Crypto Breaking News

CoinCorner has launched Vault, a custody service for Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) built with AnchorWatch and insured by Lloyd’s of London.

Circle Internet Group has agreed to acquire Singapore-based Tazapay for $400 million in stock.

Matter Labs, the developer behind ZKsync, has open-sourced the permissioning engine for its Prividium blockchain platform.

Strive, Inc. has bought 1,375 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) for about $109 million, lifting its holdings to 24,531 BTC.

DeFi Development Corp. has raised about $11 million through its CHAD preferred-stock offering to fund more Solana purchases.

Visa has reported stablecoin settlement volume above a $20 billion annualised run rate, up more than 15 times year over year.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent challenged traders to counter his efforts to strengthen Japan's currency, touting that when he makes market calls nowadays he's effectively doing so with inside information. Bloomberg's Sunny Bangia breaks down the news.

Abraxas Capital has bought 13,000 Ether (CRYPTO:ETH) worth $32.39 million while holding a much larger short on Hyperliquid.

Robinhood Markets has partnered with Crypto.com and OG.com to expand its prediction-market offering.

In his new book 'The Awesome Portfolio', Jared Dillian makes the argument against the conventional wisdom to invest your cash as "you buy the index, you dollar cost average, you hold, you ride out the volatility." He argues "cash can also be your friend." He joins Businessweek Daily to discuss he new book and latest market headlines.

Kroll CEO, Jacob Silverman, discusses the state of private markets, noting that their previous conversation in April or May covered concerns and growing pains in the sector. Silverman discusses the firm's perspective as one of the largest valuation agents in private markets and asks whether anything has changed over the past four or five months. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close."

Jeetu Patel, Cisco's President and Chief Product Officer, discusses an open letter signed by Cisco, OpenAI, Anthropic and others warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks are likely to become more widespread and sophisticated. He says the same tools that help people work more efficiently can also help bad actors operate at machine scale. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close."