New York Stock Exchange parent company invests $2 billion in Polymarket at $9 billion valuation

The investment follows a previous venture round that reportedly valued the prediction market at more than $1 billion.

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Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Susquehanna crypto CEO departs to lead $671 million Avalanche treasury company

Another Avalanche vehicle backed by Wall Street personality Anthony Scaramucci launched one week earlier.

01.10.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Google releases AI payments protocol that includes support for stablecoins, partners include Coinbase and Salesforce

Big Tech companies believe payments between different AI apps are the newest frontier in fintech.

26.09.2025 2

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Exclusive: Fast-growing crypto and stablecoin startup Zerohash raises $104 million

Interactive Brokers led the round. Other participants included Morgan Stanley, SoFi, and Jump Crypto.

23.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Crypto traders lose $1.6 billion as sector shows signs of ‘bearish exhaustion’

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies was down almost 4% day-over-day to about $3.9 trillion.

22.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Suspect in Coinbase hack kept data for more than 10,000 customers on her phone, court filing alleges

The lawsuit also said that a Coinbase outsourcer fired human resources employees who were investigating the data breach.

17.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Google releases AI payments protocol that includes support for stablecoins, partners include Coinbase and Salesforce

Big Tech companies believe payments between different AI apps are the newest frontier in fintech.

16.09.2025 2

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Stripe’s head of crypto departs to join Polygon Labs as chief product officer

John Egan played a key role in the development of Stripe’s crypto strategy, including both its acquisition of the stablecoin company Bridge and the...

15.09.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Pantera and Summer Capital raise $1.25 billion to turn neurotech firm into Solana treasury company

The fundraise includes $500 million in on-hand capital and $750 million in warrants that the Solana treasury company may decide to exercise.

15.09.2025 10

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Tether to launch U.S. stablecoin, appoints former Trump crypto guru Bo Hines as CEO of American expansion

Tether tapped the crypto bank Anchorage Digital and its longtime partner Cantor Fitzgerald to issue the token.

12.09.2025 4

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Billionaire Barry Silbert says he hasn’t been this excited about a crypto project since discovering Bitcoin

“In the way that the internet was the world wide web of information, Bittensor is creating the world wide web of intelligence,” said Silbert...

12.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Blockchain lender Figure soars 30% after Nasdaq debut, nears $6 billion valuation

The IPO is the latest public offering from a crypto company.

11.09.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Is there a crypto bubble? Yes, says CEO of $15 billion exchange Kraken

Arjun Sethi said he’s bullish long term but believes we’re in a short-term hype cycle.

11.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Crypto companies are fighting in a ‘Bachelor’-style frenzy to launch a stablecoin that will power DeFi’s hottest exchange

Industry onlookers believe the fight may impact the bottom line of stablecoin giant Circle.

10.09.2025 3

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Tesla bull Dan Ives now chairs a company hoarding a Sam Altman-linked cryptocurrency. He’s not the only big name to enter the treasury race

Digital asset treasury companies increasingly turn to Wall Street celebrities to stand out in a crowded field.

10.09.2025 10

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Billionaire Justin Sun begs Trump-backed World Liberty Financial to unfreeze $100 million crypto stash

The Chinese crypto tycoon, who is one of the project’s biggest backers, appears to have been blacklisted.

05.09.2025 4

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Trump-backed American Bitcoin mining firm to start trading on Nasdaq today

The company will trade under the ticker ABTC.

03.09.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Etherealize raises $40 million to expand Wall Street’s use of Ethereum

Electric Capital and Paradigm led the round, which builds on an earlier grant from Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation.

03.09.2025 10

Ben Weiss

PayPal and General Catalyst lead $18 million investment in AI blockchain startup Kite

The startup wants to make it easier for users, for example, to buy products straight through ChatGPT or other chatbots.

02.09.2025 20

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Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro set to chair $200 million Dogecoin treasury company, say sources

Investors are receiving pitches for a Dogecoin treasury company to invest in the token, according to six sources.

30.08.2025 9

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Crypto hoarding brings a stock pop for small firms—and in some cases shows patterns of possible insider trading

Cancer drug developer MEI Pharma saw its stock almost double in the days before it committed to a crypto treasury strategy.

28.08.2025 4

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Crypto startup M0 raises $40 million to build out stablecoin network

Polychain and Ribbit Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors like Pantera and Bain Capital Crypto.

28.08.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Trump media firm raises $6.4 billion to invest in Crypto.com’s digital token, deal includes purchase of Trump stock

The value of the Cronos token soared on news of the deal, which includes a $5 billion credit line and $200 million in cash.

26.08.2025 7

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Small biotech firm plans $400 million Solana purchase as crypto treasury trend spreads

But Multicoin, Galaxy Digital, and Jump Crypto are reportedly in the market to raise another $1 billion raise for another Solana treasury company.

25.08.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Ethereum brushes record high after Fed Chair says ‘balance of risks’ is shifting

Investors interpreted Jerome Powell’s remarks as evidence for September rate cuts.

23.08.2025 8

Ben Weiss

Bitcoin dips ahead of Fed Chair’s remarks at Jackson Hole

The world’s largest cryptocurrency is down almost 5% after notching an all-time high one week ago.

22.08.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Meet Trump’s inner crypto circle: Eric, Don Jr.—and a lot of tattoos

In a rare interview, the president’s sons and their crypto punk allies revealed the workings of World Liberty Financial.

21.08.2025 2

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Crypto startup Legion raises $5 million to bring back ICOs—without the scams

Almost a decade ago, the SEC cracked down on founders who sold tokens to retail traders to raise money.

20.08.2025 6

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital to tokenize $300 million on Avalanche

The onetime Goldman Sachs executive and White House communications director has been a crypto booster for years.

19.08.2025 4

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Former Goldman Sachs exec heads to crypto startup founded by former Meta engineers

Mustafa Al Niama was head of the Americas division of Goldman Sachs’ digital assets desk.

14.08.2025 4

Ben Weiss

Bitcoin hits all-time high before diving 5% on inflation fears

Analysts anticipate the Fed to cut rates in September but wholesale prices rose much more than expected in July.

14.08.2025 2

Ben Weiss

Financial firms from Stripe to Circle are building their own blockchains—here’s why

Stripe is developing what it calls Tempo, and Circle announced Tuesday that it’s building a protocol called Arc.

13.08.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Top crypto VC Matt Huang to lead Stripe blockchain Tempo as CEO, stay at Paradigm

Huang serves on Stripe’s board, and his VC firm Paradigm is helping incubate the fintech’s blockchain.

13.08.2025 4

Ben Weiss

Exclusive: Fintech giant Stripe building ‘Tempo’ blockchain with crypto VC Paradigm

Stripe’s newest push into crypto comes as the company has made an aggressive push into stablecoins.

12.08.2025 10

Ben Weiss

Trump family crypto business announces $1.5 billion treasury company for World Liberty token

The announcement follows a week of reaching out to investors to contribute cash.

11.08.2025 1

Ben Weiss

Trump crypto firm plans launch of public company that will hold family token

World Liberty Financial’s latest project would mimic other public firms that have amassed Bitcoin in hopes of boosting their share price.

09.08.2025 7

Ben Weiss

Bitcoin surges on new Trump measure to allow crypto in retirement funds

The world’s largest cryptocurrency notched a 2% gain over the past 24 hours.

07.08.2025 6

Ben Weiss

Trump to sign executive order to allow crypto and other private assets into 401(k)s

The order asks the Secretary of Labor to reexamine department guidance regarding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

07.08.2025 4

Ben Weiss

Subzero Labs raises $20 million to build a blockchain for the ‘real world’

Pantera Capital led the fundraise, with participation from Variant, Coinbase Ventures, and Susquehanna Crypto.

01.08.2025 8

Ben Weiss

Jamie Dimon just gave a thumbs up to stablecoins—but still won’t say anything nice about Bitcoin

"I'm a believer in stablecoins, believer in blockchain, not personally, a believer in Bitcoin itself," said the CEO of JPMorgan.

31.07.2025 5

Ben Weiss

Robinhood ‘hulk smashes’ earnings as push to diversify revenue pays off

The online brokerage saw its quarter-over-quarter revenue jump almost 7%, despite lagging crypto revenue.

31.07.2025 6

Ben Weiss

Newly public eToro may launch its own blockchain, says CEO

Yoni Assia’s comments come after the online brokerage announced Tuesday that it was launching tokenized stocks.

29.07.2025 4

Ben Weiss

PayPal to let U.S. merchants accept payment in more than 100 cryptocurrencies

The fintech giant will charge a transaction rate of 0.99% for the first year and then up it 1.5%.

28.07.2025 6

Ben Weiss

Fund of funds plans raise for what it predicts will be the last big crypto boom

Pure Crypto believes the digital assets industry has one more cycle of massive gains—before it gets boring.

25.07.2025 7

Ben Weiss

New $2 billion Bitcoin buy shows crypto replacing real estate at core of Trump business empire

The president’s media company announced in late May that it had intended to buy $2.5 billion of the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

22.07.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Crypto market soars past $4 trillion and Coinbase notches record—but traditional stocks flatline

After Congress passed landmark crypto legislation Thursday, shares of crypto-related companies skyrocketed, but the larger market dipped on Trump...

18.07.2025 3

Ben Weiss

Popular crypto site Pump.fun raised $600 million in 12 minutes—a sign a notorious era is back

As the Trump admin relaxes crypto enforcement, companies are increasingly looking to raise funds through token sales.

18.07.2025 10

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Exclusive: Former Coinbase exec raises $12.5 million for Dakota, a stablecoin-powered neobank

CoinFund led the Series A, with participation from 6th Man Ventures, Triton Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.

15.07.2025 10

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Bitcoin blows past $120,000 for first time as BlackRock ETF investors pile in

The asset management giant saw an influx of $2.4 billion into its crypto investment products last week.

14.07.2025 8

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Markets wobble after Trump threatens Canada with 35% tariff over alleged ‘flow of Fentanyl’

The S&P 500 fell 0.33%, the Nasdaq dropped 0.23%, and the Dow dipped 0.63%.

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