Coinbase has announced a significant change to the infrastructure of its Base Ethereum Layer-2 network. The company announced that Base will be moving away from the current OP Stack architecture it is built upon and transitioning to a “unified Base stack” structure that is entirely operated by Base. OP Price Drops After Coinbase Announces Abandoning
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Apex Group, a global financial services provider overseeing more than $3.5 trillion in assets, has partnered with $WLFI$0.1228, the crypto company affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump, to pilot the use of a stablecoin in traditional fund operations, the companies announced at the World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday. The
Kraken, a major US-based crypto exchange, has acquired Magna, a platform specializing in token distribution and management tools for digital asset companies, Fortune reported Wednesday. Terms of the acquisition remain undisclosed. The deal, announced today and finalized last week, is the sixth acquisition by the exchange over the past year as it prepares to go
BlackRock (BLK) trimmed its stake in Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a recent SEC filing. As of Dec. 31, 2025, the Wall Street giant owned 14.6 million MSTR shares worth $2.2 billion at the time of disclosure, marking a 0.3% decline from approximately 14.7 million shares held
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has revealed that he personally invests in Bitcoin (BTC) to a limited extent, but closely follows cryptocurrencies. “I Own Very Little Bitcoin, But I Follow It Closely” Speaking at the World Liberty Forum today, Solomon stated, “I am an observer of Bitcoin,” adding that he is trying to understand the
Bitwise Asset Management wants to offer a prediction markets for the next U.S. presidential election through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Under “Prediction Shares” branding, the San Francisco-based crypto asset manager filed to list two ETFs tracking prediction markets betting on the outcome of the 2028 election — one for a Democratic winner, one for Republican —
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Facing pressure from the growing momentum behind blockchain-based finance, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) President Lynn Martin said she felt a “responsibility” to get involved in tokenization. “We’ve felt the responsibility to enter into the tokenization conversation,” Martin said at the World Liberty forum in Palm Beach Wednesday. The exchange has
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he owns “very little, but some” bitcoin, although he continues to follow the asset closely as part of a broader interest in how technology is reshaping finance. “I’m an observer of bitcoin,” Solomon said at the World Liberty Forum on Wednesday, saying he’s still trying
Bitcoin and altcoins have suffered significant losses in the declines since October. As investors wonder when the current bear market will end and what direction cryptocurrencies will take, analyst Gareth Soloway has shared his expectations regarding Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), and $XRP. In his latest YouTube video, the analyst explained his expectations, predicting that the
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says bitcoin’s BTC$68,168.18 recent 52% crash from its October all-time high is flashing a critical warning signal — but the crypto could ultimately soar to new records once the Federal Reserve responds to an AI-driven banking crisis he believes is imminent. In his latest essay, “This Is Fine,” Hayes argued that