Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy LCN Capital Partners for up to $410 million, adding about $3 billion in commercial real estate assets to its investment management business. Summary Goldman will pay $260 million upfront, with up to $150 million tied to future targets. About 80% of the acquisition price will be paid in Goldman…
Wall Street’s tech-heavy indexes faced renewed pressure Tuesday as long-term Treasury yields surged, while Bitcoin remained comparatively stable around $64,000. US stock futures moved lower ahead of today’s open, with the Nasdaq 100 dropping by 1.2%, the S&P 500 by 0.5%, and the Dow by 0.1%. This selloff came as the 10-year Treasury yield…
Bitway token extended its seven-day gain beyond 100% on Aug. 18, trading near $0.37 as reward campaigns drew demand, but overbought conditions and concentrated liquidation levels raised the risk of a sharp reversal. Summary Bitway gained more than 100% in seven days and briefly traded above $0.40. Ecosystem staking incentives and Binance Wallet’s Bitway Booster…
BTC USD has spent much of 2026 grinding sideways in a bear market that has tested the patience of even its most committed holders. The Bitcoin prediction for 2026 has some interesting chatter around it right now, particularly from Kalshi bettors, with prediction markets fast becoming a go-to place for assessing price movements across markets….
Meanwhile, XRP’s fight for $1.00 continues without much success. Bitcoin’s rather modest price revival that began yesterday continued earlier this morning as the asset climbed to $64,500 for the first time in just over a week. Although it was stopped there, its daily performance is slightly more impressive than most altcoins, which is why…
The Blockchain Association has backed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to repeal two market rules adopted in 2005, arguing that their removal could make it easier for tokenized securities to trade on public blockchains. Summary The Blockchain Association backed the SEC’s proposal to repeal Rules 611 and 610(e) of Regulation NMS. The group…
Large XRP transactions skyrocketed over the past day, which just adds more to the Ripple whale picture but the price keeps struggling. Although BTC has recovered slightly from the weekend slumber and sits above $64,000, Ripple’s native token has failed to join the rather modest ride and continues to fight for the $1.00 support;…
The U.S. Justice Department has spent nearly a year investigating Andreessen Horowitz over whether partners at the venture capital firm are improperly serving on the boards of competing artificial intelligence companies. Summary The DOJ is investigating Andreessen Horowitz over board seats held at competing AI companies. The probe involves Databricks and Fivetran and has been…
Ripple has partnered with Jeonbuk Bank to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border business remittances. This is making the lender the first regional bank in South Korea to adopt the service. Ripple also stated that the deal is its third Korean partnership this year, following agreements with KBank and Kyobo Life Insurance. The service is intended…
The trader paid nearly $10 in gas, hundreds of times above the usual rates, to secure a position just one block after CZ’s transaction. A trader turned roughly $9,600 into about $282,000 in under five hours on August 16 by watching Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s public wallet burn a batch of MARSCOIN tokens and buying…
