For more than a decade, the world of digital currency has been built on a single foundation: the blockchain. This complex, code-based system of distributed ledgers was a revolutionary approach to creating digital scarcity and preventing counterfeiting. But now, researchers at Google are exploring a concept that could bypass it entirely, securing money not through
Key Highlights Strategy announced a proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) for a new class of new class of preferred stock, designated as STRE Stock These shares will be denominated in Euros (€), with an initial value of €100 per share The company stated its intention to use the net proceeds from the offering for general
Brazil and Hong Kong central banks successfully pilot a cross-border CBDC trade finance platform using Chainlink’s interoperability protocols. Blockchain Summit Latam 2025 to feature real-world tokenization labs with central banks and major financial institutions participating. A joint assessment by the monetary authorities of Brazil and Hong Kong has validated a practical use case for blockchain
According to a recent report by The Information, Ripple Labs offered to repurchase $1 billion worth of shares at a $40 billion valuation last month. However, the company reportedly saw the lowest participation rate yet in this tender offer, with many private shareholders choosing not to sell their stakes. Obviously, this shows that investors are
Key Takeaways Chainlink and Chainalysis have partnered to bring automated, cross-chain compliance capabilities to the blockchain industry. The partnership involves integrating Chainalysis’s KYT risk intelligence tool with Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine (ACE). Chainlink, a blockchain infrastructure provider, today announced a partnership with Chainalysis, an onchain intelligence platform, to integrate compliance capabilities through Chainlink’s Automated Compliance
Lava, a global platform for bitcoin-backed loans, today announced a $200M funding round and the launch of a new product, a bitcoin line of credit (BLOC). The product offers similar functionality to a securities-backed loan or home equity line of credit, but allows users the ability to flexibly borrow using bitcoin as collateral without the
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) diluted common shareholders by $54.4 million last week, yet the company managed to buy just $45.6 million worth of bitcoin (BTC). That 183,501 extra shares of MSTR accreted far less than 84% of those proceeds to the company’s treasury. In fact, the company bought 34% less BTC than the total proceeds to
Nasdaq has issued a warning to TON Strategy, one of a slew of new crypto treasury companies trading on the stock exchange, for violating its shareholder approval rules. TON Strategy, a publicly traded marketing firm that recently changed its name and began purchasing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency Toncoin, failed to