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Kraken Acquires Israeli Vibe Coding Startup Capitalise.ai to Enhance No-Code Trading Automation on Kraken Pro

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Kraken has announced the acquisition of Capitalise.ai, an Israel-based pioneer in no-code, natural-language trading automation. Founded in 2015, Capitalise.ai has developed a platform that allows users to transform everyday text into executable trading strategies across various asset classes, including equities, crypto, FX, futures, and options. The integration of Capitalise.ai’s technology into Kraken Pro is set … Read more

Polkadot Capital Group Launches to Drive Institutional TradFi Adoption Across Polkadot Network

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Polkadot Capital Group has officially launched as the capital markets-focused division of Polkadot, aiming to bridge traditional finance (TradFi) with blockchain infrastructure. The establishment of Polkadot Capital Group responds to rising institutional demand and increasing regulatory clarity in the U.S. The division will provide insights, educational resources, and engagement opportunities for asset management, banking, and … Read more

Sofi Partners With Lightspark to Launch Lightning-Enabled International Money Transfers

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Sofi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has announced the launch of its international money transfer service, allowing members to send funds abroad directly from the Sofi app with lower fees and faster delivery than traditional remittance providers. The service will utilize technology from Lightspark, which leverages the Bitcoin Lightning Network and Universal Money Address (UMA) to facilitate seamless … Read more

Robinhood Launches Football Prediction Markets Through Kalshi

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Robinhood has announced the launch of pro and college football prediction markets within the app, allowing customers to trade on the outcomes of popular football games. Since the introduction of prediction markets last year, over 2 billion contracts have been traded on the platform. The new markets will feature contracts for all regular season pro … Read more

Harvard Professor and Ex-IMF Chief Economist Offers Excuses for Misjudging Bitcoin a Decade Ago

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In a recent social media post, Kenneth Rogoff, a former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reflected on his earlier prediction that bitcoin was more likely to be valued at $100 than $100,000. Rogoff, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, acknowledged that he underestimated the U.S. government’s willingness to implement sensible cryptocurrency … Read more

Informal Systems’ Malachite Acquired by Circle to Power New Arc Blockchain Network for Stablecoin Finance

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Informal Systems has announced the acquisition of its high-performance consensus engine, Malachite, by Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) to support the launch of Arc1, a new Layer-1 blockchain network designed specifically for stablecoin finance. The Arc network is set to debut in testnet later this year, leveraging Malachite’s Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus engine, … Read more

Publicly-Traded BTCS Announces Ethereum Dividend and Loyalty Payment for Shareholders

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BTCS, a publicly traded blockchain technology company (Nasdaq: BTCS), has announced a one-time blockchain dividend, or “Bividend,” of $0.05 per share to be paid in ethereum ( ETH) to shareholders of record on September 26, 2025. Additionally, the company is offering a $0.35 per share loyalty payment in ETH to shareholders who transfer their shares … Read more

Real-World Asset Tokenization Firm Figure to Go Public on Nasdaq Under Ticker ‘FIGR’

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Blockchain-native capital marketplace Figure has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FIGR. The company is offering shares of its Class A common stock, with the initial public offering price yet to be determined. Figure will have two classes of … Read more

Capital B Announces Over $2.5 Million Capital Increase, Fully Subscribed by Adam Back, to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

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Puteaux, August 18, 2025: Capital B, a European Bitcoin Treasury Company listed on Euronext Growth Paris, has announced a capital increase of approximately $2.57 million (€2.2 million), fully subscribed by Adam Back. This capital infusion is expected to facilitate the acquisition of approximately 17 additional BTC, potentially raising the company’s total holdings to 2,218 BTC. … Read more

Nebraska Man Sentenced to 1-Year Prison for $3.5M Cryptojacking Scheme

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Charles O. Parks III, also known as “CP3O,” was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn by U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee to one year and one day in prison for operating a large-scale illegal cryptojacking scheme in which he defrauded two cloud computing providers of over $3.5 million in computing resources to mine nearly … Read more

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