Pump.fun announced its new Custom Pairs feature on Sept. 9, letting new memecoins trade against tokenized stocks, major crypto assets, and other quote assets, expanding the familiar settlement menu beyond $SOL and stablecoins. If a meme trades against a tokenized stock, traders must acquire or supply that stock token to enter the market. Launchpads can
Anthropic employee Evan Hubinger earned 30 million X views on Wednesday by predicting the end of the world and putting the chance of AI killing all humans within a decade at above 10%. However, before worrying about super intelligent AI agents going rogue, Hubinger worked at one of the world’s oldest crypto companies, Ripple. Commenting
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia to discuss the Clarity Act and what regulatory clarity could mean for the crypto industry. He also explained why the Bitcoin trade has already bottomed out and is looking for upside despite pressure in global bond markets. When asked whether he still believes Bitcoin
Paolo Ardoino offered a striking answer to a familiar U.S. debt problem: replace concentrated foreign buyers with hundreds of millions of stablecoin users. In an Aug. 31 episode of The Wolf of All Streets, the Tether CEO said the company had created “the decentralized ownership of the US debt” through 650 million people who were
Dubai-based Zamanat has announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited, a DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to $100 million, according to information shared with Finbold on September 10, 2026. The fund targets a structural gap estimated at $250 billion, the amount of SME
In brief Nasdaq’s venture arm is putting $100 million into Payward, valuing the Kraken parent at $21 billion. Kraken will distribute Nasdaq’s tokenized stocks, which would carry the same voting rights as ordinary shares. It is the third time this year an established exchange operator has taken a stake in a crypto exchange. Nasdaq is
Bitcoin [$BTC] and the rest of the crypto market experienced increased volatility on the 9th of September. Bitcoin rallied to $79,760 on the day, but just 14 hours later, it had shed 2.49% in value to fall to $77,770. Why is crypto falling today? The retracement saw $BTC retest the local support zone at $77.9k.
It is pointed out that investors in the cryptocurrency market should closely follow not only the Fed’s policies but also interest rate and yen movements in Japan. EasyA co-founder Dom Kwok assessed why the Japanese yen is important for global markets and especially for risky assets like Bitcoin and altcoins. According to Kwok, Japan’s interest
President Donald Trump is promising American adults $5,000 each if Republicans keep the House and Senate after the November midterms. Trump announced the idea Wednesday at the GOP gathering in Dallas while Republicans try to hold their congressional majorities. Sending that much money across the United States would mean a large federal expense. With each
Bitcoin is holding steady at $78,378, up 1% over the past day and the past week, even as the broader crypto market slides. Total crypto market cap has slipped to $2.76 trillion, down nearly 1%, with Bitcoin proving more resilient than most of the altcoin field around it. Bitcoin’s own market cap sits near $1.57