Stablecoin startups have attracted funding of $537 million so far, up from $84 million in 2024. Some analysts have attributed the growth to a favourable regulatory framework and new startups from the fintech and banking sectors. Hong Kong-based OSL Group led in the latest round of funding after securing $300 million in July through equity
Roughly a quarter of all Bitcoin is exposed to the risk of a quantum attack, tied to public keys that have been revealed on the blockchain. But if that much of the supply is vulnerable, it raises a deeper concern: is trust in Bitcoin’s entire security model at risk? Imagine waking up, checking your phone,
According to some analysts, it has become “visible” that Bitcoin will test the $120,000 level in the coming days. According to Bitbank analyst Yuya Hasegawa, it may take up to a week for the market to fully absorb the effects of the FED’s interest rate cut after a nine-month hiatus. “The continued risk appetite following
In a recent tweet, Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg revealed that Grayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF, with the ticker GDLC and the first multi-asset crypto ETP, has launched in the US. The ETF kicked off trading on Friday on the NYSE and includes the five largest cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana and Cardano. These five major
Upexi is the largest public company holding Solana tokens and uses a SOL strategy to build its holdings and generate additional revenue through staking. In an interview with crypto.news, Upexi CEO Allan Marshall explains why the company executed a large equity private placement to build a crypto treasury, citing MicroStrategy’s playbook and a more accommodating
The world of digital finance is constantly evolving, and a major shift is underway with the rise of RWA tokens, or Real-World Asset tokens. Imagine owning a piece of real estate, fine art, or even intellectual property, not just physically, but also digitally on a blockchain. This exciting concept is attracting significant attention, and now,
Valour Digital Securities, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, has launched its Bitcoin Physical Staking exchange-traded product (ETP) on the London Stock Exchange, the firm announced on Friday. The listing expands Valour’s yield-bearing bitcoin product beyond mainland Europe, where it has traded since November 2024 on Germany’s Xetra market. The ETP is restricted to professional and
Shipyard, a key maintainer of libp2p — the peer-to-peer networking stack underpinning Ethereum and dozens of other networks — will cease support for its Go and JavaScript implementations by Sept. 30, citing resource constraints. In a blog post, the team confirmed it is “working to transition stewardship to the community.” Libp2p is the backbone of
In a surprising and bold move that has captured the attention of both the financial and cryptocurrency worlds, ZOOZ Power, a company at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, has announced a massive Bitcoin investment strategy. This isn’t a small foray into digital assets; the company has approved a staggering $180 million private
For centuries, the complex mathematics describing the movement of liquids and gases—from the air rushing over an airplane’s wing to the turbulent currents of the ocean—have stumped the world’s most brilliant minds. These principles are governed by a notoriously difficult set of partial differential equations (or PDEs), known as the Navier-Stokes equations, which remain one