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Bitcoin keeps traders guessing near $64K as stocks gain on cool US PPI data
Bitcoin joined US stocks in modest gains after July PPI inflation data continued a cooling trend seen over the past month.
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B2C2 taps Schroders veteran to chase Asia’s growing crypto wealth
The institutional crypto liquidity provider is bringing on the former Schroders Wealth Management Asia chairman as it targets family offices and asset managers across the region.
Kalshi in talks with Sequoia, Wellington for $750 million fund raise at $40 billion valuation
The prediction-market platform raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in May and is now discussing a new round that could nearly double that figure.
Swissquote cuts full-year guidance as 1H crypto income plunges, shares slide
The online bank cut full-year revenue and profit forecasts after first-half crypto trading levels slumped.
Crypto platform operator gets 15-year prison sentence in South Korea due to $50 million scam
A South Korean court sentenced the head of centralized finance (CeFi) lender Delio to 15 years in prison for embezzling digital assets from more than 1,100 customers.
Figure revenue doubles as blockchain loan marketplace volumes surge
The tokenization-focused lender posted $226 million in quarterly revenue as blockchain loan marketplace volume jumped to $4.3 billion.
Bitmine’s $257M annualized staking income ‘fills’ operational gaps, share buybacks: analysts
Bitmine’s Ether staking revenue is an important financial buffer that fills financial gaps and provides recurring revenue streams beyond Ether’s price appreciation, analysts told Cointelegraph.
MUFG PoC to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain
MUFG’s experiment plans to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain to achieve 24/7 settlement, as well as improved capital and operational efficiency.
Bullish reports $280 million Q2 net loss as crypto trading slows
Bullish reported $92.6 million in adjusted revenue and refined its full-year guidance as subscription, services and other revenue reached a record $62.7 million.
SEC allows Franklin Templeton funds to invest in onchain money fund
The SEC said it will not pursue enforcement action if Franklin Templeton’s funds start investing cash in the asset manager’s own tokenized money market fund.
Strategy, Metaplanet unrealized bitcoin losses highlight risk of concentrating on just one token
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Bitcoin holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform
Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday's CPI report.
‘DeFi doesn’t exist anymore,’ just onchain finance: Andre Cronje
Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance” but have sacrificed some of their inherent immutability and decentralizat
MUFG to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network.
Binance bStocks passes xStocks as second-largest tokenized stock issuer
Binance bStocks became the second-largest tokenized stock issuer less than two months after launch, narrowly ahead of Kraken’s xStocks.
Brazil’s largest bitcoin treasury firm plans ETF with 95% allocation to Strategy's STRC
DIGY11 aims for annual distributions matching Brazil’s interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors' actual returns are not guaranteed.
Bitcoin speculators keep BTC price ‘pinned’ below $68.7K: Glassnode
Bitcoin’s weakness near range highs stems from short-term holders trying to break even on underwater BTC investments, Glassnode says.