Polygon reduces production time to 1.75 seconds
Blockchain Layer-2 (L2) network Polygon has reduced its average block time by 250 milliseconds to 1.75 seconds, marking the first...
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Kraken’s parent has struck a $600 million deal to acquire Asian stablecoin company Reap
Payward, the company behind cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, is buying Rip Technologies for $600 million, using cash and stock valued at...
Hut 8 Second AI Data Center Lease Up 30% After Landing $9.8 Billion – Bitcoin News
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. Energy Mag (formerly Mining Mag)...
Grant Cardon Raises $100 Million in Bitcoin for Real Estate Deal, Targeting 32% Returns
Grant Cardon, who heads Cardon Capital, revealed on Wednesday that the company has set up a $235 million real estate...
JPMorgan, Mastercard Transfer US Treasuries on XRP Ledger
Wall Street bank JPMorgan and credit card giant Mastercard say they have completed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of US...
Ondo, JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple have completed a certified treasury pilot on the XRP Ledger.
Ondo Finance, Kinexis at JP Morgan, MasterCard and Ripley have completed a pilot transaction linking US Treasuries with XRP Ledger...
Morgan Stanley launched an ultra-cheap crypto business to challenge Coinbase and Robinhood
Morgan Stanley, which spent $13 billion on e-commerce six years ago, is now using that platform to offer it at...
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy urged the EU to review Tokenized SEPA payments
European financial institutions should assess whether the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can be extended to tokenized payments, Bank of...
Microsoft-backed Space & Time launches virtual vault for institutional lending.
Space & Time (SXT), a Tier-1 data blockchain that secures onchain financial projects, has launched a virtual vault platform that...
Polygon launches Wallet Privacy feature to hide senders, receivers and amounts on-chain
Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has launched private stablecoin payments in an effort to attract more businesses and institutions to the...
SOL Strategies Acquires HoudiniSwap in $18 Million Deal to Expand Solana Infrastructure
Sol Strategies has agreed to acquire HoudiniSwap for $18 million, adding a privacy-focused cross-chain swap aggregator that goes beyond incorporating...
Buffett warns of high gambling sentiment due to the rise of one-day options and prediction markets
Speculation in financial markets has never been more powerful, Warren Buffett said Saturday, speaking at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting...
Riot posts $167M in Q1 revenue while its data center arm pulls in $33M
Riot Platforms posted revenue of $167.2 million for the first quarter of 2026, with its newly launched data center business...
Bernstein maintains $130 Robinhood target as Q1 miss extends post-earnings losses
Shares of Robinhood ( HOOD ) extended losses after the company missed first-quarter earnings and revenue targets, but Bernstein sees...
Trump’s bailout speech fails to get off the ground, falling on fears of closing Spirit Airlines stock
Spirit Airlines stock ( FLYYQ ) fell more than 70% on Friday after Washington's $500 million bailout plan stalled and...
DeFi has a lose-lose problem with freezing stolen funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to block stolen funds, while centralized providers face criticism for holding back.A Recent...
Crypto VC funding fell to $659M in April, hitting a 2024 low
Crypto venture capitalist (VC) funding has hit a nearly two-year low as investors pull back from crypto startups and early-stage...
DeFi has a lose-lose problem with freezing stolen funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to block stolen funds, while centralized providers face criticism for holding back.A Recent...
MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot in an all-stock deal for around $100 million
Moon Pay has acquired Israeli crypto-security startup Sodot as part of its plan to build a new institutional-focused division for...
Ondo and Broadridge bring proxy voting to tokenized shares
Ondo Finance has partnered with financial technology giant Broadridge to give holders of tokenized shares and exchange traded funds (ETFs)...
Ondo Price Forecast: Bulls are targeting multi-month resistance at $0.30.
Ondo price hovers around $0.26 after finding critical support. Ondo leads tokenized equities, ETFs with over $825M TVL. Failure to...
Twenty One Capital seeks integration with Strike and Elektron to build a major Bitcoin platform
Tether's investment arm Tether's investment arm is backing the proposed series merger of TwentyOne Capital, which it owns a majority...
