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Strategy seeks approval for twice-monthly STRC payouts
Strategy announced the vote to launch bi-weekly payouts for STRC dividends. The goal is to smooth out demand and offer more flexible entries and exits for investors.
Thu, May 21
Neighbors stop attempted kidnapping of Sandbox co-founder Borget's wife in France
The wife of Sebastien Borget, co-founder and chief operating officer of The Sandbox, was nearly kidnapped at their home in Villenoy, Seine-et-Marne.
Thu, May 21
Bitcoin Ordinals case puts $1.1M Italian tax fraud in spotlight
Italian investigators have uncovered a years-long scheme of tax fraud involving Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens.
Thu, May 21
Bithumb blocks Heleket over money laundering, terrorism financing concerns
Bithumb, has severed ties with Heleket, a global cryptocurrency payment processor, due to anti-money laundering and terrorism financing risks.
Thu, May 21
Musk seeks engineers and physicists after OpenAI setback
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX is currently hiring top-notch engineers and physicists to join its new integrated AI division, SpaceXAI.
Thu, May 21
HYPE sets fresh high above $60 as ETF issuers pile in
HYPE rose to a new record of $61.68, on a mix of short squeeze trading and increased spot demand.
Thu, May 21
US to back Quantum firms with $2B in grants and equity stakes
The US Commerce Department plans to allocate $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing companies. The authority is reportedly purchasing stock stakes in the list of companies. This comes in when Washington is pushing to maintain dominance against China in the field of technology. The new government aid program focuses on hardware manufacturers that...
Thu, May 21
Société Générale joins European tokenized securities push
Boerse Stuttgart Group announced that Seturion has partnered with Société Générale, its subsidiary for crypto assets, SG-FORGE, and its broker partner, flatexDEGIRO, in a blockchain settlement solution for tokenized securities. This partnership joins together one of the biggest European banks, a licensed stablecoin issuer, and one of the leading retail brokerage firms in Europe on...
Thu, May 21
AMD commits $10B to Taiwan's semiconductor chip packaging, manufacturing ecosystem
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) said Thursday it plans to invest more than $10 billion into Taiwan’s chip-making industry and rolled out new processors designed to take on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in artificial intelligence computing. The semiconductor company said the money will go toward Taiwan’s chip production facilities and AI technology development. Most of the investment targets...
Thu, May 21
Police arrest 3,018 suspects across 10 jurisdictions in $752 million fraud crackdown
Operation FRONTIER+ III, a coordinated two-month operation involving law enforcement from 10 countries has ended in the arrests of more than 3,000 people. The Hong Kong Police Force and Singapore Police Force announced that they recovered $161 million from their operation, which targeted cross-border scams and money laundering operators. What is Operation Frontier? 3,200 officers...
Thu, May 21
Perps and Prediction Markets Are Now Available in NOW Wallet
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown NOW Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet focused on security, multi-chain access, and seamless DeFi experience, now has direct access to perpetual futures and prediction markets built into the app. That means platforms like Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, and dYdX for perps trading, and Polymarket and PancakeSwap for prediction markets...
Thu, May 21
BTC retail and institutional buyers faceoff with old whale sellers
BTC institutional demand still fails to cause a price rally. On-chain analysis shows older whale selling during local highs may limit the recent BTC rallies.
Thu, May 21
Binance joins Hyperliquid, OKX, and Bitget as SpaceX pre-IPO markets heat up
Binance has launched what it calls the SPCXUSDT Pre-IPO perpetual futures contract hours after SpaceX announced listing on Nasdaq. Currently, expectations of its debut lie between $1.75 to $2 trillion. Binance contracts are using USDT margin and allowing leverage up to 5x. As the product is synthetic, which means no real ownership, traders are only...
Thu, May 21
US freezes nearly $500 million in Iranian crypto as Tehran builds Bitcoin-backed shipping insurance
The Trump administration has engaged the Iranian regime across different frontiers, but Tehran’s crypto stash, recently estimated at $7.7 billion, is the latest indicator of the scale of the fight ahead as the US moves to shut off every outlet the Iranian regime has found to stay in the fight despite sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott...
Thu, May 21
Moscow Exchange prepares to start trading cryptocurrencies this year
The Moscow Exchange intends to start trading cryptocurrencies once Russia enforces its digital-asset regulations in the coming weeks. The platform is among a growing number of major financial institutions announcing crypto products and services ahead of the adoption of the new Russian law. MOEX to begin cryptocurrency trading this summer Russia’s main market for stocks...
Thu, May 21
SEC hits brake on new ETF applications pending public input on risks
The SEC has delayed the launch of novel ETFs and is seeking public input on risks, especially event-betting and prediction products.
Thu, May 21
Y Combinator rolls out new deal package for crypto startups
Y-Combinator is offering crypto service packages for hackathon participants and already approved incubator companies.
Thu, May 21
ZEC Hits Six-Month High as SEC Ends Zcash Foundation Probe
Zcash jumped over 17% on Wednesday to reach a high of $690, a price level not seen since November last year. This rally took place on the back of the news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had closed its investigation into the nonprofit without enforcement action. The news confirmed by the Zcash Foundation’s...
Thu, May 21
South Korea’s NHN KCP pilots stablecoin payments on Avalanche
One of South Korea’s largest payment firms, NHN KCP, is testing out stablecoin payments through a private Avalanche network. The test, which began on May 21, includes both online and offline payments and is among the largest stablecoin payment tests in the region. The company processed ₩51.5 trillion, roughly $38 billion, in transaction volume last...
Thu, May 21
Anthropic nears first quarterly profit at $559 million as SpaceX IPO filing reveals $1.25 billion monthly compute bill
Anthropic is on track to post its first quarterly operating profit, projecting $559 million on $10.9 billion in June-quarter revenue, more than double the $4.8 billion it recorded in Q1. The Wall Street Journal reported the same figures earlier on Wednesday. The expected margin sits just under 5.1%, thin by software industry standards but a...
Thu, May 21
