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Tether said to have invested up to $50 million in crypto lender Ledn at $500 million valuation
The stablecoin issuer’s previously undisclosed investment valued the lender at about $500 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
Ethereum scaling network Polygon close to buying bitcoin kiosk firm Coinme, sources say
Polygon is paying $100 million to $125 million for the bitcoin ATM provider, according to one of the sources.
JPMorgan expands blockchain goals, plans to build ‘interoperable digital money’
As Siemens uses JPMorgan's blockchain for FX transfers, the bank plans to scale JPM Coin across privacy-focused and public networks
The ultra wealthy feel like they've missed out on Crypto riches and Binance thinks it has a solution
Binance’s head of VIP and Institutional, Catherine Chen, talks about the conversations she has been having with ultra-wealthy investors and family offices.
Hedge Fund Karatage appoints IMC veteran Shane O’Callaghan as senior partner
O'Callaghan joins from market maker IMC where he was employed as global head of institutional partnerships and digital asset sales.
Michael Saylor's Strategy catches a break from MSCI, but analysts caution fight isn’t over yet
MSCI won’t drop firms like Strategy from indexes yet, but a broader rule change may still be on the table
Circle platform promising tokenized gold, silver swaps is 'fake,' company says
The release, distributed on Christmas Eve, used Circle branding and claimed to quote executives, but a Circle spokesperson said it was "not real."
AI trade isn’t dead: An inside look into Wall Street's lucrative data center deals
Megawatts are still trading hands, and the AI trade is very much alive, according to investment banker Joe Nardini, as miners pivot to HPC and buyers chase scarce power.
Crypto exchanges brace for pressure as banks like JPMorgan enter spot trading
The national banks regulator OCC released a statement signaling a shift in rules that will have significant crypto market consequences across the United States.
‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street
The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments.
