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PBW Top Speakers Prepare for Crypto’s “Big Leap Forward” in 2025

Cryptocurrency and blockchain leaders anticipate 2025 to be a breakthrough year, marked by mainstream adoption, regulatory clarity, and technological convergence (particularly with AI). Gathered around Paris Blockchain Week coming in July, these experts predict broader institutional participation, more nation-states adopting strategic Bitcoin reserves, and innovations like DeSci, DePin, and RWAs taking the industry to new heights.

Why the Official Trump Cryptocurrency Is Soaring Today

The Official Trump cryptocurrency's token price is climbing higher Tuesday. The recently launched meme coin was up 6.5% over the past 24 hours of trading in a day of bullish momentum for the broader market. In a 68-to-29 Senate vote yesterday, Scott Bessent was confirmed as President Trump's Treasury secretary -- and crypto investors see his assumption of the role as a bullish development.

French investigators open fraud probe against crypto platform Binance

PARIS (Reuters) -French investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, which said it denied the allegations. The economic and financial crime section of the Paris public prosecutor's office (JUNALCO) said in a statement that the probe includes money laundering in connection with drug trafficking. The investigation is examining the period from 2019 to 2024, involving offences committed in France but also in all European Union countries, JUNALCO said.