Stripe Reintroduces Crypto Payments for U.S. Businesses After Six Years
After six years, U.S. businesses can now accept stablecoin payments from customers in over 150 countries, with merchants receiving payments in dollars.
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Crypto.com Has Filed Suit Against the SEC Over Unjust Regulatory Actions in Crypto Space
The move positions the cryptocurrency platform alongside several other industry peers taking legal action against the federal agency, which they claim is overstepping its legal boundaries.
APRO Oracle Raises $3 Millon in Seed Round Led by Polychain Capital, Franklin Templeton, and ABCDE Capital
With innovative products, APRO Oracle is expanding to bring Bitcoin liquidity to new ecosystems. This funding is key to setting the Oracle 3.0 standard and advancing decentralized oracle technology.
TeraWulf Sells Nautilus Stake for $92M, Expands Lake Mariner Facility
This deal will support the expansion of high-performance computing (HPC), AI, and bitcoin mining at TeraWulf’s fully-owned Lake Mariner facility, positioning the company for future growth.
SEC Enforcement Chief Gurbir Grewal to Step Down, Sanjay Wadhwa to Take Over
During Gurbir S. Grewal's time as Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, the agency pursued over 2,400 enforcement actions, securing more than $20 billion in penalties, and returning billions to harmed investors.
KoinBX Celebrates Milestone Achievement: Stepping into the 6th Year of Excellence in the Crypto Space
Since its inception, KoinBX has solidified its presence as a trusted, user-centric platform offering seamless crypto trading experiences to users across various regions, including MENA, and Asia.
Resolv Teams Up With Hyperliquid, Brings USR Stablecoin to Both Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges
This collaboration boosts returns for USR holders by leveraging Hyperliquid’s high liquidity and competitive perpetual futures funding rates.
Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024: Uniting Europe’s Bitcoin Innovators at Westergas
This year's event will showcase how the Dutch capital is embracing financial innovation, bringing together traditional finance experts and Bitcoin pioneers to discuss this technology's future in Europe.
Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 Returns to Westergas
With an expected attendance of 5,000, Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 is set to be one of the most significant Bitcoin events in Europe this year.
Akash Partners with HackIndia to Empower Indian Students with Web3 Education
By offering decentralized cloud services, Akash will provide Indian students with practical exposure to Web3 infrastructure, helping them to build decentralized applications.
Polygon Executive Colin Butler Touts RWA Tokenization as Crypto’s Killer App
Butlet says that technology slashes costs and settlement times, making it hard for traditional finance to overlook. He also emphasized that tokenization unlocks new business models for financial institutions, once limited by tight margins and competition.
MicroStrategy Plans $700M Note Sale, Doubles Down on Bitcoin Strategy
MicroStrategy, led by Michael Saylor, is the largest corporate Bitcoin holder with 244,800 BTC valued at $14.2 billion.
Huma Raises $38M to Hyper-scale its Payment Financing (PayFi) Network
With this funding, Huma plans to expand its PayFi network to the Stellar smart contract platform and Solana, ensuring accessibility across major payment-focused blockchains.
Alchemy Partners with Cross Finance to Power dApp Development
This strategic collaboration will also see Alchemy become a core development partner, enabling the building and scaling of dApps on the CrossFi Chain and further advancing the possibilities of decentralized finance.
Donald Trump Announces Crypto Project World Liberty Financial Launch Date
World Liberty Financial is developing a borrowing and lending service on blockchain technology. The project's white paper, obtained by CoinDesk, reveals similarities to Dough Finance, a recently hacked blockchain app.
Velo Labs Brings BlackRock’s Tokenized Short-Term Treasury Fund to Southeast Asia
Over 1 million Velo's Orbit payment app users and vendors across Southeast Asia leverage USDV for seamless transactions, value storage without a bank account, cross-border money transfers, and off-ramping to local currencies at local banks 24/7 - all while earning yield on-chain.
India’s FIU Likely to Approve Two More Foreign Crypto Exchanges Soon
After approving Binance and KuCoin, the FIU has received applications from four other exchanges, and at least two are likely to be allowed to operate by the end of FY25.
Mastercard Teams Up with Mercuryo to Let You Spend Crypto from Your Own Wallet
This new partnership introduces a euro-denominated debit card that lets users spend cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin from their self-custodial wallets at over 100 million merchants in Mastercard's network.
Second Edition of the European Blockchain Convention Hackathon: Unleashing Innovation in DeFi
Building on the success of last year's inaugural hackathon, this edition is expected to attract top talent and key industry players, providing a unique platform for learning, networking, and collaboration.
Switchere Now Supports Over 20 Fiat Currencies for Instant Cryptocurrency Purchases
Switchere streamlines the process of buying over 150 different cryptocurrencies by offering instant purchases directly through credit cards, direct or SEPA bank transfers, and mobile payment methods like Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Crypto Hacks Surged in August, Over $313M Lost in Multiple Attacks
The two largest incidents, both involving phishing attacks and unauthorized transfers, accounted for a staggering 93.5% of the total stolen funds, totaling $293.4 million.
Telegram Held $400M in Digital Assets, Generated Major Crypto Revenue in 2023
A substantial 40% of the company’s revenue is linked to its "integrated wallet" and the "sale of collectibles," both tied to cryptocurrency.
Crypto Startup Time.fun Raises $3M Seed Funding to Tokenize Creator Minutes
QUICK BITE According to a recent report by The Block, crypto startup Time.fun has secured $3 million in seed funding.…
Thai Authorities Bust Illegal Bitcoin Mining Linked to Power Outages
The house, rented by a company for four months, was abandoned by the operators, who fled before the raid. No arrests were made.