Battle for Treasury Secretary Spot Elon Musk and RFK Jr. have endorsed Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, for U.S. Treasury Secretary in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Lutnick, a strong Bitcoin advocate, faces competition from Scott Bessent, founder of Key...

Russia is preparing to trial cross-border payments using cryptocurrency in an attempt to circumvent international sanctions. The trial, which begins next week, follows legislation passed in July that allows such transactions under an "experimental" regime overseen by Russia’s central bank....