Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
TL;DR Verona has launched verUSD, a dollar-denominated stablecoin designed around payments made by AI agents. The project says it has more than $100 million in launch commitments from ecosystem investors and partners. verUSD is launching across Ethe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
TL;DR Blockchain.com is reportedly preparing a U.S. IPO that could raise about $500 million. Bloomberg reports the company is discussing a valuation of roughly $4 billion to $6 billion. The plans remain private and could change; Blockchain.com has n...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
TL;DR Bybit and Franklin Templeton have launched an off-exchange collateral program for eligible institutional clients. Tokenized money-market fund shares issued through Franklin Templeton’s Benji platform can be pledged while clients trade on Bybit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR The MOVE index of U.S. Treasury volatility rose to around 104, its highest level since March. Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility index remained near 37, close to its 2026 low, while the VIX was near 14. The split shows bond traders pricing su...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Quant rose roughly 39% over 24 hours during a broad altcoin rally. 93 of the 100 assets in the CoinDesk 100 were trading higher during the move. Bitcoin remained near $84,000, suggesting the strongest momentum was rotating into altcoins rather...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Quant rose roughly 39% over 24 hours during a broad altcoin rally. 93 of the 100 assets in the CoinDesk 100 were trading higher during the move. Bitcoin remained near $84,000, suggesting the strongest momentum was rotating into altcoins rather...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR BIX says its crypto-enabled Visa card is currently available to eligible users in 29 U.S. states. The company is targeting expansion to 49 states within six to eight months, subject to approvals and partner readiness. The card links spending t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR BIX says its crypto-enabled Visa card is currently available to eligible users in 29 U.S. states. The company is targeting expansion to 49 states within six to eight months, subject to approvals and partner readiness. The card links spending t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Roughly $15.6 billion of Bitcoin options expired on Deribit on September 25. Bitcoin traded around $83,600 after the settlement, below the week’s near-$87,000 high but still well above its earlier trading range. XRP and Solana continued outper...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Roughly $15.6 billion of Bitcoin options expired on Deribit on September 25. Bitcoin traded around $83,600 after the settlement, below the week’s near-$87,000 high but still well above its earlier trading range. XRP and Solana continued outper...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have moved back into positive net flows for 2026 after being roughly $5.8 billion underwater in July. The funds are now sitting at around $800 million of net inflows for the year. Roughly $2.84 billion entered the produc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have moved back into positive net flows for 2026 after being roughly $5.8 billion underwater in July. The funds are now sitting at around $800 million of net inflows for the year. Roughly $2.84 billion entered the produc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Circle Foundation has announced grants supporting digital-payment projects at the United Nations Development Programme and World Food Programme. The initiatives will examine how regulated payment stablecoins can improve the speed, cost and tra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Circle Foundation has announced grants supporting digital-payment projects at the United Nations Development Programme and World Food Programme. The initiatives will examine how regulated payment stablecoins can improve the speed, cost and tra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Tether says assets held with offshore banking partner EQIBank represent less than 0.034% of its total group assets. U.S. authorities are seeking forfeiture of tens of millions of dollars tied to EQIBank payment processor Capstone. Tether says...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Tether says assets held with offshore banking partner EQIBank represent less than 0.034% of its total group assets. U.S. authorities are seeking forfeiture of tens of millions of dollars tied to EQIBank payment processor Capstone. Tether says...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Lido DAO Vote #214 has passed with 58.2 million LDO participating in favor. The vote implements Dual Governance V1 parameters, giving stETH holders a new mechanism to contest certain governance actions. The associated emergency governance dela...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Lido DAO Vote #214 has passed with 58.2 million LDO participating in favor. The vote implements Dual Governance V1 parameters, giving stETH holders a new mechanism to contest certain governance actions. The associated emergency governance dela...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Ethena is expanding the basis-trade strategy behind USDe into tokenized U.S. equities. Binance bStocks can be used as tokenized spot assets while equity perpetual futures hedge the market exposure. The strategy broadens USDe’s backing model be...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
TL;DR Ethena is expanding the basis-trade strategy behind USDe into tokenized U.S. equities. Binance bStocks can be used as tokenized spot assets while equity perpetual futures hedge the market exposure. The strategy broadens USDe’s backing model be...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Bullish and Equiniti have created the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition to develop standards for tokenized public securities. Early participants include Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions and DriveWealth. The group wants tokenized stocks to preserve the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Major UK banks have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenized sterling deposits on shared infrastructure. Participants include Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander. The project is us...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Bitwise and Vise have launched diversified crypto model portfolios for financial advisers using the Vise platform. Vise says its network covers more than 135,000 accounts and over $140 billion in platform assets. Crypto allocations can now sit insi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Swift, Wells Fargo and 13 other organizations have joined LF Decentralized Trust. The organization has also launched Panarus, a new tokenization project, and CLPR, a cross-ledger protocol research lab. The additions bring more traditional financial...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Payward Services has opened non-binding indications of interest for Ōura’s expected IPO through the xStocks ecosystem. Eligible Kraken users and customers of xStocks Alliance partners in more than 110 countries can register interest before the Nasd...
