Kraken acquired Breakout, a prop crypto trading firm. It plans to allow a funded trading plan, where users can apply to invest in crypto using $200,000 in credit. The exchange would retain around 20% of the ensuing gains. Still, Kraken’s community has been a little skeptical, claiming that this acquisition doesn’t have a lot of
Russia’s finance ministry is suggesting easing the requirements for entering the country’s restricted and strictly controlled cryptocurrency market. The proposal to lower the thresholds for granting access to digital assets comes as the country fell to number 10 among crypto adopters. Minfin urges letting more Russians try crypto The Russian Ministry of Finance (Minfin) believes
China Renaissance, once hailed as China’s “M&A King,” is reshaping its future around digital assets. The boutique investment bank approved a $200 million allocation to Web3 in 2025. That includes $100 million invested in BNB Chain’s native token, BNB, through a strategic deal with YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs. From M&A Legacy to Digital Assets
Strategy shares fell 3.5% after Nasdaq revealed it was beginning to scrutinize how companies raise funds for cryptocurrency purchases. According to The Information, the stock market now requires some companies to obtain shareholder approval before issuing new shares to purchase cryptocurrencies. This could slow the recent trend of crypto-focused companies. Increased scrutiny has led to
The Federal Reserve Board announced Wednesday it will host a conference on payments innovation on October 21, with a focus on emerging technologies in U.S. payment systems. The event will bring together regulators, academics, and industry participants to discuss ways to “innovate and improve the payments system,” per the announcement. “Innovation has been a constant
Venezuela is turning to dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies to shore up its foreign exchange market as US sanctions choke oil revenues and reduce the availability of hard currency. The government has quietly allowed private businesses to buy and sell USDT, a stablecoin issued by Tether that mirrors the US dollar, in a bid to keep trade moving
Biotech firm Portage Biotech is the latest publicly traded firm to shift its focus to a digital asset treasury, securing around $100 million to build a treasury centered on Toncoin (TON)—the asset linked to popular messaging app Telegram and its digital ecosystem. As part of the strategy shift, the firm will be renamed AlphaTON Capital
The Nasdaq stock exchange halted trading of American Bitcoin (ABTC) shares five times Wednesday as volatility spiked on the stock’s relisting debut. Shares of ABTC, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., climbed by nearly 85%, hitting a high of $14 per share during intraday trading, following American Bitcoin’s
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Buzz around crypto-linked stocks has proved unrelenting. As shares of such companies continue to hit major exchanges, a few more could also join one of the best-known indexes. Shares of American Bitcoin — a self-labeled “bitcoin accumulation platform” backed by the
SoFi Technologies has unveiled an Agentic AI ETF (AGIQ), its first after nearly two years. The ETF tracks the BITA U.S. Agentic Select Index, which covers 30 U.S.-listed firms that target AI, including Nvidia and Deere, with a 0.69% expense ratio. Agentic AI ETF targets to capture firms involved in developing or deploying agentic AI