HashKey’s Crypto Exchange HashKey Global Goes Live After Winning License in Bermuda

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Crypto VC Firm Polychain Tops Up AI Platform Ritual’s $25M Funding Round With ‘Multimillion Dollar’ Investment

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Bitcoin BTC Reclaims $72K; Meme Coins Rally

U.S. crypto-related stocks looked set to start the week on a positive note after bitcoin (BTC) climbed through $72,000 for the first time since mid-March as its reward halving draws closer. Coinbase (COIN), the only U.S. traded crypto exchange, gained 4.9% in pre-market trading, MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, rose 10% and … Read more

Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera

The fundraising also involved Multicoin, Hack VC, ParaFi Capital, Nascent, Draper Associates, Primitive Ventures, Asymmetric Ventures and Dan Held, and DCF God, Thesis said Tuesday. Mezo is a “permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that leverages a neutral smart contract infrastructure” to offer a wide range of applications for users, Thesis said. It is designed to amplify … Read more

Solana Leads in Blockchain Payments, Faces Limitations, as Stablecoin Market Expands: Bernstein

Solana is conducting pilots with Visa and Shopify, but it’s unclear whether the blockchain can break into more mainstream consumer and business-to-business payments, which would require a massive jump in scalability, the note said. “Scalability requirements for consumer payments would require 15-20 fold growth from here (Solana ~700 TPS versus 10K+ for payment networks), and … Read more