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DDC Enterprise lands $124 million in sprint to build 10,000 bitcoin war chest

DDC Enterprise lands $124 million in sprint to build 10,000 bitcoin war chest

NYSE-listed DDC Enterprise has secured $124 million in equity financing to accelerate its bitcoin accumulation strategy, the company said Tuesday.The round was led by PAG Pegasus Fund and Mulana Investment Management, with additional backing from OKG Financial Services. Founder and CEO Norma Chu als…

BNB rallies 80% to become third-largest cryptocurrency as chain activity surges, supply tightens

BNB rallies 80% to become third-largest cryptocurrency as chain activity surges, supply tightens

BNB has been one of the best-performing major cryptocurrencies in the second half of this year. The price of BNB has increased by roughly 80% in the last three months alone. In fact, the token just flipped XRP to become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.The impressive rise in…

NYSE parent firm eyes $2 billion investment in Polymarket: WSJ

NYSE parent firm eyes $2 billion investment in Polymarket: WSJ

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is in advanced talks to invest $2 billion in Polymarket in a deal that could value the company between $8 billion and $10 billion.A deal could be announced as soon as Tuesday, although details remain undecided, accor…

ZKsync launches Atlas upgrade to support enterprise and institutional blockchains

ZKsync launches Atlas upgrade to support enterprise and institutional blockchains

ZKsync has rolled out the Atlas upgrade to its ZK Stack, aiming to provide faster and more flexible infrastructure for enterprises and institutions moving operations onchain.The release introduces a new high-performance sequencer capable of handling 25,000 to 30,000 transactions per second, along wi…

BitMine’s Ethereum hoard swells to 2.83 million ETH after accumulating $821 million in ether last week

BitMine’s Ethereum hoard swells to 2.83 million ETH after accumulating $821 million in ether last week

BitMine Immersion Technologies (ticker BMNR) said Monday its ether holdings have climbed to about 2.83 million tokens, lifting its combined crypto and cash stash to $13.4 billion as the largest corporate ETH treasury.The Block has previously reported BitMine’s ether accumulation blitz — from 566,776…

Ethereum Foundation swapping $4.5 million in ETH for stablecoins to fuel growth

Ethereum Foundation swapping $4.5 million in ETH for stablecoins to fuel growth

The Ethereum Foundation said Friday it will swap 1,000 ETH (approximately $4.5 million) for stablecoins to fund growth.Using CoWSwap's TWAP feature, the organization said converting the ether into stablecoins will help it fuel "ongoing work to fund R&D, grants and donations, and to highlight the pow…

Tokenization framework in most major markets by 2030, Robinhood CEO predicts

Tokenization framework in most major markets by 2030, Robinhood CEO predicts

Most major markets could establish a framework for asset tokenization in the next five years, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said during an on-stage discussion at Singapore's Token2049 conference on Thursday."I think tokenization is like a freight train," Tenev said. "It can't be stopped and eventually it…

Memecoins lose their mojo as retail flocks to tokens touting utility

Memecoins lose their mojo as retail flocks to tokens touting utility

The GMCI memecoin index has remained relatively stagnant at around 220 over the past several months, representing a significant decline from its peak of 600 reached during the height of last year's speculative fervor when tokens like Fartcoin, BONK, and WIF captured the majority of retail trading at…

Strategy’s stock rises as Treasury clarifies CAMT exclusion for unrealized crypto profits

Strategy’s stock rises as Treasury clarifies CAMT exclusion for unrealized crypto profits

The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS clarified Tuesday that corporations can exclude unrealized gains on digital assets when calculating liability under the 15% corporate alternative minimum tax.The move is particularly significant for Nasdaq-listed Strategy (ticker: MSTR), which has long flagged th…

Falling rates could ignite new ‘DeFi summer,’ says Aave founder

Falling rates could ignite new ‘DeFi summer,’ says Aave founder

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of DeFi lender Aave, said that low interest rates will set grounds for DeFi to prosper."I think every single rate cut by a central bank, whether it's by the Fed or ECB … is basically additional arbitrage for these DeFi yields," Kulechov said during a discussion at Sin…

Stripe to help companies to launch their own stablecoins, reportedly apply for federal banking charter

Stripe to help companies to launch their own stablecoins, reportedly apply for federal banking charter

Payments giant Stripe said Tuesday it's going to make it possible for any business to launch their own stablecoin.The new product, called Open Issuance, "enables any business to launch and manage their own stablecoin with just a few lines of code," Stripe said in a statement. The new service will be…

Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s deleted texts under scrutiny from House Republicans

Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s deleted texts under scrutiny from House Republicans

Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is facing lawmakers' scrutiny over texts that were deleted during his tenure.In a letter sent to the current SEC Chair Paul Atkins, Republican Reps. French Hill, Dan Meuser, Bryan Steil, and Ann Wagner said they were concerned about t…