Finance
Kraken has acquired Small Exchange, a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market, from IG Group in a $100 million deal, marking a major step in the crypto exchange’s expansion into the U.S. derivatives market. In a statement on Thursday, Kraken said the purchase will allow it to launch a fully
Markets
BitMine Immersion Technologies has reportedly added 104,336 Ethereum (ETH)—valued at roughly $417 million—to its corporate treasury, according to on-chain data shared by analytics platform Lookonchain. It looks like Bitmine(@BitMNR) just bought another 104,336 $ETH($417M). Over the past 7 hours, 3 new wallets received 104,
Finance
Binance has officially completed its long-delayed acquisition of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Gopax, signaling the company’s full return to one of Asia’s most active digital asset markets. According to a report from local outlet MK, South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) approved the appointment of new key
What Is Enso? Enso is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain built to simplify how developers and users interact with smart contracts across multiple chains. Instead of forcing developers to handle complex cross-chain integrations, Enso acts as a coordination layer that connects contracts, rollups, and appchains in one unified network. At
AI
A New Phase in the Oracle–NVIDIA Alliance At Oracle AI World, Oracle and NVIDIA unveiled an expanded partnership that aims to make enterprise AI faster, more accessible, and deeply integrated across business operations. The collaboration blends NVIDIA’s industry-leading GPUs with Oracle’s cloud infrastructure, bringing advanced AI computing
AI
Huawei’s Vision for Autonomous AI In a cement plant run by China’s Conch Group, an artificial intelligence system powered by Huawei Cloud predicts the strength of clinker—the key component in cement—with more than 90% accuracy. It then automatically fine-tunes production parameters to cut coal consumption by
What Is Euler (EUL)? Euler is a decentralized lending protocol built for flexibility. Instead of offering a one-size-fits-all market, it lets anyone create isolated, customizable lending and borrowing vaults for any ERC-20 token on Ethereum. Each vault can run on its own rules—complete with a unique interest rate model,
Opinion
The movement to bring traditional assets onto blockchain rails is gaining serious momentum. According to a new report from TD Cowen, the value of onchain capital — assets represented or settled on blockchains — could soar from around $4.6 trillion today to more than $100 trillion within five years, driven by
Markets
After a turbulent start to the week, U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs bounced back on Tuesday with $340 million in combined daily inflows, signaling renewed investor confidence following one of the largest crypto liquidations in recent history. Data from SoSoValue shows that spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $102.6
Finance
Taiwan-based fintech firm OwlTing is set to make its Nasdaq debut this Thursday, marking a major milestone for the company and for Taiwan’s growing presence in the global blockchain and stablecoin ecosystem. OwlTing’s parent company, Obook Holdings, announced that its Class A common shares will begin trading on
Politics
Japan’s financial watchdog is preparing to introduce new laws that would make insider trading in cryptocurrencies explicitly illegal, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. The move marks a major step toward bringing digital assets under the same level of scrutiny as traditional financial markets. Japan to ban cryptocurrency
Finance
Coinbase is deepening its footprint in Asia with a new investment in CoinDCX, one of India’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, valuing the company at $2.45 billion. The move reflects Coinbase’s growing focus on emerging markets like India and the Middle East, which are seen as key regions for