Strive (ASST) shareholders have approved the acquisition of Semler Scientific (SMLR), but investors were caught off guard by a one-to-20 reverse stock split announced alongside the deal, sending shares of both companies lower. The all-stock transaction includes the transfer of Semler’s 5,048 BTC to Strive’s balance sheet. After the merger, the combined company will hold
Old Glory Bank, a crypto-friendly lender, said it will merge with Digital Asset Acquisition Corporation to form a Texas-based company listed on Nasdaq. In a Tuesday notice, Old Glory and special purpose acquisition company Digital Asset Acquisition Corporation said they plan to form OGB Financial Company as part of an effort to go public under
A pawnshop chain in Russia may soon start offering loans using cryptocurrency as collateral, with plans to accept other digital assets in the future. The announcement comes amid efforts to properly regulate crypto transactions in the country, which already recognizes Bitcoin as property but intends to expand the legal definition. Russian pawnbrokers mull launching loans
Bitpanda, the EU-based crypto brokerage, has raised the potential for an IPO. The public sale was considered for months in 2025, and may happen by the first half of the year. Bitpanda GmbH, a crypto trading and brokerage platform, is viewing Frankfurt as the possible venue for its initial public offering. According to sources familiar
For Bryan Johnson, the entrepreneur who sold Braintree (and Venmo) to PayPal for $800 million, the transition from fintech to ‘fountain of youth’ isn’t a pivot, it’s a logical progression. While Johnson is now the public face of Project Blueprint, a rigorous longevity protocol, he views his interest in crypto as part of the same
BNB Chain is preparing to increase block production speed by approximately 40% by rolling out its third major network upgrade, called Fermi, on January 14th. The update aims to make the network faster and more predictable for developers and users. Danny Cooper, team leader of Vanguard Vantage, a sub-DAO of Venus Protocol within the BNB
Key Takeaways AlphaTON Capital announced a $46 million deal to acquire 576 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, marking its largest AI infrastructure deployment to date. ATON stock surged 107% by midday Tuesday following the announcement, driven by investor interest in its privacy-first AI compute strategy linked to Telegram’s TON network. AlphaTON Capital, a digital asset treasury company
Stablecoin issuers and distributors offering customers access to stablecoin yield may essentially be creating their own parallel ecosystem to bank operations, global bank JPMorgan’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. “The creation of a parallel banking system that is sort of — has all the features of banking, including something that looks a lot like a
Regulated stablecoins, including USDC, may create a new layer of financial settlement, announced Circle in its latest report. Stablecoins may bring Internet innovation to money, similar to the upgrades in data, media, and other industries. USDC serves as the sound money layer of the internet, according to Circle’s latest report on stablecoins. The company, which