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.

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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%.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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%.

12.07.2025 3

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Exclusive: Crypto and stablecoin infrastructure startup zerohash to raise $100 million at almost $1 billion valuation

The company is the latest beneficiary of venture capital’s booming interest in stablecoins.

11.07.2025 10

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CoreWeave’s $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific gives an AI roadmap for struggling Bitcoin miners

CoreWeave was once all in on crypto. Now the AI company has helped another crypto miner pivot.

09.07.2025 3

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Exclusive: Telegram blockchain startup TOP raises $28.5 million as messaging platform expands crypto footprint

Ribbit Capital led the Series A fundraise, with participation from Pantera Capital.

03.07.2025 7

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Solana’s first ETF goes live as crypto analysts predict surge of new altcoin funds

Rex Shares and Osprey Trust filed to launch the ETF in January.

02.07.2025 3

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Trump family’s Bitcoin-mining company raises $220 million

President Donald Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. are investors in American Bitcoin.

01.07.2025 10

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Robinhood plans to launch its own blockchain, offers ‘Stock Tokens’ in EU

The online brokerage continues to expand its crypto footprint after laying out nearly $400 million for two recent crypto acquisitions.

30.06.2025 5

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Bitcoin and crypto investors hit with flood of IRS letters, say tax experts

Crypto tax platform CoinLedger cites a ninefold increase in users asking about IRS letters.

29.06.2025 20

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S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs as markets rebound from April’s tariff despair

In April, the stock and bond markets were in turmoil after Trump unveiled a more-severe-than-expected tariff plan.

27.06.2025 3

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Exclusive: Mastercard joins USDG stablecoin group, adds support for PayPal and Fiserv tokens

The publicly traded company also said it would let members of its cross-border payments network use stablecoins.

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Bitcoin plummets below $100,000 after U.S. strikes Iran nuclear sites

The broader crypto market has also tanked, dropping 7% over the past 24 hours.

22.06.2025 10

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Markets flatline amid Trump’s delay on Iran and potential Fed cuts in July

The White House said Thursday evening that President Donald Trump would decide on whether he’d strike Iran within two weeks.

20.06.2025 4

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Feds seize $225 million in crypto from crooks who ran giant ‘pig butchering’ operation

This is the U.S. government’s largest-ever seizure of funds connected to crypto confidence scams.

19.06.2025 10

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Pro-Israel group hacks Iranian crypto exchange for $90 million—but throws away the money

The hackers, who call themselves Predatory Sparrow, sent the funds to likely inaccessible blockchain addresses, burning the cryptocurrency.

18.06.2025 4

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Ethereum critics say it has failed—but boosters say cryptocurrency has become ‘digital oil’

The second largest cryptocurrency has lagged behind Bitcoin in price and is still about 50% below all-time highs in 2021.

17.06.2025 5

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Shopify partners with Coinbase and Stripe in landmark stablecoin deal

Senior Coinbase exec Jesse Pollak described the deal as a 'holy crap' moment for the payment industry.

12.06.2025 5

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Stocks dip despite Trump’s notice of ‘DONE’ deal with China and better-than-expected inflation data

The U.S. president posted on social media that the relationship between the two superpowers is “EXCELLENT.”

12.06.2025 4

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Exclusive: Stablecoin startup Noah raises $22 million, adds Adyen vet as cofounder

“I feel like I have the energy of [when I was] 25,” said Thijn Lamers, who is in his 50s.

10.06.2025 20

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Exclusive: Coinbase vets raise $30 million for crypto wallet startup Turnkey

The fundraise attracted big VC names like Bain Capital Crypto, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Faction.

09.06.2025 30

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Strong jobs report, Tesla rebound buoy markets as S&P 500 nears all-time highs

The government overshot analysts’ estimates and reported an increase of 139,000 jobs in May.

07.06.2025 5

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Apple, X, and Airbnb among growing number of Big Tech firms exploring crypto adoption

Fortune 500 tech firms are having early conversations with crypto companies about stablecoin integration.

06.06.2025 10

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Trump team plans launch of digital wallet as crypto empire keeps expanding

The team behind President Donald Trump's memecoin is partnering with Magic Eden, the NFT marketplace, to launch the wallet.

03.06.2025 3

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Stocks flat after Trump says China ‘totally violated’ trade agreement with U.S.

The U.S. and China had previously agreed to a 90-day pause in which both countries would ratchet down reciprocal tariffs.

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Inside the $400 million Coinbase breach: An Indian call center and teenage hackers

The breach is notable not only for its scale, but the way the hackers went about it: Bribing overseas customer support agents to share confidential...

30.05.2025 20

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Binance scores big win after SEC agrees to drop lawsuit against exchange

The case against Binance was one of the few outstanding crypto cases the SEC hadn't moved to dismiss

30.05.2025 7

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Markets dip as Federal Reserve worries economy faces ‘difficult tradeoffs’

Investors also waited for tech giant Nvidia to report its results for the first quarter.

29.05.2025 10

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Polygon Labs and market maker GSR launch DeFi-focused blockchain

The crypto market maker GSR is also helping incubate the project.

28.05.2025 5

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Markets dip after Trump threatens tariffs against Europe and Apple, sinking the iPhone maker’s stock by 3%

The president said he would issue a 50% tariff on the EU and a 25% tax on Apple in a pair of Truth Social posts.

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Influencer who attended Trump’s memecoin dinner says he got a ‘Walmart steak’—and no access to the president

“I was hoping for either Big Macs or pizza. That would have been better than the food that we were served,” said Nicholas Pinto.

23.05.2025 4

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Bitcoin nears all-time high of $109,000 amid stock market recovery

The world’s largest cryptocurrency last notched its highest price in January during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

21.05.2025 10

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Consumer sentiment plunges to near-record lows—but stock markets remain unfazed

Sentiment readings dipped from 52.2 in April to 50.8 in May, according to new data from the University of Michigan.

17.05.2025 5

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JPMorgan Chase steps beyond ‘walled garden’ to settle transaction on public blockchain

This is the first time the U.S.'s largest bank has built out a system to interface with a public blockchain.

14.05.2025 9

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The new CFO of eBay left 20 years ago. Now she’s ‘boomeranged’ back to return it to its roots—and invest in AI

“Now the focus is on, ‘Let's go back to the rich history of collectors and people that need a personalized, customized experience,” Peggy Alford said.

12.05.2025 4

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Stock markets stagnate as investors wait for Bessent’s trade talks with China

“Many Trade Deals in the hopper, all good (GREAT!) ones!,” President Donald Trump posted Friday on his social media app Truth Social.

10.05.2025 5

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Coinbase says $2.9 billion Deribit deal will increase profits even as income drops in Q1

CEO Brian Armstrong added that Deribit’s acquisition is his company’s “biggest move yet” to expand internationally.

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Exclusive: Statsig raises $100 million at $1.1 billion valuation after abandoned Datadog acquisition attempt

Statsig bet on itself. Datadog bought a competitor.

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Stocks climb back to ‘Liberation Day’ levels after surprise jobs report

The U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, reported the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s more than the 135,000 that economists had estimated.

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Remember MoviePass? It’s still around—and going all in on crypto

“I think that blockchain and virtual reality are going to be an amazing force together,” proclaimed MoviePass’s CEO.

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Americans can finally scan their eyeballs for crypto in return after Sam Altman-backed World launches in U.S.

The eyeball-scanning crypto play had originally stayed out of the U.S. market amid a more uncertain regulatory regime.

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Trump Media plans launch of ‘utility token’ and digital wallet tied to streaming service

President Donald Trump’s publicly traded company has already signaled that it wants to dive into crypto.

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Stock market retreat in Trump’s first 100 days is among worst starts for a president in almost a century

In President Joe Biden’s first 100 days, the S&P 500 surged more than 9%. Under Trump, it’s tanked almost 8%.

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Exclusive: Camp Network raises $25 million to help firms collect AI copyright royalties using blockchain

1kx and Blockchain Capital both led the Series A, which valued the startup at up to $400 million.

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