Inside the company staking more than 5 million ETH
BitMine owns nearly 5% of Ethereum’s stated supply and has staked most of it. Its September filings invite a closer question than the size of one treasury: how much validator operation, withd
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NEAR Hits a 21-Month Peak Following This Strong Catalyst: Key Predictions Ahead
The popular altcoin has soared by 180% over the past month, and several hours ago it surpassed $5.50 for the first time since the start of 2025. It currently trades around $5.10 (per CoinGeck
Former Bank Teller Charged in $930K Crypto Transfer Fraud
A former bank teller faces federal fraud charges after allegedly routing more than $930,000 in unauthorized transfers to a cryptocurrency account, according to federal prosecutors. The defend
The XRP treasury vote: What Evernorth shareholders are being asked to own
Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders meet on September 30 to decide whether to approve a merger built around an XRP treasury. The vote can authorize the deal, but the economic question re
Bitcoin’s bull score hit 90 but where did the demand go?
CryptoQuant’s trend gauge registered an emphatic reading just as its estimate of new spot demand deteriorated. The apparent contradiction tells a more useful story about who bought the breako
Coinbase Now Owns the Broker, the Exchange and the Clearinghouse. Its U.S. Derivatives Stack Is Complete
Coinbase has spent years adding regulated pieces around its U.S. derivatives business. On September 28, it received the piece that sits in the middle of the trade. The Commodity Futures Tradi
Abracadabra Plans Shutdown: MIM Stablecoin Faces a Brutal Collapse
Abracadabra Plans Shutdown as MIM Stablecoin Faces Total Insolvency There's significant crypto news today coming out of the DeFi lending space. The Abracadabra community has formally proposed
How Does Ondo’s Custody Model Keep Tokenized Stocks Anchored To Real Shares?
Ondo Finance keeps its tokenized stocks anchored to real shares by never letting the underlying stock leave the traditional U.S. custody system. Instead of creating a synthetic token that jus
HSBC RedCoin Takes On HKDAP in Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Race
HSBC has named its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin but has not issued it yet. RedCoin will reach retail users first through PayMe and the HSBC HK App. Anchorpoint’s HKDAP, the only other
REAL Finance's $ASSET Token Now Listed in ESMA's MiCA Register, Opening Door to 30 European Markets
Real Technologies Inc., the company behind the REAL Finance blockchain network, has had its $ASSET token whitepaper added to the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) Interim MiC
What Does Japan’s Crypto Reclassification Actually Change?
Reclassifying crypto as a "financial product" moves digital assets in Japan out of payment law and into securities law, meaning exchanges, token issuers, and traders now face the same disclos
What Is Four.meme's 4Stock?
4Stock is a new tokenized stock product from Fourmeme that lets users bring popular US stocks onto BNB Chain even before those stocks have an official bStock version, with each 4Stock backed