In a significant move for the digital finance sector, infrastructure platform Kulipa has successfully secured a substantial $6.2 million in seed funding. This capital injection, first reported by industry outlet Unfolded, marks a pivotal moment for the company’s mission to bridge the gap between blockchain-based stablecoins and mainstream physical payment systems. The funding round signals
The Fellowship political action committee (PAC) announced Wednesday the appointment of Jesse Spiro, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Tether US, as its new Chairman. The news arrives after months of speculation about the PAC’s activity, following its September pledge of $100 million to pro-crypto candidates, though those funds have yet to be deployed. A
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss lent their own crypto exchange, Gemini, thousands of bitcoin ($BTC) and ether ($ETH) through Winklevoss Capital Fund (WCF), their private investment company. Gemini then pledged that crypto as collateral with Galaxy Digital and NYDIG to raise dollar loans. When the exchange went public in September 2025 at $28 per share, it
After consecutive monthly hikes, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) held its Stretch (STRC) preferred share dividend steady at 11.5% for April 2026. Stretch Dividend Rate maintained at 11.50% for April 2026. $STRC pic.twitter.com/8Jl0QlfNhK — Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 1, 2026 Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens MicroStrategy’s perpetual preferred share debuted
Subprime borrowers are increasingly struggling to meet their debt obligations, serving as an early signal of broader economic distress amid uncertainty created by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. This trend echoes conditions that preceded the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, though the scale of subprime debt has since diminished. In this context, chief economist at
EDX Markets, the crypto exchange backed by Citadel Securities, has applied to become a national trust bank, according to a filing made public Wednesday and first reported by Bloomberg. If approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the charter would let EDX add custody, asset management, and principal trading services while continuing
SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, moving Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company closer to what could become the largest listing in history, according to a Bloomberg report. The filing is the clearest step yet in an IPO process that had already been signaled through earlier reports on timing, bank mandates, and
Network News GOOGLE SAYS BREAKING BITCOIN IS EASIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT: Breaking the Bitcoin blockchain with quantum computers may not be as difficult as once thought, and Bitcoin’s Taproot technology, which enables more efficient, private transactions, may be partly to blame, Google’s Quantum AI team said in a blog post and newly published whitepaper. The
CoinShares, Europe’s largest asset manager specializing in cryptocurrencies and managing over $6 billion in assets, is now beginning to trade on the US Nasdaq exchange. According to the official announcement, CoinShares will begin trading on Nasdaq today through a merger with the SPAC (Special Purpose Purchase Company) Vine Hill Capital Investment. This merger resulted in