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Nasdaq bets big on tokenized stocks with $100 million investment in Kraken parent Payward
The once-novel idea of putting stocks on the blockchain is gaining momentum fast. The latest example came on Thursday morning,…
Prediction markets spend big on celebrity campaigns even as Sydney Sweeney and LeBron James ads stir backlash
Prediction markets are splurging on ad campaigns featuring A-listers—and the approach is starting to rankle some observers. On Wednesday, sports…
Hunter Biden launches $LAPTOP memecoin, trolls Trump by promising that 20% will be reserved for traders who lost money on president’s token
Former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is preparing to roll out a memecoin, a novelty form of cryptocurrency that…
Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts for the second quarter. That included record revenue of $1.31 billion, which beat…
For nearly a year and a half, the crypto industry has been pressing for legislation known as the CLARITY Act,…
World Cup final is already the biggest ever prediction market as Kalshi bets top $1.27 billion—with Spain favored to beat Argentina
The World Cup is driving record-breaking activity on prediction markets, with popular platforms Kalshi and Polymarket reporting their highest trading…
Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky appears to have been the target of a cyberattack, a source with knowledge of…
Exclusive: Visa launches new platform to provide stablecoin services to more than 200 million merchants
Stablecoins have changed how people think about moving money, and their exponential rise over the past year has pushed mainstream…
Exclusive: Payments startup Velocity raises $38 million to help businesses tap stablecoin growth
As stablecoin use surges globally, traditional finance is rushing to keep pace. Many businesses, though, are still getting up to…
3 reasons Bitcoin is stuck in a bear market—and why it could rebound to $100,000 by year-end
Bitcoin has seen better days. In October, the world’s largest cryptocurrency plummeted—and it hasn’t recovered, trading at around half of…












