Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev fires back at AMC CEO in escalating fight over stock tokens
Tenev told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday that public companies shouldn’t have veto power over third-party securities that reference their shares.
Ethereum’s institutional staking boom is growing, but Lido’s share is shrinking
Lido, the liquid-staking protocol, captured just 5.7% of Ethereum’s net staking growth in the first half of 2026. For holders of its LDO token, the business challenge is to turn a growing market into DAO income that can fund automated purchases. The gap is visible in NEST, Lido’s automated buyback mechanism. At 00:00 UTC on…
U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee
Chinese-language platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks.
Ripple News Brad Garlinghouse Slams $11B Gold Transfer as XRP Price Eyes $2
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse turns an obscure central-bank logistics story into a full-throated news for crypto rails. The timing isn’t accidental. There’s a technical setup building underneath the noise. Garlinghouse took to X to blast the Central Bank of the Netherlands after a CNBC report revealed it took six months to move 86 metric tons…
Tether pushes into private credit with $400 million fund with Fasanara
The USDT issuer will help source lending opportunities and provide stablecoin payment infrastructure for Fasanara’s private credit network.
Ben Gurion Stays Open as Israel Airspace Risk Rises
Israel Airspace closure odds remain in focus as regional tensions involving Iran and its proxies continue to shape assessments of potential restrictions on Israeli airspace. A Polymarket market titled “Israel closes its airspace by…?” has drawn over $29.9 million in trading volume, with the September 30 outcome currently pricing at 95% (Yes shares trading at…
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Stalls Near $80K Ahead of a Potential Volatility Storm
Bitcoin is trading near $79K after a sharp recovery from the $60K area, but the latest price action suggests that momentum is losing some steam beneath a major resistance zone. Meanwhile, adjusted SOPR has rebounded above 1, pointing to improving on-chain profitability, although the short-term price structure still requires a breakout for the recovery to…
You can borrow against Bitcoin without selling it, but there’s a catch
Bitcoin holders who need cash do not necessarily have to sell their BTC. They can borrow against it instead, keeping exposure to Bitcoin while using its value as collateral for a loan. The complication is that the loan they want may exist on another network. Many blockchain lending applications run on Ethereum, which keeps its…
Kalshi election data goes live on DoubleZero ahead of U.S. midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders access to full-depth political prediction-market order books ahead of the U.S. midterms.
PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
The PYUSDx stablecoin developer platform, backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD), is built with the help of M0 and MoonPay.