Coinbase said Tuesday it had chosen Centrifuge as its preferred tokenization infrastructure and made a strategic investment in the firm. Under the deal, Centrifuge is positioned to serve as the default issuance layer for tokenized assets across Coinbase’s ecosystem, including products on Base. The first wave of institutional assets is expected to launch on Base
Paris-based Sequans Communications sold 1,025 bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026, cutting its digital asset reserves nearly in half as the IoT semiconductor maker grappled with declining revenue and mounting losses tied to a treasury strategy that has turned from ambitious to burdensome. The sale reduced Sequans’ bitcoin position from 2,139 $BTC at year-end
Cipher Digital secures a $200M revolving credit facility to fund its pivot from Bitcoin mining to long-duration, AI and HPC data center revenues anchored by multi-campus leases. New credit facility underpins data center growth Cipher Digital said in its first-quarter 2026 business update that it has “secured a revolving credit facility of up to $200
Bitcoin crossed back above $81,000 Monday, reclaiming a level it had not seen in four months and extending a recovery that has added nearly $500 billion to the total crypto market capitalisation since the US-Iran war began. The move was accompanied by liquidation of short positions, with bearish traders caught offside as price pushed through
State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management (GLXY) have launched a tokenized fund designed to move a core piece of finance — cash management — onto blockchain networks, the firms said Tuesday. The State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund, trading under the ticker SWEEP, allows large investors to park stablecoins into a fund
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 2154.22, up 1.3% (+26.68) since yesterday’s close. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ICP (+5.2%) and LINK (+4.0%). Laggards: LTC (+0.7%) and BNB (+0.7%). The CoinDesk 20 is
Bitcoin Consolidation: $BTC Navigates Geopolitical Storm The cryptocurrency market is currently undergoing a critical test of resilience as Bitcoin ($BTC) stabilizes around the $80,500 mark today, May 5, 2026. After a brief and ambitious breach of the $81,000 psychological resistance earlier this morning, the premier digital asset has slightly retraced as investors digest the implications
Ondo Finance has tokenized STRC, Strategy Inc.’s perpetual preferred stock, making it available to non-U.S. investors across Ethereum, $BNB Chain, and Solana through Ondo Global Markets. The tokenized version carries the same 11.5% annualized yield as the underlying security, pays monthly dividends, and is backed 1:1 by STRC shares held in custody. Tokenized $STRC is
Bitcoin bears likely consider $80,000 as an area to take profits around, but onchain data suggests it is the opposite. Bitcoin’s net realized profits, the metric that tracks the dollar value of coins sold above their original purchase price across the network, spiked to $207.56 million on Sunday, the highest reading in a month, per