Inside stablecoin firm BVNK’s journey to a $1.8B acquisition by Mastercard
Early BVNK investor Concentric shares a fascinating inside view on the stablecoin startup’s journey and the eventual Mastercard deal.
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Robinhood brings crypto trading to UK in AI-powered all-in-one app
The trading firm is also introducing “Robinhood Cortex Digests for Crypto,” a generative AI-powered widget that analyses breaking news and other data.
Live updates: WTI crude oil up 5% and back to $80, as bitcoin drops below $64,000
The market rose even as the Senate left the crypto bill unpassed before its recess, with steady ETF inflows and a softer dollar doing more for prices than Washington.
This bitcoin miner rejected BIP-110 despite mining through a pool that supported it
Ocean, a bitcoin mining pool, had been backing BIP-110 by default. Simple Mining, a company that runs mining machines through Ocean, used software from the pool that lets individual miners choose for themselves and went the other way.
Bitcoin tops $65,000 with U.S. inflation data due this week
Every major except XRP is green on the week, with BTC, ether and BNB each up nearly 3% as global stocks trade near a record.
XRP is getting left behind in the crypto bounce even as ETFs keep attracting investor money
The token fell 5% last week while BTC, ETH and SOL climbed.
Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto
The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn't the worst possible outcome.
Hyperliquid’s RWA perps boom is eating into the revenue that backs HYPE
Revenue has fallen four quarters running while open interest hit a record high. The gap is a fee-sharing program that hands half the platform's volume to outside builders.
Bitcoin investors pour $853 million into spot ETFs. BlackRock’s IBIT claims the bulk
Bitcoin ETFs recorded $853.54 million in net inflows last week, the strongest since mid-April, with BlackRock’s IBIT taking the bulk.
Crypto is going through a massive dot-com style shakeout as over 100 projects fold in 2026
An industry-wide reckoning is weeding out unsustainable startups, leaving behind only the protocols with real cash flow and actual users.
Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops
The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still accept the same transactions.
Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins
The proposal has scant support from bitcoin miners and influential commentators have also voiced their opposition.