BJ Bitcoin MagazineArk Labs Launches Arkade, a New Native Operating System Using Bitcoin Ark Labs has officially launched Arkade, a Bitcoin-native execution layer designed to unlock programmable financial applications using Bitcoin as it exists today. The announcement comes after a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round in August 2024, led by Tim Draper with support from Fulgur … Read more
Russia police arrested a person alleged to have been involved in a crypto mining scam that stole 270 million rubles ($3.2 million) from 100 victims, RBC reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region. A local resident called the police in February to say he handed an ASIC mining … Read more
Bitget Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet, has partnered with payments platform Coinpal to make it easier for users to spend digital assets across a wide range of online retailers. The move connects Bitget Wallet users to over 6,000 merchants already working with Coinpal, which include businesses in gaming, electronics, fashion and software. This partnership also … Read more
Rain, a crypto card platform that lets users spend stablecoins anywhere Visa (V) is accepted, said it has added support for Solana SOL, Tron TRX and Stellar XLM networks. The update makes it easier for companies building on those chains to launch their own branded cards, backed by either custodial or non-custodial wallets, that work … Read more
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has demonstrated impressive resilience amid global economic uncertainties, recovering strongly after bottoming at 0.00001405 during mid-day trading. The token’s price action shows a clear structure forming with a short-term support zone around 0.00001447 and immediate resistance at 0.00001452 that could determine its near-term direction. Technical Analysis Highlights SHIB experienced significant volatility over … Read more
Matador Technologies, a Toronto-based digital asset firm, has entered a binding letter of intent to invest up to $3.2 million in HODL Systems, a publicly listed Indian company that integrates crypto into its treasury strategy. If fully exercised, the investment would give Matador up to a 24.95% ownership stake. The agreement also outlines plans for … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) project Donut has raised $7 million in pre-seed funding to build its Solana-based agentic crypto browser, a tool that helps users engage with blockchain applications. The funding round was led by Hongshan (formerly Sequoia CN), BITKRAFT, and HackVC, Donut announced on X on Thursday. Donut’s AI agent-powered browser includes a native cryptocurrency … Read more
Square, the payment platform owned by Jack Dorsey’s company Block (XYZ) is earning a yield of 9.7% on its bitcoin holdings through running a node on the Lightning network. Block’s Bitcoin product lead Miles Suter said that the firm is earning “real bitcoin returns from our corporate holdings…by efficiently routing real payments across the Lightning … Read more
Bitcoin BTC treasury firm Twenty One has raised an additional $100 million through convertible senior secured notes, pushing its total capital raised to $685 million as it advances toward a planned merger with Nasdaq-listed Cantor Equity Partners (CEP), a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows. The fresh financing comes from existing … Read more
Ether ETH has increased in value by 45% over the past 30 days, outperforming the decentralized finance (DeFi) market and bitcoin, which are up 21% and 13% respectively in the same period. Much of ether’s rise has been attributed to institutional interest that has led to record inflows from spot ETH ETFs. ETH’s rise came … Read more
