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The Daily: Bitcoin taps $97K amid ‘Goldilocks’ macro backdrop, Ripple secures preliminary license in EU payments push, and more

The Daily: Bitcoin taps $97K amid ‘Goldilocks’ mac...

5 months ago 60

Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpaca raises $150 million Series D, pusing valuation to $1.15 billion

Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpa...

5 months ago 62

Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed the book on its years-long probe into the organization

Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed the book on i...

5 months ago 53

Sui Layer 1 stalls for hours as developers rush to restore network

Sui Layer 1 stalls for hours as developers rush to...

5 months ago 66

CleanSpark and Bitfarms stocks rally as firms target US for HPC/AI expansions

CleanSpark and Bitfarms stocks rally as firms targ...

5 months ago 43

Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at remaking stock trading and lending

Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at rem...

5 months ago 46

Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts unwind and $100K odds rise

Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts u...

5 months ago 44

Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120 million valuation to prepare crypto networks for post-quantum threats

Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120...

5 months ago 51

Tether-backed mobile wallet Oobit adds native Phantom support, expanding Solana’s ties to Visa

Tether-backed mobile wallet Oobit adds native Phan...

5 months ago 53

Ledger Wallet rolls out ‘BTC yield’ feature in collaboration with Lombard and Figment

Ledger Wallet rolls out ‘BTC yield’ feature in col...

5 months ago 56

Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attention market Noise ahead of Base mainnet launch

Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attenti...

5 months ago 63

Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arca

Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arc...

5 months ago 35

Bitnomial launches first regulated Aptos futures in U.S.

Bitnomial launches first regulated Aptos futures i...

5 months ago 38

MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token remains 99% below peak

MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token r...

5 months ago 42

Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30% of ETH supply locked

Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30...

5 months ago 48

Bitcoin and gold allocation outperforms traditional portfolios, backing Ray Dalio’s 15% hedge thesis, Bitwise finds

Bitcoin and gold allocation outperforms traditiona...

5 months ago 33

Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial surveillance expansion since the Patriot Act, Galaxy says

Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial su...

5 months ago 38

Ripple secures preliminary EMI license approval in Luxembourg as EU payments push advances

Ripple secures preliminary EMI license approval in...

5 months ago 40

Pakistan signs MOU with World Liberty Financial to explore USD1 stablecoin

Pakistan signs MOU with World Liberty Financial to...

5 months ago 50

Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets with cross-margin feature

Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets w...

5 months ago 47

Bitcoin ETFs post largest single-day inflows in three months, worth $750 million

Bitcoin ETFs post largest single-day inflows in th...

5 months ago 47

South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card

South Korean financial giant KB files patent for s...

5 months ago 51

Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half of 2026: Bloomberg

Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half...

5 months ago 41

Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to non-qualified traders: report

Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to ...

5 months ago 40

Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by ‘managed hashrate’ metric

Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by...

5 months ago 47

Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early innings of tokenized stock trading

Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early inning...

5 months ago 45

‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s ‘most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes

‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction ...

5 months ago 56

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure...

5 months ago 48

The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure bill, YZi Labs invests in Genius Trading as CZ joins as advisor, and more

The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure...

5 months ago 64

ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum blockspace and make onchain execution predictable

ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum bloc...

5 months ago 38

Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV via CoinList and own auction app

Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV...

5 months ago 58

Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with gas-free Ethereum transactions and 10x rewards bump

Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with...

5 months ago 65

Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market funds to be blockchain-ready

Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market fu...

5 months ago 47

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades: report

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades...

5 months ago 57

YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Trading, with CZ joining as advisor

YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Tradin...

5 months ago 47

Wintermute OTC data shows crypto liquidity clustered in BTC and ETH as broader altcoin rallies faded in 2025

Wintermute OTC data shows crypto liquidity cluster...

5 months ago 56

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme...

5 months ago 47

Kalshi secures temporary block on Tennessee order targeting prediction market sports contracts

Kalshi secures temporary block on Tennessee order ...

5 months ago 49

21Shares lists ETP combining bitcoin and gold on LSE as UK retail crypto access expands

21Shares lists ETP combining bitcoin and gold on L...

5 months ago 54

Bernstein raises Figure price target, names stock its 2026 ‘best idea’ with 38% potential upside

Bernstein raises Figure price target, names stock ...

5 months ago 43

Grayscale adds AI, DeFi and consumer tokens to asset consideration list

Grayscale adds AI, DeFi and consumer tokens to ass...

5 months ago 40

ZKsync lists real-world infrastructure as core focus in 2026 roadmap

ZKsync lists real-world infrastructure as core foc...

5 months ago 52

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limiting stablecoin rewards on idle holdings

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limit...

5 months ago 50

South Korean crypto exchanges slam government’s proposed ownership cap

South Korean crypto exchanges slam government’s pr...

5 months ago 66

Kraken-linked SPAC targets Nasdaq IPO with $250 million offering

Kraken-linked SPAC targets Nasdaq IPO with $250 mi...

5 months ago 59

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memecoin faces rug pull allegations

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memecoin faces rug pu...

5 months ago 40

Senators move to shield crypto developers as lawmakers race toward advancing sweeping digital asset bill

Senators move to shield crypto developers as lawma...

5 months ago 57

Bakkt stock rallies 20% amid plans to acquire a stablecoin infra firm founded by Bakkt’s co-CEO

Bakkt stock rallies 20% amid plans to acquire a st...

5 months ago 51

CFTC Chair Selig unveils innovation committee as agency weighs crypto, prediction markets

CFTC Chair Selig unveils innovation committee as a...

5 months ago 55

The Daily: Bitcoin and privacy coins gain as Trump-Powell conflict escalates, Tether freezes $182M in USDT, Strategy makes biggest buy in six months, and more

The Daily: Bitcoin and privacy coins gain as Trump...

5 months ago 64