Robinhood just landed its most unusual client yet: the US government. The US Department of the Treasury selected Robinhood Markets to serve as the brokerage and initial trustee for “Trump Accounts,” a new federal investment program designed to get American children investing before they can drive. The company will build the technology infrastructure, handle customer
Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) raised enough capital through its preferred stock offering in a single week to purchase approximately 2,624 Bitcoin, marking the most aggressive stretch of accumulation in the company’s short history. The firm, which has positioned itself as a Bitcoin-first treasury and asset management company, used proceeds from its Variable Rate Series A
Here’s a problem most crypto projects aren’t talking about yet: quantum computers will eventually be powerful enough to break the cryptographic locks that secure every blockchain in existence. Circle, the company behind $USDC, apparently doesn’t want to be caught off guard. The stablecoin giant has published a whitepaper outlining a phased post-quantum security roadmap for
The Bank of England just published a report that reads like a love letter to oracle networks, and Chainlink is the main character. The DLT Innovation Challenge 2025 Final Report, published on May 12 by the Bank of England and the BIS Innovation Hub London Centre, examines how distributed ledger technology could reshape wholesale payments
Custodia Bank, the Wyoming-chartered digital asset bank led by Caitlin Long, is seeking a 30-day extension of time, until July 10, 2026, to file a petition for certiorari challenging the Tenth Circuit’s decision in its long-running dispute with the Federal Reserve, according to a recent filing. The Tenth Circuit held that regional Reserve Banks have
A fintech company that started by refinancing student loans just became the first US national bank to put a stablecoin directly into a consumer banking app. SoFi Technologies launched SoFiUSD on May 27, giving its approximately 14.7 million members the ability to buy, sell, and hold the token without ever leaving the SoFi app. The
Republican congressional hopeful Michael Carbonara has sold part of his Bitcoin holdings to help finance his campaign in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, Decrypt reported Saturday. According to the report, Carbonara converted 10 Bitcoin into approximately $800,000 worth of USDC this month. The entrepreneur, who founded digital payments company Ibanera, has largely self-funded his campaign through
Reading on-chain data at the right time can give investors an early edge. At the current stage of the cycle, timing matters more than ever. From a technical view, traders have wiped $10 billion+ from the market this week, dragging Bitcoin closer to $70k. With major liquidity clusters sitting on both the upside and downside,
SpaceX’s highly anticipated public market debut has spawned a fast-growing crypto shadow market that is allowing retail traders around the world to speculate on the company’s valuation months before its shares reach public markets. Here’s what’s behind the hype. According to Forbes, decentralised derivatives platform Trade.xyz recently launched SPCX-$USDC, a perpetual futures contract on Hyperliquid
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have logged outflows for ten consecutive trading days, with total net redemptions exceeding $2.97 billion since May 7, a streak that one analyst says may signal a market bottom is near. According to data from SoSoValue, daily outflows ranged from $70 million to $733 million across the period, with the