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Staking goes mainstream: what 2026 could look like for ether investors
From fully staked ETFs to customizable institutional vaults, staking is evolving from a secondary consideration into a foundational pillar of Ethereum’s market structure.
VelaFi raises $20 million in Series B to expand stablecoin payments infrastructure
The LatAm-based company said the funding will support expansion across the U.S. and Asia.
Crypto exchange OKX cuts institutional staff amid global restructuring
The exchange has overhauled its institutional business as part of a broader restructuring, with approximately one-third of its sales team exiting, according to one source.
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."
