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Ripple expands college sports push with XRP partnership at Florida

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The XRP logo will be featured on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, as well as across Florida Athletics’ digital properties and events.

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Anthony Armstrong, former CFO at Elon Musk’s xAI and X, joins Coinbase board

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Anthony Armstrong β€” no relation to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong β€” most recently served as CFO across xAI, X.AI Corp., and X Corp.

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Securitize and Socios team up to tokenize equity in pro sports teams

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
It's the first project launched through Securitize’s fully authorized European Trading & Settlement System under the EU DLT Pilot Regime.

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Wyoming expands Chainlink partnership with onchain reserve verification for FRNT

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Last month, Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission fully migrated FRNT from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP after a security review.

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NYSE parent ICE partners with tZERO on infrastructure for tokenized securities

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
tZERO will be a design partner for ICE’s upcoming tokenized securities platform, and ICE will also invest in tZERO’s latest financing round.

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Bitwise fund is first Solana ETF to hit $1 billion AUM

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (ticker BSOL) crossed $1 billion AUM on Friday, less than a year after its launch.

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Bybit launches 24/7 options on stock perpetuals, starting with SpaceX and Nvidia

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Beginning Sept. 17, Bybit users will be able to trade 24/7 options on SPCX and NVDA, with fractional lots and USDT settlement.

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DeFi Development Corp resumes Solana purchases, acquiring nearly 20,000 SOL

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
DFDV's return has been more than twice that of SOL in the month of August, while quarter-to-date, shares have outperformed SOL by 1.8x.

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PURR jumps 15% as Hyperliquid Strategies updates $1.9 billion HYPE treasury and β€˜fortress balance sheet’

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The company said it has since deployed $773.4 million to acquire about 16.5 million additional HYPE at an average cost of $46.77.

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Charles Schwab to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to crypto trading platform

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Schwab Crypto began rolling out to clients in May with direct access to BTC and ETH trading and charges 75 basis points per transaction.

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SOL treasury firm DeFi Development launches real-time β€˜State of Solana’ intelligence platform

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The Nasdaq-listed company holds roughly 2.3 million SOL worth about $208 million, while its shares have fallen 16% year to date.

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Galaxy expands retail crypto lending with new BTC, ETH and SOL-backed credit line

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The crypto-backed portfolio line of credit lets eligible GalaxyOne clients borrow cash against BTC, ETH & SOL without selling their holdings.

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Bitwise launches automated tokenized stock portfolios for Mag 7, AI and robotics themes

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The portfolios, powered by Coinbase and implemented through Glider, will initially target themes including the Mag 7 and AI.

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Hyperliquid Policy Center urges SEC, CFTC to harmonize rules for perpetual contracts

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The push comes as Hyperliquid's multi-asset perpetuals gain scale and draw scrutiny from traditional exchanges.

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XRP leads broad altcoin rally as bitcoin’s biggest weekly gain in two years lifts crypto

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Amid this week's crypto rally, HYPE is up nearly 40%, while other altcoins such as XRP, ZEC and LINK have risen over 30%.

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Bitcoin’s rally pushes past $72,000 as analysts see demand beyond historic short squeeze

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Analysts say the move is supported by spot and ETF demand, though BTC will need to hold above $70k to show the rally can outlast the squeeze.

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Bitcoin hits $69,000, ether jumps 10% as Treasury buybacks, SEC crypto proposal fuel market rally

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
The move triggered nearly $2 billion in crypto liquidations and lifted crypto-linked stocks, with Strategy and Bitmine gaining around 10%.

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Grayscale’s latest Zcash ETF amendment shows DCG in talks to contribute 200,000 ZEC to fund

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
While DCG is in discussions to contribute ~200,000 ZEC to the Grayscale fund, the potential transaction is nonbinding.

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Injective becomes SEC-registered transfer agent as it expands tokenization push

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Injective says the registration gives it a regulated way to keep track of who owns tokenized securities and how those assets change hands.

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Securitize brings Neuberger’s $230 billion fixed-income platform onchain with new tokenized fund

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
HINC will be available across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, as Securitize expands its push to bring fixed-income strategies onchain.

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US Treasury seeks public comment on GENIUS Act stablecoin rules

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Under the law, entities generally cannot issue payment stablecoins in the U.S. without obtaining an appropriate federal or state license.

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Securitize brings Neuberger’s $230 billion fixed-income platform onchain with new tokenized fund

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
HINC will be available across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui, as Securitize expands its push to bring fixed-income strategies onchain.

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US Treasury seeks public comment on GENIUS Act stablecoin rules

By: Jason Shubnell β€”
Under the law, entities generally cannot issue payment stablecoins in the U.S. without obtaining an appropriate federal or state license.

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Michael Saylor says he’s never sold his personal bitcoin after Strategy dumps more BTC

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Strategy Inc disclosed that it sold 1,638 bitcoin last week for $104.7 million, reducing its total holdings to 842,138 BTC.

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US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. had seized "nearly $500 million" in Iranian crypto assets.

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IREN stock surges as Nvidia backs AI expansion with warrants tied to 30 million shares

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Alongside the AI infrastructure expansion, Nvidia took warrants that may eventually convert into a $2.1 billion stake in IREN.

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FalconX and Sygnum partner to launch tokenized credit offering for institutional clients

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

FalconX’s facility extends credit through a special-purpose vehicle, backed by overcollateralized loans and monitored in real time.

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β€˜No longer a drill’: Google’s latest quantum breakthrough sparks fresh debate over Bitcoin’s long-term security

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Google researchers recently warned that quantum computing may break bitcoin earlier than originally thought.

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Block’s Square unit stands to gain most from Dorsey’s AI pivot, analysts say

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Block reported impressive financial results and guidance, illustrating building financial momentum, according to William Blair.

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Block Inc slashes 40% of its staff as Jack Dorsey pushes β€˜smaller, flatter’ AI strategy

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Block is reducing its staff from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000, Dorsey said in a note to the company.

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GD Culture to liquidate 7,500 bitcoin hoard for share repurchase as mNAV discount widens

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

GD's market cap-to-net asset value ratio (mNAV) sits around 0.5, one of the worst among corporate bitcoin holders.

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ProShares’ stablecoin-ready ETF generates record $17 billion in day-one trading volume

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

ProShares on Thursday launched a money market ETF designed to hold assets that qualify as reserves for dollar-backed stablecoins.

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MARA completes purchase of majority stake in French data center unit

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Last August, Bloomberg reported MARA would pay $168 million in cash to secure a 64% stake in Exaion from EDF Pulse Ventures.

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon reveals he owns β€˜very little’ amount of bitcoin

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

This is the first time Solomon has said he owns the cryptocurrency, something he previusly said could be "a store of value case."

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Anthony Scaramucci’s son buys Logan Paul’s previously tokenized Pokemon card for record $16 million

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

In April 2022, Logan Paul raised $8 million to launch Liquid Marketplace, a platform for tokenizing physical and digital collectibles.

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Coinbase’s Backstreet Boys-inspired Super Bowl ad divides viewers

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

As is the case with most Super Bowl commercials, Coinbase's latest spot was met with a mix of adoration and derision.

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IREN, CleanSpark shares continue selloff after missing revenue estimates

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Bitcoin miners IREN and Cleanspark reported quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, with both firms missing analysts' estimates.

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Dogecoin gets another ETF but Wall Street’s memecoin appetite remains muted

By: Sarah Wynn and Jason Shubnell β€”

A Dogecoin ETF is the latest addition to 21shares’ growing crypto lineup, marking another step in the memecoin’s push into traditional finance.

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Crypto lender Nexo inks inaugural sponsorship deal for Audi’s new F1 team

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

The Audi Revolut F1 Team announced Friday that crypto wealth platform Nexo will be its official digital asset partner.

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X users celebrate crackdown on β€˜plague’ of AI-led reply spam as InfoFi platforms seek alternatives

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

X is revising its developer API policies to no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on the social media platform.

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Kaito token plummets after X revises API policies to ban InfoFi crypto projects

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

InfoFi has led to a "tremendous amount of AI slop & reply spam" on the X platform, the firm's product lead said.

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β€˜Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s β€˜most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

The 2026 edition of the Golden Globes was broadcast Sunday night on CBS and featured several prediction markets from Polymarket.

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Morgan Stanley continues crypto push, plans wallet in the second half of 2026

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Morgan Stanley's head of wealth management told Barron's the firm plans to launch a proprietary digital wallet later this year.

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Trump-backed World Liberty Financial seeks US bank charter to bring USD1 stablecoin fully onshore

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

The DeFi protocol said WLTC Holdings LLC filed an application to establish a national trust bank purpose-built for stablecoin operations.

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Polymarket to provide prediction data to Wall Street Journal, Barron’s in Dow Jones deal

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Polymarket is also the exclusive prediction market partner for Yahoo Finance, while Kalshi is CNN's official partner.

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β€˜Shocker’: Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin and Solana ETF filings signal deep institutional commitment to crypto

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

One expert says this could nudge other major investment firms to launch in-house branded spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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Best and worst performing crypto stocks of 2025: BitMine, IREN and Robinhood lead as Strategy struggles

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Overall, the S&P 500 rose nearly 20% year-to-date while the price of bitcoin dropped around 4% in the same period.

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Bitcoin and ether surge on eve of FOMC decision fueling wave of liquidations

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

Total levered short liquidations exceeded $260 million over the past four hours, according to CoinGlass data.

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Bitwise’s first-ever crypto investment product gets uplisted to the NYSE Arca

By: Jason Shubnell β€”

"America’s first & largest crypto index fund β€” now in ETP format β€” is finally here," said Bitwise President Teddy Fusaro.

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