Kraken will also adopt Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its trading venues. Nasdaq (NDAQ) has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, through its venture arm. The investment deepens a partnership to build, distribute and trade tokenized stocks, targeting a second-quarter 2027 launch for the tokens. The investment values…
Nasdaq has agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as the two companies expand their work on tokenized equities, market surveillance and blockchain-based settlement infrastructure. Summary Nasdaq Ventures will invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, valuing the company at $21 billion. Payward will deploy Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its crypto, equity,…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared his Bitcoin price prediction. He said crypto spot trading may be nearing its next bull market during an August 20 appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box. The CNBC segment was framed around Bitcoin price trends, the state of crypto, the CLARITY Act, tokenization, and Armstrong’s meeting with President Trump. BREAKING: Coinbase…
Liquidity is showing early signs of recovery, but Bitcoin needs stronger stablecoin inflows before the rebound becomes truly convincing. Bitcoin’s recent recovery has strengthened considerably, but Darkfost’s latest findings suggest that liquidity is still lagging behind the price recovery. The cryptocurrency has climbed roughly 40% from July’s low of $58,500 to briefly near $82,000…
MemeToro is another speculative memecoin and prediction-market project wrapped in an AI narrative. Its trust scores sit between just 25% and 50% across automated website-checking platforms. The smart contracts meant to handle MemeToro’s future funding rounds and token launches haven’t been audited yet. MemeToro’s favorable media coverage has been distributed as paid PR. That, more…
Malone Lam, 22, from Singapore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge tied to the theft of more than 4,100 Bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident. Prosecutors valued the theft at roughly $245M when it occurred and described it as one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts involving a single victim in U.S….
The proposed payout would be smaller than the pandemic-era stimulus but could still represent a huge injection of liquidity. President Donald Trump has proposed a $5,000 “dividend” payment to every adult US citizen if Republicans hold Congress after the midterm elections. Crypto traders picked up on it almost instantly, with at least one well-followed…
PayPal, M0 and MoonPay officially launched the PYUSDx custom stablecoin platform on Sept. 9 with three active projects that the companies said have collectively processed more than $100 million. Summary PYUSDx lets businesses issue customized stablecoins backed by PayPal USD through modular token infrastructure services. Saturn, Concrete and Cap launched tokens that collectively processed more…
Pi Network rolled out another update as it continues expanding the utility of its vast Node ecosystem. The Core Team outlined the introduction of Pi Desktop 0.6.3, carrying several important updates to SoloHost in another attempt to provide a further glimpse into the project’s plans to expand Pi Nodes far beyond blockchain validation. In…
Unicoin has sued Uniswap Labs in New York federal court, seeking declarations that its UNICOIN brand does not infringe Uniswap’s trademarks and asking the court to cancel Uniswap’s federal UNI trademark registration. Summary Unicoin has sued Uniswap Labs after receiving demands to stop using the UNICOIN name and transfer unicoin.com and unicoin.org. The lawsuit seeks…
