Month: June 2025

Brazil’s Méliuz Buys $28.6M in Bitcoin, Becomes Top Public BTC Holder in Latin America

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Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz (CASH3), which serves over 30 million users in the country, has become Latin America’s largest publicly listed corporate holder of bitcoin BTC. The company said Monday that it acquired an additional 275.43 BTC for $28.61 million following a recent stock offering, raising its total holdings to 595.67 BTC. That stash, purchased … Read more

Trump Media Share Buyback to be Funded Separately From BTC Treasury Strategy

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Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the parent company of the social media platform Truth Social, is planning a $400 million share buyback program. President Donald Trump’s media firm said that the repurchase would be funded separately from and not alter its bitcoin treasury strategy. The buyback will be conducted through open market transactions, and … Read more

RPC URLs: The dApp–Blockchain Bridge

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When a dApp (decentralized application) talks to an Ethereum-like blockchain, it does so using a JSON-RPC interface. In essence, an RPC URL is the web address of a node’s JSON-RPC endpoint. It’s a server URL (usually an HTTPS endpoint) that your dApp calls to retrieve on-chain data or push transactions. For example, Infura and GetBlock … Read more

Canaan to Exit AI Chip Business, Double Down on Bitcoin Mining Amid Realignment

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Canaan Inc. (CAN), the Singapore-based manufacturer of bitcoin mining machines, will wind down its artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor business to refocus on its core crypto operations. Despite the growing trend of bitcoin miners diversifying their revenue through AI-related businesses, building AI chips is likely very competitive and not cost-effective for smaller companies. Canaan said that … Read more

Tokenized Shares of Solana Treasury Company Defi Dev Coming to Kraken

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DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV), the Nasdaq-listed firm with a crypto treasury strategy focused on Solana SOL, is bringing its equity onto blockchain rails through crypto exchange Kraken’s upcoming tokenized stock trading venue. The company’s shares will be tokenized under the ticker DFDVx on the Solana network, joining a select group of tokenized versions of major … Read more

Want to know where VCs are investing next? Be in the room at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Early-stage founders, listen up! You will want a front row seat at the Builders Stage on Oct 27 at 1:00 pm. This session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings together Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures; Jerry Chen, general partner, Greylock; and Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis, all of whom will share their 2026 investment priorities across … Read more

LLMs, Data Dysphoria, and the Global Regulatory Response

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In the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have emerged as revolutionary tools that are capable of generating human-like text, solving complex problems, and assisting with a myriad of tasks. However, these models are not without their challenges, particularly when it comes to governance. The proliferation of LLMs has … Read more

Bitcoin and Digital Asset Clarity Is Essential for Our Financial Future

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In recent weeks, Congress has made historic strides toward securing America’s leadership in digital asset innovation. With the passage of the GENIUS Act, we’ve taken a major step toward ensuring that this emerging sector operates under clear, consistent rules—rules that protect consumers, encourage responsible innovation and strengthen national security. But make no mistake: this is … Read more

Apple keeps pulling its own ads

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Comedian Martin Herlihy tells students how to get their parents to buy them a Mac. Apple has taken down a new ad just one day after posting it, making it the fourth one removed in just over a year, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The nearly eight-minute-long ad, titled “The Parent Presentation,” featured comedian Martin … Read more

Coinbase Is Well Positioned to Benefit From U.S. Crypto Regulatory Clarity: Benchmark

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Coinbase (COIN), the leading digital assets platform in the U.S., is well positioned to benefit from the enactment of the crypto market structure bill introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this month, broker Benchmark said in a research report Monday. Benchmark raised its Coinbase price target to $421 from $310 and reiterated its buy … Read more

Why Donald Trump Jr. at KBW2025 Signals a New Era for Web3?

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What does it signify when a major blockchain conference announces a speaker list that bridges the worlds of traditional business, politics, and decentralized technology? Korea Blockchain Week 2025 (KBW2025), the most prominent Web3 conference in Asia, has unveiled its second round of speakers and lead partners for its September event in Seoul. This roster includes … Read more

Fiserv Joins Stablecoin Fray, Teaming Up With Circle, Paxos, PayPal for Launch on Solana

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Fiserv, a Fortune 500 payments and fintech giant that processes 90 billion transactions annually, unveiled plans on Monday to launch a new digital asset platform and stablecoin, joining a roster of traditional financial firms rushing to capitalize on the stablecoin boom. The FIUSD stablecoin, planned to debut later this year, will be available to Fiserv’s … Read more