Kraken Hits $20B Valuation After Citadel’s Strategic Investment.
Crypto exchange Kraken has raised a total of $800 million in new funding over the last two months. This has brought its valuation to $20 billion and strengthened its financial…
Japan Considers New Crypto Categories and Lower Tax Rate.
Japan’s main financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), is considering a major shift in how it classifies the country’s most widely used cryptocurrencies. According to a report from Asahi…
Pi Network Upgrades App Studio with New Code Feature.
Pi Network has rolled out a major update to Pi App Studio, giving creators and developers the ability to download and re-upload source code. The long-requested feature marks one of…
Leaked Emails Reveal Epstein Helped Fund MIT’s Bitcoin Work.
Newly released emails from the Jeffrey Epstein estate have revealed that he played a direct role in helping fund Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Digital Currency Initiative (DCI). This is…
Harvard’s Latest Filing Shows Major Boost in Bitcoin ETF Holdings.
Harvard University’s latest Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing has revealed a major jump in its Bitcoin ETF holdings. The university now holds 6,813,612 shares of BlackRock’s IBIT, worth about…
OKX Launches Decentralized Trading for U.S. Customers.
OKX, a crypto trading platform and Web3 business, has rolled out decentralized trading for its customers in the United States, allowing them to trade on decentralized markets via the OKX…
SharpLink Posts $104M Profit from Ethereum Holdings
According to the statement, SharpLink’s Co-CEO, fJoseph Chalom, said the third quarter marked the first full period executing its ETH treasury strategy, and the results validated their model. “To date,…
Bitcoin’s Price Jumps as Trump Signs Bill to End Record US Govt Shutdown.
Bitcoin’s price tumbled once again on Wednesday evening, slipping briefly below $101,000 before it staged a notable recovery on Thursday morning. The most likely reason for the rebound is the…
Kyrgyzstan Adds $50M in New Gold-Backed USDKG Stablecoins.
Kyrgyzstan has entered the global digital finance arena by launching $50 million worth of its national stablecoin, USDKG. The coin was officially registered on November 6, placing the country as…
Bybit’s Lazarus Lab Uncovers Fund-Freezing in 16 Blockchains.
Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab revealed that several blockchain networks feature built-in functions that can freeze funds, casting doubt on decentralization, censorship resistance, and user control. The results again raise questions…