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Figure Buys Kiavi for $717M as It Targets $200 Billion Lending Market
Figure has agreed to acquire Kiavi’s technology and operating platform in a $717 million transaction. The deal is expected to bring more than $7 billion in annual first-lien loan volume onto Figure’s blockchain-based marketplace. Figure’s…
Binance Lists Circle and Nvidia Bstocks as 1:1 Equity Tokens Enter Crypto Wallets
Binance has introduced a new line of fully backed tokenized securities representing select U.S. stocks. Bridging Traditional Finance and DeFi Global crypto exchange, Binance, has begun offering trading for Bstocks, a new line of fully…
Bitcoin Treasuries Are Ticking Time Bombs as Leverage Hits Record Rates, Warns Capriole’s Charles…
Bitcoin treasury companies are piling on debt at record rates to fund their BTC buying, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards warned, reviving a year-old call that the model rests on unsustainable “fake yield.” A Year-Old Warning…
CME Group Launches Crypto Index Futures Tracking Bitcoin, Solana and XRP
CME Group has launched Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures, giving investors a regulated way to trade and hedge broad exposure to major digital assets. The contracts settle against a Nasdaq-CME benchmark covering some of the largest and most…
Masspay Expands Circle Integration With USDC Payouts, Giving Firms New Treasury Options
Masspay has expanded its integration with Circle’s Managed Payments service to allow businesses to facilitate stablecoin payouts and treasury operations without the complexity of direct digital asset management. Abstracting Blockchain…
Wintermute Warns Bitcoin Bottom Is Unclear With ETF Outflows Near $3B
Wintermute said bitcoin’s latest decline was driven mainly by U.S. institutional selling and ETF outflows, not Strategy’s small BTC sale. The firm warned that capital inflows have not returned, making it too early to call a market bottom.…
Metamask Launches Agent Wallet for AI-Driven DeFi Trading, Targets $236B AI Agent Market
Metamask has launched Agent Wallet, a self-custodial wallet that lets AI agents trade across DeFi while keeping users in control. The product adds mandatory transaction checks, user-set limits, and protection for eligible transactions.…
JPMorgan: Strategy’s $1.7 Billion Dividend Bill Could Force More Bitcoin Sales
JPMorgan warned that Strategy’s ability to fund roughly $1.7 billion in annual dividends could shape the crypto market’s second half, after the company sold bitcoin for the first time since 2022. A $1.7 Billion Question JPMorgan said the…
$2 Million Per Vessel: Inside Iran’s Massive USDT Toll Operation in the Strait of Hormuz
Reports indicate that some of the payments could have been made in stablecoins, particularly Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization. The U.S. OFAC has warned that maritime companies executing such payments might be…
Travala Rolls out AI Concierge for 2.2M Hotels as Autonomous Travel Takes Shape
Travala has launched an agentic AI travel protocol allowing autonomous agents to book more than 2.2 million hotels with minimal human intervention. Incentives and the Rise of Agentic Commerce Travala on June 5 launched what it calls the…