Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has been named the 2026 Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California. Summary Brad Garlinghouse received Harvard’s 2026 Business Leader of the Year award in San Francisco this week. Harvard praised Garlinghouse for scaling Ripple while keeping focus on the company’s long-term business vision.
In 2025, Bitfinex Securities advanced its mission to democratise access to high-quality financial investments through regulated tokenisation. While many other platforms have talked up the potential of tokenising stocks or unlisted equity, our focus has been on helping issuers who do not traditionally have access to capital markets raise money; and to help investors find
More than one in three US crypto traders have cut everyday spending due to current market conditions, according to a new CEX.IO survey. Summary CEX.IO found 36% of US crypto traders reduced daily spending due to current market conditions. About 37% delayed or cancelled purchases, including homes, cars, and renovation plans amid crypto losses. Despite
Strategy holds 780,897 BTC valued at over $59Bn. The BlackRock crypto IBIT fund holds 798,026 BTC. That gap, roughly 17,000 coins, could close this week. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is how the mechanics actually work: Strategy has been selling a financial instrument called STRC to raise cash, then deploying that cash directly
Pi Network will sponsor Consensus 2026 in Miami, placing the project before blockchain builders, investors, and policy figures. Summary Pi Network will sponsor Consensus 2026 in Miami, with both founders scheduled to speak. Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis will address AI, Web3, and online identity verification. Protocol 22 and Protocol 23 upgrades could support smart
The crypto market structure bill has not made much public movement in a month. While making a prognosis on the bill is difficult, it’s not hard to see that the clock for passage is running out. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to
Pi Network’s PI (PI) token recovered over the weekend as several altcoins moved higher. PI rose more than 5% in 24 hours and traded above $0.18. Summary PI token gained over 5% in 24 hours, trading above $0.18 during weekend recovery move. Bitcoin briefly touched $78,200 before settling near $78,000 after several days of rangebound
Fold Holdings has launched a new Bitcoin Bonus Program that lets employers offer recurring bitcoin-denominated bonuses without changing payroll systems, positioning it as the first product under its new Fold Business platform. Employers set bonus amounts in dollars on their normal payroll schedule, while Fold handles conversion to bitcoin, custody, vesting and delivery through the
Spot XRP ETFs recorded a new all-time high in cumulative net inflows after investor demand returned in April. Summary Spot XRP ETFs reached $1.29 billion in cumulative inflows after April demand returned strongly again. XRP stayed near $1.43 despite fresh ETF inflows and renewed investor demand this week recently. Nearly 35 million XRP left exchanges,
Michael Saylor has hinted at another Strategy Bitcoin purchase ahead of the company’s expected Monday update. Summary Saylor hinted at another Bitcoin purchase after Strategy raised holdings to 815,061 BTC last week. Analysts expect a smaller buy because MSTR share issuance paused while shares traded below par. Strategy still has ATM capacity, but funding conditions
