Story Protocol launches $360M IP token reserve with Nasdaq-listed Heritage Distilling Company
Heritage Distilling to hold $360M in Story Protocol’s IP tokens, becoming the first Nasdaq-listed firm to adopt a blockchain IP asset as reserves. Heritage Distilling Holding Company (Nasdaq: CASK) will become the first U.S.-listed firm to adopt Story Protocol’s (IP)…...
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Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Plans to Raise $1.5 Billion
The Trump-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial is looking to raise $1.5 billion through a mix of digital assets and traditional capital. Internal documents suggest the deal involves a strategic partnership with ALT5 Sigma, a publicly traded blockchain company. It’s a hefty target and one that could reshape how...
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Stripe Is Quietly Building a Payments-Focused Blockchain
Stripe is working on a new blockchain called Tempo. It is designed to process payments quickly and is being developed with the backing of crypto investment firm Paradigm. The project is still early, with only a handful of people working on it. The existence of Tempo came to light...
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Ether profit taking on the rise as ETH tiptoes near $4.3K
Ether short-term holders are ramping up their profit taking as the price of ETH has climbed 43% in the past month....
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Jeff Bezos’s Company Opens Space Tourism To Bitcoin Payments – Here’s How to Book Your Rocket Ride
Space tourists can now use cryptocurrency to book their extraterrestrial trips on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, thanks to a partnership with Payment processing company Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE:FOUR) announced on Monday. FOUR shares are exploding to the upside. Monitor the movement here. Crypto To The Moon! Payment processing company Shift4 Payments,...
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Ethena (ENA) Price Jumps 150% In A Month as TVL Hits $10B And Golden Cross Fuels Bullish Outlook
Ethena (ENA) has experienced notable growth in the cryptocurrency market, recording a 150% increase over the past 30 days and rising by 40% during the previous week. The explosive growth coincides with the protocol’s Total Value Locked (TVL) surpassing $10 billion for the first time, driven by surging adoption...
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Ethereum Flips Bitcoin In Year-To-Date Gains: What’s Fueling The Second-Largest Crypto’s Rise?
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) flipped elder sibling Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in year-to-date gains Monday, as institutional interest fuels a sharp spike in the second-largest cryptocurrency. ETH On A Tear As of this writing. Ethereum was up over 28.21% since the beginning of the year, surpassing Bitcoin’s returns of 27.40%. ETH...
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Stripe to develop layer 1 payments blockchain with Paradigm
Stripe is quietly building a new payments-focused blockchain called Tempo, developed in partnership with venture capital firm Paradigm. According to an Aug. 11 report from Fortune, the project surfaced through a now-removed job posting on the Blockchain Association’s career site,…...
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Crypto Dominates ETF Rankings, Claims Half of Top 20 ‘Newcomer’ Spots
Crypto-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now make up 10 of the top 20 ETFs in the overall market, launched since the beginning of 2024. This has come against a backdrop of good performance for these investment products so far in 2025. ETF Leaderboard According to an August 10 X post...
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Crypto Funds See $572M Comeback as US Opens 401(k)s to Digital Assets
Crypto asset investment products recorded net inflows last week, reversing two consecutive weeks of outflows, according to the latest data from CoinShares. The report showed that total inflows reached $572 million, with activity influenced by both macroeconomic data and regulatory developments. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, noted...
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