Blockchain lender Figure Technology Solutions has filed to go public on Nasdaq, following a strong first half of 2025 marked by revenue growth and a return to profitability. The New York-based firm disclosed the plan in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday, announcing it will seek to list its shares under the ticker
As the broader digital assets market pulls back, Bitcoin (BTC) is slumping toward the $115,000 psychological level. With altcoins taking their cues from BTC, crypto airdrops may just be the best way to diversify investment. Crypto airdrops offer investors a low-bar entry into promising projects and ecosystems, requiring little to no initial capital investment. Traders
Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research, said he expects the Fed to cut interest rates twice this year. Appearing on CNBC’s The Exchange program, Stovall evaluated market expectations, inflation outlook and signals from the retail sector. Stovall noted that investors are focused on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s message ahead of the Jackson Hole
Digital assets are increasingly becoming a mainstream part of global football, with crypto sponsorship spending in the sport reaching $565 million in the 2024/25 season, according to a recent report by B2Binpay. That figure represents a 20% year-on-year increase and mirrors the broader adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) and digital assets, with DeFi’s total value
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Investors seemed to be looking for direction during Monday’s session. Major indexes traded sideways all morning and into the early afternoon, flipping between the mildest of gains and losses ahead of what may turn into a volatile week. First, geopolitical tensions
On July 31, MicroStrategy (MSTR) published explicit forward guidance, “We will not issue MSTR below 2.5x mNAV except to pay interest and dividends.” Fast forward to this morning, and founder Michael Saylor has modified that guidance entirely, allowing dilution of MicroStrategy shareholders “when otherwise deemed advantageous to the company.” That remarkable about-face leaned heavily on
U.S. stocks opened the week on a muted note as momentum from the recent market rally appeared to pause ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium. Summary Stocks opened little changed on Monday, with major indices showing potential to pare recent gains. Investors will be watching retail earnings and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the organization supporting the Stellar XLM$0.4129 blockchain, invested in UK-based digital asset exchange and tokenization firm Archax as part of a broader partnership to boost tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), the firms said in a press release shared with CoinDesk. Archax has already started using Stellar, integrating the network into its
A recent Bank of America survey shows that most global fund managers are still hesitant to invest in crypto despite the recent bullish momentum observed in the sector. The study, which included 211 fund managers overseeing $504 billion in assets, found that about three-quarters of respondents have no crypto holdings at all. Meanwhile, crypto allocations