FTSE Russell’s governance committee has approved a fast-entry overhaul that will allow mega IPOs to be added more quickly to its top benchmarks, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Bloomberg ETF senior analyst Eric Balchunas said on X that the FTSE Russell Governance Committee has signed off on adjustments to fast-entry IPO rules and
Investment bank Jefferies has forecast that a wave of initial public offerings from cryptocurrency and blockchain companies could generate a combined market capitalization of $1 trillion within the next five years. The prediction signals a notable shift in institutional investor sentiment, moving away from speculative bets on Bitcoin price swings toward the underlying technological infrastructure
The much-hyped copper-to-gold breakout says more about how capital is shifting between defense and growth than it does about bitcoin’s destiny on its own. Ethereum (ETH) charts and Bitcoin (BTC) flows might grab more headlines, but the signal embedded in the copper-to-gold ratio is about global liquidity and risk appetite across the entire market complex.
The world’s largest Bitcoin treasury and business intelligence firm, Strategy, has revealed its total Bitcoin purchase of 2026, scooping up all Bitcoin mined this year and more. This has followed several weeks and months of steady Bitcoin accumulation as the firm continued to show strong conviction in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Strategy acquires 171,238 Bitcoin
AmericanFortress has launched a beta privacy infrastructure on Arbitrum, promising compliant, mixer-free transaction shielding for institutional and high-volume DeFi users. AmericanFortress has rolled out its beta privacy infrastructure on Arbitrum, introducing a Send-to-Name system that uses human readable FortressNames and auto generated stealth addresses to conceal counterparties while preserving bilateral auditability on chain. The company
Oobit, the global crypto payments app backed by Tether, has integrated the Arbitrum network into its payments infrastructure, expanding its push to make stablecoin spending easier at mainstream merchants. The move connects Arbitrum users with Oobit’s payment rails, allowing them to transact at more than 150 million Visa-accepting merchants across over 200 countries. For Oobit,
DDC Enterprise Limited (NYSE American: DDC) expanded its corporate Bitcoin treasury to 2,714 $BTC on Wednesday with the purchase of 131 Bitcoin, the company announced. The New York-based company said the acquisition marks its second Bitcoin purchase in seven days, following a 200 $BTC transaction on May 21. Together, the two deals added 331 $BTC
Bermuda is turning the idea of a blockchain-based economy into a government project, and the scope is unusually broad. The Bermuda digital dollar blockchain push is not just about launching a token. It stretches from public stablecoin tests to government fee payments, digital treasury accounts, and legal changes meant to make smart contracts work inside
A large cryptocurrency investor, commonly referred to as a ‘whale,’ has placed a substantial bet of approximately $328,000 on the prediction market platform Polymarket, wagering that former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will win the 2026 Brazilian presidential election. The trade was first flagged by PolyBeats, a service that tracks large positions on
Mouse, the well-known Web3 initiative at the intersection of blockchain and gaming, has partnered with GXChain, a popular public blockchain. The collaboration aims to incorporate high-speed, zero-fee blockchain functionalities into the wider Web3 gaming network. As Mouse’s official social media announcement reveals, the development is set to back over 2M consumers in the $TON gaming