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BitMart Faces Withdrawal Complaints Following Wind-Down Announcement
Withdrawals from crypto exchange BitMart appeared to slow after it announced plans to wind down its operations. On Monday, blockchain analytics...
BitMart to Wind Down Exchange as BMX Tanks
BitMart will wind down its cryptocurrency exchange, ending all trading services on Aug. 26 before ceasing operations entirely on Jan....
Mirae Asset completes Korbit acquisition, becomes largest shareholder
Mirae Asset Consulting has become Korbit’s largest shareholder after completing its acquisition, with the exchange saying trading and customer asset...
Tether-backed Twenty One, Strike merger plan scrapped: Bloomberg
Strike will remain a standalone company after the proposed three-way merger was scrapped, while Twenty One Capital and Elektron continue...
MoonPay Acquires Glide to Expand Crypto Deposit Tools
MoonPay has acquired the crypto infrastructure startup Glide, integrating Glide’s deposit and routing technology, the companies said in a joint...
Sharplink Buys ETH for First Time in 8 Months
Ether treasury company Sharplink has bought Ether for the first time in eight months as the token sank to its...
Robinhood Cuts Workforce as Tenev Says Business Is Stronger Than Ever
Stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood is cutting 10% of its workforce as it restructures its organization, a move the...
Strategy Adds 1,587 Bitcoin Through MSTR Stock Sales
Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its cryptocurrency reserves last week as BTC continued to...
HIVE Bitcoin Holdings Fall as Revenue Hits Record $298M
Canadian Bitcoin miner HIVE Digital Technologies’ Bitcoin holdings fell by 331 BTC in the latest quarter, even as the miner...
Samsung Units To Buy $408M Stake In Upbit Operator Dunamu: Report
Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS and Samsung Card will acquire a combined 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korean...
Novogratz Appears in Court Over Failed BitGo Deal: Report
Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz appeared in court on Tuesday to face off against BitGo CEO Mike Belshe in a...
World Liberty-Linked AI Financial Flags Going Concern
AI Financial Corp., a World Liberty Financial token treasury company, said its working capital deficit and liabilities are casting significant...
1789 Capital’s assets surge to $3.5B after dealmaking spree
A year ago, 1789 Capital managed roughly $200 million. Today that figure sits at approximately $3.5 billion. That’s a 17x...
Helsing aims to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation led by Dragoneer
Helsing, the European AI defense startup that’s barely five years old, is closing in on a $1.2 billion funding round...
BlackRock COO, Ripple CEO set to join CZ at Binance’s first global virtual event
Binance is set to launch Binance Online, a new global virtual event aimed at bringing together some of the most...
Kraken Parent Payward Buys Reap Technologies in $600M Deal
Kraken parent Payward agreed to acquire Hong Kong-based Reap Technologies for up to $600 million as the company expands into...
Ondo, JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple complete tokenized Treasury pilot on XRP Ledger
Ondo Finance, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Mastercard and Ripple completed a pilot transaction linking tokenized US Treasuries on the XRP...
Bullish to Acquire Equiniti for $4.2B in Tokenization Push
Bullish agreed to acquire transfer agent Equiniti from Siris Capital in a $4.2 billion transaction, giving the crypto exchange a...
GameStop Proposes $55B eBay Takeover Deal
GameStop proposed an unsolicited, non-binding $55.5 billion acquisition of eBay in a cash-and-stock deal, as the video game retailer looks...
SBI to Make Bitbank a Subsidiary in Japan Crypto Consolidation Push
Tokyo-based SBI Holdings has opened talks to acquire shares in cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank and make it a consolidated subsidiary, extending...
OKX Publishes Open-Standard Payment Protocol for Autonomous AI Agents
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched an open payments protocol for artificial intelligence agents, joining a growing push by crypto and...
