Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest

Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage

January 24, 2026

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President Donald Trump is acting like the CEO of USA Inc. Is it the strategy America needs? — fortune.com

This essay appeared in the Jan. 24, 2025 edition of the Fortune 500 Digest newsletter, which rounds up the headlines driving the week’s most important business news and coverage of Fortune 500 companies. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox every Saturday

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How to report crypto on your taxes — fastcompany.com

It may not be fiat currency, but Uncle Sam still expects you to report your cryptocurrency on your taxes. Here’s how to stay on the IRS’s good side. When crypto first gained prominence more than 15 years ago, one of the big selling points of the currency

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Complaint accuses Trump’s criminal attorney of “blatant” crypto conflict in his role at DOJ — salon.com

An ethics watchdog group filed a complaint Thursday seeking an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney — now the No. 2 at the Justice Department — broke federal conflict-of-interest law when he issued a new prosecution

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The Rise of the Tech Hamiltonians — theatlantic.com

As the Information Revolution accelerates around the world, upending everything from the international balance of power to the future of work, American culture and American politics are undergoing perhaps their most profound upheaval in the 250 years since

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Dear Abby: My brother wants his crypto back after we had a falling out — nypost.com

This reader's brother wants her to give him back the cryptocurrency she gave her as a gift -- so she is asking Dear Abby how the situation should be handled.

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S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins — nytimes.com

The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.

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