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Cathie Wood buys $529.7 million of popular new stock
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Cathie Wood buys $529.7 million of popular new stock

Cathie Wood, head of Ark Investment Management, has a history of buying stocks shortly after their IPOs.  In recent years, Wood’s Ark funds have invested i…

Animoca Brands cofounder Yat Siu argues Asia will fuse AI and the blockchain before the West does
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Animoca Brands cofounder Yat Siu argues Asia will fuse AI and the blockchain before the West does

“In Asia, we don’t have this problem since we’re much more comfortable with money.”…

Aztec Connect’s abandoned smart contract exploited for $2.1M
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Aztec Connect’s abandoned smart contract exploited for $2.1M

The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million in crypto assets.…

Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy's digital credit business, Saylor says
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Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy's digital credit business, Saylor says

Strategy's recent Bitcoin sale appeared to clash with Saylor's "never sell" mantra, but he says the move reflects how the company's digital credit business work…

Zscaler CEO delivers a sharp take on AI agents
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Zscaler CEO delivers a sharp take on AI agents

Most cybersecurity CEOs, if not every other, are talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents right now. And we are seeing most of them often use the same …

Bitcoin’s ‘calm top’ challenges most market bottom estimates: Research
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Bitcoin’s ‘calm top’ challenges most market bottom estimates: Research

New data from Galaxy Research suggests that Bitcoin's floor price may not drop as low as previous bear markets, but the bottom-finding process is still playing …

Astronaut costumes, teenage crypto millionaires, and a $300 million bet: Scenes from the SpaceX IPO
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Astronaut costumes, teenage crypto millionaires, and a $300 million bet: Scenes from the SpaceX IPO

From a prop trader who bet "a car" to an early investor sitting on $300 million, the sidewalk outside the Nasdaq represented everyone in the AI market.…

Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to appeal against fraud conviction in FTX case
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Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to appeal against fraud conviction in FTX case

Decision to not overturn fallen crypto mogul’s 25-year prison sentence was handed down by three-judge panel Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday lost his bid to overturn…

Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition
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Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition

Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan.…

KuCoin has not paid $2M award tied to delisted token dispute, investor says
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KuCoin has not paid $2M award tied to delisted token dispute, investor says

A Seychelles court said KuCoin can’t treat unwithdrawn tokens as “abandoned,” and awarded a Swiss investor over $2 million. He says the exchange still hasn’t pa…

SpaceX tokenized IPO campaign draws $557M on Binance ahead of debut
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SpaceX tokenized IPO campaign draws $557M on Binance ahead of debut

Crypto markets are becoming a new venue for pre-IPO price discovery ahead of SpaceX's highly anticipated debut on June 12.…

Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?
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Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?

With beloved stars’ personal items increasingly up for grabs after they die, a new generation of fans are bidding on everything from bowler hats to dog bowlsFro…

Pizza Hut rival also closing hundreds of restaurants
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Pizza Hut rival also closing hundreds of restaurants

Pizza has traditionally been the cheap option, a food that's light on the wallet and can be shared by multiple people. You might not be able to afford a sit-dow…

Exclusive: Consumer device giant LG Electronics to launch blockchain to place and sell ads
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Exclusive: Consumer device giant LG Electronics to launch blockchain to place and sell ads

LG Electronics worked with the crypto protocol Arbitrum to develop its own blockchain.…

AI models led to a ‘vulnerability apocalypse’ in crypto security: Immunefi CEO
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AI models led to a ‘vulnerability apocalypse’ in crypto security: Immunefi CEO

The proliferation of new frontier AI models is the main catalyst behind the latest resurgence in DeFi hacks, according to Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador.…

Meet the Fortune Crypto 100: A ranking of the very best companies in blockchain
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Meet the Fortune Crypto 100: A ranking of the very best companies in blockchain

Read about the definitive list of the most important names in crypto, from Coinbase to Franklin Templeton to Hyperliquid.…

Into the HyperVerse: inside a crypto scheme that cost investors millions of dollars – documentary
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Into the HyperVerse: inside a crypto scheme that cost investors millions of dollars – documentary

When Guardian Australia senior reporter Sarah Martin heard a friend’s hairdresser had invested in a cryptocurrency scheme called HyperVerse and potentially lost…

Tether expands robotics push with lead role in NEURA's $1B-plus funding round
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Tether expands robotics push with lead role in NEURA's $1B-plus funding round

NEURA plans to integrate Tether's wallet and AI technologies into its robotics platform, enabling autonomous payments and on-device computing for machines.…

Visa’s CFO views stablecoins and AI commerce as a long-term bet: ‘They won’t pay off in the next six months, but could over the next six years’
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Visa’s CFO views stablecoins and AI commerce as a long-term bet: ‘They won’t pay off in the next six months, but could over the next six years’

“I’m hesitant to lean into the stablecoin and agentic commerce narratives too much,” Chris Suh, Visa’s chief financial officer, tells Fortune.…

Major exchange unveils AI platform that could change trading forever
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Major exchange unveils AI platform that could change trading forever

Anyone who has spent time watching how institutional fixed income trading actually works knows the frustration.  You have a bond to buy or sell. You have a…

Crypto outflows are sentiment shock, not structural crisis: CoinShares' Butterfill
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Crypto outflows are sentiment shock, not structural crisis: CoinShares' Butterfill

CoinShares’ James Butterfill said recent crypto outflows reflect a macro-driven sentiment shock, while other analysts warned Bitcoin’s rebound may remain fragil…

Tenev says Robinhood won underwriter approval as crypto markets front-run mega IPOs
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Tenev says Robinhood won underwriter approval as crypto markets front-run mega IPOs

Robinhood’s new IPO underwriter role comes as SpaceX prepares a record-breaking public offering, with retail brokers and crypto-native derivatives platforms rac…

Onchain gambling keeps rolling with $14B quarter despite crypto slump: TRM Labs
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Onchain gambling keeps rolling with $14B quarter despite crypto slump: TRM Labs

TRM Labs said onchain gambling reached $51 billion in 2025, with repeat users and stablecoin flows helping the sector remain resilient during a broader crypto m…

In China, a Cat-and-Mouse Game to Rein In Crypto
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In China, a Cat-and-Mouse Game to Rein In Crypto

Recent court cases reveal how middlemen are facilitating a booming trade, eluding a crackdown.…

Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred
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Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred

Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange…

China turns crypto-curious
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China turns crypto-curious

But would the country’s leaders really want stablecoins to succeed?…

Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking
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Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking

The slump could spread across financial markets…

Bitcoin has plunged. Strategy Inc is an early victim
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Bitcoin has plunged. Strategy Inc is an early victim

It holds 3% of the world’s total supply…

Crypto’s real threat to banks
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Crypto’s real threat to banks

The industry is supplanting Wall Street’s privileged position on the American right…

The coldest crypto winter yet
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The coldest crypto winter yet

An asset class that is all about vibes suddenly has awful vibes…