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Visa Doubles Down on Stablecoins With Investment in Blockchain Payments Firm BVNK
7.5.2025
The deal follows BVNK's $50 million fundraising round that included Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Tiger Global
Bitcoin price forms two BTC futures gaps after Coinbase premium flips negative
6.5.2025
Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index turned negative for the first time in 15 days, indicating defensive short-term sentiment among US investors.Bitcoin CME futures gaps between support at $92,000-$92,500 and resistance at $96,400-$97,400 suggest a period of range-bound trading....
Blockchains ready for institutions, lawyers hesitate: DoubleZero CEO
6.5.2025
While blockchain infrastructure may be ready for institutional use, many legal teams at big firms remain cautious about fully integrating the technology. At the Token2049 event in Dubai, DoubleZero founder and former Solana head of strategy Austin Federa told Cointelegraph that today’s...
Citi and SDX partner to tokenize traditional private markets
6.5.2025
Investment bank Citi and Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) are teaming up to modernize traditional private markets through tokenization.The initiative, revealed during the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland, will leverage SDX’s blockchain-based Central Securities...
Research DAO claims paralyzed rats recover after spinal cord fix
6.5.2025
Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) HydraDAO claims that its researchers were able to use a novel technique to repair severed spines in rats.In a May 5 X post, decentralized science (DeSci) project HydraDAO said that one of its research projects resulted in “rats who had their spines...
How much Bitcoin can Berkshire Hathaway buy?
6.5.2025
Key takeaways:Berkshire holds $347B in cash, enough to buy ~18% of Bitcoin’s supply.Greg Abel has not signaled a shift from Warren Buffett’s anti-Bitcoin stance.Berkshire already has indirect crypto exposure via Nu Holdings, Jefferies.Warren Buffett announced at Berkshire Hathaway's...
Bitcoin Likely Still 'Rat Poison' at Berkshire Hathaway Even Without Warren Buffett
5.5.2025
The Oracle's crypto skepticism runs deep and successor Greg Abel is unlikely to chart a new course
Mattel to wind down its Hot Wheels Virtual Garage NFTs
5.5.2025
Toymaking giant Mattel is putting the brakes on its Hot Wheels Virtual Garage non-fungible tokens, pending a decision on the collection’s future.There will be no future releases of any new NFT series or feature drops for the “foreseeable future,” Mattel said in an update on...
Coinbase Doubles Down: CEO Says Crypto Will Eat Most of Financial Services
4.5.2025
Crypto is set to devour traditional finance as Coinbase sharpens its focus on decentralized systems, driving a seismic shift in how global financial services are built. Armstrong Says Crypto Will Eat Finance—Coinbase’s Strategy Just Got Clearer Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of crypto...
Warren Buffett to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO by year's end
3.5.2025
Warren Buffett, the CEO of publicly traded investment company Berkshire Hathaway, announced at the company's annual shareholder meeting that he will step down by the end of 2025, and his chosen successor will take over as CEO, pending approval from Berkshire's board of directors.According to CNBC...
Warren Buffett to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO by year's end
3.5.2025
Warren Buffett, the CEO of publicly traded investment company Berkshire Hathaway, announced at the company's annual shareholder meeting that he will step down by the end of 2025, and his chosen successor will take over as CEO, pending approval from Berkshire's board of directors.According to CNBC...
Operation Fantasos: Brazil Cracks Down on Remnants of $290M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
2.5.2025
The Brazilian Federal Police carried out Operation Fantasos, with more than 50 officers executing 11 search and seizure warrants in various locations across Rio de Janeiro. The mastermind behind these activities was extradited from Switzerland to the U.S. in February. Operation Fantasos Targets...
Kuwait Cracks Down on Illegal Crypto Mining to Protect National Grid
1.5.2025
The government is disconnecting power from mining-linked properties and conducting follow-up sweeps
Australia’s finance watchdog to crack down on dormant crypto exchanges
30.4.2025
Australia’s financial intelligence agency has told inactive registered crypto exchanges to withdraw their registrations or risk having them canceled over fears that the dormant firms could be used for scams.There are currently 427 crypto exchanges registered with the Australian Transaction...
Australia’s finance watchdog to crack down on dormant crypto exchanges
30.4.2025
Australia’s financial intelligence agency has told inactive registered crypto exchanges to withdraw their registrations or risk having them canceled over fears that the dormant firms could be used for scams.There are currently 427 crypto exchanges registered with the Australian Transaction...
How $330M BTC Hacker May Have Doubled Down on Monero Derivatives
29.4.2025
Monero rose by 45% after a flurry of spot buys, but open interest increased by 107%
How To Smack Down Clair Obscur's First Boss, Eveque
24.4.2025
Every journey begins with a single step, but for Gustave and his brave crew of cannon fodder friends and colleagues, that first step is less like Frodo and Sam heading off to Mordor, and more like that baby in Don Hertzfeldt’s Rejected. It doesn’t go well, is the point. Read more
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell on Building the DeFi-Bond Bridge
23.4.2025
Powell, a speaker at Consensus 2025, sat down with CoinDesk to chat about his work on the blockchain capital platform, its expansion in Asia and Latin America, focus on bitcoin yield products, and more
Marvel Rivals: Breaking Down The Season 2 Meta
22.4.2025
Season 2 of Marvel Rivals is here, and there are quite a few balance changes and additions to mark its arrival. A new battle pass, the Flower of Krakoa, is here alongside an incredible new character, Emma Frost. Let’s go over what’s changed in the meta for this wildly popular superhero shooter.Read...
Strategy, Coinbase, Miners Among Crypto Stocks Rallying as Bitcoin Surges Above $90K
22.4.2025
Beaten down crypto miners snapped back after weeks of underperformance with bitcoin catching momentum