Category: Bitcoin

Ethereum finance company ETHZilla (ETHZ) said it purchased a 20% stake in artificial intelligence-powered car lending platform Karus in a deal valued at $10 million. The agreement marks ETHZilla’s entry into the U.S. asset-backed securities market by using blockchain to tokenize real-world credit, the company said in a press release. Karus specializes in artificial intelligence…

Stellar rose 1.79% to $0.256 during trading on Tuesday. The digital asset edged higher, tracking broader cryptocurrency momentum. In the 24 hours ending at 15:00 GMT on December 3, XLM rose from $0.2516 to $0.2579. The coin made higher lows at $0.2500, $0.2530, and $0.2540. Volume tells the real story. Activity surged 37% above the…

HBAR edged higher over the 24 hours, rising from $0.1425 to $0.1453 while maintaining price action within a tight ascending channel structure. The coin is showing a stable accumulation pattern rather than speculative momentum. Volume increased 52.51% from the 7-day moving average, indicating real market participation. The progress coincides with strength in the broader cryptocurrency…

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has laid out its vision for 2026, which is a bullish blueprint for institutional cryptocurrency adoption despite its pessimistic outlook for U.S. bonds and the world’s largest economy. The report said U.S. federal debt will top $38 trillion, setting the tone for a market outlook defined by fragility and…

Strategy (MSTR) on Monday announced a further 25 basis points increase in the dividend yield on its STRC preferred series to 10.75%. This is the fourth rate hike since the IPO was launched at the end of July. One of Strategy’s perpetual preferred stocks, STRC or “Stretch,” is designed to provide short-term characteristics and high-yield…

IREN has now locked up $3.6 billion in new capital in two deals priced this week. Approximately $1.6 billion comes from a registered direct equity sale of 39,699,102 shares at $41.12, which is expected to close on December 8.Additionally, $2 billion came from the pricing of its new convertible debt program, which includes $1 billion…

Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of prediction market Kalshi, became the youngest self-made female billionaire after her company announced a new $1 billion funding round on Tuesday. The financing, led by cryptocurrency-focused venture capital firm Paradigm, values ​​Kalshi at $11 billion and attracted participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator. Lopes Lara, 29, surpassed…

The Cardano network’s core development team has tapped $70 million of ADA’s treasury to fund a series of long-delayed infrastructure integrations, a move that represents the network’s most coordinated ecosystem action in years. ADA has gained 9% in the past 24 hours, slightly outpacing gains in the broader cryptocurrency market. The proposal was supported by…

The price of TON rose 3.7% to $1.605 in the past 24 hours, driven by rising trading volumes and continued developments in decentralized governance and artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model, trading activity surged 16% from the 7-day moving average, with heavy market participant movement supporting the move. The price…

Investment bank HSBC said S&P Global Ratings’ decision to downgrade Tether’s reserve assessment to weak is a reminder that stablecoins carry inherent “decoupling” risks that do not apply to other forms of tokenized currencies. Analysts Daragh Maher and Nishu Singla said in a note on Monday that the core issue is simple: Stablecoin issuers need…