Bitcoin steadied near $64,000 over the weekend, clawing back part of Friday’s drop, as traders weighed the start of US-Iran ceasefire talks against a renewed threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The token traded around $64,200 on Sunday, up 0.9% over 24 hours but… Read More
May 26: The company confirmed it had used its cash reserve to finance the bond repurchase. The transaction had reduced the fund to $871 million. The buyback reduced that reserve to roughly six months of STRC dividend coverage. The company had previously said the plan… Read More
Urbelis said he believes AI could eventually reshape the standard of care around smart contract development. Historically, teams could point to the cost and complexity of audits as a reason certain reviews were not performed. That argument becomes more difficult when sophisticated security analysis is… Read More
The largest cryptocurrencies remained under pressure for a fourth straight day, with bitcoin falling 2.5% in 24 hours to just below $62,400. It’s not alone. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) has dropped 3.3%, with ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL) all weaker. The CoinDesk… Read More
If approved, the ETFs could begin trading as early as September. While regulatory approval is not guaranteed, the filing signals growing institutional comfort with marrying traditional equities and cryptocurrency in regulated wrappers. These filings follow the recent debut of BlackRock’s Income ETF, which allows institutions… Read More
Charles Schwab is working with Cboe Global Markets to launch a new type of options contract that would allow customers to make yes-or-no wagers on the performance of the S&P 500, marking the brokerage’s first move into prediction markets, according to a Wall Street Journal… Read More
