Koscom, a major South Korean financial technology company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Motor Securities to jointly develop and operate a tokenized securities platform. The agreement, announced on September 2, aims to establish shared infrastructure and a service system to support the issuance and management of tokenized securities, ahead of the country’s
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam is reportedly seeking operating rights for more than three oil fields in Venezuela, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. The fields are currently operated by Alborada Heavy Industries, while U.S. authorities are reviewing whether to cancel the existing contract. Background and Recent Moves Ehrsam, who co-founded
US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) capped their best month of 2026 alongside Bitcoin’s biggest monthly gain since November 2024. Bitcoin ETFs attracted $3.52 billion in net inflows in August, their highest monthly total of 2026 and a sharp increase from just $172 million in inflows in July, according to SoSoValue data. Bitcoin (BTC) gained
Europe-listed investment firm Capital B, known for its strategic Bitcoin accumulation, has announced a capital increase aimed at raising €7.6 million ($8.79 million) from Blockstream CEO Adam Back. The company plans to use the proceeds, along with existing operating funds, to purchase up to 376 additional Bitcoin. If fully executed, this would bring Capital B’s
Business intelligence firm Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) executed a notable Bitcoin trading maneuver between late June and early August, selling approximately 6,916 $BTC at an average price of $62,500, only to repurchase 4,603 $BTC last week at an average of $80,318 per coin, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment. The repurchase price was roughly $17,800 higher
BTCB2, a cryptocurrency created through a Bitcoin fork that replaced the SHA-256d proof-of-work algorithm with BLAKE2b, is trading at approximately $82 on Neoxa Exchange. This price sits roughly 99.9% below Bitcoin’s value of about $77,000 at the same time, according to data shared by Bitcoin News. The order book on Neoxa Exchange reveals a wide
Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said surging global bond yields reflect mounting government debt and currency debasement, with Britain among the most exposed major economies. “Global bond yields are spiking due to mountains of debt and the U.K. is one of the worst examples, Truss said in an interview. “The Bank of England has
Strategy CEO Phong Le said Bitcoin is entering a strong bull market and the company has no plans to sell its $BTC holdings. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, Le stated that Strategy will continue its Bitcoin accumulation strategy and may continue buying even if the price rises. Le stated that the company would continue
U.S. spot $XRP exchange-traded funds have taken in fresh money for eleven straight trading sessions, extending a run that has added about $170 million even as $XRP has given back part of its late-August rally. The funds pulled in another $14.38 million on Tuesday, taking cumulative net inflows since their launch last November to about
Back in early April 2023, when bitcoin traded near $30,000, CoinDesk flagged China’s credit impulse as a bullish tailwind for risk assets, including bitcoin $BTC$77,495.83. The same indicator is now telling a different story. Credit impulse, invented by economist Michael Biggs in 2008, measures the change in the flow of new credit relative to gross