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Morning Minute: What Anthropic’s $1.4 Trillion IPO Means for Crypto
Hint: if it plays out similarly to the SpaceX IPO, it means the Bitcoin bottom is very close.
Kraken Parent Payward Brings 200 UK and EU Stocks Onchain as xStocks
The expansion takes xStocks past 1,500 tokenized assets, though the new UK tokens still can't be bought by investors in the UK.
Avalanche Won Over the NYSE. Now It Has to ‘Capture Value’ for AVAX
The New York Stock Exchange will use Avalanche infrastructure, but experts say that won't necessarily boost AVAX's price.
Prisoner Jailed for 8 Years Over $2.7M Crypto Theft Plot Run From His Cell
Robert Barr planned to have accomplices force a crypto investor to install remote-access software so he could drain the wallet from prison.
Bitcoin Miner HIVE Eyes $45 Million in Annual Revenue From AI Deal
The Bitcoin miner says its Boden facility could generate $45 million annually, but a June letter of intent remains nonbinding as executives negotiate financing and customer protections for the project.
Trump Media Posts $410 Million Profit. Bitcoin Gains Did the Heavy Lifting
Truth Social’s parent booked $409.7 million in quarterly income largely from crypto investments, even as its stock remained more than 94% below its March 2024 peak.
Grayscale Bets $1 Million on Zcash as Privacy Coin Tumbles
Grayscale plans to direct $1 million from its Zcash ETF fees to ecosystem nonprofits and launched a national ad campaign, as ZEC fell more than 11%.
Goldman, Citi and Global Banks Commit $270 Million to Challenge Crypto’s Stablecoin Giants
The funding, backing a U.S.-incorporated issuer codenamed “Project Faro,” covers five years of operations as traditional lenders move to challenge crypto-native giants Tether and Circle.
Bitcoin Falls as Hot US Inflation Fuels Fears of Bigger Fed Rate Hike
Bitcoin fell below $74,000 after October inflation beat forecasts, increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates again at its December meeting.
Solana's Jupiter Expands Beyond Trading With Token Baskets, Yield Vaults and New Portfolio
The trading platform, which says it has routed more than $1.3 trillion in trades, is launching four products ahead of Solana Breakpoint.
Decrypt Money Account Gets Confidential Transfers With Solana Privacy Firm Helius
Helius' Solana Privacy Rings will let Decrypt users send funds without broadcasting amounts, as it grows out The Information Exchange.
Moody’s Taps Chainlink to Send Credit Ratings Across Multiple Blockchains
The testnet pilot used Chainlink’s CCIP to distribute Moody’s ratings simultaneously across permissioned and permissionless blockchains, while preserving the firm’s existing publication and governance processes.
Morning Minute: Vitalik Recasts ETH as a Store of Value
It’s a big shift for Ethereum from the “ultrasound money” days. But can ETH compete as a store-of-value play?
Binance Warns of Apple iOS Flaw That Could Expose iPhone Users' Private Keys
Apple has not publicly confirmed the "worse_query" bug, which a researcher published days before its latest iOS security update.
Binance Halts MEXC Transfers as FinCEN Cuts Exchange Off From US Financial System
The exchange will reject withdrawals to MEXC and hold deposits from it for review, after FinCEN tied it to $16 billion in suspicious flows.
'Tough Questions' Ahead: Warren Targets Prediction Markets, Trump Crypto as Banking Chair
An aide said Trump family crypto businesses should "preserve their documents" as Warren prepares to take over the Senate Banking Committee.
Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.
Bitcoin in Limbo as Stocks Rebound Ahead of US Inflation Report
U.S. stocks rallied as oil fell, but Bitcoin hovered near $75,000 after a wave of liquidations, with Tuesday’s inflation report set to test bets on a December Fed rate hike.
Solana Set for Another Tokenized Stock Venue as Formation Notifies the SEC
Operating under the SEC’s “Innovation Exemption,” the firm plans to list tokenized shares of Exodus, Forward Industries, and Galaxy Digital in early 2027, with the same voting and dividend rights as real stock.
Vitalik Buterin Moves On From ‘Ultrasound Money,’ Says ETH’s Value Is Stability
The Ethereum co-founder says ETH's value comes from stability, not fee burns, citing its decentralization, censorship resistance and security.
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $20M in Ethereum, Seizing on Vitalik’s 'ETH Is Money' Declaration
The firm’s stash reached 6.07 million ETH—4.97% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee called Vitalik Buterin’s “ETH is money” comments a “seismic shift.”
NYSE Taps Avalanche to Settle Its Planned Tokenized Stock Platform
Ava Labs said Avalanche will serve as the “core ledger technology” for the clearing firm behind the NYSE-affiliated venue, which aims to bring 24/7 trading, clearing and settlement of tokenized securities onchain.
Strategy Buys $82M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $188M of STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm sold $284 million of MSTR stock to fund the moves, days before MSCI names companies facing index removal.
Coinbase Joins Circle, Ripple With Final OCC Approval for Federal Trust Bank Charter
The exchange will move its institutional crypto custody business under federal oversight, building on its 2018 New York trust charter.
Trump Says He Knows 'Nothing' About World Liberty Financial as He Defends UAE Ties
Pressed on why he doesn't divest from the family's crypto venture, Trump said his sons run the business and every president faces conflicts.
This Bitcoin Developer’s Idea Would Make Quantum Attacks a Losing Bet
Cory Fields wants future quantum attackers to post Bitcoin as collateral before touching vulnerable wallets, giving prepared owners a chance to recover their coins and collect a potentially costly penalty.
Apple Completes the Set: Every Magnificent Seven Stock Opts Out of OKX-ICE Venue
Apple and Meta’s objections mean all seven of the biggest U.S. tech companies have now asked to keep their shares off the planned OKX-ICE venue.
Treasury Cuts Crypto Exchange MEXC Off From US Financial System
FinCEN’s order, part of Operation Economic Outcast, bars U.S. institutions from any transfers to or from MEXC, which Treasury says facilitated $16 billion in illicit finance tied to Iran, North Korea and Russia.
Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.