Arguably the most popular UFC fighter of our time – Conor McGregor – returned to the octagon after a five-year absence during which he recovered from a severe leg fracture and dealt with personal and legal issues. However, his long-awaited return was anything but successful, resulting in a notable financial loss for Canadian rapper Drake.…
Tether is already the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, with approximately $141 billion in direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries. It reported $15 billion in revenue in 2025 and $1.04 billion in net profit for the first quarter of 2026, mostly from that yield alone, making it one of the more unusual companies in global…
A revised CLARITY Act draft merging the Senate Banking Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee bills is expected this week, adding roughly 70 pages to the text, but the ethics provision Senate Democrats have made a precondition for their votes is not included. Without that language, securing the seven or more Democratic votes needed to clear…
President Trump declaration that the United States would “probably” take control of the Strait of Hormuz, and should be compensated for doing so, landed on crypto and markets like a macro grenade. Bitcoin was already trading near $64,000 before the comments added another geopolitical headache to an already fragile market. The full effect on crypto…
Robinhood’s new blockchain quickly became a top-five network by DEX volume, signaling strong early demand for its tokenized asset platform, the broker said.
The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.
All eyes in the cryptocurrency community were on Strategy after last week’s sale and Michael Saylor’s cryptic message on X yesterday. On the positive side, the company didn’t announce a new BTC sale today. On the other hand, it didn’t increase its cryptocurrency exposure either. Instead, the firm’s former CEO and co-founder said that the…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he and co-founder Chris Larsen seriously considered shutting the company down after the SEC sued in 2020 and distributing Ripple’s XRP holdings to shareholders. In a KU Hustle interview, Garlinghouse said they chose to fight instead because closing Ripple would have cost hundreds of jobs. He estimated the four-year legal…
The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.
The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live tokenisation use cases across UK financial markets.