity and decreasing open interest signal potential further losses. XRP technicals warn of a drop to $2 if $2.70 support fails. Read more
While Europe and the US debate AI and crypto rules, Singapore deploys live systems in hospitals and refines its crypto licensing through targeted enforcement. Opinion by: Zac Cheah, co-founder of Pundi AI The West is regulating itself into irrelevance. With Europe and the United States bogged down in committee meetings and legal drafts, Southeast Asia, specifically Singapore, is running live AI pilots in hospitals, refining crypto licensing through targeted enforcement, and attracting top global talent with a governance model that works. Singapore’s secret? A sandbox-first approach that treats innovation not as a threat, but as an opportunity to be carefully tested, not endlessly theorized. Read more
Binance launches Medá in Mexico, a regional crypto hub and regulated fintech driving fintech innovation across Latin America. Binance, the world’s largest centralized crypto exchange (CEX) by market capitalization, is expanding its operations in Mexico by launching a new local entity and a fresh investment commitment. Binance announced the launch of its new Mexico-based entity, Medá, in a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Monday. Medá is registered as an Electronic Payment Funds Institution (IFPE) and will operate as an independent division focused on advancing fintech services for Binance throughout Latin America. Read more
Learn how the SEC lawsuit that threatened XRP’s existence has turned into the cryptocurrency’s biggest strength in 2025. In December 2020, XRP (XRP) was under existential threat. But what almost killed it now appears to be its greatest strategic advantage. A US Securities and Exchange Commission bombshell on Dec. 22, 2020, caused XRP to crash 62%. It led to mass delistings and put the cryptocurrency in a legal grey area. The lawsuit against XRP operator Ripple Labs alleged that it had conducted the sale of $1.3 billion worth of securities since 2013. At the time, it was the final days of the first Trump administration, and it caught the crypto industry off guard. Read more