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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were briefly overheard discussing life extension during a live broadcast of Beijing’s Sept. 3 military parade, when comments about biotechnology, organ transplants and the possibility of greatly extended lifespans were captured on a hot mic. In the exchange, Xi reportedly said some predict people may live … Read more
Kite has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Paypal Ventures and General Catalyst, bringing total funding to $33 million, the San Francisco–based startup announced. Formerly Zettablock, Kite builds foundational trust infrastructure for the “agentic web,” and today launched Kite AIR, a suite providing programmable agent identities, native stablecoin payments and policy … Read more
Sygnum has expanded its asset management offerings to institutional and wholesale investors in Germany and Liechtenstein, providing access to selected crypto investment solutions including exclusive, non‑directional, low‑volatility yield strategies. The Zurich‑based group said the move follows its successful Liechtenstein registration and leverages an EU liability‑umbrella distribution arrangement with Reuss Private Access AG to deliver institutional‑grade … Read more
Figure Technology Solutions Inc. and certain backers are seeking to raise $526 million in an initial public offering (IPO), planning to offer 21.5 million shares and sell 4.9 million more at a proposed range of $18 to $20 per share, the company said in an SEC filing. At the top of the range the offering … Read more
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced it will convert 10,000 ETH through centralized exchanges over several weeks this month to fund research and development, grants, and donations, saying the sales will be executed as multiple smaller orders rather than a single large transaction to reduce market impact. The transparency notice frames the conversions as part of … Read more
RAK Properties, Ras Al Khaimah’s leading publicly listed real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates, announced a partnership with Hubpay to let international buyers purchase units in its Mina beachfront community using major digital assets such as USDT, BTC and ETH, with payments instantly converted to UAE dirhams and settled into RAK Properties’ account. … Read more
Coincheck Group N.V. (Nasdaq: CNCK) said on September 2, 2025, it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Paris‑based Aplo SAS, a registered crypto prime brokerage serving more than 60 institutional clients, with the transaction expected to close in October pending customary conditions. Under the deal, Aplo’s issued shares will be exchanged for new … Read more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned on Monday that blockchain-based “tokenized stocks” risk causing investor misunderstanding because they generally do not confer shareholder rights despite tracking a company’s share price. ESMA executive director Natasha Cazenave told a Dubrovnik conference that several fintech firms offer products that give exposure to listed equities or derivatives … Read more
Binance announced on September 1, 2025, the launch of Medá, a newly authorized Electronic Payment Funds Institution (IFPE) in Mexico, backed by a planned investment of more than one billion pesos ($53 million) over four years. Medá, operated by an independent vertical within Binance, will provide peso deposit and withdrawal services to facilitate on- and … Read more
Atomic Finance founders Tony Cai and Matthew Black announced that their core DLC (discreet log contract) technology and intellectual property have been integrated into Lygos, a newly formed, institution-focused, non‑custodial bitcoin lending platform led by co‑founders Jay Patel and Francis Corvino. The move pivots Atomic’s infrastructure—whose options vaults processed roughly $140 million in volume and … Read more