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Strive to Buy Semler Scientific in First Merger of Bitcoin Treasury Companies

The all-stock deal will have combined company holding nearly 11,000 bitcoin.

Business deal handshake (Radission US/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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SEC Makes Spot Crypto ETF Listing Process Easier, Approves Grayscale's Large-Cap Crypto Fund

The move opens the way for exchanges to list spot digital asset-backed funds without the case-by-case approval of the regulator.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Gemini Stock Jumps 45% in Early Trades After IPO

The Winklevoss-led crypto exchange had sold 15.2 million shares, raising $425 million.

 Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss at the White House in July 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Top U.S. Banking Regulator Gould Says Crypto Debanking 'Is Real'

Jonathan Gould, chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said his agency is trying to halt debanking while also writing stablecoin regulations.

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould

Finance

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Snubbed by S&P 500 Amid Robinhood's Surprise Inclusion

Robinhood was unexpectedly added to the S&P 500, boosting its stock by 7% after the market closed.

Executive Chairman of MSTR, Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Legislation Steering U.S. Fate of Crypto Emerges in New Version in Senate

Lawmakers in the Senate Banking Committee have a new draft of the crypto market structure bill that would establish U.S. regulations for crypto trading.

Sen. Tim Scott (Nikhilesh De/ColnDesk)

Markets

Ether Leads Crumbling Crypto Prices in Shocking Reversal From Early Rally

Soft U.S. jobs numbers released Friday cemented the case for an imminent Fed rate cut and provided what turned out to be only a brief jolt higher to crypto markets.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

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U.S. Added Just 22K Jobs in August as Unemployment Rate Rose to 4.3%

The soft numbers not only cement the case for a Fed rate cut later this month, but likely put a 50 basis point move on the table versus the previously expected 25.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Finance

Chainlink and Pyth Selected to Deliver U.S. Economic Data on Blockchain

Chainlink's LINK and Pyth's token surged after they announced that they will deliver official macroeconomic data feeds from the U.S. Commerce Department on blockchain.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov

Finance

Ethereum Wallet MetaMask Will Likely Unveil Its Own Stablecoin this Week

The MetaMask stablecoin (mUSD) was already reported to be in the works thanks to a prematurely posted governance proposal that was quickly deleted last week.

A fox (Unsplash)