Imagine a world where you can prove your identity without revealing personal details – that’s the groundbreaking promise behind zero-knowledge identity technology. Self, an innovative startup in this space, just secured $9 million in seed funding to make this vision a reality. This significant investment signals growing confidence in privacy-focused solutions that could reshape how
Russia’s central bank will allow investment funds to acquire cryptocurrency derivatives early next year, a high-ranking representative has confirmed. Only brokers can now offer the new crypto-based products on the Russian market as management companies are explicitly prohibited from doing so. Russia to let investment funds buy crypto derivatives in the coming months The Central
21Shares launches TTOP and TXBC, the first U.S. ’40 Act products tracking broad digital assets via a crypto index etf. Summary What do these crypto index etf launches change? How do TTOP and TXBC work? What benchmarks and partners are involved? Why the timing matters for the U.S. market About 21Shares and Teucrium What do
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, experienced a sharp decline again today, testing below $100,000. Bitcoin, which fell to $99,840, has lost 1.63% of its value in the last 24 hours. This decline is attributed to both weakness in U.S. equity markets and increasing liquidity pressure across cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is trading around 21% below its all-time
Ripple commits $4 billion to institutional rails, centering its stablecoin as a compliant liquidity bridge from banking to blockchain. The program spans prime brokerage, custody, and treasury to connect finance and digital assets. Summary How will the Ripple stablecoin connect Wall Street and crypto? What is inside Ripple’s $4B institutional build-out? Why timing matter for
Michael Saylor, founder and chairman of Strategy, said in an interview that Bitcoin will replace gold in the financial world within the next decade. Michael Saylor: “Bitcoin Will Overtake Gold by 2035” “I have no doubt that Bitcoin will become a larger asset class than gold by 2035,” Saylor said. Saylor emphasized that he believes
The Hashgraph Group and PwC unveiled enterprise-grade tools on Hedera to modernize sustainability reporting. The hedera esg initiative targets auditable data, regulatory alignment, and scale across carbon markets, traceability, and energy certificates. Summary Why the hedera esg collaboration targets transparency and scale What solutions will enterprises get from the THG–PwC alliance? How EcoGuard on Hedera
Bitcoin BTC$100,368.04 and the rest of the crypto market continued the trend of not just losing ground, but notably sliding the most during U.S. market hours. Following a recent pattern, BTC had bounced to as high as $104,000 overnight but reversed course in early U.S. hours, barely holding above $100,000 just past the noon hour
Could an XRP fund produce the year’s hottest start for any exchange-traded fund? It’s possible, according to Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas, who wrote on X Thursday that the newly offered Canary XRP ETF—which began trading on Thursday—had already beaten his full-day estimate for trading volume after just 30 minutes on the open market.
Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) stocks are facing a severe test, with some plunging more than 50% from their 2025 peaks and now trading near the value of their underlying crypto holdings. The dramatic sell-off poses a critical question for investors: is this a justified collapse or a severe overreaction creating a potential opportunity? Data reveal