Today, $WAP, a new crypto project making waves on the Solana blockchain, officially announces its progress and growing community support. Bolstered by the involvement of global rap superstar Cardi B, who recently made headlines for joining the Solana ecosystem, $WAP aims to revolutionize crypto payments with its innovative embedded credit card solution. Cardi B Joins…
Political donations made by the US crypto industry have surged to record highs after surpassing $190 million as the final stretch of the election cycle approaches, CNBC reported on Oct. 20. This represents a significant increase from previous election cycles, marking nearly a 13-fold jump from the $15 million spent in 2020. The industry’s growing…
Fintech giant Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion. This purchase marks the largest acquisition in the crypto industry to date. Record $1.1 Billion Deal TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington revealed the news in a post on X, stating, “This deal is done. $1.1b.” Bridge, co-founded by Sean Yu and…
Payments giant Stripe has acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for a total amount of $1.1 billion, more than 5x its $200 million valuation, according to an Oct. 21 annnouncement. The acquisition is part of Stripe’s plan to enter the stablecoin market. The announcement said the firms will focus on growing the adoption of stablecoins to make…
Transak, a company providing fiat-to-crypto services, has reported a significant data breach affecting more than 92,000 users. In an Oct. 21 update, the firm revealed that the breach stemmed from a phishing attack targeting an employee’s laptop, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive user information. According to Transak, the attackers exploited the employee’s credentials to…
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Japan’s Democratic Party for the People (DPP), has proposed a crypto tax reform to support the growth of a token economy, including Web3 and NFTs if he wins the election. His plan would lower the taxation on crypto gains to a 20% separate declaration tax instead of treating them as miscellaneous…
Ripple co-founder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen said he’d added another $10 million in the Ripple-tied token {{XRP}} in an effort to boost Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat faces off against former President Donald Trump in next month’s election.
TL;DR The SEC continued the legal battle with Ripple by filing an official appeal on a specific summary judgment. The company’s CLO likened the regulator’s desire to prevail in the case to the tragic end of Captain Ahab from the novel Moby Dick. What Does the SEC Hope for? The legal tussle between Ripple and…
Coinbase filed two new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on Oct. 18, seeking regulatory clarity for crypto in the US. The new requests are directed at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and were filed by History Associates Incorporated on behalf of the exchange. Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal said one of the requests…
Automating and standardizing corporate actions data could help significantly reduce operational inefficiencies that currently cost businesses millions of dollars every year due to errors and manual data processing, the report said.