Citadel Securities, Fortress back Ripple’s $500M raise at $40B valuation
Ripple’s massive valuation highlights increasing Wall Street confidence in blockchain and stablecoin innovation.
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UN agency to launch blockchain education, advisory programs for governments
The United Nations is preparing to launch a blockchain academy for governments and a UN-led…
Crypto’s growth engine stalls as Wintermute warns of ‘recycled liquidity’
Wintermute said inflows across stablecoins, ETFs and digital asset treasuries have plateaued, leaving crypto liquidity…
NFTs hit the brakes: Market cap tanks 46% in just 30 days
CoinGecko data shows the NFT market value has nearly halved in a month, with even…
CZ pardon was considered with ‘utmost seriousness,’ White House says
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao…
DeFi sleuths trace $284M in loans and stablecoin risk linked to Stream Finance
Yields and More maps out over $284 million in DeFi debt tied to Stream Finance,…
Cipher Mining rockets 32% after $5.5B data center deal with Amazon
Fellow miner IREN also signed a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft worth $9.7…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy kickstarts November with $45M Bitcoin buy
Strategy’s Bitcoin acquisitions rate is significantly down since September, threatening to limit Bitcoin’s price recovery,…
DeFi needs higher certainty, not higher yield
High yields mean nothing without execution certainty. Institutional DeFi adoption demands predictable transactions over speculative…
Not all RWA growth is real, and the industry knows it
Inflated dashboards don’t build institutional trust. Only verifiable assets, regulatory clarity and real usage can…
Standard Chartered CEO predicts end of cash: ‘All money will be digital’
Standard Chartered’s Bill Winters predicted a blockchain-driven future where every transaction settles digitally, calling it…
Poor UX is causing stablecoin ‘ticker fatigue,’ ZachXBT says
Crypto users must deal with costly fees, protocol-level restrictions and multiple service providers to execute…
’Sunk-cost-maxxing’ is killing long-term crypto development
Shrinking product cycles and constant pivoting mean nobody in crypto stays with anything long enough…
Aster token goes flying after CZ reveals $2.5M personal stake
Aster pumped after Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao shared a screenshot showing that he holds over…
Blockchain has earned its place in sports as core infrastructure
Blockchain has transitioned from arena sponsorships to mission-critical stadium infrastructure. Sport has enabled blockchain’s mainstream…