Key Takeaways Riot Platforms purchased 200 acres of its Rockdale, TX site for $96 million, fully financed by Bitcoin. The company signed a 10-year Data Center Lease with AMD to deliver 25 MW of critical IT load, starting in January 2026 and completing in May 2026. Shares of Riot Platforms (RIOT) rose over 7% premarket
Key Takeaways JPMorgan is setting up a dedicated advisory team for private market fundraising. The move is a response to the structural shift toward private markets, where companies are increasingly choosing private funding over public offerings. JPMorgan Chase is establishing a new unit focused on helping companies raise private capital, The Wall Street Journal reported
The Nasdaq-listed crypto trading platform has begun offering stock trading to a limited group of users. It is now in direct competition with established brokerage firms Charles Schwab, Fidelity ,and longtime rival Robinhood, which preceded the exchange in issuing stock and crypto trading. Coinbase, founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong, could soon expand its business
Crypto cards, payment cards that let users spend stablecoins and other crypto at traditional merchants, have quietly become one of the fastest-growing segments in digital payments, with volume now approaching the scale of peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, according to new research from Artemis. Monthly crypto card volume rose from roughly $100 million in early 2023 to
Riot Platforms (RIOT) has fully joined a growing group of bitcoin miners that are altering their business plans to take advantage of the fast-growing demand for AI infrastructure. The company announced on Friday morning that it had acquired land at its 200-acre Rockdale site in Milam County, Texas, on a fee-simple basis for $96 million.
Samson Mow, a vocal Bitcoin proponent and CEO of JAN3, who is focused on Bitcoin nation-state adoption, has once again drawn the community’s attention to unique BTC features that make it the most decentralized digital currency on the market. Mow is known as one of the believers that BTC is definitely going to surge to
Revenue in the crypto industry is increasingly flowing to user-facing applications rather than the underlying blockchain networks, according to recent data, signaling a potential shift in where investors and developers focus their attention. Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications now capture five times the fees generated by blockchains, according to data shared by Jamies Coutts, chief crypto
In the current context, the Bitcoin price today against USDT remains in the $95,000–$96,000 range, with the market consolidating at high levels following the recent rally. Summary Main Scenario from the Daily: Bullish Consolidation Daily RSI: Moderate Strength, Not Euphoric MACD daily: bullish momentum slowing down Daily Bollinger Bands: BTC in the Upper Range, but
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 2985.7, up 0.3% (+8.4) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+3.1%) and AAVE (+1.4%). Laggards: POL (-4.5%) and ICP (-1.0%).
The U.S. Treasury was also expected to repurchase an amount of 4 billion of their own debts today but this was put on hold due to a technical hitch. This knowledge is provided by an official announcement of the Treasury made publicly. NEW: 🇺🇸 The U.S. Treasury was scheduled to repurchase $4 billion of its