Crypto’s tokenized-stock boom risks creating a digital version of the “paper crisis” that brought Wall Street’s settlement machinery close to breaking point more than half a century ago, according to Joris Delanoue, CEO of onchain securities infrastructure provider Fairmint. In the late 1960s, booming U.S. stock trading overwhelmed a market reliant on clerks processing paper
For years, companies like Coinbase and Solana Labs have ruminated about how to onboard the next billion users into crypto. Those users may soon arrive, but not in the form executives once expected. They won’t be underbanked people in the developing world, or people seeking a way to escape hyperinflation. In fact, the industry’s next
Crypto and blockchain companies announced approximately $1.298 billion across six disclosed transactions between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22, 2026. ZeroStack accounted for most of the total through a $1 billion noncash token contribution, while Ripple Prime completed a $275 million debt offering. The remaining disclosed rounds raised about $23 million across AI trading, privacy infrastructure,
Texas-based Bitcoin mining infrastructure company Bitari Inc. has taken a significant step toward going public. The company announced that it filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 21, 2026, outlining plans for a $30 million initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker
Robinhood shares jumped by nearly 14% on Friday as the crypto market recovery reached companies that had a substantial exposure to digital assets. HOOD traded at $108.31 after reaching $109.71 during the session. The rally also arrived amidst Washington’s fresh attention on crypto regulation and prediction markets, with the two being the growing parts of
Eric Trump has agreed to pull back from decision-making at World Liberty Financial’s proposed national trust bank while the crypto business works through the federal approval process. Eric, World Liberty co-founder Zak Folkman, and Emirati investor Hamad Khalfan Ali Matar Alshamsi each signed separate commitments through companies connected to them. The agreements keep all three
Shares of Bitcoin miners and digital asset treasury companies surged toward the end of the week, tracking a broader rally across crypto markets after the US Treasury announced it would double certain long-dated bond buybacks — a move aimed at supporting liquidity in the Treasury market that also helped bolster risk appetite. Bitcoin ($BTC) miner
In a notable move within the digital asset ecosystem, Circle and Tether have collectively issued $3 billion in new stablecoins over the past two days, according to data from blockchain tracking platform Lookonchain. The issuance, which includes both $USDC and $USDT, signals a potential uptick in demand for stable digital assets and could foreshadow increased
Australia’s banking sector just took a notable step into digital assets. ANZ has launched one of the first bank-issued stablecoins in the country, a move that signals traditional finance is no longer just watching tokenized assets from the sidelines. The initiative ties directly into the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Project Acacia, a pilot program designed
Second National Crypto Survey Finds More Brazilians Have Invested in Crypto Than in the Stock Market The second Brazilian National Crypto Survey offered insight into the state of cryptocurrency in Brazil, spearheaded by the popularity of stablecoins as dollar proxies for cross-border transactions and payments. The survey, which was conducted by Paradigma, a Brazilian research