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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest picks up $15.4 million in Robinhood shares and more of its own Bitcoin ETF

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest picks up $15.4 million in Robinhood shares and more of its own Bitcoin ETF

Ark Invest bought 124,427 Robinhood shares, worth approximately $15.4 million across two of its exchange-traded funds on Thursday as the crypto and equity trading firm's stock dropped 9.1%, according to The Block's HOOD price page.Of the total acquisition, the Cathie Wood-led investment firm bought …

UK financial authority to prioritize stablecoin payments in 2026

UK financial authority to prioritize stablecoin payments in 2026

The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK's primary financial regulator, announced Wednesday that enabling local firms to experiment with stablecoin payments will be a top priority for 2026.In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi outlined the regulator's digital in…

Bitcoin and ETH whipsaw after Fed’s quarter-point cut and caution on further easing

Bitcoin and ETH whipsaw after Fed’s quarter-point cut and caution on further easing

Bitcoin and ether swung back and forth on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered a quarter-point rate cut but paired it with language signaling a higher bar for additional easing.The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered the federal funds rate to 3.5%–3.75% in a 9–3 split vote, with tw…

Crypto AI ‘four times better’ than ChatGPT and Grok raises $15 million

Crypto AI ‘four times better’ than ChatGPT and Grok raises $15 million

Surf, an artificial intelligence platform said to have superior knowledge of crypto when compared to mainstream brands like ChatGPT, has raised $15 million, according to a Wednesday release.The company's CEO, Ryan Li, said AI platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity suffer from hallucinations that can …

CryptoUK joins The Digital Chamber as transatlantic digital asset rules take shape

CryptoUK joins The Digital Chamber as transatlantic digital asset rules take shape

Washington, D.C.-based crypto advocacy group The Digital Chamber is expanding its global footprint by joining forces with CryptoUK, the United Kingdom’s leading digital-asset trade association.Under the arrangement, CryptoUK's team will be under The Digital Chamber umbrella as both countries embark …

ZKsync to deprecate ZKsync Lite in 2026, sunsetting Ethereum’s first ZK rollup

ZKsync to deprecate ZKsync Lite in 2026, sunsetting Ethereum’s first ZK rollup

ZKsync announced Sunday that it plans to deprecate ZKsync Lite, the original zero-knowledge rollup it launched on Ethereum in 2020, at some point next year."This is a planned, orderly sunset for a system that has served its purpose and does not affect any other ZKsync systems," ZKsync said in a post…

Poland becomes EU’s lone MiCA holdout after parliament fails to overturn veto on crypto bill

Poland becomes EU’s lone MiCA holdout after parliament fails to overturn veto on crypto bill

Polish lawmakers failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki's veto on a sweeping crypto bill Friday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Donald Tusk's efforts to bring the country into alignment with the European Union's MiCA crypto regulation. The vote in the Sejm, Poland's lower house, fell 18 votes…

Coinbase incubated Ethereum L2 Base network rolls out bridge to Solana

Coinbase incubated Ethereum L2 Base network rolls out bridge to Solana

Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase, has officially launched its bridge to Solana. The integration is powered by Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), according to an announcement on Thursday. “If we want to bring the world onchain, we need to make it dead simple for…

What Actually Changed with the Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade

What Actually Changed with the Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade

Ethereum just completed the Fusaka upgrade, a hard fork designed to prepare the network for larger scale and cheaper use. While technical on paper, the change touches the core functions of Ethereum — how data is stored, how transactions fit into blocks, and how Rollups like Arbitrum, Base, and Optim…

JPMorgan says Strategy’s resilience is key to bitcoin’s price direction in the near term

JPMorgan says Strategy’s resilience is key to bitcoin’s price direction in the near term

Strategy's (ticker MSTR) resilience matters more for bitcoin’s near-term price outlook than miner activity, according to JPMorgan analysts. That's despite the fact that the world's largest bitcoin holder has yet to sell BTC, and what appears to be increasing sell pressure from Bitcoin miners.Bitcoin…

Polymarket begins opening US app to users on the waitlist

Polymarket begins opening US app to users on the waitlist

Polymarket’s U.S. app is rolling out for prospective users on the waitlist beginning Wednesday. The move marks the return of the largest blockchain-based prediction market to the U.S. since it was banned by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for operating an unregistered derivatives platform i…

Taurus taps Everstake to expand crypto staking options for banks and institutions

Taurus taps Everstake to expand crypto staking options for banks and institutions

Taurus is adding support for new staking networks through a partnership with Everstake, one of the largest non-custodial staking providers, giving banks and other regulated clients access to additional proof-of-stake chains through the Swiss firm’s custody platform.The integration folds Everstake’s …