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Top NFT Brand Pudgy Penguins to Release PENGU Token

Pudgy Penguins is among the most popular NFT collections, and its comic penguins have a big presence on X, YouTube and Instagram.

Pudgy Penguins NFTs

Markets

Memecoin Launchpad GraFun Expands to Ethereum to Clinch New Users

Expanding to Ethereum will help GraFun capture newer audiences, tap into higher liquidity for meme issuances and increase the platform’s visibility among crypto traders.

(GraFun)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Archax to Offer Tokenized Money Market Funds from State Street, Fidelity International and LGIM

The tokenized assets will initially be made available on Hedera Hashgraph, XRPL and Arbitrum.

Close up of two dollar notes. (engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Finance

From Real Estate and Stocks: Former Premier League Player's New-Found Love of Bitcoin

Soccer player George Boyd made over 100 Premier League appearances and has now joined crypto ETF issuer Jacobi Asset Management as an ambassador.

George Boyd playing for Burnley in 2016.  (Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images)

Finance

How a $115M Crypto Fund With Big Ambitions Plans to Invest In Latin America

Hyla Fund Management is starting a new LatAm crypto funds and wants to become the "Goldman Sachs for digital assets."

Paola Origel, the CEO and co-founder of Hyla Fund Management. (Credit: Hyla Fund)

Finance

Copper to Offer Custody Services for Tokenized Money Market Funds Such as BlackRock's BUIDL

The crypto custodian's clients can use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades after the company received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

Tech

Espresso, Project for Composability Between Blockchains, Pushes Main Product Live

According to the team, the new "confirmation layer" will be a critical piece of infrastructure for composability among layer-2 rollups, allowing two networks to read and trust each other's blocks of transaction data.

CEO of Espresso Systems Ben Fisch (Espresso Systems)

Markets

How This Crypto Hedge Fund Nailed the Trump Trade

Quinn Thompson, the founder of crypto hedge fund Lekker Capital, shared with CoinDesk why he was so confident Donald Trump would win the U.S. presidential election despite the polls.

PRESCOTT VALLEY, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump dances during a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Center on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. With leaders of the Border Patrol union in attendance, Trump pledged to hire 10,000 additional border patrol agents if reelected, intensifying his attacks on Democratic opponent Kamala Harris on the issue.  (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Finance

Will U.S. Election Change Crypto? Maybe, but TradFi Giants Likely to Plow Ahead Regardless

Just this week, in the run-up to Election Day, some big finance projects were announced — suggesting no worries about the road ahead.

The U.S. election may have some short term impact on the crypto industry but TradFi giants are likely to plow ahead regardless of the results. (Douglas Rissing/Getty Image)

Finance

'There's No Catch': Bitcoin Mining Startup Promises Free Money to Renewable Energy Companies

Bitcoin mining could eventually help develop a global index for the price of electricity, according to Sangha Renewables President Spencer Marr.

Spencer Marr, president and co-founder of Sangha Renewables (Spencer Marr).