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Nasdaq Ventures is investing $100 million in Kraken's parent company, Payward. The strategic investment aims to accelerate round-the-clock equity trading and the development of an equity token system…
Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward at a $21 billion valuation. The partnership aims to build infrastructure for tokenized equities, targeting a Q2 2027 launch of N…
Nasdaq Ventures invested $100 million in Kraken's parent company Payward. The deal focuses on bringing Nasdaq equities on-chain as permissioned tokens, collaborating on surveillance and market data, …
Robinhood is expanding into tokenized U.S. securities and crypto products globally. Needham analyst John Todaro noted crypto markets have likely bottomed, citing historical sentiment lows and reduced…
Bitcoin Japan Corporation plans to deploy part of its ¥9.7 billion funding into a corporate Bitcoin treasury. While awaiting optimal entry levels, the firm is also expanding holdings in SpaceX, Figur…
Bluebird Mining Ventures released its August 2026 operational update, noting that treasury holdings grew 21% month-on-month to approximately $877,000, boosted by Bitcoin and gold. The company continu…
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan predicts Bitcoin could surpass $100,000 by year-end and potentially reach $1.3 million by 2035. He cites easing macro pressures, institutional allocations post-summer, soverei…
Hyperliquid Strategies surged 94% in August, outpacing Bitcoin's 25% gain. However, analysts caution that the stock trades at a premium to its net asset value amid falling network revenue, reaffirmin…
Bitcoin remains pressured down 28% over the year near $79,657 as rising Treasury yields curb non-yielding crypto demand. While privacy coin Zcash surged past $1,000 on spot ETF inflows, broader crypt…
The IMF confirmed that El Salvador's Bitcoin purchases were funded solely by private donations without public money, advancing a staff-level review for $1.4 billion in EFF funding. The decision estab…
Bitcoin climbed past $81,000, driving broad digital asset gains amid dovish Federal Reserve remarks and growing anticipation around the upcoming Senate vote on the CLARITY Act regulatory framework.
Major cryptocurrencies are rallying strongly, with Bitcoin gaining over 5% to surpass $81,000 while altcoins post even steeper advances. Analysts note that buying momentum is expanding across the ent…
JPMorgan is exploring the launch of its own stablecoin and considering joining a major bank consortium, complementing its existing JPM Coin tokenized deposit system.
A consortium of 39 U.S. state banking associations launched the BankChain Alliance to deploy a bank-run blockchain network by 2027. The project aims to enable tokenized deposits and stablecoins acros…
Major crypto firms like Coinbase, Strategy, and Circle are heavily lobbying U.S. lawmakers ahead of midterm elections to secure favorable regulations and promote mainstream adoption, notably supporti…
Bitcoin rallied 6% to multi-month highs following a White House meeting where President Trump pushed for the CLARITY Act. Coinbase jumped 10% alongside crypto gains as regulatory clarity promises to …
Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has given crypto firms until September 5 to enter a new licensing regime, opening access to formal banking. The regulatory framework aims to protect inv…
Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer cut MicroStrategy's price target to $435 while maintaining a Buy rating, projecting 265% upside. Despite an $8.32 billion unrealized loss on digital assets in Q2 2026, t…
Bitcoin rallied toward $79,400 amid pro-crypto regulatory pushes from the Trump administration, SEC, and CFTC. Broad institutional adoption accelerated as major payment networks and global banks adva…