Texas refuses to sell as its $10 million Bitcoin bet sinks to $6.6 million
The state reserve is separately tied to IBIT, while the filing names neither the owning portfolio nor a reliable dollar value.
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The 'long bitcoin, short the bankers' era is officially over as TradFi giants embrace digital assets
Financial firms are partnering with specialists to build infrastructure, blurring lines between traditional and decentralized finance into a unified sector.
RLUSD anchors former Ripple staffer’s new XRPL startup
A former Ripple staffer says an unnamed XRP Ledger startup will use RLUSD rails, avoid a new token and reveal more details in September.
Cardano Dijkstra targets 2026 Leios, 2027 Peras rollout
Cardano’s Dijkstra roadmap targets Linear Leios in Phase 1 around Q4 2026, with Peras planned through a separate hard fork in Q2 2027.
Harvard holds $101M Bitcoin ETF stake steady in Q2
Harvard kept 3.04 million BlackRock IBIT shares unchanged in Q2, ending two quarters of selling as Abu Dhabi funds also held steady.
Peter Thiel’s Second-Biggest Bet is Not a Tech Stock Anymore
Thiel Macro put $76 million into Vista Energy, making the Argentine oil producer its second-largest position after Amazon.
Ethereum devs to narrow 66 proposals tied to Hegotá upgrade
The Hegotá upgrade aims to introduce more native privacy for Ethereum applications.
Payward Q2 revenue hits $508M as EBITDA falls
Kraken parent Payward posted $508M in Q2 adjusted revenue, up 17%, while adjusted EBITDA fell to $23M as transaction volume declined.
Wall Street finally turned staking into a dividend, now Ethereum and Solana want to shrink it
Grayscale's July 17 SEC filings said its Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs would convert staking rewards to cash and distribute them to shareholders at least quarterly, with the changes expected around Aug. 7. Solana and Ethereum are each weighing protocol…
XRP price rebounds above $1 as Peter Brandt favors Bitcoin
XRP briefly fell below $1 before rebounding as Peter Brandt said he would convert a hypothetical 500,000 XRP position directly into Bitcoin.
Solana reaches XRP Ledger DEX with issuer warning
Solana is now tradable on XRP Ledger’s native DEX through Axelar, with users warned to verify the issuer address before swapping wrapped SOL.
Ripple (XRP) ETFs Remain in the Green, But the Actual Inflows Tell a Different Story
The big elephant in the XRP ETF room is back.