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The fundraising comes as the company faces declining revenue and seeks to expand in the US to hedge against potential trade tensions.

China has been looking to challenge the US dollar’s reserve status and wants to expand the digital yuan’s reach to include domestic and international payments.

Telegram mini-games reached a zenith in 2024, but the TON blockchain still averages over 2.1 million active wallets.

After clearing a key procedural vote, the GENIUS Act faces a final decision in the Senate before moving to the House of Representatives.

The proposal outlines a seven-step framework that includes real-time regulatory oversight and updates to investor accreditation standards.

In the world of traditional finance, sentiment has been shifting toward digital assets, with BlackRock, JPMorgan and Franklin Templeton making moves.

The reserve will be funded through stock issuance and other financial instruments, according to the announcement.

According to the Ethereum Foundation, “a significant burden of security” still falls on users of digital assets.

Yield for assets is often calculated over at least one-day periods, a problem that blockchain composability could address, according to the asset manager.

Digital asset infrastructure companies have seen more attention in recent years, with some fundraises in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

The study involving Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol is one of many initiatives exploring use cases for a potential Hong Kong CBDC, or e-HKD.

Gemini’s November 2021 fundraise of $400 million valued the exchange at $7.1 billion, though it has had challenges since.

The market capitalization for stablecoins has risen 90% since Jan. 4, 2024, making stablecoins arguably crypto’s first mainstream use case.

Maple’s expansion to Solana is powered by Chainlink’s CCIP, which allows data transfer between EVM and SVM ecosystems.

Circle had boosted its IPO to a range of $1.05 billion on June 4 as investor demand grew significantly.

The situation involving Garantex “undermines the illusion of control that many still cling to,” according to Global Ledger co-founder and CEO Lex Fisun.

In some cases, the bank will look at crypto holdings when determining net worth, which may affect how much can be borrowed.

The company concluded its first year of Bitcoin reserve operations with 4,449 BTC on its balance sheet.

The Senator’s comments addressed the tensions between the US and China, citing US generals based in Southeast Asia.

The miner’s May output shows resilience but still lags behind competitors MARA and Riot Platforms.

The K-12 education company has up to $900 million to purchase Solana tokens.

FalconX has made other moves in 2025, acquiring derivatives startup Arbelos Markets and partnering with Standard Chartered.

In addition to buffering its SOL holdings, SOL Strategies added SUI to its balance sheets and decreased exposure to Bitcoin in Q1 2025.

The XAUt0 token will compete with other gold-backed stablecoins and traditional gold investment instruments.

Institutional demand for Bitcoin and increasing regulatory clarity are positive factors for Bitcoin in 2025, head of research Katalin Tischhauser says.

The platform allows investors in Africa to access global real estate and stock markets through tokenized fractional shares using stablecoins.

Business-to-business transactions and card-linked stablecoin payments have grown, while Tether’s USDt has established dominance.

The R1-0528 model features enhanced reasoning capabilities, with DeepSeek asserting it’s closing the gap with OpenAI’s and Google’s latest models.

Backed by lawmakers from both parties, the bill proposes rules to govern digital assets and define agency roles in enforcement and oversight.

According to Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer, this move returns investment decisions to fiduciaries instead of bureaucrats.