OKX Secures Investment at $25B Valuation
Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures are backing a push that could bring stablecoin settlement and tokenized U.S. stocks deeper into regulated finance.
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Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures are backing a push that could bring stablecoin settlement and tokenized U.S. stocks deeper into regulated finance.
The authorization is a backstop, not an immediate repurchase plan, and complements a $300M CHAD ATM intended to fund additional SOL purchases.
The warning comes as the S&P 500 hits a record, putting Burry’s bearish call against a market still making new highs.
The milestone puts the scale of the US equity rally in focus, with the index's combined market value crossing $71 trillion for the first time.
The reading signals a risk-on mood among Bitcoin market participants, but sentiment alone does not confirm a price trend or guarantee it will continue.
The post also claims a $2.38T market cap, but provides no substantiation for either figure.
The deal deepens Ripple's institutional push, linking brokerage, clearing and financing with a hedge fund that manages about $35B.
Goldman sees a strong chance the Fed will avoid further rate hikes, while Polymarket odds put 2026 rate cuts at zero.
Agency action can bridge the policy gap, but it cannot provide the lasting market structure that only legislation can establish.
The analyst sees the next few weeks as a key test for silver, with $60 in focus and historical midterm-year patterns offering a possible window for a low.
The move puts Arbitrum in a growing contest over who earns from digital-dollar reserves, as stablecoin alliances bring payment firms, exchanges and banks together.
The equipment is not yet commercially available, while Fortitude's refundable deposit would be funded through a larger DCG credit facility with borrowing in ZEC.
A 21-fold year-over-year jump puts prediction markets’ rapid expansion in focus, with sports making up about 40% of Kalshi’s Q3 trading.
The proposal targets leveraged crypto trading and includes exchange safeguards, while spot-market rules still depend on Congress and final regulations remain months away.
Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures and QRT joined the round, extending a financing effort that began with ICE's investment in March.
David Schwartz challenged fee revenue as a measure of blockchain performance, putting the focus on whether higher fees and token burns serve the network.
The Singapore event will combine product reveals and keynotes with a live trading competition, with Sui co-founder and CPO Adeniyi scheduled to speak.
The December market could keep borrowers' collateral working after the October tokens mature, but its current liquidity is small beside the position it may need to absorb.
The raise backs a cross-border push for programmable cash, as Spiko reports $2.7B in assets under management and users in more than 25 jurisdictions.
A second consecutive monthly gain points to recovering spot activity, even as the quarter closed lower overall.