Truth Ventures CEO Varun Datta has urged crypto investors not to demand recurring revenue from seed-stage companies, as RootData has listed 99 crypto projects that closed, entered bankruptcy, or became inactive in 2026. RootData listed 99 crypto projects that had announced closures, entered bankruptcy, or remained unavailable for long periods by late July, according to
In brief Polymarket is pricing in a 74% chance of no change at the next Fed meeting, and just 25% on a quarter-point hike. Kalshi’s September Fed-decision contract prices a 73.5% hold, with roughly $10 million wagered on the outcome. Myriad’s “Fed Decision in September?” market lists “No Change” at about 75% odds, and resolves
Near midday Aug. 17, the Nasdaq Composite was down about 56 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shed roughly 189 points and the S&P 500 was lower by about 23 points. The leading crypto asset bitcoin (BTC), meanwhile, was up roughly 1% to 1.5% over 24 hours, trading around $64,000 by 1:30 p.m. EDT.
U.S. stocks tied to the cryptocurrency sector moved higher in Tuesday trading, with shares of Strategy (MSTR), Coinbase (COIN), Circle (CRCL), Bitmine (BMNR), and SharpLink (SBET) all posting gains. The advance comes as Bitcoin and other major digital assets maintained a steady range, providing a tailwind for companies with significant crypto exposure. Market Snapshot: A
It’s not a priority, said Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, but Strategy (MSTR) could buy back its own shares if they become cheap enough. The comments during a Monday Q&A follow a rough stretch for Strategy’s common shareholders. MSTR is down about 38% this year and 73% year-over-year, driven in large part by bitcoin’s $BTC$64,385.25 decline,
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy diluted shareholders of MSTR, the company’s common stock, by $333.7 million last week and bought no bitcoin ($BTC). Instead, the company redirected about 40% of the proceeds to repurchase STRC for its preferred shareholders, 16% as STRC dividends, and kept the rest for itself as cash. Strategy disclosed the transactions in
Prediction market traders are increasingly betting that a Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) merger could happen in the first half of 2027. Data from Kalshi shows traders have assigned a 51% probability that Tesla and SpaceX will announce a definitive merger or combination before May 1, 2027. The probability stands at 46% before
In brief Stripe finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion. OpenRouter routes traffic from around 8 million developers to more than 400 AI models and takes about 5% on the inference spend passing through it. Stripe already processed OpenRouter’s payments, so the deal folds AI metering and AI billing into a
US stock futures pointed to a tech-led start on Monday as investors returned from a third straight week of S&P 500 gains with another record in sight. Nasdaq 100 futures rose about 170 points or 0.6%, S&P 500 futures added 0.1% and Dow futures slipped around 0.1% in early trading. The immediate backdrop looks supportive:
Defence budgets across the euro area are climbing fast, and the European Central Bank is now putting numbers behind what that shift could mean for growth, prices, debt and financial markets in the years ahead. In a speech delivered in Dublin on 17 August 2026, ECB Executive Board member Philip R. Lane laid out a