Stablecoin infrastructure firm Brale is rolling out an interoperability protocol designed to end what it says is a bottleneck in the industry’s growth: moving a rapidly expanding number of custom stablecoins across blockchains. Dubbed ION Protocol, it allows participating stablecoins to move between blockchains by burning tokens on one network and minting an equivalent amount
Coinbase (COIN) reports second-quarter results Thursday after the close, but analysts covering the company largely agree that the headline numbers may matter less than management’s outlook for the second half of the year and the evolving regulatory landscape. The consensus view is that Q2 was another difficult quarter for crypto trading. Spot trading volumes fell
Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, entered a bear market after its all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025 and has since fallen by more than 50%. In the ongoing bear market, with $BTC having fallen to levels as low as $57,000, some analyze that the bottom has been reached, while others argue that the bottom will
Today, all eyes in Bitcoin and altcoins are on the critical FED meeting. While the main scenario expected in the market is that interest rates will remain unchanged, a rate hike is not entirely ruled out. According to CME FedWatchTool, the probability of a 25 basis point increase by the FED in July is priced
BNY, which has more than $59tn in assets under custody and administration, is moving one of its core record-keeping businesses onto blockchain as Wall Street builds the infrastructure for tokenized funds, the Financial Times reported Thursday. “We think of BNY as modernizing a function that sits behind every single fund transaction by bringing the books
SoFi delivered record second-quarter 2026 earnings, driven by strong growth in revenue, lending volumes, customer acquisition and product usage as the fintech company expanded both its consumer and enterprise offerings, according to a Wednesday statement. The company reported $1.2 billion in total net revenue, up 43% from a year earlier, while net income rose 61%
The Federal Reserve (Fed) will announce its rate decision at 2 p.m. ET today, followed by Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET. Traders typically assign greater weight to FOMC meetings that come with updated economic projections and a “dot plot” of interest-rate forecasts. Today’s gathering lacks both. Yet the outcome still carries
Every dollar Robinhood Chain earns, a tenth goes to a DAO treasury controlled by strangers. The arrangement has been covered a dozen times as good news for Arbitrum’s token. Nobody has asked the other question: what a licensed brokerage that spent a decade removing intermediaries bought by becoming a tenant. NEW: Arbitrum gets 8% treasury
Jump Capital has closed a $350 million venture fund with a stronger focus on crypto investments. According to a July 29 announcement, Jump Capital has closed its seventh venture fund with $350 million in total capital commitments, describing it as the firm’s largest fund to date and outlining plans to increase investments across the crypto