Nasdaq Pours $100M Into Kraken Parent, Valuing It at $21 Billion
Nasdaq's venture arm has invested $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, valuing the company at $21 billion as tokenized stock trading expands.
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Tether and Fasanara Launch $400M Private Credit Fund, Eye $3B
Tether and Fasanara Capital have seeded a $400 million private credit fund using USDT as settlement rails for SME and consumer lending, targeting $3 billion in total capital.
Morgan Stanley Downgrades Circle, Slashes Price Target on USDC Growth Doubts
Morgan Stanley downgraded Circle Internet to underweight and cut its price target to $38 from $106, citing slowing USDC growth and rising competition from tokenized funds.
Bithumb Pushes IPO to 2028 After Internal Control Overhaul
South Korea's largest crypto exchange delays its IPO to 2028, prioritizing internal controls and accounting reforms after a $40 billion bitcoin transfer error.
Jobs Data, Treasury Moves and Miner Earnings Set to Shape Crypto Week
A U.S. jobs report, a Treasury debt decision and earnings from Circle, Galaxy, Block and six bitcoin miners headline a pivotal week for crypto markets, alongside a low-support Bitcoin protocol proposal.
Bitcoin Slides Below $63,000 as Wallet Exploit Trumps Iran Optimism
Bitcoin and ether slid even as Iran diplomacy news lifted oil and equity futures, as an unresolved Coldcard wallet exploit draining $89 million kept crypto markets on edge.
Stablecoins Explained: What They Are, How They Work, and Where They Break
The most used product in crypto is not Bitcoin, an NFT, or a meme coin. It is the digital dollar. Stablecoins — tokens designed…
How Crypto Exchanges Work: Order Books, Custody, and What FTX Taught Us
For most people, a crypto exchange is where crypto begins: the app where local currency becomes bitcoin or stablecoins. It looks like online banking…
How to Read Crypto News Without Getting Played
In crypto, information moves markets within minutes — which makes information itself a battleground. Headlines get engineered to trigger buying, “news” gets planted to…
Crypto Wallets 101: Keys, Custody, and How Not to Lose Your Funds
A crypto wallet doesn’t actually hold your coins — the coins never leave the blockchain. What a wallet holds is your keys: the cryptographic…