Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group fell sharply Thursday following a Wall Street downgrade and reports tied to a legal probe connected to a recent crypto exploit. Circle’s stock price closed near session lows in Nasdaq trading, falling 9.9% to $85.10. The decline adds to a broader slide in the company’s shares, which are
The bitcoin numbers from March are hard to ignore and are bullish at first glance. Public and private companies collectively added 47,435 $BTC to their treasuries last month — worth roughly $3.2 billion at month-end prices — but strip away one name from the ledger and the picture shifts dramatically. Nearly every one of those
While many blockchain ecosystems are contracting, Tezos is growing—fast. The network is extending its global reach with two new entities, Tezos Middle East and Tezos Southeast Asia, backed by the newly formed Tezos Patronage Association (TPA). — This Swiss-based association will coordinate strategic alignment across the expanding ecosystem. “A more distributed model gives different organizations
After declines of 90% or more in digital asset treasury companies Nakamoto (NAKA), Sharplink Gaming (SBET) and Strive (ASST), TD Cowen’s Lance Vitanza is spotting value. He argued that each could outperform spot crypto exchange-traded products if crypto prices recover and the firms keep expanding token holdings on a per-share basis. Nakamoto Holdings Vitanza initiated
While debates continue in the cryptocurrency world regarding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, a new claim has emerged. Seán Murray, a well-known figure in the crypto sector, made a noteworthy comment about the identity of Bitcoin’s founder. Murray, referring to the lawsuit between Craig Wright and the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), recalled that one
As debates surrounding the identity of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto reignite in the cryptocurrency world, recent claims suggest that Adam Back may be the person behind this identity. Following these allegations, Perry E. Metzger, one of the administrators of the cryptography mailing list that played a critical role in Bitcoin’s early days, made noteworthy statements
Market maker Keyrock and tokenization platform Securitize published a new report on the future of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization today, April 9. According to the research, the distributed RWA market — meaning tokenized assets that are freely transferable on-chain — is projected to grow from around $29 billion today to $400 billion by 2030 as
Securitize has appointed former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Brett Redfearn as president and a member of its board, adding regulatory experience as the firm prepares to go public this year. Redfearn, who previously led the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, will work with Securitize’s leadership team to scale its offerings across
In brief Some Bitcoiners welcomed a report that Iran and affiliated actors are accepting Bitcoin for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz TRM’s Ari Redbord expressed skepticism, telling Decrypt that “we don’t have data at this point indicating that crypto is being used at scale.” Bloomberg has reported that shipping companies are using stablecoins
Aptos integrated into Tria’s global trading engine, a neobank with 500,000 users across more than 150 countries with its own custody system. The Aptos network recorded a record TVL of $1 billion, 10 million monthly active users and 326 million transactions in a single day. BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Microsoft operate live products on the