StanChart VC arm invests in crypto firm GSR at $1 billion-plus value
SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank’s venture arm, has taken a stake in GSR, a crypto market-making and liquidity firm, as...
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a16z crypto raises $2.2B as firm bets on stablecoins, AI agents, and tokenized markets
Andreessen Horowitz raised $2.2 billion for its fifth crypto fund, giving one of Silicon Valley’s most aggressive blockchain investors fresh...
Bullish to Acquire Equiniti for $4.2B in Tokenization Push
Bullish agreed to acquire transfer agent Equiniti from Siris Capital in a $4.2 billion transaction, giving the crypto exchange a...
Peter Thiel-backed Bullish inks $4.2 billion deal to buy transfer agent Equiniti
Bullish, the institutional-grade digital asset exchange backed by Peter Thiel, is set to acquire Equiniti, a global transfer agent and...
SEC Delays Review of Prediction Market ETFs: Reuters
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed the expected launch of the first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to prediction...
Coinbase slashes headcount by 14%, pledges to rebuild as AI-first company
Coinbase is cutting its workforce by around 14% as it responds to a weaker market environment and rapid productivity gains...
Moscow Exchange to add XRP, BNB, Solana, TRON to its crypto index roster next week
Russia’s largest securities marketplace, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), will begin calculating and publishing indices for four digital currencies, including Solana...
Coinbase backs Kemet to expand institutional access to derivatives markets
Coinbase has partnered with Kemet to expand institutional access to its trading venues, adding Coinbase Exchange, Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, Coinbase...
SOL Strategies acquires HoudiniSwap in $18M deal to expand Solana infrastructure
SOL Strategies agreed to acquire HoudiniSwap for $18 million, adding a privacy focused cross chain swap aggregator as the public...
Rain expands stablecoin card network with Mastercard partnership
Rain is expanding its stablecoin card infrastructure through Mastercard, giving the startup access to both of the world’s largest card...
GameStop Proposes $55B eBay Takeover Deal
GameStop proposed an unsolicited, non-binding $55.5 billion acquisition of eBay in a cash-and-stock deal, as the video game retailer looks...
Buffett warns of peak gambling mood as one-day options and prediction markets boom
Speculation in financial markets has never been more intense, Warren Buffett said Saturday, speaking at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting...
Spirit Airlines stock collapses on shutdown fears as Trump’s bailout talk fails to get off ground
Spirit Airlines stock (FLYYQ) plummeted over 70% Friday as the ultra-low-cost carrier edged toward its final landing after Washington’s $500...
Crypto payments firm Fun raises $72 million from Multicoin and SignalFire in Series A
Crypto-native payments rails have struggled to keep up with scale. Fun is betting that it’s built the fix. The startup...
Tether posts over $1 billion profit in Q1 as reserves hit record
Tether posted over $1 billion in Q1 2026 profit despite volatile markets, lifting excess reserves to approximately $8.2 billion, according...
SBI to Make Bitbank a Subsidiary in Japan Crypto Consolidation Push
Tokyo-based SBI Holdings has opened talks to acquire shares in cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank and make it a consolidated subsidiary, extending...
SBI Holdings in talks to take controlling stake in crypto exchange Bitbank
SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial services conglomerate operating across banking, securities, and insurance, has entered into discussions with Bitbank Co.,...
X rolls out smart cashtags in US, Canada in step toward ‘everything app’
Tat Thang, a partner at the prediction platform Polymarket, suggests X is building a Web3 equivalent of the Chinese WeChat...
OKX Publishes Open-Standard Payment Protocol for Autonomous AI Agents
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched an open payments protocol for artificial intelligence agents, joining a growing push by crypto and...
Google parent set to open at fresh record after blowout Q1 earnings
Alphabet is on track to set a fresh record high as pre-market momentum extends a breakout driven by blockbuster earnings....
Crypto Tops X’s Most-Muted List, and AI Slop May Be Why
Crypto has topped the list of most-muted topics on X since the platform rolled out its snooze feature, with spam...
Ripple expands headquarters in Dubai’s financial hub as regional demand accelerates
Ripple has expanded its operations in the UAE by establishing a new Middle East and Africa headquarters in the Dubai...
