Opinion by: James Harris, group CEO of Tesseract In an environment of tightening margins and heightened competition, yield is no longer optional. It has become a necessity. This gold rush mentality obscures a critical truth defining the industry’s future: Not all yield is created equal. The market’s obsession with headline returns sets up institutions for … Read more
Chun Wang, co-founder of major Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, pushed back against a proposed temporary soft fork aimed at limiting data spam on the Bitcoin network. Wang wrote in a Monday X post that “BIP-444 is a bad idea.” He added that he, and presumably F2Pool, are “not going to soft fork anything,” whether it … Read more
Circle, the world’s second-largest stablecoin issuer, launched the public testnet for Arc, its open layer-1 blockchain network built to bring global financial infrastructure onchain. The rollout, which Circle calls the “Economic Operating System for the internet,” includes participation from over 100 major companies spanning banking, capital markets and fintech — among them BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, … Read more
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is leading a $12.9 million funding round for ZAR, a one-year-old fintech startup aiming to make dollar-backed stablecoins accessible to everyday consumers in Pakistan and other emerging markets. The round drew participation from Dragonfly Capital, VanEck Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg. … Read more
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is leading a $12.9 million funding round for ZAR, a one-year-old fintech startup aiming to make dollar-backed stablecoins accessible to everyday consumers in Pakistan and other emerging markets. The round drew participation from Dragonfly Capital, VanEck Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg. … Read more
Bitcoin is becoming increasingly unattainable for average investors, raising questions about whether the current bull market can sustain its momentum beyond the traditional four-year cycle. Crypto market intelligence company 10x Research suggested Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming too expensive for sustained retail purchases, a development that may endanger the predicted extension of the current bull market … Read more
Evernorth Holdings, a new Ripple-backed digital asset company, has reportedly amassed $1 billion worth of XRP tokens as part of its strategy to establish an XRP treasury. As of Monday, Evernorth’s XRP (XRP) holdings totaled 388.7 million tokens, according to data from digital asset analytics platform CryptoQuant. With XRP trading above $2.60 at the time … Read more
Key points: Bitcoin begins to find a local floor, with analysis highlighting several key lines in the sand. RSI signals demand upside continuation as longer timeframes remain in doubt. The Fed rate-cut decision begins to show in cooling US stocks’ performance. Bitcoin (BTC) tested key resistance on Tuesday, with traders bullish on BTC price upside. … Read more
Elon Musk has finally launched his AI-powered and “truth” focused answer to Wikipedia on Monday — Grokipedia — amid ongoing beef with the incumbent platform over its editorial practices. In a series of posts via X on Monday following the launch, Musk stated that Grokipedia “is fully open source, so anyone can use it for … Read more
KR1, a crypto staking company based on the Isle of Man, is preparing to move its listing from the small-cap Aquis exchange to the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Co-founder Keld Van Schreven told the Financial Times that the move, expected to be completed next month, represents “a starter gun for this … Read more