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Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin’s short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bears…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments
Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, joins Chris Storaker on the Converge Podcast Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Aug 19, 2026
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COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept.…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments
The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant…
Aug 19, 2026
Institutional
On Aug. 18, Ripple deepened its push into traditional finance, securing a South Korean banking deal as its prime brokerage…
Aug 19, 2026
Payments
The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved. The post HIVE’s $84.7…
Aug 18, 2026
Institutional
Reading Treasury’s newly proposed GENIUS Act rules on Bits + Bips, Austin Campbell said Coinbase’s US platform “might have to…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments
Visa is looking at settlement and over-the-counter partners holding crypto exchange licenses in four countries, CoinDesk reports, weeks after Mastercard…
Aug 18, 2026
Infrastructure
This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds. Read…
Aug 18, 2026
Payments
USDT and USDC contracts move from the next period, while returning to four-hour settlement requires 36 stable hours. The post…
Aug 18, 2026