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Coinbase and Robinhood are locked in a heated battle ahead of Q2 earnings—but only one is being called the industry’s ‘first hyperscaler’

Robinhood has proved better at diversifying its revenue streams—but emerging fields of AI commerce and tokenized stocks will boost Coinbase in time.

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Kalshi tiptoes back into canceled flight markets with JFK airport wager

The new contract, created at the behest of a conference, will let institutional users bet whether 50% of flights will be cancelled at JFK airport over...

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Hopes for key crypto bill fade amid delays, Trump ethics controversy

The CLARITY Act has been kicked down the road once again, and could be a casualty of mid-term politics.

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MoonPay launches universal AI shopping wallet for non-technical Claude and ChatGPT consumers

Paybox lets users instruct Claude or ChatGPT agents to make purchases within the platform with no need for coding or a special screen.

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Coinbase’s big Base mistake offers an important lesson for the crypto industry

The project showed how Coinbase was building for the last era of crypto, not the new and emerging one.

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The American Dream according to Bill Ackman

The billionaire investor on reviving Americans’ faith in capitalism—and the family crisis reshaping his legacy.

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Kalshi pulls plug on planned flight cancellation contracts

The prediction markets company has planned to offer the wagers as a way to hedge travel risks, but critics warned the contracts could be misused.

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Cantor Fitzgerald eyes blockchain-based IPO shares in new tie-up with Securitize

The move is likely to provide a boost for those pushing for companies to issue some of their stock on blockchain.

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Drowning in AI: Companies are launching hundreds of projects, and that’s a problem

At Fortune Brainstorm Tech, executives from Carvana, GSX and other firms shared lessons for companies about rapid AI adoption.

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The billionaire founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners makes plea to businesses adopting AI: ‘Don’t destroy your intern program’

Robert F. Smith, who has made a career in technology, said young people must be part of companies' workforces.

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SpaceX tokens are a bust on IPO day—but blame supply and demand, not crypto

Tokenized stocks didn’t pan out, but the underlying idea is sound.

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Meet the Fortune Crypto 100: A ranking of the very best companies in blockchain

Read about the definitive list of the most important names in crypto, from Coinbase to Franklin Templeton to Hyperliquid.

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Opening offices in 120 countries is ‘not a badge of honor’—pick 30 instead says iconic former tech CEO

Meg Whitman, former head of eBay and HP, and Tubi CEO Anjali Sud offered advice for how to scale a company.

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Visa and Mastercard are planning to shake up the stablecoin market—but pulling it off won’t be easy

There are talks of a rumored consortium involving Stripe, Coinbase and others. But don’t count on it happening.

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Variant raises $222 million for new fund with a thesis of AI, crypto and ‘autonomy’

A VC who helped Andreessen Horowitz design its early crypto strategy has big ideas on the next era of decentralization.

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Intel’s new CEO cut management layers in half. The stock is up nearly 500%

When Lip-Bu Tan took over, Intel was drowning in debt and losing the AI game. In just 13 months, the new CEO has attracted capital infusions from...

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Financial fraud in an era of blockchain and AI

These two technologies offer enormous opportunities for the U.S. financial system—and big dangers as well.

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Exclusive: Binance adds U.S. stocks in ‘super app’ push, plans to launch tokenized shares

Binance is making over 7,000 stocks and ETFs available for zero commission to non U.S. users, and plans to soon let customers tokenize stock on its...

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Robinhood launches agentic trading, announces credit card for AI agents with 3% cash back

Robinhood announced that customers can now use agents to conduct stock trading and shop with its credit card.

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Coinbase pushes further into AI payments with new MCP for Base network

The launch is the latest development in the fast-emerging world of agentic commerce being built by Stripe, Coinbase and others.

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Wallet makers are the quiet backbone of the crypto industry. Now they want to be banks

A lot has changed since discussion around wallets was limited to whether they offered Bitcoin or Ethereum.

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Stablecoin disruptors want to vanquish Visa but face a tough task ahead

The age of agentic commerce will transform the payments world, but Visa is not just any incumbent.

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This upstart stablecoin bank just won a rare OCC charter and raised $40 million. Its CEO is only 25

Augustus wants to remake the correspondent banking system with code and AI.

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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison says a wave of token theft is wreaking havoc on the AI economy

Patrick Collison warned that token theft is so rampant many AI startups will have to stop offering free trials.

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Over 98% of stablecoins are dollar backed. That’s good for the U.S.—until it’s not

Crypto billionaire says growing global demand for U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins will tempt the government to print more money.

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VC firm Ethereal has avoided the spotlight for 5 years—now it’s telling its story

The low-key firm, which was spun of the Ethereum shop Consensys, has a well-honed strategy aimed at early-stage startups.

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The crypto industry is obsessed with conferences. The vibe at them is changing

There’s a new tone in the industry ahead of the Fortune Crypto 100, which will drop on June 11.

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Robinhood CEO says a ‘tokenization supercycle’ is underway

Vlad Tenev is doubling down on his view that stocks and other assets will move to blockchain.

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Apple’s longtime CEO sat out the crypto revolution. His successor should choose a different path

Unlike Tim Cook, incoming CEO John Ternus has a reputation as a decisive, product-focused leader.

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Feds charge U.S. Army soldier who made $400,000 from Polymarket bets tied to Maduro capture

The Justice Department said the solider made 13 bets on the basis of classified information he acquired from being part of the Venezuela operation.

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A startup called Astor plugs into your brokerage account and texts you AI-driven financial advice for $15 a month

The startup, which just raised a $5 million seed round, is part of a wave of next generation financial advisors.

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The crypto industry and prediction markets share a mission of disruption—but it’s not clear where crypto fits in

Big crypto players Coinbase and Robinhood view platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi as allies and rivals.

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Kalshi’s fight over sports betting is hurtling towards the Supreme Court—and the future of gambling is at stake

Kalshi is in a make-or-break fight to preserve a lucrative new prediction-markets industry expected to grow to over $200 billion this year.

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Bitcoin mining giant Foundry adds new pool for privacy-focused Zcash

The move reflects a bet that institutions will embrace ZCash, and as Foundry positions itself as a linchpin of U.S. crypto strategy.

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What the latest search for Satoshi means for the crypto industry

The New York Times’ exposé seems to take aim at the very idea of anonymity.

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The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast.

Legendary journalist John Carreyrou says he has found Satoshi Nakamoto, but his evidence looks shaky.

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A quantum threat to Bitcoin has some asking the unthinkable: Is it time to freeze old wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto?

A hacker with quantum tools could crack open old Bitcoin wallets and flood the market as soon as 2029.

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Prediction markets have sparked a golden age of insider trading—but the party may be coming to an end

Suspicious wagers on everything from U.S. military actions to Mr. Beast episodes have finally roused officials to take action.

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The API economy may soon grow by tens of millions of customers—here’s why

Agentic commerce, or AI agents using blockchain-based micropayments, is quickly becoming a reality.

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Credit card annual fees are soaring past $800. Here’s why people keep paying them—even as perks are harder to come by

Shoppers and travelings keep gravitating to premium 'lifestyle' cards, but interest rates and reward restrictions can trap unwary consumers.

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A notorious short-seller unloaded on SoFi. The stock shrugged it off

The Muddy Waters report alleges financial chicanery but the market appears to have rejected the allegations.

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Invesco takes over Superstate’s $900 million T-bill fund as Wall Street accelerates tokenization push

Superstate is a pioneer in the fast growing field of RWAs, a term that describes real world assets that are traded as crypto tokens.

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What a cringe photo shoot really tells about the state of the crypto industry

The Vanity Fair piece showcased the crypto aristocracy—for better and worse.

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Robinhood rolls out long-awaited ‘Social’ feature to let users track and copy other traders

The feature, which is a common feature on European trading platforms, is being rolled out to select U.S. customers.

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The next big thing in crypto will be tokenized stocks: Here are the likely winners and losers

There are already around $2 billion worth of stocks on the blockchain, and that number is set to grow exponentially.

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There’s a strong case for AI and crypto—but you have to squint to see it

The emerging world of agentic commerce is already turning to stablecoins to power transactions.

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Is the media anti-tech—or just anti-crypto?

A new op-ed reflects a depressing trend by the press to portray technology in a poor light.

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Bitcoin fans latch onto ‘ridiculous’ Jane Street conspiracy to explain price slump

The secretive Wall Street trading firm appears to be the latest scapegoat for crypto believers seeking a villain.

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Kalshi fines MrBeast employee $20,000 for insider trading related to YouTube stream

Kalshi also fined a political candidate and its cofounder issued an off-color "...and find out" warning to others thinking of insider trading.

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Is Ethereum good enough for Wall Street? If history is any guide, the answer is clear

A consortium of banks is building its own version of blockchain—it will be hard pressed to make it work.

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