The proposed deal with Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise would give the Tokyo-based company a foothold in US capital markets while using existing Bitcoin rather than additional purchases.
The exchange said it is the first crypto company to offer European customers both traditional U.S. equities and tokenized versions of those assets on a single regulated platform.
The $613 billion asset manager will subadvise a high-yield fund tokenized across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Sui.
The banking giant plans to let institutional clients hold Bitcoin and traditional assets through the same custody framework.
Bitcoin returned to $65,000 for the first time in a week as fresh BTC price volatility accompanied US claims that the Strait of Hormuz was “open and operating.”
The Tokyo-listed firm will seed gaming media company Super League—to be renamed Superplanet and trade as SUPA—with 2,100 BTC.
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenue-sharing or other economic interests in the company.
Miners with AI and high-performance computing contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices and hashprice squeeze pure-play operators.
Long-term borrowing costs are reaching multi-decade highs as U.S. debt approaches $40 trillion and AI hyperscalers accelerate bond issuance.
The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million.
The address received 8.54 BTC in June 2011 when the coin traded around $14 and stayed silent for 15 years before moving roughly $538,000 in a single transaction.
Following institutional trials, the HKD-pegged asset is being put to work to capture part of Hong Kong’s $49 billion trade corridor with the United Arab Emirates
Retail investors can apply to buy the 1 billion yen bond without a securities account and receive perks through Toyota’s payment app.
The Wall Street bank plans to let clients hold bitcoin alongside traditional assets through its new Custody+ platform.
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says.
Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT.
Eligible US users can fund MoonPay crypto purchases with Cash App balances as the payments firm expands beyond its core onramp business.
Plus, Ethereum researchers are prioritizing privacy; Robinhood is rolling out agentic trading; and Ansem debuts his own launchpad.
Visa’s request for product (RFP) talks about the need to support a range of stablecoins.
Sending ETH to a brand-new address will cost more than sending to an existing one, and software built around a flat fee will get the sum wrong.
The bid protest, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, challenges ICE’s sole-source award for blockchain forensic tools, pitting the two biggest names in crypto tracing against each other.
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Regulators rejected Polymarket’s defense regarding its P2P nature, arguing the platform manages market rules and facilitates crypto-based gambling activity.
Eligible EEA users can trade conventional US shares alongside more than 700 tokenized xStocks through Kraken’s European entity.
BTC has dropped 0.6% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures slip 1.1%, with the FOMC’s July meeting minutes and a White House crypto summit both due Wednesday.
BTC outperformed Wall Street on Monday, breaking its recent pattern of lagging behind U.S. stocks.
Bitcoin derivatives markets created a short squeeze that took BTC price action 3% higher on Monday.
Austria’s Financial Market Authority fined the Vienna-based exchange 70,000 euros for procedural and disclosure breaches, an early marker of how EU regulators intend to enforce the bloc’s new crypto rulebook.
The newly authorized lenders will begin offering e-CNY services after completing operational and technical preparations.
The Korea Media and Communications Commission said Polymarket’s structure and operations amount to illegal gambling despite its noncustodial design and smart contracts.