The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns...
Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard’s $1.8 billion deal: Crypto’s week in 5 stories
Washington kept crypto’s biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin...
Wall Street’s private blockchain obsession is a ‘race to the bottom,’ Ethereum advocate Raman warns
Centrally controlled, permission-only networks have a role to play in finance, but need a transparent, open base to reap the benefits blockchain technology offers.
Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options
Direct holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter.
Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power capacity shortages, as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids.
Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
Hyperliquid traders value Unitree at nearly $38 billion versus $9 billion at its IPO, leaving leveraged bets vulnerable when trading begins, Allium analysts said.
Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices
liveUpdated 55 minutes ago WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise. By James...
Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy
Bank Leumi taps Galaxy (GLXY) to offer crypto trading in Israel Markets Bank Leumi customers will be able to trade bitcoin, ether and solana...
Strategy says MSCI should measure markets, not dictate corporate assets
Strategy responds to MSCI’s proposed index exclusion rules Markets The bitcoin treasury company said index providers should measure markets rather than determine which assets...