Dinari, a crypto startup focused on tokenizing real-world assets, has raised $12.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Hack VC and Blockchange Ventures, with backing from VanEck Ventures, F-Prime, and the Avalanche Fund, according to a Fortune report. The round brings the California-based firm’s total funding to $22.65 million, Fortune reports. Dinari … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2800.48, up 3.2% (+86.71) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+8.2%) and AAVE (+5.9%). Laggards: ICP (+0.7%) and FIL (+1.4%). The … Read more
Someday you’ll be out of a job. So will I, so will your neighbor, so will your best friend, and so will all of your family. All of our jobs will be automated, thanks to AI. This is the prediction of Shaw Walters (who in Web3 style typically just goes by “Shaw”), founder of Eliza … Read more
The U.K. needs to work harder at becoming a global center for the crypto industry to avoid falling behind countries like the U.S., industry executives told CNBC. The country has been saying it wants to be a crypto hub since 2022, before the current Labour government was elected, yet only this week did it start … Read more
A new government relations firm that includes former administration officials started operations in Washington, D.C. to help crypto and artificial intelligence companies shape U.S. policy. NexusOne Consulting is led by Jeff Ifrah, a white-collar defense attorney; Jim Trusty, a former government lawyer who has represented the Trump administration; and Ross Branson, who served in the … Read more
Before Ethereum had a market cap, it was just an idea in a college dropout’s head. Crypto’s biggest companies aren’t being planned in boardrooms. They’re being built in dorm rooms, group chats, and hackathons by founders who don’t wait for permission (many of them don’t finish college at all). This is not a coincidence. It’s … Read more
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The impact of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is starting to be felt. The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years last quarter and stock prices have seen their worst first 100-day performance of a presidential administration since 1974. Results from trading platform … Read more
Morgan Stanley (MS) is planning to bring cryptocurrency trading to its E*Trade platform, marking the most serious move yet by a major U.S. bank to offer retail users direct access to cryptocurrencies. The initiative, still in early stages, could debut next year. The bank, Bloomberg reports, is weighing partnerships with crypto-native firms to help build … Read more
Tokyo-based Metaplanet is establishing a wholly owned subsidiary in Florida named Metaplanet Treasury Corp., doubling down on its bitcoin (BTC)-focused treasury strategy that has made it the largest public BTC holder in Asia. The new entity will be capitalized with up to $250 million and serve as Metaplanet’s dedicated U.S. vehicle for treasury operations. The … Read more
Swiss asset manager 21Shares has filed a S-1 registration form for a SUI exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SUI is currently trading at $3.67, rising by 4% after the filing went live on the SEC’s website. “Since our earliest research into Sui, we believed it could become one of the … Read more
