Ether has appreciated nearly 90,000% in the 10 years since the two Ethereum wallets received their coins.
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CleanSpark mines 685 BTC in June, scales hashrate 145% YoY CleanSpark reached 50 EH/s in operational hashrate in June, increasing its total Bitcoin holdings to 12,608 BTC even with significant monthly sales.
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Bitwise adds in-kind redemptions to DOGE, APT ETF filings Over 70 crypto exchange-traded funds are awaiting review from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Kraken debuts ‘Krak’ peer-to-peer payment system for crypto, fiat transactions Kraken’s new “Krak” system will compete against other money-transmitting apps such as Cash App and Venmo.
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Prediction market Kalshi raises $185M at $2B valuation — Report Kalshi plans to use a portion of the funding to scale its technology team, CEO Tarek Mansour said.
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Barclays to ban crypto transactions on credit cards from Friday The move comes as a debate is unfolding in the UK on whether users should be allowed to buy cryptocurrencies with credit cards.
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FalconX joins Crypto.com as partner for Lynq institutional settlement network Rising institutional interest in crypto may include the settlement sector, especially stablecoins, which have seen a 55.5% growth in market cap in one year.
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Chainlink, Mastercard partner to allow 3 billion cardholders to buy crypto The integration comes with help from several Web3 companies, whose technologies offer a compliant user experience.
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Anchorage adds DeFi capability for institutions with Uniswap wallet integration Anchorage Digital is expanding its Porto wallet with Uniswap integration, giving institutions direct access to DeFi swaps and liquidity.
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DeFi Development Corp stock to go onchain via Kraken The company’s CEO described the stock tokenization as a “DeFi Lego block,” suggesting it serves as a foundational piece for decentralized finance adoption.
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Semiconductor firm Sequans to raise $384M for Bitcoin treasury Roughly 240 companies now hold Bitcoin in their treasuries, nearly doubling from 124 just weeks ago. Combined, they control around 4% of the total BTC supply.
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Thai SEC opens consultation period for token issuance rules The consultation period comes as Thailand seeks to clarify regulations for the crypto industry.
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Coinbase secures MiCA license, names Luxembourg as EU headquarters Coinbase joins other exchanges such as OKX and Bybit that have secured MiCA licenses in a bid to take advantage of regulatory clarity in Europe.
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XBTO, Arab Bank Switzerland launch BTC yield product for institutional clients The partnership is part of a broader trend of banks integrating structured BTC yield products into wealth management services.
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OpenAI cuts ties with Scale AI amid data labeler’s new Meta deal — Report OpenAI is dropping Scale AI from its data labeling suppliers days after the startup’s acquisition by Meta.
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Bitdeer to offer $330M convertible notes to expand operations The fundraising comes as the company faces declining revenue and seeks to expand in the US to hedge against potential trade tensions.
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Chinese Central Bank pledges global expansion of digital yuan — Report China has been looking to challenge the US dollar’s reserve status and wants to expand the digital yuan’s reach to include domestic and international payments.
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Pudgy Penguins debuts play-to-win game on TON Telegram mini-games reached a zenith in 2024, but the TON blockchain still averages over 2.1 million active wallets.
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GENIUS Act could strengthen dollar power, write ‘rulebook’ for global financial system After clearing a key procedural vote, the GENIUS Act faces a final decision in the Senate before moving to the House of Representatives.
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Fairmint calls for blockchain framework for private markets in SEC proposal The proposal outlines a seven-step framework that includes real-time regulatory oversight and updates to investor accreditation standards.
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Shift to digital asset technology won’t be ‘slow’ — Franklin Templeton CEO In the world of traditional finance, sentiment has been shifting toward digital assets, with BlackRock, JPMorgan and Franklin Templeton making moves.
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Trident Digital to create XRP treasury of up to $500M The reserve will be funded through stock issuance and other financial instruments, according to the announcement.
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Ethereum Foundation highlights UX, social layer as security ‘challenges’ According to the Ethereum Foundation, “a significant burden of security” still falls on users of digital assets.
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Franklin Templeton launches ‘intraday yield’ for tokenized assets on Benji Yield for assets is often calculated over at least one-day periods, a problem that blockchain composability could address, according to the asset manager.
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Turnkey raises $30M for crypto open infrastructure layer Digital asset infrastructure companies have seen more attention in recent years, with some fundraises in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Hong Kong to use Chainlink protocol in CBDC pilot project The study involving Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol is one of many initiatives exploring use cases for a potential Hong Kong CBDC, or e-HKD.
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Winklevoss’ Gemini submits confidential IPO filing amid renewed investor confidence Gemini’s November 2021 fundraise of $400 million valued the exchange at $7.1 billion, though it has had challenges since.
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Big Techs consider adopting stablecoins as GENIUS Act debate continues The market capitalization for stablecoins has risen 90% since Jan. 4, 2024, making stablecoins arguably crypto’s first mainstream use case.
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Maple Finance expands to Solana, deploys yield-bearing stablecoin Maple’s expansion to Solana is powered by Chainlink’s CCIP, which allows data transfer between EVM and SVM ecosystems.
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Circle stock jumps 167% on NYSE debut Circle had boosted its IPO to a range of $1.05 billion on June 4 as investor demand grew significantly.