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Kevin O’Leary: U.S. Must Learn From Bitcoin Miners to Win ‘AI Wars’

Common ground between Bitcoin mining operations and AI data center requirements is now the focus of institutional investors and Washington, D.C. policymakers alike.

Kevin O'Leary, Chairman of O'Leary Ventures stands to give his keynote address at Consensus 2025 in Toronto

Policy

SEC Sets July Deadline for Solana ETF Refilings, Clearing Path for Pre-October Approval

The first final deadline for a spot Solana exchange-traded fund is October 10, but the Securities and Exchange Commission is under pressure to keep the approval process moving smoothly, sources say.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Threshold's Bitcoin Backed tBTC Debuts on Sui, Unlocking $500M in Liquidity

The collaboration allows Sui users to directly mint tBTC on the network.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Project BOB Launches BitVM Bridge Testnet

The testnet debuts with support from a host of major crypto firms who will be operating nodes on the BitVM bridge, such as Lombard, Amber Group and RockawayX

BOB team (BOB)

Markets

Bitcoin ETP With DeFi Yield Goes Live in Europe

The Fineqia Bitcoin Yield ETP deploys the underlying assets in decentralized finance yield strategies to offer investors a return on BTC holdings.

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Finance

Backed Finance Debuts Tokenized Stocks on Bybit, Kraken and Solana DeFi Protocols

Tokenization of equities is gaining steam, with several crypto exchanges moving towards offering on-chain stock trading on their platforms.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Snags Bitcoin Credit Line From Cantor Fitzgerald

The loan facility enhances Wintermute’s ability to hedge risks effectively across exchanges and maintain broad market coverage, said the firm’s CEO Evgeny Gaevoy.

Evgeny Gaevoy, CEO, Wintermute (CoinDesk)

News Analysis

What Tariffs Will — and Won’t — Change for U.S. Bitcoin Miners

Hashrate growth is going to slow down in the United States. But it won’t be just because of tariffs.

Cargo (Credit: Unsplash, William William)

Finance

Digital Asset, Builder of Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton, Raises $135M

The strategic raise was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets.

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Digital Asset)

Finance

Veda Raises $18M to Expand DeFi Vault Infrastructure Powering Over $3.7B in Assets

The funding round was led by CoinFund and comes as the firm aims to simplify DeFi yields for apps and institutions across blockchains

Veda management team with CEO Sunand Raghupathi in the middle. (Veda)