Japanese investment firm Metaplanet Inc. has acquired an additional 107.913 Bitcoin, valued at approximately 1 billion yen ($6.9 million), as part of its continued strategy to expand its cryptocurrency holdings. The Tokyo-listed company revealed in its newest announcement...
Robinhood Crypto has introduced crypto transfers for its European customers. They can now buy, sell, and hold over 35 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and USDC, according to a recent press release. As part of the launch, Robinhood...
Jesse Pollak, the team lead for Ethereum's Layer 2 blockchain Base, has taken on a new role within Coinbase's executive team. Alongside his continued leadership of the Base project, Pollak will now head Coinbase Wallet, reinforcing the company’s...
Japan is set to reevaluate its cryptocurrency regulations, potentially leading to reduced taxes and enabling domestic funds to invest in crypto, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg reportedly spoke to an official from the country’s top financial regulator, the Financial...
Binance has announced its support for Orion Protocol's transition to the liquid Layer 2 blockchain, Lumia, through a network upgrade scheduled to be held in October. In a press release on September 30, the crypto exchange stated that...
Vinyl Group, an Australian music tech company, has announced its acquisition of London-based Web3 startup Serenade. The acquisition will enable the Group to fully acquire Serenade’s assets, including 100% ownership of its UK subsidiary, as part of its...
The Ethena Labs community is set to vote on a proposal to integrate Ethereal, a decentralised exchange on the Ethena Network, into its reserve management system. The move aims to boost the "utility and demand" for USDe, Ethena...
Jesse Walden, managing partner at Variant Fund, has predicted that the original "cypherpunk" principles guiding early smart contract platforms will likely diminish over the next decade as institutional adoption emphasises speed and regulatory compliance. In a blog post...
Matrixport, an all-in-one crypto financial services platform, has completed the full-cash acquisition of Crypto Finance Asset Management AG (CFAM), a licensed Swiss crypto asset manager formerly owned by the Deutsche Börse Group’s Crypto Finance Group (CFG). Following the...
Bedrock, a multi-asset liquid staking protocol, has confirmed it was targeted in a security exploit involving uniBTC, resulting in the theft of approximately $2 million. In a September 27 post on X (formerly Twitter), Bedrock acknowledged the security...
