President-elect Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aimed at cutting government bureaucracy, waste, and excess regulations. Described as a “Manhattan Project” for modern government, DOGE will operate outside traditional gov

Happy holidays! Welcome to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Today we have a special edition – an outlook for meme coins in 2022, as we are approaching the year-end. Check out a more comprehensive outlook for the crypto space here, and

Broader adoption of crypto related technology could drive further growth in 2022, while competition is also increasing among different blockchains and sectors, industry participants said. The past year has proved that crypto is “not just a fad,” said Devin Ryan, director of financial technology rese

Major cryptocurrencies tumbled amid concerns about the omicron variant and holiday travel disruptions around the globe. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.86% traded 7.4% lower from 24 hours ago at around $47,849. The cryptocurrency was down more than 30% from its all-time high of $68,990 in November, according to

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Hello again! Welcome to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter. This will be the last installment of 2021, as the New Year is less than two days away. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Today I’ll walk you through how the past year has been for bitcoin miners, and what they e