Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Heart detained in Istanbul: reports
Turkish reports say $4 million and 64 watches were seized. Police have yet to confirm Heart’s detention.
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Standard Chartered pushes $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast to 2030 as supply growth stalls
Standard Chartered Bank has pushed its $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast to 2030 from 2028 because supply growth has stalled this year.
StarkWare launches OffMarket to let Polymarket users trade more privately
StarkWare has opened OffMarket to the public, allowing Polymarket users to trade without publicly linking positions to their accounts.
Strive buys $235 million in bitcoin as warrant exercises yield $369 million
Strive acquired 2,822 bitcoin for $235 million following $369.2 million in gross proceeds from traditional warrant exercises.
BNY, Citadel Securities complete Treasury repo in first use of tokenized assets on major triparty platform
BNY and Citadel Securities completed the first tokenized U.S. Treasury repo workflow on a major triparty platform.
Strategy’s preferred stock financing may cost it bitcoin, K33 argues
K33 argues Strategy could accumulate more bitcoin over time by relying on common stock issuance rather than preferred shares.
Polygon Labs completes Coinme acquisition, bringing regulated payments coverage across 48 US states
Polygon Labs completed its Coinme acquisition, bringing 37 state money transmitter licenses into its stablecoin payments infrastructure.
DriveWealth to use Ripple’s RLUSD for stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments
DriveWealth will use Ripple's RLUSD on the XRP Ledger for stablecoin settlement, collateral funding and custody, starting in Europe.
Evernorth taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to put $648 million XRP treasury to work
Evernorth said it is planning a phased move into XRP lending and yield strategies following its Nasdaq debut.
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Coinbase lays out flexible designs as key priority for Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration
Coinbase published priorities for Bitcoin's post-quantum transition, urging early preparation for signature upgrades and fund migration.
Ripple, Stripe-owned Privy partner to bring embedded wallets to XRP Ledger
Developers can now build XRPL wallets into apps via Privy, with support for XRP, RLUSD, AI agent payments and x402.