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Digital Asset Trader Auros to Invest Over $50M in Crypto Startups Through Its Newly Established VC Arm
Auros Ventures aims to make concentrated bets on crypto startups to help them scale with Auros being "power user," Auros co-founder and CIO Ben Roth said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Private Equity Giants Are Circling Bitcoin Miners on AI Allure
Private equity firms are seeing value in partnering with bitcoin miners to help with AI computing after Core Scientific signed a 200MW deal with CoreWeave in June, the company’s CEO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Solana Meme Coin MEW's Cat Character to Feature on Trending Telegram Mini Game
The MEW character will be featured on TON, the network where Pixelverse’s Telegram mini-games operate, in a first for a Solana meme coin.

Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group
In March, the Middle-East-focused Mantra raised $11 million for its real-world tokenization efforts.

Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear
Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Abra Launches Treasury Service for Corporates That Want to Hold Crypto
The service will provide corporates, family offices and non-profits with a range of digital asset treasury management solutions.

Decentralized Exchange Bluefin to Roll Out Token After Securing $17M in Total Funding
The exchange says it has already seen more than $25 billion in trading volume since the start of the year, with monthly revenues topping $1 million.

Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto
Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who's in charge, how it works or even to discuss digital assets in campaign ads.

Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry's U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
The digital assets industry's Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.

Senate Bill Could Open Crypto to U.S. Sanctions, but Industry Trying to Head It Off
The industry says a surprise section in a recent spending bill could slam crypto with sanctions threats, but a key Senate office is now meeting with digital assets sector insiders.
