Decentralized finance protocol Venus Protocol has introduced a new lending service on the $BNB Chain that accepts tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral. The service, which went live this week, allows users to deposit on-chain representations of popular equities — including Tesla (TSLAB), Nvidia (NVDAB), and an S&P 500 index-tracking ETF — into the Venus Core
Hyperliquid trader James Wynn has reopened a highly leveraged Bitcoin short position despite cumulative losses exceeding $22 million, according to blockchain analytics firm Onchain Lens. The move signals a continued bearish conviction on the leading cryptocurrency, even after a series of costly reversals. Position Details and Liquidation Risk The newly opened position is sized at
Amazon Web Services on Monday turned on AI traffic monetization inside AWS WAF, letting any site behind Amazon CloudFront charge AI agents per request in stablecoins through Coinbase’s x402 protocol. It is the first time a hyperscale cloud has wired onchain settlement directly into its content-delivery edge. The new capability is a first-party feature of
The depegging of STRC, the software-giant-turned-Bitcoin-hoarder’s much-talked-about funding vehicle, STRC, has become the hottest topic within the cryptocurrency community, and Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst, now believes that the funding vehicle has to be abandoned by the company. “I would retire it and move on. Just feels like an ongoing thorn in the side
While Bitcoin miners often trumpet hash rates and expansion plans, Bitmine Immersion Technologies is making a quieter argument for its maturity: a cash dividend on its perpetual preferred stock. The company’s board declared a payout of $0.1056 per share on the 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, as detailed in the original announcement. The dividend,
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) made noteworthy statements regarding how Bitcoin ($BTC) could be protected against quantum computers in the future and how the $BTC believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto should be handled. Appearing on the Galaxy Brains podcast hosted by Galaxy Research President Alex Thorn, CZ stated that quantum computing is not an
According to on-chain data, a large Bitcoin whale completely closed its position of 1,105 $BTC today, which it had held for approximately 7 months. The current value of these Bitcoins is estimated at around $69.43 million, meaning the whale incurred a loss of $26.9 million from this transaction. According to the data, the whale withdrew
Michael Saylor turned Strategy into the largest corporate Bitcoin holder on earth by mastering one trick: raising money on Wall Street to buy $BTC. A key piece of that machine is a security called STRC, engineered to trade steadily near $100. This week it broke, hitting a record low, and it has put a spotlight
Billionaire investor Ricardo Salinas has shared a bullish outlook on Bitcoin. He argued that the world’s financial system is built on weakening fiat currencies. Additionally, he stated that Bitcoin remains one of the best ways to preserve wealth. During a recent interview, Salinas explained why he avoids the AI investment boom. He also explained why