Stripe and Paradigm are partnering on Tempo, a stablecoin-focused Layer 1 designed to make payments faster, less costly, and easier for regular businesses. The effort links Stripe, a $91.5 billion fintech, with a crypto firm that backs core blockchain projects.…
Is Saylor’s Strategy ready for S&P 500 addition this year?
Saylor’s Strategy has shifted from a bold treasury experiment to a plausible candidate for the S&P 500, putting a Bitcoin-centric balance sheet in contention for a place that would test the index’s rules, its sector balance, and the market’s tolerance…
Is Fireblocks ready to run a stablecoin payment system soon?
Stablecoins are moving into payments, and Fireblocks is stepping in with a network built for transfers and conversions at scale. The firm, valued at 8 billion dollars in 2022, says more than 40 participants are live at launch, including Bridge…
Is Polymarket ready to meet rules for a 2025 US launch?
Polymarket received a green light to resume activity in the United States after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a no action letter tied to QCX, the regulated derivatives exchange that the company acquired in July for 112 million dollars.…
Do the Winklevoss Twins back a $147 million EU bitcoin plan?
The Winklevoss Twins are backing Treasury BV, a Netherlands based bitcoin treasury company planning to list in Amsterdam. The firm raised €126 million, equal to about $147 million, in a private round led by Winklevoss Capital and Nakamoto Holdings, securing…
How did The Trump family’s wealth grow $5 billion with WLFI?
The Trump family’s wealth is now tied to a fast growing crypto project that moved from private sales to live trading. The launch of WLFI on exchanges at about 0.23 dollars per token put a market value in the billions…
What is Gemini seeking to raise with a $317 million IPO?
Gemini is advancing a U.S. initial public offering that could raise up to $317 million and place the company near a $2.22 billion valuation, marking a measured return to public markets for a mid-sized exchange founded in 2014 by Cameron…
Kite backed by paypal and General Catalyst for 18 million?
Kite sets out to link AI agents with a verifiable identity layer, backed by an $18 million Series A led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst and $33 million raised in total. Since 2022, many AI-crypto efforts have lacked clear…
Why is Bitcoin Proxy’s Chief seeking a new funding path?
Bitcoin Proxy’s Chief Simon Gerovich is steering Metaplanet Inc. through a tight window after a rapid swing in the share price: up more than 400% since the start of 2025, then down 54% from June 16 to August 29 while…
Who leads a $200 million Dogecoin plan by Elon Musk’s lawyer?
A new public-market play built around Dogecoin is taking shape, and Elon Musk’s lawyer is positioned at the center of it. Investor pitches describe a Dogecoin-focused treasury company raising at least $200 million, with Alex Spiro—Elon Musk’s lawyer and longtime…