Government officials from India and Nigeria both made statements on crypto today, but they took surprisingly different directions. Both explicitly acknowledged pros and cons, yet their speeches have many key differences. India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry focused on the negatives of Web3, although he alluded to a CBDC. Nigeria, meanwhile, is forming a Committee
Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid has indicated that he isn’t in support of further Fed rate cuts due to rising inflation. Schmid is the latest Fed official to raise concerns over inflation, even as the market continues to price in another 25 basis points (bps) cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting, which could impact
Two major Wall Street investment banks have issued differing views on the newly public fintech firm Figure (FIGR), as the company works to expand its blockchain-based lending and capital markets platform beyond home equity lines of credit. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) initiated coverage of Figure with an “outperform” rating and a 12-month price target
Bitcoin’s price hit new records Monday, as the so-called debasement trade has become more attractive. But Bitcoin mining company stocks rose even quicker, furthering sizable gains seen across the industry in recent weeks. Top public companies in the mining space—including the Nasdaq-listed HIVE Digital, MARA, and CleanSpark—all shot up on Monday ahead of the closing
Stablecoin issuer Tether will reportedly pitch its own list of board candidates and “governance changes” for Juventus, a football club based in Italy in which the company has a 10.7% stake. According to a Monday Reuters report, Tether’s suggestions for the football club’s board will come ahead of a Nov. 7 shareholder meeting, and it
BNB Chain ($BNB), one of the world’s largest blockchain ecosystems, has announced its strategic partnership with Chainlink, a famous decentralized oracle ecosystem. The purpose of this collaboration is to bring official U.S. economic data on-chain and also make a bridge between traditional markets and the Web3 ecosystem. We’re excited to announce that we’ve integrated the
ARK Invest, the asset management firm led by CEO Cathie Wood, is leaning into the tokenization boom by taking a stake in tokenization specialist Securitize as Wall Street races to bring assets onchain. The ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), ARK’s closed-end, actively managed fund that invests in public and private companies, held 3.25% of its assets
Louisiana Representative Cleo Fields is currently facing scrutiny for a pair of notably well-timed stock trades. In July, Fields bought shares in the Bitcoin mining company IREN. The stock price has since surged massively. Fields also purchased Oracle shares just weeks before the company announced it would oversee TikTok’s US algorithm. Both transactions occurred shortly
The MicroPay team, one of five finalists and a winner of the Built Prize at the hackathon. Image source: @PolkadotAPAC on X [Zurich, Switzerland – October 6th, 2025] – The fusion of AI and blockchain reached a new milestone at a 36-hour hackathon at the TOKEN2049, Asia’s leading crypto conference. Among the event’s standout projects,