Kraken parent Payward agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Reap for up to $600 million, adding card issuance and stablecoin payment capabilities to its new B2B platform.
Polygon delivered its first block time reduction upgrade since genesis, as the network seeks to position for more high-frequency applications such as private stablecoin payments.
Bitcoin and risk-asset price action tried to brush off new US-Iran war rhetoric just hours before the deadline for a deal passed.
CME Group said it will launch Avalanche and Sui futures contracts pending regulatory approval, as it expands its regulated crypto product offering.
Prediction markets can evolve from betting casinos to decision operating systems. Futarchy replaces manual governance with market-priced causal logic gates.
Multiple Bitcoin indicators, including a bull-bear sentiment index and realized price metric, point to a possible final BTC shakeout toward $54,000
Strategy resumed Bitcoin purchases, acquiring 4,871 BTC for $329.9 million, while reporting a $14.46 billion unrealized loss and expanding its holdings.
A darknet threat actor is selling new fraud kit to trick KYC identity verification systems on financial platforms via AI-generated deepfakes and real-time voice altering.
Institutional crypto flows through prime brokerages that enforce TradFi custody standards. Ripple's $1.25B Hidden Road acquisition signals a permanent infrastructure shift.
Marc Andreessen says AI job loss fears are “all fake” and predicts a “massive jobs boom,” as fresh US data show increasing long-term unemployment and tech companies citing AI while cutting positions.