Western Union (WU) shares rose 6.5% on Tuesday after the company announced plans to introduce the U.S. Dollar Payment Token (USDPT) on Solana, issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, along with a crypto off-ramp network called the Digital Asset Network. The move underscores that stablecoins are an opportunity, not a threat, for remittance firms that embrace
TeraWulf (WULF) is planning to raise up to $575 million through a private sale of convertible senior notes, as it continues shifting focus from bitcoin mining to powering artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company Wednesday announced it plans to sell $500 million in convertible senior notes due 2032, with an option for buyers to tack on
This may rank among the biggest missed opportunities to generate wealth in the history of Bitcoin. And it left in its wake a trail of corruption, revenge and extortion. The strange story began a decade ago in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains in the country of Georgia. The man who missed out on what
Real-world asset (RWA) specialist Ondo Finance (Ondo) has expanded its tokenized securities platform to the BNB Chain BNB$1,116.05, bringing over a hundred U.S. stocks and ETFs to one of the most active blockchain networks. The move opens access for BNB Chain’s 3.4 million daily users to buy and sell tokenized shares of companies like Apple
Taurus, a Swiss provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, said it is expanding into the U.S. with an office in New York. The move marks its second North American location and signals growing institutional appetite for regulated crypto services amid shifting U.S. policy, the company said Wednesday. It previously opened an office in
Tether’s US Treasury holdings have soared to $135 billion, propelling the stablecoin leader past South Korea to become the 17th largest holder of American debt globally. At the same time, Tether Gold’s market cap surpassed $2 billion, cementing the company’s dominance in tokenized real-world assets. Tether’s Treasury Holdings Surpass Sovereign States With $135 billion in
Bitplanet Inc., a South Korean public company, has continued its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy. The firm recently purchased an additional 9 BTC. That brings its total holdings to 110.67 BTC as of October 29. The move further cements Bitplanet’s position as South Korea’s first publicly listed company to hold Bitcoin as a treasury asset. JUST
Crypto traders remained on edge as they await Fed Chair Powell’s speech following the FOMC meeting set to wrap up later today. Summary Fed Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver a speech on the Fed’s latest policy decision and economic outlook later today. CME’s FeWatch tool shows odds of a 25bps cut at 99.9%.
Fedi, the Bitcoin company building on top of the open source Fedimint protocol — a privacy-centric bitcoin payments method using Chaumian e-cash — is emerging from a period of quiet development to announce a new groundbreaking feature. Set for release today, this new capability within the Fedi app aims to make the creation of multi-signature
Ironlight Markets, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and subsidiary of Ironlight Group Inc., said it received regulatory approval to operate an alternative trading system (ATS) for both traditional and tokenized securities, including real-world assets (RWA). The authorization makes Ironlight one of the few U.S.-regulated platforms cleared to trade digital asset securities and the only one capable of