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Ethereum giant Consensys spins off flagship MetaMask wallet, stays mum on IPO and token plans

The company will now formally operate as two separate entities, with one focused on MetaMask and the other on institutional software.

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TRM Labs valuation doubles to $2 billion as crypto crime fighter scales AI services

The startup declined to specify the size of the follow-on round, but said it is on track for ARR of $100 million for 2026.

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Stripe is giving off early Google vibes—for good and for bad

The fintech’s recent M&A spree is reminiscent of what Google did a generation before.

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Stablecoins are crypto’s killer app—but no one can agree on who will use them

Airwallex is the latest giant company to plow into stablecoins—even as the business case for them is still emerging.

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At the year’s buzziest blockchain conference, a new crypto powerhouse emerges

Hyperliquid's rapid growth was on everyone's lips at last week's elite SALT crypto conference.

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How Silicon Valley just might save America from the growing drone threat

In June, Allen Control Systems raised $200 million on the strength of its Bullfrog platform, which can respond to a drone threat in seconds by...

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Tether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AI

A KPMG audit appears to establish the legitimacy of Tether's reserves. Meanwhile, the company's ambitions are scaling far beyond crypto.

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Kalshi’s CEO is racing to build a futures market for AI’s most precious resource, which could be worth $100 trillion by 2030

Compute is the new oil—but building its futures market may be just as messy.

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Startup B3IQ has found a new AI niche: Supplying rent-to-own machines to privacy-conscious university researchers

The New York based firm's clients include Stanford and Dartmouth u

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Why the latest Bitcoin hack hurt more than most

The theft of $100 million from Coldcard hardware wallet owners stands out because it hurt people who did everything right.

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A family crisis inspired Bill Ackman to spend $260 million to create a massive brain research institute in Manhattan

The new facility will be constructed on the Upper West Side, where Ackman has just purchased two buildings for a planned 700,000 square foot...

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Cloudflare just launched a permanent ID tool and wallet for AI shopping

The new service makes it easier for consumers to equip AI agents with tools that let them spend and to identity themselves to merchants' agents.

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Circle bought 1,000 IBM blockchain patents. Nothing good can come of that

Circle has yet to share its plans for the IP portfolio, but the power to assert monopoly rights in the blockchain space is worrying.

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Robinhood CFO details surging prediction market business as firm posts record revenue in Q2

Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts though crypto revenue fell significantly.

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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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