AI Leads 2026 Crypto Seed Funding at $109M
Seed capital still chases AI, yet late-stage rounds are 12.6x larger, a sign that conviction is concentrating in fewer, more mature bets.
AI Leads 2026 Crypto Seed Funding at $109M
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Strategy buys 520 BTC for $35M as STRC preferred slips
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Strategy buys 520 BTC for $35M as STRC preferred slips
Saylor's treasury machine kept printing BTC through MSTR stock issuance even as the preferred-equity leg of the capital stack ran into a price slide worth flagging.
TheBlock
Baillie Gifford launches tokenized bond fund on Ethereum and Solana
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Baillie Gifford launches tokenized bond fund on Ethereum and Solana
A 118-year-old Scottish asset manager is issuing a dollar-denominated corporate-bond fund directly onchain, with BNY handling the rails.
CoinDesk
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Slow to $228M as Bond Yields Surge
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Bitcoin ETF Outflows Slow to $228M as Bond Yields Surge
Six straight weeks of redemptions and a cumulative $5.94B drain are the headline, but the 2-year yield decoupling from collapsing oil is the more dangerous signal for BTC's near-term recovery odds.
Bitget launches Stock+ for USDC-to-equity trading
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Bitget launches Stock+ for USDC-to-equity trading
Stock+ lets users buy fractional US equities with USDC through regulated brokers, the latest move to collapse the gap between digital-asset wallets and traditional market access.
Schwab Brings Cboe Prediction Markets to Retail, Pressures
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Schwab Brings Cboe Prediction Markets to Retail, Pressures
Charles Schwab teaming up with Cboe puts a major TradFi retail broker directly into event-contract trading, accelerating the squeeze on Polymarket and Kalshi's retail base.
CryptoSlate
Samson Mow defends STRC's pull-to-par mechanism below $100
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Samson Mow defends STRC's pull-to-par mechanism below $100
JAN3's CEO argues the preferred stock's built-in yield adjustment and capital-gain incentive make the discount self-correcting, no issuer intervention required.
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ETH validator tax plan: Kleros founder proposes 10% staking skim
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ETH validator tax plan: Kleros founder proposes 10% staking skim
A research-forum pitch to skim up to 10% of staking rewards for ecosystem funding lands hardest on Bitmine, whose $258M validator revenue is the single biggest exposure on Ethereum.
Crypto News
Bank of England Drops Stablecoin Caps, Sets £40B Limit
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Bank of England Drops Stablecoin Caps, Sets £40B Limit
The U-turn scraps £20K individual and £10M corporate limits in favor of a per-coin £40B ceiling, while letting issuers park 70% of reserves in short-term gilts, a package designed to keep UK…
Bitcoin bear flag targets $54K then $40K: Doctor Profit
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Bitcoin bear flag targets $54K then $40K: Doctor Profit
The pseudonymous analyst who called October's $126K peak now sees a measured drop to $54–56K, with put options flow on major venues already pricing in a slide toward $52K.
GhostSwap Swap-Rate API Opens With No Key and CORS Support
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GhostSwap Swap-Rate API Opens With No Key and CORS Support
No signup, no key rotation, no backend proxy: the public /v1/quotes endpoint ships best-execution rates for 1,600+ pairs and exposes min/max swappable amounts, a friction cut that matters most for…
Kraken launches 24/7 tokenized US stocks on Solana
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Kraken launches 24/7 tokenized US stocks on Solana
The xStocks launch turns Kraken into a 24-hour equities venue for crypto-native wallets, layering real-world asset rails onto Solana just as the broader RWA race accelerates.
Bitwise launches crypto model portfolios for retail advisors
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Bitwise launches crypto model portfolios for retail advisors
Advisors are funding crypto from equities and cash, not from 'play money' allocations, and Bitwise is packaging the trade for the next 100K RIAs who don't want to pick tickers.
Bitget Stock+ lets users buy US equities with crypto
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Bitget Stock+ lets users buy US equities with crypto
The feature routes through regulated brokers and lets users buy full or fractional shares with digital assets, narrowing the gap between crypto balances and traditional equity exposure.
BTC Holds $64K as Crypto Hacks Top 20 in Risk-Off Week
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BTC Holds $64K as Crypto Hacks Top 20 in Risk-Off Week
Bitcoin is flat to slightly red on the week, the Fear & Greed Index is pinned at 20, and a fresh wave of bridge and protocol exploits has pushed June's hack count above 20.
Toss Bank, Solana Foundation Partner on Stablecoin Remittance POC
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Toss Bank, Solana Foundation Partner on Stablecoin Remittance POC
The internet-only bank behind Korea's dominant payments super-app picks Solana over domestic chains, validating the network's pitch to incumbent finance and giving a credible Asia-Pacific remittance…
SEB-Led 37 Banks Launch Euro Stablecoin, Warn Dollar Dominance
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SEB-Led 37 Banks Launch Euro Stablecoin, Warn Dollar Dominance
Europe's biggest banking push yet into on-chain money arrives as the euro stablecoin market sits at a fraction of the dollar's liquidity, raising the bar for a currency to become a default inside…
Japan's Pension Fund Targets 1% Crypto Allocation by 2026
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Japan's Pension Fund Targets 1% Crypto Allocation by 2026
The National Business Corporate Pension Fund, a roughly ¥13 trillion pool, would route the slice through a passive fund run by a hedge fund, Nikkei says, marking a sovereign-tier first for Japan.
Toss Bank, Solana Foundation test stablecoin remittances
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Toss Bank, Solana Foundation test stablecoin remittances
Seoul's third-largest internet-only bank is the first Korean digital bank to sign a one-to-one strategic MOU with the Solana Foundation, opening a path from remittance rails into payments and…
UBS uMINT Lands on Bybit as Tokenized T-Bills Top $9B
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UBS uMINT Lands on Bybit as Tokenized T-Bills Top $9B
Bybit is the first major exchange to accept UBS's yield-bearing uMINT token as margin collateral, a step that turns a $9B tokenized-Treasury market from DeFi infrastructure into trading-floor…