Mastercard just assembled what amounts to a crypto Avengers team. The payments giant has launched a Crypto Partner Program that brings together more than 85 digital asset companies, all aimed at building infrastructure for cross-border transfers, business-to-business payments, and global payouts. The move is Mastercard’s most aggressive step yet into the digital asset ecosystem, and
A Qatari-backed fund has made a $47-per-share offer to acquire Papa John’s and take the company private, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the bid. Papa John’s, which runs 6,000 locations across roughly 50 countries, has seen its shares fall 16% over the past year, but stock prices jumped around 20%
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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1980.55, down 0.6% (-12.31) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Eight of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ICP (+11.9%) and DOT (+2.2%). Laggards: HBAR (-1.8%) and XLM (-1.6%).
After retreating back to the $69,000 area during early U.S. morning hours Wednesday, bitcoin BTC$69,593.87 has quickly spiked to nearly $71,000. Other crypto assets, including ether (ETH), solana (SOL) and XRP, saw the same sharp moves higher. The gains appeared to come as crude oil quickly reversed most of its session’s large gains, dropping $3
As adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins continues to grow, the latest news comes for Solana (SOL). Accordingly, Solmate, which is traded on Nasdaq, announced that it will establish its Solana headquarters in the United Arab Emirates. Solmate, currently operating under the name Brera Holdings PLC, announced it will change its name to Solmate Infrastructure
The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on public blockchains has climbed about 66% in 2026, reaching roughly $23.6 billion as of Wednesday, according to DeFiLlama data. The market stood at around $14.1 billion on Jan. 1 before steadily rising through early March. Tokenized funds, including products backed by US Treasury bills, bonds and money
Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped 11% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the company delivered stronger than expected results and pushed back against fears of a looming “SaaS apocalypse,” easing investor concerns about both AI disruption and its recent debt raise. Revenue climbed 18% to $17.19 billion, beating the $16.92 billion analysts, according to Wall Street
In a significant development for digital asset markets, Tether’s partner firm Antalpha now holds over $100 million in unrealized profits from its strategic investment in tokenized gold. This substantial gain, reported first by CryptoPotato, underscores the growing convergence between traditional safe-haven assets and blockchain technology. The firm’s position, equivalent to approximately 1.8 tons of physical
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has publicly shut down recent estimates regarding his personal wealth, criticizing Forbes for publishing what he called a “guess a number” list. Forbes has estimated his net worth currently stands at a staggering $111 billion. Given the massive 50% market drawdown that has battered the cryptocurrency sector in early 2026,