Christie’s offers $1 billion in luxury real estate to buyers paying with crypto: NYT - The Block, Crypto, real, block, crypto

Christie’s offers $1 billion in luxury real estate to buyers paying with crypto: NYT

The owners of over $1 billion worth of luxury real estate are open to being paid in crypto, according to a New York Times report. Brokerage Christie's International Real Estate, an independent firm that shares branding with the world-famous auction h

Strategy upsizes preferred ‘Stretch’ stock offering to $2 billion to buy more bitcoin - The Block, Crypto, block, bitcoin

Strategy upsizes preferred ‘Stretch’ stock offering to $2 billion to buy more bitcoin

Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy plans to quadruple the size of its recently announced Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock offer to $2 billion from $500 million after strong demand for bitcoin‑focused shares, Bloomberg reported. Morgan Stanley,

JPMorgan says crypto inflows have surged to $60 billion year to date amid regulatory push - The Block, vc, Crypto, circle, crypto

JPMorgan says crypto inflows have surged to $60 billion year to date amid regulatory push

Capital inflows into digital assets have reached $60 billion year to date, driven by a mix of crypto fund flows, CME futures activity, and venture capital fundraising, according to estimates by JPMorgan analysts. Inflows are up nearly 50% since the e

Binance integrates Circle’s yield-bearing USYC asset in latest partnership between the crypto giants - The Block, Crypto, circle, usdc, block, crypto

Binance integrates Circle’s yield-bearing USYC asset in latest partnership between the crypto giants

Binance is integrating Circle’s yield-bearing USYC asset as a collateral option for the exchange’s institutional clients. The move is the latest partnership between Circle Internet Group Inc. (ticker CRCL), which historically has had ties to rival Co

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen sends roughly $140 million in XRP to exchanges over seven days: ZachXBT - The Block, xrp, three, million, Crypto, block, sec

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen sends roughly $140 million in XRP to exchanges over seven days: ZachXBT

A wallet long linked to Ripple co‑founder Chris Larsen has moved 50 million XRP, valued at an estimated $161 million, since July 17. The wallet appears to have routed roughly $140 million worth of tokens to three exchange‑connected addresses and park

Pop artist Takashi Murakami to launch collectible trading cards onchain via Base app - The Block, Crypto, block, crypto, april, nft

Pop artist Takashi Murakami to launch collectible trading cards onchain via Base app

Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami announced today that he plans to launch his collectible trading cards, 108 Flowers Revised, as NFTs."My collectible trading cards — inspired by my physical works — are now onchain," Murakami said in an X post Wedn

Bitfarms stock spikes after announcing 50 million share buyback, CEO says its Bitcoin business is ‘underappreciated’ - The Block, tsx, Crypto, bitcoin, million, shares, hpc, block

Bitfarms stock spikes after announcing 50 million share buyback, CEO says its Bitcoin business is ‘underappreciated’

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms announced Tuesday morning the commencement of a corporate share buyback program, sending shares higher by nearly 18%.The company is authorized to purchase up to 49.94 million of its common shares (out of

Telegram launches non-custodial crypto app in US - The Block, app, crypto, Crypto, block, wallet, ton

Telegram launches non-custodial crypto app in US

Messaging app Telegram has launched a new non-custodial crypto wallet in the United States through a partnership with MoonPay. The new feature will enable millions of users to send and manage crypto directly within the app.Telegram previously launche

A16z leads $15 million seed round for an AI-focused decentralized data layer built on the Story Protocol - The Block, one, crypto, ai, poseidon, Crypto, data, story, layer

A16z leads $15 million seed round for an AI-focused decentralized data layer built on the Story Protocol

Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto wing is backing a full-stack decentralized data layer being built on the intellectual property-focused Story protocol. The startup, called Poseidon, has brought in $15 million in seed funding as it looks to u

SharpLink lifts ether stash to 360,807 ETH after $97 million share sale - The Block, ethereum, second, eth, Crypto, crypto, donald trump, sbet

SharpLink lifts ether stash to 360,807 ETH after $97 million share sale

Joseph Lubin-backed SharpLink Gaming (ticker SBET) said it increased its ether stack by 29% last week as more entities tapped capital markets to fund corporate crypto acquisitions in an Ethereum treasury race.The Nasdaq-listed firm acquired 79,949 ET

Senate Republicans release crypto market structure discussion draft aimed at building off House-passed Clarity bill - The Block, house, Crypto, trump, senate, sec, crypto

Senate Republicans release crypto market structure discussion draft aimed at building off House-passed Clarity bill

Republican Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott and other lawmakers are moving forward with their cryptocurrency market structure bill that they say expands work done on a bill passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives last week.Scott, alon

JPMorgan Chase explores lending secured by clients’ cryptocurrencies: FT - The Block, donald trump, block, bitcoin, Crypto, may, genius, crypto

JPMorgan Chase explores lending secured by clients’ cryptocurrencies: FT

JPMorgan Chase is exploring plans to offer loans secured by customers’ cryptocurrency holdings, signaling a broader embrace of crypto assets by traditional financial institutions, according to the Financial Times.FT reported on Tuesday, citing source

Kaito unveils its Capital Launchpad, a web3 crowdfunding platform to launch later this week - The Block, crypto, Crypto, block, echo

Kaito unveils its Capital Launchpad, a web3 crowdfunding platform to launch later this week

Kaito, the AI-powered web3 data provider, plans to release a new capital allocation platform called Capital Launchpad this week, according to an announcement on Monday.Kaito's platform will enable users to invest in private token sales and new projec

DeFi Development Corp raises Solana treasury holdings to 999,999 SOL - The Block, million, Crypto, solana, april, defi, sol, block

DeFi Development Corp raises Solana treasury holdings to 999,999 SOL

DeFi Development Corp (ticker DFDV), the online real estate firm turned Solana treasury company, said Monday morning it raised $19 million through its equity line of credit and purchased 141,383 SOL at an average price of $133.53.This brings DeFi Dev

GameSquare buys 8,351 ETH amid approval for additional $150 million towards its crypto treasury - The Block, crypto, million, game, eth, Crypto, nft, ethereum

GameSquare buys 8,351 ETH amid approval for additional $150 million towards its crypto treasury

GameSquare (ticker GAME) recently purchased $30 million of ether, acquiring approximately 8,351 ETH at a weighted average price of $3,592 per token.The Nasdaq-listed media and entertainment company said Monday that its board of directors has increase

Bitcoin dominance takes notable dip amid Ethereum’s surge - The Block, etf, eth, bitcoin, Crypto, second, may, block, ethereum

Bitcoin dominance takes notable dip amid Ethereum’s surge

Bitcoin dominance has experienced its second notable decline in three months, dropping to approximately 58% as major altcoins stage a coordinated rally. This mirrors a similar pattern observed in May, when dominance peaked around 62% before retreatin

Bit Origin makes first Dogecoin purchases after establishing corporate DOGE treasury - The Block, btc, doge, eth, Crypto, bit, block, dogecoin

Bit Origin makes first Dogecoin purchases after establishing corporate DOGE treasury

Bit Origin (ticker BTOG) announced Monday the initial purchase of about 40.5 million DOGE tokens, less than a week after the company first established a corporate treasury stacking the Shibu Inu-based Dogecoin memecoin.The company, which has a market

PUMP token erases gains less than a week after initial coin offering amid rising share of LetsBONK memecoin generator - The Block, Crypto, april, pump, solana, bonk, block, memecoin, token

PUMP token erases gains less than a week after initial coin offering amid rising share of LetsBONK memecoin generator

Less than a week after Pump.fun's highly anticipated ICO, its newly launched PUMP token has seen a reversal in price. The token, now trading around $0.004, has slipped over 22% today, bringing it in line with its debut price, according to The Block's

The Daily: Trump signs GENIUS stablecoin bill into law, crypto market cap hits $4T, JPMorgan says regulators abroad prefer tokenized bank deposits, and more - The Block, Crypto, solana, pixels, crypto, xrp, safe, layerzero, sec, trump, block, dogecoin, genius, dydx, renzo

The Daily: Trump signs GENIUS stablecoin bill into law, crypto market cap hits $4T, JPMorgan says regulators abroad prefer tokenized bank deposits, and more

The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Friday! President Trump has officially signed the GENIUS stablecoin bill into law — a landmark moment that’s helping push the crypto

Decentralized hedge fund Numerai to buy back $1 million in native NMR tokens as AUM tops $440 million - The Block, million, nmr, Crypto, model, block, numeraire

Decentralized hedge fund Numerai to buy back $1 million in native NMR tokens as AUM tops $440 million

Numerai, a hedge fund that utilizes crowdsourced machine learning models, has announced plans to repurchase $1 million worth of its native token, Numeraire (NMR), from the open market. The move follows notable growth in the firm’s staking ecosystem a