Kraken Owner Payward to Buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank in EU Push
In brief Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, is buying Saldo Bank, an EU-licensed lender based in Lithuania,...
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Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy as Disney Bids $20 Million—And Users Get Grief Resources
In brief Character.AI filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on October 12 to sell itself under court supervision,...
Binance Is Shutting Down Its Bitcoin Mining Pool After Six Years
In brief Binance will discontinue Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, Transaction Accelerator and related features at 07:00 UTC on...
Strive Buys $280 Million in Bitcoin, Its Largest Purchase in Months
In brief Strive bought 3,311 BTC worth roughly $280 million between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9 at an average price...
Trezor Cuts Its Resellers After Ledger Finds Spy Implant in Crypto Wallets
In brief Trezor told partners their reseller authorization ends January 1, 2027, and that it will ship them no new...
Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple’s Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
In brief Standard Chartered's Dubai International Financial Centre branch now offers institutional custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin issued on the...
Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
In brief DeFi Development Corp added about 22,070 SOL and SOL equivalents last week, lifting its treasury to roughly 2,586,282...
Ripple-Backed Evernorth Hits Nasdaq Holding 473 Million XRP Worth Far Less Than It Paid
In brief Evernorth began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN on Monday after closing its merger with SPAC Armada...
NEXTPredict Paid $12,000 to Hedge Its Conference on a Prediction Market
In brief NEXTPredict bought contracts on Kalshi that pay out if more than half of flights into JFK are canceled...
Bitmine Adds $32M in Ethereum as Tom Lee Says Firm Is Nearly ‘Done Stacking’
In brief Bitmine acquired 12,532 ETH over the past week, bringing its holdings to 6,028,946 ETH, or 4.9% of Ethereum's...