StablecoinsBinance Buys $100M Circle Stake, Signs Five-Year USDC Promotion Deal
Binance invested $100M in Circle and signed a five-year deal: Circle will now pay the exchange monthly to promote USDC to its users.
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RegulationFairshake to Spend $30M Against Sherrod Brown in Ohio
PAC Fairshake, funded by Coinbase and Ripple, has pledged another $30 million against Democrat Sherrod Brown ahead of the 2026 US midterm elections.
TechnologyElon Musk's X Lets Users Trade Bitcoin Directly From Cashtags
Elon Musk's X launched a Trade button for cashtags like $BTC and $TSLA, sending US users to Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini and other partner platforms.
InstitutionalECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenized Assets
The ECB launched Pontes to settle tokenized assets in central bank money and plans to invest part of its reserves in tokenized securities.
InstitutionalStrategy adds 950 BTC and closes in on its holdings record
Strategy bought 950 BTC for $75.7M after a pause and holds 846,000 coins. It is 1,363 BTC short of the June record, and MSTR shares rose 7%.
MarketsBitcoin Closes a Week Above Its 50-Week Average
Bitcoin closed the week at $81,159, above its 50-week average of $78,788, for the first time since Nov. 2025. We break down the numbers and risks.
InstitutionalVisa Closes Meme Coin Card Rewards Loophole
Visa will no longer accept meme coin card purchases coded as digital media. Points and cash back on them will most likely vanish.
InstitutionalGemini stock is down 80% and the market guesses who will buy it
Gemini's value fell from $4B to $753M. Why talk of a sale of the Winklevoss exchange is back and what a buyer would actually pay for.
SecurityHaruko cyberattack hits 15 clients, some funds stolen
Crypto infrastructure provider Haruko was hit by a targeted attack: exchange API data of 15 clients exposed, some funds stolen.