Bitmine has strengthened expectations for a potential stock rally after Chairman Tom Lee highlighted the company’s chances of joining the Russell 1000 index ahead of the benchmark’s latest reconstitution update. Summary Tom Lee said Bitmine could join the Russell 1000, potentially attracting fresh institutional buying demand. Bitmine holds 4.72 million ETH worth about $8.1 billion,
Moody’s Ratings is rolling out its credit ratings to Solana (SOL), allowing issuers of tokenized bonds and other fixed-income securities to embed the firm’s assessments directly into blockchain-based assets. The move, announced Wednesday in partnership with Solana-focused tokenization specialist Alphaledger, expands Moody’s Token Integration Engine (TIE) to a major public blockchain after its first deployment
Wall Street expectations for future Federal Reserve tightening have increased sharply, with Citadel Securities now warning that policymakers could begin raising interest rates again as early as September 2026. Summary Citadel Securities expects the Fed could begin raising interest rates again as early as September 2026. The firm cites persistent inflation, strong labor markets, and
Oman has taken one of the most direct steps by any government to bring bitcoin mining under formal state oversight, launching a mandatory national mining pool that licensed operators across the sultanate are required to join. The pool, Omanhash.com, was launched by Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and will run in cooperation
Pavel Durov’s seven-step plan to rebuild Gram around Telegram is four steps in. The speed upgrade, the fee cut, the validator takeover, and the rename have all shipped. Here is what each one did, and what the three undisclosed steps might be. Summary Pavel Durov’s seven step MTONGA roadmap has completed four milestones, including a
Illinois Governor Pritzker signed a 0.2% digital asset tax targeting crypto exchanges, transfers, and custody, with no equivalent for stocks. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed Article 3 of SB 3019, the Digital Asset Privilege Tax Act, into law. The legislation imposes a 0.2% tax on digital asset exchange, transfer, and custody activities. Illinois residents
Cardano has moved closer to its next network upgrade after the van Rossem hard fork initiation governance action was submitted on mainnet. Summary Cardano’s van Rossem hard fork action reached mainnet governance for Protocol Version 11 review now. The intra-era upgrade adds features while preparing Cardano’s Dijkstra era and future Leios mainnet rollout. The hard
Bitcoin has led a renewed risk-off move across crypto, breaking decisively below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025 and marking the deepest drawdown of the current cycle at nearly 40 percent from the October peak. Thin weekend liquidity accelerated the sell-off, triggering a $2.5 billion liquidation wave dominated by long positions, while US
A spot Litecoin ETF is trading, Litecoin is a commodity by law, and the price sits at $44, down 89% from its peak. The gap between the regulatory milestone and the dead-flat chart is the most important lesson of the coming altcoin ETF wave. Summary The Litecoin ETF proves access alone does not create demand.
BitGo Singapore and dtcpay have formed a partnership to support secure digital asset payment infrastructure across global markets. Summary BitGo Singapore will support dtcpay’s digital asset payment network with regulated infrastructure and custody tools. dtcpay plans to use the partnership to improve security, operations, and global payment network scale. The deal follows dtcpay’s stablecoin shift
