Nvidia’s planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners pivoting toward AI data centers. Chipmaker Nvidia has reportedly become the latest company to tap the AI debt boom with a planned $20 billion bond offering, underscoring the relentless demand for AI infrastructure and data centers that has also created...Continue Reading

The CFTC staff appointment came amid the US Congress seeking to overhaul federal financial regulators’ roles over digital assets with the CLARITY Act. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a new chief data innovation officer with deep experience in blockchain forensics in what could be seen as the regulator’s move toward greater...Continue Reading

BitMine continued buying Ether through the market downturn, growing its stake to nearly 5% of the circulating supply while generating staking yield amid mounting ecosystem challenges. BitMine Immersion Technologies continued to expand its Ether holdings last week, acquiring more of the second-biggest digital asset despite a prolonged market downturn as its large staking operation continues...Continue Reading

The offering follows Kraken’s acquisition of Bitnomial and comes amid a broader push to bring crypto derivatives trading onshore. Kraken on Monday launched perpetual futures trading for eligible US users through Bitnomial, expanding its domestic derivatives offerings months after acquiring the federally regulated exchange. The products are available through Kraken Pro and include contracts tied...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s double-bottom setup, weekly RSI divergence and whale flows put traders on alert as BTC tests a key breakout zone. Bitcoin (BTC) chart technicals suggest that the BTC price rebound to $100,000 may still happen by September. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView Key takeaways: Read moreContinue Reading

Pudgy Penguins will halt development of Pudgy Party and focus on Pudgy World, as another Web3 gaming project shuts down after failing to find a sustainable business model. Non-fungible token (NFT) project Pudgy Penguins is winding down its mobile game Pudgy Party and halting further development. In an X post, the team said on Saturday...Continue Reading

Bitcoin snatched upside liquidity as the US trading session began, but traders warned over a failure to preserve BTC price gains. Bitcoin (BTC) neared $67,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as the US-Iran peace deal kept risk assets surging. Key points: Read moreContinue Reading

Standard Chartered forecasts assets locked in decentralized finance will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, driven by tokenization and crypto-native growth. Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. The expansion would be driven by both tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving...Continue Reading

Strategy acquired 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 million last week, lifting holdings to 846,842 BTC after raising $209 million through MSTR stock sales. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its cryptocurrency reserves last week as BTC continued to trade below the company’s average cost basis of about $75,700. Strategy acquired 1,587...Continue Reading

Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank warns users of possible account suspensions for Polymarket-linked transactions, citing Japan’s gambling laws. Bitbank, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, warned users that transactions linked to prediction market platforms such as Polymarket could result in account suspensions due to potential conflicts with the country’s gambling laws. In a notice published on...Continue Reading