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Steak ‘n Shake credits Bitcoin for company growth – But is PR value now worth more than people actually using BTC?
The chain reports 16% July sales growth, but without BTC payment share its merchant model cannot be measured. The pos…
JPMorgan says bitcoin outlook sees ‘encouraging sign’ as Strategy boosts cash reserves
Strategy's larger cash reserves and improving institutional demand in bitcoin futures are "encouraging signs" for bit…
Bitcoin treasury troubles reach London as company votes to sell its entire BTC stack and delist
Both resolutions need 75% of votes cast, and failure of either keeps the sale and delisting off the table. The post B…
Multicoin Capital makes first Hyperliquid ecosystem investment in Trasia, an Asia-focused trading platform
Built on Hyperliquid, Trasia was co-founded by former Multicoin Capital partner Mable Jiang and aims to serve Asian t…
Ledger wants AI agents to manage crypto without holding your keys
AI agents can read wallet balances and analyze portfolios but requires every sensitive action to be approved on a Led…
Dune research finds 85% of concentrated DeFi liquidity is underutilized, with $150M in annual fees foregone
Dune research commissioned by 1inch finds 85% of concentrated DeFi liquidity underutilized, with $150M in annual fees…
Tether invests $20 million in Ualá as the fintech firm reaches $3.2 billion valuation
Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá, joining a $197 million funding round that valued the fintech …
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks' 2,400 inst…
Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push
Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventi…
U.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million of contents
The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being trans…
How Morgan Stanley plans to bring crypto custody, staking and lending support in-house
Preliminary OCC approval outlines a bank that could consolidate key crypto functions, while outside venues and infras…
Crypto clearinghouse Glacis Labs raises $6.8 million seed to expand ZeroDelta platform
Glacis aims to expand ZeroDelta, its multichain clearing platform for stablecoins, into tokenized securities and fore…
Kraken Institutional taps Upshift to build vaults that earn yield on idle bitcoin, ETH and stablecoins
Upshift will build dedicated vaults tailored to each client’s specific investment strategy and risk considerations.
Tokenization startup Tradable plans to bring $1 billion worth of private credit assets to Stellar
Stellar has become a top choice for institutional tokenization, including from the likes of Franklin Templeton and Wi…
A timeline of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing shakeup
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum …
Circle suspended Tether-backed fund over market manipulation concerns, arbitration filings show
Circle suspended Heka Funds over suspected market manipulation after learning Tether had invested $800 million in the…
US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million
US authorities have used Tether's control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to…
US Treasury freezes over $130 million tied to Iran-linked crypto wallets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OFAC sanctioned multiple Iran-linked crypto wallets, freezing over $130 million.
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether ETFs draw inflows as majors rise as much as 5%
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $181 million on Tuesday, a day after shedding roughly $425 million, per SoSoValu…
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month…
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails is a useful reminder that cry…
Bitcoin treasuries already faced two collateral calls in 2026 and some loans can liquidate after just 12 hours
Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral data now hides which treasury would be forced to act firs…
Bitcoin mining production slips in June for CleanSpark, BitFuFu and Canaan
CleanSpark, BitFuFu and Canaan reported lower bitcoin production in June despite mining difficulty dropping more than…
The next currency crisis could turn $300 billion in stablecoins into national currencies
Bolivia's government is evaluating whether to include USDT in its regulated payment system alongside the boliviano an…
Tether leads $7 million round in Pact Labs to boost USAT stablecoin adoption
“Pact Labs gives us the rails to make digital dollars designed to be compliant with U.S. regulations," says Tether …
Ethereum Foundation spinout EthSystems targets banks with blockchain privacy technology
The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years.
Bitcoin's BIP-110 sparked a fight over who gets to decide the future of Bitcoin
BIP-110 sought to limit non-financial data on Bitcoin's blockchain but instead reignited debates over censorship and …
Banks are building the rails to profit from 13.9 million BTC they do not own
Strategy's new Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index gives 25 major banks and financial institutions an overall 32% score ba…
Bitcoin and Ethereum tweet volume falls to 12-month lows despite institutional crypto boom
Retail attention via social chatter is back to 2020 levels even as institutional involvement has moved in the opposit…
Crypto exchanges are becoming the new distribution channel for Wall Street assets
Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized st…