Blockchain-based lending protocol Morpho said it raised $175 million in a funding round co-led by Paradigm, a16z crypto and Ribbit Capital, as investors bet that credit markets will increasingly move onchain. The round also included Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, VanEck and Ledger Cathay, according to… Read More
Tech-focused asset manager ARK Invest said it will start using Kalshi’s prediction market data to improve how it makes its investment decisions, one of the latest cases demonstrating the broader value of prediction market data beyond trading. According to a statement from Kalshi, ARK will… Read More
For much of crypto’s history, the primary use case has been simple: buying tokens and trading them. Now, some investors and builders believe the industry may be moving toward a different model altogether: earning crypto instead of buying it. One version of that idea is… Read More
Bitcoin BTC$68,027.17 is firmly in the deepest phase of the bear market and the pain may worsen, according to CK Zheng, founder of crypto investment firm ZX Squared Capital. “Bitcoin’s price is convincingly in deep bear market territory now. We expect a further 30% price… Read More
Two of Abu Dhabi’s major investment firms increased their exposure to bitcoin BTC$66,939.80 in the fourth quarter of 2025, buying into BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF as the market fell, according to recent regulatory filings. Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign wealth fund backed by the Abu… Read More
BlackRock, the world-wide largest asset manager, on Wednesday said it will make shares of its tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, tradable on Uniswap, marking the asset manager’s first step into decentralized finance (DeFi). As part of the move, BlackRock also disclosed a strategic investment in… Read More
