Bitdeer Technologies just locked in one of its biggest bets yet on artificial intelligence, and it has nothing to do with mining Bitcoin. The company announced a Bitdeer AI cloud deal worth roughly $400 million in contracted revenue, tied to a five-year offtake agreement that will fill half the capacity of a brand-new data center
South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management is making a strategic move into digital assets through a new partnership with Ripple and U.S.-based Canary Capital, according to an exclusive report by Hankyung. The collaboration signals a growing interest from traditional financial institutions in blockchain-based products, particularly in the area of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. Strategic Partnership Details
Tether invested $134 million in failing biopharmaceutical firm NovaBay in March, turning it into a stablecoin holding company. The move completely altered the path of the New York Stock Exchange-listed corporation. Its name was changed to Stablecoin Development Corporat, and it was used to purchase and stake a large swath of rival stablecoin USDS (previously
President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the US is considering accumulating sizable amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Current law gives his administration several ways to increase federal crypto holdings, though no public authority gives Treasury a funded program for multibillion-dollar open-market purchases. For Bitcoin, Trump’s 2025 executive order already directs Treasury and
The broader cryptocurrency market is regaining momentum as improving liquidity conditions fuel expectations of another bullish leg. Bitcoin has broken past the psychologically important $70,000 mark after rallying 7% on Wednesday and it is now trading above $71,000. The rally followed the US Treasury Department’s decision to expand buyback operations for longer-dated government securities in
The American mutual fund Kinetics Internet Portfolio, which has $275 million in assets and is part of Kinetics Portfolios Trust, has acquired a direct equity stake in Ripple Labs Inc. The investment was disclosed in the fund’s quarterly Form NPORT-P report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the document, the
Bitcoin [$BTC] led the broader crypto market as its rebound strengthened the case for a July bottom. $BTC gained by double digits, pushing its Market Cap above $1.40 trillion. Institutions, whales, and retail traders bought, while forced short closures amplified the rally. As a result, Bitcoin escaped its sideways range and reached $69.84K, preserving short-term
A Chainlink price oracle collects asset price data from many independent sources, aggregates that data off-chain, and publishes a single trusted value on the blockchain so smart contracts can use it to make decisions, such as whether to liquidate a loan or how much collateral a trade requires. Blockchains cannot see outside their own network
U.S Treasury’s planned bond market intervention seems to have reignited the debasement trade as Bitcoin flipped bullish. Notably, the crypto asset reclaimed the 200-day Moving Average (a crucial long-term market structure test) for the first time since dropping below $100K last November. Source: $BTC/USDT, TradingView Back in Q2, $BTC’s rally and attempt to reclaim the