Standard Chartered and SBI back crypto insurer Soter as funding reaches $23.5 million
Soter also received backing of 500 BTC and 2000 ETH, worth another $43 million at current prices.
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Crypto for Advisors: Where investors stake crypto shapes how much of the reward they keep
Crypto for Advisors: Where investors stake crypto shapes how much of the reward they keep
Gate CEO says crypto exchanges must prove they can survive a hack like Binance’s
Lin Han says Gate holds enough assets in cold storage to cover customer balances even if its hot wallets are emptied. An independent audit is underway.
Kraken parent Payward and its clients buy AAVE tokens in DeFi investment push
The investment follows talks first reported by CoinDesk in June that included a proposed equity stake in Aave Group.
Google could take stake in bitcoin miner TeraWulf’s $19 billion AI project if Anthropic defaults
A $19 billion data-center agreement includes an unusual provision allowing Google to acquire part of the project if Anthropic fails to pay its rent.
Binance cuts SignalPlus access after security warning, urges users to check accounts
The exchange says its systems are unaffected but has removed trading connections to the third-party platform as a precaution.
Ukraine’s central bank opposes crypto bill, citing monetary sovereignty concerns
Ukraine’s central bank won’t back a crypto legalization bill in its current form and wants lawmakers to revise it before a final vote.
Bitcoin is resilient, but leverage is missing and demand still tepid
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Bitcoin miners are oversold following 35% October rout, VanEck says
Investors dumped AI infrastructure providers across the board in October, treating companies in very different sectors as one monolithic trade.
Trump-linked American Bitcoin swings to $126 million profit but misses revenue estimates
Revenue fell to $63.4 million in the third quarter and missed analysts’ forecasts as bitcoin production declined and higher summer electricity prices pushed mining costs up.
Bitcoin holds above $80,000 after Wednesday’s jump as injective rallies on staked ETF listing
Bitcoin slipped 0.2% to around $80,250 since midnight UTC, holding above $80,000 after Wednesday’s jump, as spot ETFs ended a three-day outflow streak.
Live updates: Bitcoin drops more than 5% as stocks close out worst day since April 2025
The continued blowup of the AI trade led markets lower, with Nvidia losing 9.3% and many other chip names down double-digit percentages.