Digital asset custody firm Hex Trust has integrated Etherlink, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible layer 2 built on Tezos, to add institutional custody for xU3O8, a tokenized uranium asset issued on the network. The integration is backed by Trilitech, the research and development (R&D) adoption hub for Tezos and developer of Etherlink, which is working
BitMine Immersion Technology (BMNR), the bitcoin miner that pivoted to an ether (ETH) treasury strategy under Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee’s leadership, is doubling down on its stock sale program, aiming to raise up to $20 billion more buy more ETH. The company had previously authorized $4.5 billion in stock sales through agreements with Cantor Fitzgerald and
Web3 payments infrastructure firm Transak has raised $16 million in a strategic funding round co-led by IDG Capital and Tether. The company plans to use the funds to expand its stablecoin payments stack and enter new markets. The funding round comes at a time in which the stablecoin sector has been growing exponentially. DeFiLlama data
Circle’s stock spiked over 11.4% in pre-market trading Tuesday morning, surging on a bullish Q2 earnings report highlighting substantial year-over-year revenue growth for the stablecoin issuer, and major new offerings on the horizon. The stock, CRCL, eclipsed $179 early Tuesday. It closed at $161.17 Monday afternoon. Total revenue and reserve income for Circle exploded by
Half of the top 20 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States are linked to digital assets, underscoring the sector’s growing appeal to investors. On Monday, ETF analyst Nate Geraci said more than 1,300 ETFs have launched since the start of 2024, and crypto-linked assets dominated the top 20 investment products in inflows. These include
The past week has been bullish for leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins. However, after BTC surged above $122,000 yesterday and failed to hold, BTC and altcoins have experienced significant declines in the last 24 hours. While experts stated that the continuation of the rise in Bitcoin and the market will depend on critical data
Trading X account @crypto_rand has drawn the community’s attention to the immense percentage growth demonstrated by the world’s bellwether cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, over the past decade and a half. He also mentioned a Twitter user who may have become a multimillionaire during that period of time. Bitcoin up 198,333,000% in past 15 years The screenshot shared
Although Bitcoin (BTC) managed to surge past $122,000 over the weekend, nearing its all-time high, it slid 2.31% on Tuesday, August 12 ahead of the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) release. Weighing in on the drop, leading on-chain analyst Ali Martinez noted that the asset tends to dip ahead of CPI and Producer Price Index
Digital Asset and a group of major financial firms have executed the first real-time, fully on-chain financing of U.S. Treasuries against USDC on the Canton Network. The repo trade, carried out on Tradeweb, settled atomically on a Saturday, sidestepping the weekday-only limitations of traditional settlement systems, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk on
The Smarter Web Company, a UK-based web design and Bitcoin treasure company, continues to grow its Bitcoin investments. The company announced that it has purchased an additional 295 BTC, paying £26.3 million (about $35.2 million) for them. The purchases were made at an average price of £89,000 ($119,412) per Bitcoin. The purchase follows the company’s