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In brief Strategy recently purchased around $60 million worth of Bitcoin. The acquisition was funded entirely with proceeds from preferred shares. Strategy had $8 million in leftover cash from its most recent raise. Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, unveiled its smallest Bitcoin purchase in a month on Monday, scooping up 525 Bitcoin worth $60 million, according to…
In brief Chainlink’s data streams have been integrated into Polymarket. They will serve as a resolution source for markets that hinge on price. Polymarket’s oracle system, UMA, has previously drawn controversy. Polymarket is taking a new approach to how certain markets are resolved on its platform, giving oracle platform Chainlink authority over some of its…
In brief Figure Technologies and its investors raised $787.5 million through its IPO. It is among several crypto firms that have debuted on Wall Street this year. The market cap of Figure’s tokenized HELOC loans is $12.5 billion. Blockchain lender Figure Technologies was set to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the ticker…
In brief 21Shares launched a new ETP tied to dYdX’s native token, extending regulated access to one of the largest decentralized derivatives protocols. The product follows 21Shares’ earlier DeFi ETPs including Aave and Uniswap launched in 2022, becoming Europe’s largest crypto ETP issuer with 48 products. DYDX was chosen because it “adds a distinctive dimension”…
In brief SharpLink Gaming’s treasury strategy will be a positive “white swan event” for Ethereum as it helps educate traditional players, its co-CEO told Decrypt. Some industry observers fear that the crypto treasury trend could end badly for the industry, as swarms of companies have started stockpiling digital assets this year. Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of…
In brief Minister Jayant Chaudhary’s crypto investments grew 19% to $25,500 (₹21.31 lakh), marking the second year a Union minister disclosed digital asset holdings amid policy uncertainty. Mudrex’s survey of over 9,000 Indians revealed that 93% support crypto regulation, while 84% call the current 30% tax rate unfair compared to 12.5% equity taxation. The RBI’s…
Prediction market PredictIt, which started out as an academic platform focused on political forecasts, is preparing to launch a new exchange after getting the nod from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.PredictIt, operated by the D.C.-based Aristole, said last week that the CFTC approved its applications to operate as both a designated contract market, or DCM,…
In brief Forward Industries unveiled a $1.65 billion private placement in public equity. The firm will accumulate Solana, with support from several firms. Forward’s stock price soared 92% pre-market, but then fell. It’s still up 40% on the day, as of this writing. Forward Industries unveiled a $1.65 billion private placement in public equity, or…
In brief Robinhood was added to the S&P 500 Publicly traded digital asset-focused firms have benefited from the friendlier regulatory and political environment of recent months. The S&P 500 added crypto exchange Coinbase to the index in May. Shares of Robinhood soared 7% in after hours trading after the retail brokerage, which focuses heavily on…
In brief Kraken has bought proprietary trading platform Breakout. It’s the latest acquisition by the crypto exchange. San Francisco-based Kraken has said it is planning to go public. U.S. crypto exchange Kraken has acquired proprietary trading platform Breakout, the company announced Thursday, as it continues its efforts to expand services ahead of a planned public…
