Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Crypto exchange OKX has closed an extension funding round at a flat $25 billion valuation, bringing in Circle, Ripple, SC Ventures and Qube Research & Technologies alongside its earlier Intercontinental Exchange investment
OKXICE LLC, the joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission of plans to launch a tokenized securities venue initially covering 63 NYSE-listed companies, aiming for nonstop trading through permissioned automated market makers
Prediction-market firm names former Amazon finance chief to lead capital strategy amid U.S. expansion and competition with Kalshi
Wallets tied to the Lazarus Group converted bitcoin into other assets on the decentralized platform in recent weeks, coinciding with efforts to bring it under US regulation
1789 Capital plans a $300 million commitment in the prediction market platform’s latest capital raise, lifting its value from roughly $15 billion
Intercontinental Exchange will collaborate with tZERO on transfer-agent and settlement systems for its planned NYSE-affiliated platform while investing in the firm and licensing its patents
LayerZero introduces ATLAS, a headless exchange system on its Zero blockchain that combines trading, clearing, settlement and risk management for crypto and institutional platforms, driving a sharp rise in its native token
Executives from major digital asset firms gather August 19 as CLARITY Act heads toward Senate procedural vote next month
Tokenized stock and commodity contracts generated $61.7 billion in weekly volume, reaching 99.2 percent of Bitcoin perpetual activity on Hyperliquid and Binance
Grayscale is in talks for a major seed investment in its proposed Hyperliquid staking ETF, marking another step in the growing institutional interest in the on-chain derivatives platform
