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Abu Dhabi Fund Triples Bitcoin Exposure to $500M Ahead of Market Dip
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth arm has tripled its exposure to Bitcoin. Regulatory filings reveal the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) significantly increased its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)...
Basel Committee to Overhaul Crypto Bank Rules After US, UK Rejection
Global banking regulators face rising pressure to update capital rules for cryptocurrency holdings as stablecoin adoption accelerates and major jurisdictions resist earlier proposals. The Basel Committee now sees an urgent...
Kraken CEO: $800M Raise Driven by ‘Conviction’ After FTX 2.0 Rejection
Kraken has secured one of the largest funding rounds in the current crypto cycle. The exchange raised $800 million, achieving a confirmed valuation of $20 billion. This milestone arrives alongside...
Housing Proposals, Burry’s AI Warning, and the Fed Collide to Shake US Markets
The US markets are entering a period of growing uncertainty as new housing proposals, stimulus ideas, and shifting rate expectations collide with weakening consumer data, which are all the themes...
Wall Street Heavyweights Back Kraken’s IPO Bid With $800 Million Investment
Kraken has officially begun the process to go public. The U.S. crypto exchange announced it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchange...
Hyperliquid Launches a New “Growth Mode” That Cuts Trading Fees by 90%
Hyperliquid has launched an aggressive new strategy to expand its derivatives market share. The protocol brought out “HIP-3 Growth Mode” on Wednesday. This structural upgrade enables permissionless market deployment and...
Kraken Raises $800 Million to Advance Strategic Roadmap at $20B Valuation
Kraken has announced an $800 million capital raise across two tranches to accelerate its strategy of bringing traditional financial products on-chain. The primary tranche was led by institutional investors, including...
Binance Cuts Illegal Crypto Activity to Historic Lows, Data Shows
The crypto sector is entering a new phase of maturity, with illicit transaction volumes on centralized exchanges falling to historic lows. This is according to a new analysis published by...
BlackRock’s IBIT Bleeds Record $523M as November Outflows Near $3 Billion
BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, the IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust), registered a record single-day outflow of about $523 million on 18 November, its largest since launch in January 2024. In total,...
Invetor Mike Alfred Ditches MSTR for Strive, Calls Saylor’s Plan a ‘Fairy Tale’
Investor Mike Alfred has issued a sharp critique of Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. (MSTR). In a new interview, Alfred argued that the company’s aggressive use of preferred stock debt effectively...
WhiteBIT Partners with Saudi Prince’s Holding to Tokenize $2.7 Trillion in Assets
WhiteBIT Group has signed a strategic agreement with the Holding of Prince Naif Bin Abdullah Bin Saud to overhaul Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure. This initiative focuses on blockchain integration, tokenization,...
Malaysia Suffers Over $1 Billion in Losses From Illegal Bitcoin Mining Power Theft
Malaysia has suffered a massive financial loss due to illegal cryptocurrency mining. The national utility company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), recorded over $1.1 billion in losses from electricity theft. These...
Another Suspect Pleads Guilty in the Long-Running RICO Conspiracy Crypto Theft Scheme
Kunal Mehta, a 45-year-old individual from Irvine, California, has become the eighth suspect to plead guilty in the ongoing case of a multi-state conspiracy that used social engineering to steal...
Ondo Finance Wins EU Approval for Tokenized Stocks as ONDO Price Stalls
Ondo Global Markets has received a regulatory move this week after securing approval to offer tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across Europe. The authorization, granted by the Liechtenstein Financial...
Saylor Claims Strategy Inc. Can Survive 90% Bitcoin Crash, Still Pay Dividends
Michael Saylor has issued a staunch defense of Strategy Inc.’s (MSTR) balance sheet in a Fox Business interview, when the CEO claimed his company can withstand a catastrophic 80-90% drop...
Analyst Warns Bitcoin Could Drop Below $75,000, Compares Current Setup to 2008
Bitcoin faces technical deterioration that could lead to a decline below $75,000, according to analyst Przemyslaw K. Radomski. The analyst has been shorting Bitcoin since it traded around $104,000 and...
Senate Committees Set December Vote for Crypto Market Structure Bill
The long-awaited U.S. crypto market structure overhaul is moving again in Washington. The Senate Banking and Agriculture committees are preparing to hold markups and votes early next month. Senate Banking...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes ‘Ossification’ to Lock Down Ethereum Base Layer
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has urged that the blockchain protocol upgrades to quantum-resistant cryptography within the next four years. Speaking during the Devconnect conference, Buterin noted that elliptic curve cryptography...
US Regulators Give Banks a New Tool to Fight the Stablecoin Threat
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued updated guidance on Tuesday allowing federally chartered banks to hold crypto-assets as ‘principal,’ solely to pay blockchain network fees. The ‘Gas’...
Bitcoin ‘Cycle Fracture’ Raises Fears Of 2026 Drop Toward The $30000 Zone
Bitcoin is entering one of its most important moments in years as analysts warn that November through December could determine whether the crypto market continues its bull run or slips...
New Hampshire Approves First $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond in the U.S.
New Hampshire has made history by approving a $100 million municipal bond backed by Bitcoin, becoming the first state in the United States to do so. As reported by Crypto...
Brazil to Tax Cross-Border Crypto Payments Under New FX Rules
Brazil is moving to close a multi-billion dollar loophole in its foreign exchange market. The Finance Ministry is preparing to apply the IOF tax (Financial Transaction Tax) to cross-border crypto...
Two Layers, One Ledger: David Schwartz’s Technical Vision for a DeFi-Ready XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL), which began as a settlement network in 2012 is now heading for a major change in utility, as Ripple CTO David Schwartz and RippleX Head of...
US Regulator Clears Banks to Hold Crypto ‘As Principal’ for Network Fees
U.S. regulators have cleared a final operational hurdle for banks entering the blockchain space. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) confirmed on Tuesday that national banks can...
Mastercard Chooses Polygon to Bring Verified Usernames to Self-Custody Wallets
Mastercard has chosen the Polygon blockchain to power a new identity standard for self-custody wallets. The initiative replaces complex wallet addresses with verified usernames. This move aims to simplify digital...
