3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (227+ words) Nasdaq said on Thursday that its venture arm has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The money extends a partnership the two firms announced in March, when Nasdaq said it would work with…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (259+ words) Sen. Cynthia Lummis says the window for passing U.S. crypto market-structure legislation is closing, and that if this Congress misses it, the next realistic chance may not arrive until 2030. Speaking on September 6, 2026, the Wyoming Republican tied inaction to lost jobs, lost…...

6+ day, 52+ min ago   (234+ words) Strive disclosed another bitcoin purchase on Monday, buying 1,375 BTC for $109 million at an average price of $79,281 per coin. The company has stuck to the habit of announcing its purchases on the first business day of the week, the same cadence…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (364+ words) Visa says stablecoin-linked cards have turned into one of the fastest-growing corners of its network, with more than 160 programs live around the world during its fiscal second quarter. Payment volume across those programs grew nearly 200% year over year, and stablecoin…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (222+ words) Hargreaves Lansdown, the U.K.’s largest retail investment platform, has begun selling nine bitcoin and ether exchange-traded notes to its two million clients. Annual fees run from 0% to 0.35%. The Bristol-based firm, which oversees more than $200 billion in assets, said the rule…...

2+ week, 37+ min ago   (157+ words) Strive, the asset management firm co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, purchased 1,800 bitcoin between August 24 and 28 for approximately $143 million. The company paid an average price of roughly $79,400 per coin, including fees and expenses. The latest acquisition brings Strive’s total bitcoin holdings to…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (234+ words) Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, expects the country’s crypto exchange trading volume to reach 4 trillion rubles—roughly $46.4 billion—in the first year after new legislation takes effect on September 1. Deputy chairman Anatoly Popov told state news agency TASS that volume could…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (173+ words) U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $201.8 million in net outflows on Friday, snapping a nine-session inflow streak that had pulled in more than $3 billion. The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) accounted for the largest share of Friday’s outflows at $114.9 million. Bitwise’s BITB…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (270+ words) Bernstein expects bitcoin to hit a new all-time high of $150,000 by mid-2027 before climbing to roughly $300,000 at the peak of its next cycle in 2029, framing the cryptocurrency as the leading beneficiary of what the firm calls the “debasement trade.” Analyst Gautam…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (311+ words) Bitcoin dropped below $80,000 during Tuesday’s Wall Street open after briefly touching 14-week highs of $81,265, as both crypto and gold retreated while US stocks posted modest gains. BTC/USD fell as low as $78,111 on Bitstamp, with the $80,000 zone proving difficult to…...