Fold CEO Will Reeves said it is focused on scaling its 2026 product line after paying off two convertible debts, removing overhang and enabling it to focus on growth.
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Brayden Lindrea is a staff writer at Cointelegraph and a member of the APAC news team. He joined the publication in 2022 and reports on cryptocurrency market developments, regulatory trends, cybercrime, and industry innovation, with a focus on Bitcoin adoption across community, institutional, and national contexts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Sydney.
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US Bitcoin ETFs post 6-day inflow streak as crypto rallies US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have tallied nearly $1 billion in inflows since March 9, with Bitcoin rising more than 12% to $74,250 over the same period.
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OpenSea postpones SEA token launch, citing ‘challenging’ conditions OpenSea's SEA token was first announced last October, when the platform revealed it would be transitioning from an NFT marketplace to one that can "trade everything."
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Aave to launch ‘Aave Shield’ after $50M token swap mishap In a post-mortem of the incident, Aave clarified it was not slippage, but an illiquid market that caused the trader to lose over $50 million while swapping USDT for AAVE.
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BlackRock says ‘exotic’ crypto ETFs not part of its strategy BlackRock launched a staked Ether exchange-traded fund on Thursday, expanding its crypto offerings beyond its flagship spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs that launched in 2024.
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Stablecoins could power global payments within 10 years: Druckenmiller The investor said stablecoins are faster, cheaper and more efficient than fiat payments running on traditional banking infrastructure.
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Federal court ends Custodia Bank's legal bid for a master account One judge sided with Custodia Bank, stating that a master account is “indispensable” for a bank’s day-to-day operations and being denied one is “akin to a death sentence.”
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Democrats say they will oversee reported DOJ probe into Binance Senators Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego have vowed to ensure that the Justice Department “conducts a serious investigation into Binance.”
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BlackRock’s staked Ethereum ETF sees $15.5M volume on debut The iShares Staked Ethereum Trust will distribute staking rewards on a monthly basis from institutional-grade Ethereum validators run by Figment, Galaxy Digital and Attestant.
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Metaplanet forms new venture firm as it expands Bitcoin playbook Metaplanet said the new firm would support Japan-based Bitcoin projects in the payments and lending space in addition to stablecoins and tokenization-focused startups.
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Ghana greenlights 11 crypto companies for regulatory sandbox Ghana’s SEC could grant a full license to sandbox participants as early as six months, provided that their products are market-ready and that they tick all regulatory boxes.
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SEC, CFTC sign memo to regulate crypto, other markets in harmony The SEC and CFTC said they would adopt a “minimum effective dose” regulatory strategy to foster innovation while maintaining market integrity and keep the US competitive globally.
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Crypto is just finance with new plumbing: Australia’s ASIC fintech chief New regulatory frameworks weren’t needed when financial infrastructure shifted from paper to electronic records, so it isn't needed for blockchain either, argues ASIC’s Rhys Bollen.
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Ripple targets April for Australian financial license via acquisition Ripple APAC managing director Fiona Murray said there was sufficient institutional interest in Australia to warrant the costs of acquiring an Australian Financial Services License.
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Wall Street funneled $540M into US Solana ETFs in Q4: Bloomberg Investment advisors were the biggest buyers of the US-based spot Solana ETFs at over $270 million, while hedge fund managers came in next at $186 million.
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NFT lending protocol Gondi says platform secured after $230K exploit Gondi said only the Sell & Repay smart contract was affected and that it is safe to continue buying, selling, trading and listing NFTs on the platform.
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Zcash devs raise $25M from major VCs months after ECC split The Zcash token rose 4.1% to $217.80 on news of the $25 million funding round and is now up 9.8% over the last 24 hours.
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Orbital data center company to start mining Bitcoin in space Starcloud plans to mine Bitcoin from orbit using ASIC hardware, arguing the economics of space computing favor specialized mining chips over GPUs.
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Crypto funding rises 50% as venture capital shifts to fewer, larger deals Despite a rise in crypto fundraising, Messari’s Eric Turner noted that no major crypto VCs have closed rounds except Dragonfly recently, stating that crypto “needs some fresh capital.”
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Bitcoin drops 2% as oil prices surge on energy shortage fears Bitcoin’s price has now fallen for four consecutive days to $66,272 after initially climbing on the US-Israel strikes on Iran.
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Solv Protocol offers 10% bounty after $2.7M vault exploit Crypto security researchers say the hacker exploited a bug allowing them to mint tokens, before swapping the freely-gained tokens for another tied to Bitcoin.
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Construction begins at quantum facility big enough to break Bitcoin PsiQuantum co-founder Terry Rudolph said in July it has no plans to attack Bitcoin, even if its upcoming facility becomes powerful enough to break the blockchain’s cryptography.
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Bitwise has now donated over $380K to open-source Bitcoin devs Bitwise has tasked Bitcoin Brink, OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation with deciding where to allocate its second annual donation to support Bitcoin.
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Zerohash joins surging list of crypto firms vying for a bank charter Several crypto companies have secured OCC conditional approval for a banking charter since the GENIUS Act was passed in July, including Circle, Ripple, Bridge and Stripe.
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Star Trek’s Captain Kirk shows off X Money as limited beta goes live Screenshots posted by William Shatner reveal cashback rewards, yield on deposits and FDIC-insured accounts for Musk’s new payment platform.
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TradFi to adopt 24/7 crypto rails sooner than expected: Bitwise Bitwise’s Matt Hougan called it the “weekend that changed finance” as investors clambered onto Hyperliquid to trade the Israel-Iran conflict.
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Ray Dalio cautions on Bitcoin, says ‘there is only one gold’ Ray Dalio said that gold is a better safe-haven asset in times of conflict compared to Bitcoin, and raised concerns about the cryptocurrency’s lack of privacy.
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Nasdaq files for prediction market-style options on Nasdaq-100 The offering could enable traders to bet on the stock performance of Nasdaq-100 companies such as Nvidia, Apple, Google and Tesla.