Pharos Network, a financial Layer 1 blockchain, has announced the formation of the RealFi Alliance, a strategic initiative aimed at bringing greater standardization and coordination to institutional real-world asset (RWA) activity onchain, according to an announcement shared with Finbold on February 23. The alliance brings together asset issuers, financial infrastructure providers, and onchain builders to
Cryptocurrency prediction markets have assigned relatively low odds of Bitcoin ($BTC) reclaiming the $100,000 level as the leading digital asset continues to suffer losses. In this regard, the latest contracts from Kalshi indicate that the probability of Bitcoin crossing $100,000 before March 2026 sits below 1%, reflecting minimal confidence in a rapid breakout, according to
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Based, a Web3 consumer app for trading and spending crypto, has raised $11.5 million in a Series A round led by Pantera, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures and Karatage. The company said the fresh capital will be used to expand into new markets and build out its onchain financial infrastructure. Launched eight months
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas, one of that country’s richest individuals, hasn’t been shaken by the recent crash in the price of bitcoin. “Take advantage and buy now while it’s down,” said Salinas in a Sunday X post. “Investing in Bitcoin is protecting your money against inflation and keeping it out of the hands of those
Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, made a small $BTC acquisition last week, adding 592 coins for $39.8 million. That’s an average purchase price of $67,286 per bitcoin, with the buys completely funded via sales of common stock, according to an SEC filing. The company now holds 717,722 bitcoin acquired for
The downward trend in Bitcoin (BTC) and the cryptocurrency market is deepening. Bitcoin fell to $60,000 in early February, and this decline was also reflected in US spot Bitcoin ETFs. According to the data, US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced their longest outflow period since February 2025. According to SoSoValue data, US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced
Bitcoin trades near $65,500 as traders assess whether the recent rebound marks stability or another pause before decline. The cryptocurrency remains under pressure after a sharp rejection near $90,000 triggered a broad corrective phase. Price action on the four-hour chart shows consolidation rather than recovery. Consequently, market participants now focus on whether Bitcoin can defend
The global financial markets witnessed a fresh surge of funding and touched new highs last year. However, the capital reportedly flowed into a smaller group of companies and a reshaped roster of investors. Funding into AI-led firms topped the list. The latest numbers suggest that total funding into rounds of $50 million or more reached
The DeFi landscape is currently in the process of transitioning from fragmented liquidity to a single, unified, omnichain future. To facilitate cross-chain interaction, Oku (an advanced trading platform built on the Uniswap v3 network) has just announced its integration with Circle’s Cross Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP). Customers will now be able to transfer their native