Mastercard Completes $1.8B BVNK Acquisition To Accelerate Stablecoin Payments
Mastercard has finalized its $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK. Mastercard said on Monday that the purchase integrates BVNK’s onchain technology...
Bitwise Unveils NRR Ticker As NEAR ETF Filing Advances With SEC
Bitwise Asset Management, a digital asset investment firm known for issuing crypto-focused exchange-traded funds, has submitted a third amendment to its S-1 registration...
BlackRock Launches Two Tokenized Funds For Stablecoin Reserves
BlackRock has launched two tokenized money market funds designed to support stablecoin reserves, marking another major step in bringing traditional financial products onto...
Strive Expands Bitcoin Treasury With Fresh $1.3M BTC Purchase
Strive, the asset management firm and Nasdaq-listed company, has purchased an additional 20 Bitcoin for approximately $1.3 million. Strive CEO Matt Cole revealed...
Bitmine Adds $19.6M In Ether, Repurchases 4.5M Shares As ETH Holdings Near 5% Supply Target
Ether treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought another 10,399 Ether last week and repurchased 4.5 million of its shares as it maintained its...
Strategy Sells 1,638 Bitcoin As USD Reserve Reaches $4B; STRC Buyback Rises To $81.2M
Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy, sold 1,638 Bitcoin worth about $104.7 million during the week ending August 2, while increasing its...
Senate Eyes CLARITY Act Vote Before August Recess As Trump Holds Back On Ethics Proposal
Even though U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet endorsed a bipartisan plan aimed at resolving the bill’s ethical disagreement, Senate Majority Leader...
Bitcoin Coldcard Wallet Hack Enters Fourth Wave As Nearly $114M In BTC Stolen
With losses totaling 1,816 BTC (almost $114 million) over more than 5,200 Bitcoin wallet addresses since July 30, the fourth wave of the...
SEC Delays Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options As CME Challenges Approval
Exchange operator CME Group is requesting that a staff ruling conditionally approving Nasdaq PHLX’s proposal for cash-settled bitcoin index options be overturned by...
Prediction Market Volume Hits Record $50.6B In July As World Cup Boosts Trading
As prediction markets continued to gain momentum around the World Cup, Kalshi and Polymarket’s total trade volume surged to a new all-time high...
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Polymarket Targets $20B Valuation With Reported $1B Fundraising Plans
As it apparently looks into a new $1 billion investment round, Polymarket aims for a $20 billion valuation. According to Bloomberg, the...
Bybit Wins Austria EMI License, Expands Regulated Crypto & Payment Services Across Europe
The Financial Market Authority (FMA) of Austria has granted Bybit Payments GmbH an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. Bybit can now provide...
Wells Fargo To Launch 24/7 Tokenized Deposits
Wells Fargo, a major player on Wall Street, has revealed plans to use tokenized deposits, which would allow money to be settled...
BitGo Switches WBTC Cross-chain Infrastructure To Chainlink
Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo (BTGO) is set to replace LayerZero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC). The...
