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Consensys is splitting into two independent entities by year-end: MetaMask, focusing on retail self-custodial finance, and Consensys, dedicated to Ethereum and institutional blockchain infrastructure…
Tether has abandoned an estimated $120 million Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay following a power contract dispute with state utility UTE. Despite halting operations and laying off local staff, Teth…
Circle outlined plans for multi-trillion-dollar USDC expansion across cross-border payments, treasury management, and AI-agent transactions. The company is set to launch its Arc blockchain mainnet on…
OrdinalsBot, a pioneer inscription platform on Bitcoin, is shutting down and auctioning its assets due to a sharp contraction in the Ordinals market. This closure adds to over 120 crypto shutdowns th…
Olenox Industries reported July 2026 Bitcoin production of approximately 15.13 BTC with an operational hashrate of 1.02 EH/s. The company utilized 64% fleet capacity due to planned summer curtailment…
Bitwise partners with Superstate to tokenize fund shares, with its Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) likely first. This signals growing institutional infrastructure for Solana-based products, despite Bitwise…
CryptoQuant reports tokenized stock perpetual futures on crypto exchanges surged to $250B monthly volume in July, up 56% MoM and 17x YTD, signaling structural growth in crypto infrastructure adoption…
Zerohash's U.S. trust bank charter application was returned by the OCC, a procedural setback allowing reapplication. The firm, private and crypto infrastructure-focused, powers Morgan Stanley's E*Tra…
Kalshi is integrating DoubleZero's low-latency data feed to boost its prediction market infrastructure, potentially benefiting Solana-based onchain data systems and increasing demand for fast, decent…
Riot Platforms stock jumped 9% after signing a $9.1B, 20-year AI data center lease, likely with Anthropic. Q2 revenue rose 14% YoY, highlighting Riot's shift from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure …
Riot Platforms surged 17% after securing a 20-year, $9.1B Anthropic AI data center lease, pivoting from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure. Analysts raised price targets despite a $237M quarterly lo…
Bitdeer's Q2 results missed EPS/revenue estimates but revenue rose 47% YoY, driven by explosive Bitcoin self-mining growth via its SEALMINER fleet. AI Cloud revenue also surged, though gross margins …
Visa is integrating stablecoin funding and payouts into Visa Direct via zerohash, enabling merchants and recipients to use digital dollars for faster, cross-border liquidity, expanding mainstream sta…
Circle secured a NY trust charter for USDC, its third major regulatory win in a month after an OCC national trust bank approval and IBM blockchain patent acquisition, boosting institutional confidenc…
XDC Network unveils x402-based AI payment rails enabling autonomous agents to settle transactions in stablecoins with gasless USDC fees, advancing the 'agentic economy' concept pioneered by Coinbase'…
Tether co-founder Reeve Collins says stablecoins have become core financial infrastructure, citing JPMorgan and PayPal adoption. He views Bitcoin's 40% drawdown as a normal cycle, with stronger funda…
Circle acquired ~1,000 blockchain patents from IBM, becoming the largest U.S. patent holder in blockchain tech, bolstering USDC and Arc blockchain infrastructure. Deal terms undisclosed; both CRCL an…
Bitdeer's June bitcoin mining surged 388% YoY, AI Cloud revenue hit $76M with 95% GPU utilization, and it added a new Malaysia data center lease, signaling strong operational growth.
Interview with SCRYPT CEO discusses stablecoins overtaking speculative crypto narratives, TON's institutional payment infrastructure, broken cross-border banking, regulatory fragmentation, and AI's f…
Ark Invest purchased $5 million in Bullish shares across three ETFs despite a 2.73% stock decline. Bullish reported mixed Q1 results with doubled losses but revenue growth, alongside a $4.2 billion E…