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Luxor is widening its hardware business beyond traditional Bitcoin mining machines, stepping into the fast-growing market for GPUs and AI servers. The company, long known for sourcing ASICs for miners, says the expansion is designed to support mining firms that are shifting parts of their operations toward artificial intelligence and
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HashKey Holdings, operator of Hong Kong’s largest licensed crypto exchange, has taken a major step toward going public after filing for an initial public offering that could raise as much as HK$1.67 billion (about $215 million). If completed, it would mark the first time a homegrown crypto
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Hyperliquid Strategies, a major holder of the HYPE token and a newly formed digital asset treasury, has approved a plan to repurchase up to $30 million of its own stock over the next year. The company, which trades on Nasdaq under the ticker PURR, announced the move on Monday. Stock
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BlackRock has taken another step into the digital asset market, filing a new registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund. The proposed product, called the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, would track the price of ether while also capturing staking rewards—provided
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Stable, a Layer 1 blockchain backed by Bitfinex and built around Tether’s USDT, has launched its mainnet along with its native STABLE token. The project aims to position itself as a dedicated network for stablecoin activity and digital payments, with plans to serve both institutional users and everyday consumers.
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Robinhood is preparing to enter Indonesia through agreements to acquire two local financial companies, marking the U.S. trading platform's first major step into Southeast Asia’s largest economy. In a blog post on Sunday, the company said it will acquire brokerage PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and crypto
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Farcaster is charting a new course. After more than four years focused on building a decentralized social network, the protocol’s team is shifting its attention to a fast-growing part of its ecosystem: its wallet service. The change in direction was explained by co-founder Dan Romero in a series of
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WisdomTree has taken a notable lead in the race to bring decentralized finance into traditional markets, rolling out the first exchange-traded product that uses Lido’s stETH rather than a centralized provider to earn Ethereum staking rewards. WisdomTree Launches First Fully Staked ETH ETP Backed by stETHWisdomTree’s fully staked
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Paribu, one of Turkey’s largest crypto and fintech companies, is making a major move beyond its home market. The company has agreed to acquire CoinMENA, a leading digital asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, in a deal valued at up to $240 million. The acquisition gives
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MoneyGram is expanding its push into digital payments through a new partnership with Fireblocks, which will now manage stablecoin settlements for the global remittance leader. The companies announced the move Thursday, calling it a step toward faster and more flexible cross-border transactions. Fireblocks co-founder and CEO Michael Shaulov said the
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American Bitcoin, the mining and accumulation firm launched by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., expanded its bitcoin holdings during November’s market pullback. The company announced Wednesday that it added 363 BTC to its treasury, lifting total holdings to 4,367 BTC as of December 2. Its previous disclosure
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Ethereum’s newest upgrade, Fusaka, went live on the mainnet on Wednesday at the start of epoch 411392, around 21:50 UTC. The rollout not only delivers a range of user experience and scaling improvements, it also marks the beginning of a faster development rhythm for the network. Fusaka is