Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto treasury firms pose similar risks to collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), securitized baskets of home mortgages and other types of debt that triggered the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Josip Rupena, CEO of lending platform Milo and former Goldman Sachs analyst, told Cointelegraph. Crypto treasury companies take bearer assets with no counterparty risk and
This past week saw nearly $235 million in crypto VC funding with several notable funding rounds, led by Rain, which raised $58 million in Series B funding for its stablecoin interoperability platform. Other key investments include M^0, securing $40 million for its decentralized middleware protocol, and OrangeX, which raised $20 million for its global crypto
Web3 startups raised $9.6 billion in venture funding during the second quarter of 2025, making it the second-largest quarter on record, even as the number of deals fell to multi-year lows, according to a new report by Outlier Ventures. The research by the London-based venture capital firm could present a maturing market in which investors
Amplify Investments has filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its XRP-based monthly options income exchange-traded fund (ETF). The document submitted by the company included the following statements: “The Amplify XRP [ ]% Monthly Option Income ETF aims to provide a balance between high income and capital appreciation through investing
While Bitcoin has been trending sideways in the last days of August, cryptocurrency investors are preparing for the possibility of an impending decline, as they do every year during this period. This phenomenon, known in the market as “Red September” or the “September Effect,” has been observed in traditional markets for nearly a century. Since
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) will pay its next quarterly dividend on October 2, 2025, continuing its long history of rewarding income-seeking investors. The upcoming dividend payment comes at a time when NVDA’s share price is targeting a $200 all-time high after an impressive run over the past few years. At the close of the last trading
Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded outflows on Friday as the Federal Reserve released key inflation data showing price pressures are creeping higher under President Donald Trump’s trade policies. According to SoSoValue data, Ether (ETH) ETFs saw a net outflow of $164.64 million, reversing five straight days of inflows that had added more than $1.5
Gryphon Digital Mining, a publicly traded Bitcoin miner based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has received final shareholder approval to merge with American Bitcoin, a mining company linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. Shareholders approved the stock-for-stock merger on Wednesday, with the company announcing the decision on Friday. As part of the deal, a reverse