U.S. Government Sues Illinois Over Prediction Market Rules, Seeks Permanent Injunction The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, names Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the Illinois Gaming Board as defendants. Federal officials describe it as the first direct federal preemption lawsuit ever brought by the…
Summary French tokenized exchange Lise plans to list aerospace parts maker ST Group in what is expected to be Europe’s first fully on-chain IPO. Lise operates under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime and is backed by institutions including BNP Paribas, CACEIS and Bpifrance. ST Group forecasts about $68 million in potential project revenues over the…
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Ripple Prime, the institutional brokerage arm that grew out of Ripple Labs’ acquisition of Hidden Road, has received BBB issuer ratings from the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) for both its holding company and primary operating subsidiary, the firm said Thursday. This just in: global credit rating agency Kroll has assigned @Ripple Prime an investment…
The crypto marketing landscape has grown exponentially, with agencies offering specialized strategies to help blockchain, NFT, and DeFi projects boost adoption and community growth, and get funding. Unlike general digital marketing, crypto marketing requires deep knowledge of Web3, tokenomics, and community-driven ecosystems. In this article, we break down the top crypto marketing agencies in 2026,…
To address the elephant in the room: Yes, Lego bricks are made of plastic. The company makes billions of tiny bricks that proliferate all over the world and all over your living room, and they will not biodegrade and cannot be recycled. With that said, Lego bricks are machined to incredibly tight tolerances. Unless your…
SoFi Launches Big Business Banking With 24/7 Fiat and Crypto Settlement for U.S. Enterprises SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI) made the announcement on Thursday, positioning the product as direct competition to the legacy banking model that shuts down at 5 p.m. on Fridays. The offering targets institutions and enterprise clients that need to operate across both…
UK-based Monument Bank tokenized £250 million in real customer deposits on Cardano’s Midnight protocol in early 2026 – the first time a regulated bank has moved live customer funds onto a privacy-preserving blockchain infrastructure. That’s not a pilot announcement or a whitepaper commitment. That’s £250 million of actual deposits, shielded via zero-knowledge proofs, running on…
Newsletter platform Beehiiv is introducing native podcast hosting, the company told TechCrunch. With this move, creators can now host, distribute, and monetize their podcast directly on Beehiiv. Users will be able to publish an episode, share it with subscribers, and track their analytics all on the platform. “Podcasting was an obvious move,” Beehiiv co-founder and…
Metaplanet’s climb to third place was partly handed to it by MARA, which sold 15K BTC in March, cutting its holdings to 38,689. Metaplanet has acquired 5,075 Bitcoin for $405.48 million during Q1 2026 at an average price of $79,898 per BTC, to bring its total holdings to 40,177. The purchase has moved the…
