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Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, has secured $35 million in new funding for his latest venture, Architect Financial Technologies, as he looks to bring crypto-style market efficiency to traditional finance. The funding round was first reported by The Information and led by Miami International Holdings and Tioga
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A slowdown in bitcoin mining activity could be an early sign of a positive shift for the cryptocurrency’s price, according to a new report from asset manager VanEck. While falling hashrate often reflects short-term stress in the network, VanEck’s analysts say history suggests it can also point to
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ETHZilla, a digital asset firm backed by tech investor Peter Thiel, has sold $74.5 million worth of ether to pay down debt, signaling a strategic shift away from its Ethereum-based digital asset treasury model. The move comes less than six months after the company adopted the strategy, which centered
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Erebor, a newly formed banking startup co-founded by Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey, has secured $350 million in fresh funding at a valuation of $4.35 billion, according to a report published Monday by Axios. The funding milestone follows a major regulatory step for the company: approval from the Federal Deposit
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is weighing whether to offer cryptocurrency trading to its institutional clients, signaling a potential shift in how one of the world’s largest banks engages with digital assets as demand for regulated access continues to grow. According to a Bloomberg report citing a person familiar with
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A long-simmering governance debate within the Aave ecosystem has escalated after Aave Labs moved a controversial proposal on brand ownership to a formal Snapshot vote, drawing sharp criticism from parts of the community and reigniting broader concerns about decision-making inside the AAVE DAO. The proposal, officially titled “ARFC $AAVE token
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to impose multi-year bans on several former executives tied to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, marking another step in the long-running fallout from one of the industry’s most high-profile failures. In a litigation release published Friday, the SEC said
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DraftKings has officially stepped into the federally regulated prediction market space with the launch of a new standalone product, DraftKings Predictions. Announced Friday, the app operates under the oversight of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), marking a notable expansion beyond the company’s traditional sportsbook business. DraftKings
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Crypto exchange Bybit has officially relaunched its platform in the United Kingdom, nearly two years after stepping away from the market due to tighter regulatory rules. The return marks a renewed effort by the company to serve UK users while aligning with the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) financial promotion
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Ethereum’s core developers have officially named the blockchain’s next major upgrade after Glamsterdam, offering a clearer view into how the network’s 2026 development cycle is shaping up. The post-Glamsterdam upgrade will be called Hegota, continuing Ethereum’s structured, twice-a-year release cadence. The name Hegota combines two traditions
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The court-appointed administrator overseeing the liquidation of Terraform Labs has filed a sweeping lawsuit against Jump Trading and two of its senior executives, seeking $4 billion in damages tied to the crypto firm’s dramatic collapse in 2022. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, Terraform’s plan administrator,
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Coinbase has taken legal action against the U.S. states of Michigan, Illinois, and Connecticut, escalating a growing dispute over who has the authority to regulate prediction markets in the United States. The lawsuits, filed on Thursday, ask federal courts to confirm that prediction markets fall exclusively under the oversight