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Starknet today announced BTCFi, a trilogy of initiatives aimed at deepening bitcoin’s role as a global settlement asset by embedding BTC into Starknet’s security and consensus. For the first time on any L2, BTC holders can stake without losing custody to secure Starknet and earn rewards; the protocol already reportedly has ~65k delegators, ~150 validators … Read more
A dusty old bitcoin wallet from November 2013 recently woke up, stretched its digital legs, and unloaded 400 BTC—worth a cool $45.6 million today—marking its first move in nearly 12 years. A bitcoin whale rolled out of hibernation at block height 916840, btcparser.com data shows, shifting 400.07908897 BTC after approximately 11 years, 10 months, and … Read more
On Monday, Sept. 29, Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy, formerly Microstrategy, tossed another 196 bitcoins into the company’s overflowing hoard like it was just another day at the office. After dropping a Sunday teaser with a chart and the line “Always Be Stacking,” Saylor’s firm made good on the mantra the very next day, … Read more
Piero Cipollone, member of the ECB Executive Board, delivered a keynote at the Baltic conference “Payments & Policy in a Changing Environment,” arguing the digital euro is essential to preserve Europeans’ ability to use sovereign money as transactions go increasingly digital. Cipollone framed the digital euro as an extension of central bank money that would … Read more
Capital B (The Blockchain Group, ISIN: FR0011053636, ticker: ALCPB) has completed an “ATM‑type” capital increase with TOBAM at €1.70 per share, raising €1.2 million ($1.4 million) to acquire 12 BTC. The transaction brings the group’s total crypto treasury to 2,812 BTC, acquired for €262.1 million ($307.3 million) at an average price of €93,216 per bitcoin, … Read more
Sudden stock price spikes ahead of crypto-related disclosures have drawn the attention of U.S. regulators, signaling deepening concern over potential market manipulation. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are reportedly reviewing trading patterns at companies that revealed digital asset purchases this year. According to the Wall Street Journal, … Read more
In a critical move toward shaping future U.S. tax policy, the Senate Finance Committee will evaluate how digital assets are treated under existing taxation frameworks. Set for Oct. 1, 2025, at 10 a.m. ET, the hearing—titled “Examining the Taxation of Digital Assets”—will be led by Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and feature testimony from key industry … Read more
Fnality announced a $136 million Series C round led by Wisdomtree, Bank of America, Citi, KBC Group, Temasek and Tradeweb, with participation from existing investors including Banco Santander, Barclays, BNP Paribas, DTCC, Euroclear, Goldman Sachs, ING, Nasdaq Ventures, State Street and UBS. The funding will scale Fnality’s regulated distributed‑ledger payment systems—built to bridge wholesale markets … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post advocating for “full‑stack” openness and verifiability across software, hardware and bio systems to preserve freedom and security as the internet becomes indistinguishable from real life. Buterin argues that open source code, verifiable hardware, and privacy‑preserving cryptography (ZK‑SNARKs, FHE, differential privacy) are essential to prevent centralization, baked‑in backdoors … Read more
Zerohash announced a $104 million Series D-2 round led by Interactive Brokers with new institutional participants including Morgan Stanley, Sofi, Apollo-managed funds, Jump Crypto, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, FTMO, IMC and Liberty City Ventures, alongside existing investors PEAK6, Tastytrade and Nyca Partners. The raise brings Zerohash’s total funding to $275 million and will accelerate product … Read more