Ex-Blackstone staffers raised $25M for Valinor, a startup using smart contracts to move private credit workflows on-chain and lend first to crypto firms. Summary On-chain private credit startup Valinor has closed a $25 million seed round led by Castle Island Ventures, according to Fortune. The firm, founded by ex-Blackstone private credit staff, wants to replace…
Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bill Cassidy have introduced the bipartisan Mined in America Act to strengthen US digital asset infrastructure, according to a March 30 announcement, building on earlier efforts to position the country as a global crypto hub. The bill codifies Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and establishes a voluntary certification framework for domestic…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has lifted its ether holdings to 4.73M ETH, staking $6.3B at a $2,005 reference price as it doubles down on Ethereum’s yield. Summary Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 71,179 ETH last week, lifting its holdings to about 4.73 million ETH. The company now stakes 3,142,643 ETH, worth roughly $6.3 billion…
Meta Platforms has begun testing a new premium subscription called Instagram Plus, offering everyday users access to exclusive features as the company expands its push into paid social media tools, according to a TechCrunch report. The test follows earlier plans to introduce subscriptions across its core apps, including Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Instagram Plus introduces…
Ontology’s ONT jumps over 20% as traders bet its decentralized identity stack could benefit from the EU’s eIDAS 2.0 rollout of digital ID wallets to 450M citizens. Summary Ontology’s ONT token has surged more than 20% today, extending a week that saw an intraday jump of up to 55% as EU eIDAS 2.0 headlines hit…
Aave Labs has launched Aave V4 on Ethereum mainnet, introducing a new architecture designed to make onchain lending more scalable and flexible. The release marks the protocol’s biggest structural change since V1 and comes after more than two years of development. The core change is V4’s hub and spoke model. Under the new setup, a…
Is M gearing up for further gains, or is it a potential trap that investors should avoid? The crypto market has a new rock star, and its name is the Solana-based meme coin MemeCore (M). Its price has jumped by double digits in a matter of weeks, thus outperforming multiple leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin…
Roughly $46.9M in ZORA, KMNO, OP and SUI unlocks are hitting thin markets this week, with SUI’s $37.2M tranche posing the biggest short‑term risk. Summary Around $46.9M worth of Zora, Kamino, Optimism and Sui tokens are unlocking into already fragile market conditions. Sui’s $37.2M unlock is the largest, while Zora, Kamino and Optimism releases range…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies is closing in on 80% of its target to control 5% of all Ethereum. Led by Fundstrat Global Advisors’ co-founder Thomas “Tom” Lee with backing from top institutional investors such as ARK’s Cathie Wood, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, and Pantera, the leading digital asset treasury firm’s Ethereum holdings have exceeded 4.7 million…
Ethereum is trading close to $2.1k to close out Q1 2026, and the picture remains largely unchanged from recent weeks. It’s a market that has lost more than half its value from the late-2025 highs and is struggling to build any conviction on the recovery. With macro headwinds persisting and altcoins broadly underperforming, ETH continues…
