After blocking withdrawals and deposits, BlockFills files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Crypto trading platform BlockFills has announced today that the company has entered Chapter 11 after ceasing trading amid market volatility....
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Former JP Morgan and Dresdner Kleinworth traders launched a crypto prop platform
Hong Kong-based Velotrade, founded by former institutional derivatives traders from JPMorgan and Dresdner Kleinwort, has unveiled a crowdfunded trading platform...
Elon Musk will remove additional xAI founders during restructuring before the IPO
Elon Musk fired more xAI founders and employees as the startup restructured after being acquired by aerospace company SpaceX. xAI...
Eightco Holdings shares float after $125M funding round led by Bitmine and ARK Invest
Eightco Holdings ( ORBS ) shares traded sharply higher after the company announced a $125 million round of funding led...
Tim Draper-backed Ark Labs Raises $5.2 Million From Tether And Investors To Scale Bitcoin Infrastructure
Tim Draper-backed Bitcoin infrastructure startup Arc Labs has secured $5.2 million in seed funding to build a programmable financial infrastructure...
OP Labs cuts 20 employees as Ethereum L2 developer shifts strategic focus
OP Labs, the development company behind Ethereum's Layer 2 network Optimism, has laid off 20 employees as part of an...
Papa John’s Weighs in on $1.5 Billion Takeover Offer from Irth Capital, Shares Rise 20%
A Qatar-backed fund has made a $47 offer to acquire Papa John's and take the company private, The Wall Street...
Ripple Labs launched a $750M share buyback, valuing the company at $50B
Ripple Labs has launched a share buyback program that could value the company at around $50 billion, consolidating its position...
Wells Fargo files “WFUSD” trademark, marks launch of dollar-backed stablecoin
Wells Fargo has filed a trademark application for "WFUSD," indicating the bank's plans to enter the growing stable coin market,...
Ripple to acquire BC payments to accelerate growth in the APAC region
Ripple has announced plans to acquire BC Payments, Australia's European-based payments and fintech infrastructure provider Bank Circle, which is planning...
Billionaire Bill Ackman filed for a public offering of Pershing Square on the NYSE
American billionaire Bill Ackman is moving to dual-list Pershing Square Capital Management with its PSUS closed-end fund on the NYSE....
Meta expands AI agent push with Moltbook purchase
Meta has acquired MoltBook, the viral social network designed for autonomous AI agents, bringing its founders to the company's Meta...
Belgian giant KBC taps Taurus to back country’s first regulated Bitcoin, Ether trading
Major Belgian bank-insurer KBC Group has partnered with Swiss fintech company Taurus SA to provide institutional protection services for a...
Trump-backed US bitcoin investor buys 68,000 ABTC shares in new share buyback
American Bitcoin ( ABTC ) board member Richard Bush acquired 68,000 shares of the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company at an...
Nasdaq partners with Bourse Stuttgart Group to launch tokenized securities in Europe
Nasdaq will connect European markets with Seturion, a pan-European blockchain-based settlement platform operated by the Boerse Stuttgart Group, in a...
Kalshi and Polymarket weigh funding at $20B valuations.
Prediction markets platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are each exploring fundraising rounds worth about $20 billion, according to a Wall Street...
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel also continued his first share buyback since 2024 when he bought stock.
Berkshire Hathaway is starting to buy back its own shares for the first time starting in the second quarter of...
OKB jumps 50% as NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange backs OKX at $25B valuation
OKB, the native token of crypto exchange OKX, jumped around 50% today following the news that Intercontinental Exchange, the publicly...
Tron Inc. is backed by Justin Sun. Adds $50K to the treasury in TRX
Tron Inc., which is backed by crypto entrepreneur and billionaire Justin Sun, acquired 175,251 TRX tokens at more than $50,000...
MARA Holdings expects Bitcoin sales in 2026 to support financial flexibility.
Leading Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) expects to continue monetizing its Bitcoin holdings through 2026 as part of its capital...
Visa and Bridge Expand Stablecoin-Linked Visa Card Program to 100+ Countries
Visa and Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure firm acquired by Stripe last year, have expanded their co-developed card program to more...
ARK Invest will load Robinhood stock before the “Take Flight” event.
ARK Invest, Cathy Wood's investment firm focused on disruptive technology sectors, has acquired 158,587 shares of Robinhood (HOOD) ahead of...
