Firelight raises $8 million, expands beyond XRP as it aims to make DeFi less scary for fintechs
The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by…
Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin consolidates near $78,000 as Arbitrum surges 30% on Robinhood Chain revenue
BTC drifted lower after last week's rally to $81,428, while ARB led DeFi gains as Robinhood Chain's daily fees topped $2 million. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs resume buying as ether funds stretch streak to 11 days
The bitcoin funds took $217 million Monday, one session after an outflow ended their nineday run. Ether ETFs have not posted a red day since midAugust.…
Bitcoin steady above $78,000, HYPE leads as majors slip on hawkish Fed bets
Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August's 24% run.…
Mystery surrounds why an OG burned $1M in Bitcoin
The million dollar question is what prompted a Bitcoin OG to send 20 BTC to a custodian, retrieve it back, and then deliberately burn it? Source:Cointelegraph
Bitmine makes largest ether purchase since June as Tom Lee points to crypto's strong Q3
Company Chairman Lee said crypto’s recent outperformance could draw more institutional investors. Source:CoinDesk
Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $370 million of BTC last week
It's the first week of bitcoin purchases for the Michael Saylorled company in about two months. Source:CoinDesk
Robinhood Chain beats Ethereum in daily revenue as memecoin trading takes over
The twomonthold network processed a record 5.52 million transactions on Aug. 30 as users launched 22,600 tokens and memecoin trading tools drove most of the…
Sberbank plans to add ether and USDT as collateral for crypto-backed loans: Report
The Bank of Russia recently included ETH and USDT in a draft list of cryptocurrencies approved for public trading on Russian exchanges. Source:CoinDesk
Zcash private transactions could go from three-second waits to under 200 milliseconds
Zakura says a new cryptography stack makes mobile proof generation more than 14 times faster, removing one of the biggest delays users face when sending…
Bitcoin barely blinks as U.S. hits Iran, sending oil higher and stocks lower
BTC remains August's bestperforming asset after the latest escalation in geopolitical tensions. Source:CoinDesk