Why Did Empery Sell Part of Its Bitcoin Treasury? Empery Digital sold 1,400 bitcoins for about $87.1 million over the past 2 months, using part of the proceeds to shift capital toward AI infrastructure, debt repayment, and legal expenses. The Nasdaq-listed company said it sold the bitcoins at an average price of $62,200 since May
Why Is Hyundai Testing Stablecoins for Internal Payments? Hyundai has moved a stablecoin-based internal remittance system into production readiness on the Avalanche blockchain, marking one of the clearest enterprise uses of stablecoins for cross-border treasury management by a major industrial company. The system is designed for internal transfers between Hyundai entities rather than customer payments
Why Did Crypto ETFs Turn Positive Again? U.S. spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds returned to weekly net inflows for the first time since early May, collecting a combined $281.8 million over the five trading days ending Friday. Spot bitcoin ETFs drew about $197.4 million for the week, ending a record eight-week outflow streak that
Why Is Ethereum Using AI Agents for Security Testing? Developers at the Ethereum Foundation recently used AI agents to test the software that Ethereum runs on, part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the largest blockchain by value locked. The exercise found real bugs, but it also showed a harder problem for protocol security teams:
Why Did Ripple Consider Closing the Company? Ripple came close to shutting down rather than fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency sued the company in 2020, Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse said this week. Speaking at the University of Kansas School of Business, Garlinghouse said he and co-founder Chris Larsen seriously considered
Why Is Kraken Rebuilding Its Trading App Around AI? Kraken is planning to relaunch its mobile app with agentic trading features at the center of the user experience, making it the latest crypto exchange to move artificial intelligence from a support function into the trading workflow itself. The planned system will include autonomous AI agents
Why Is Backpack Moving Into Tokenized Equities? Crypto exchange Backpack has launched 24/7 trading for select tokenized US equities, giving international investors access to stocks including SpaceX, Micron, and SanDisk outside traditional market hours. The launch puts Backpack into one of the fastest-growing areas of onchain real-world assets: tokenized equities. These products are designed to
Why Is the DOJ Moving to Drop the BitClub Case? The U.S. Department of Justice is planning to drop charges against Matthew Goettsche, the alleged ringleader of the BitClub Network Ponzi scheme, after a years-long prosecution tied to one of the largest crypto fraud cases from the last cycle. Goettsche was credited with creating BitClub
Why Is CRYL Entering Bitcoin-Backed Lending? Japanese lender CRYL has launched Bitcoin-backed loans of up to 1 billion yen, or about $6.2 million, giving individuals and businesses a way to raise fiat currency without selling their BTC. The product allows borrowers to access between $6,200 and $6.2 million at annual interest rates of 3.5% to
Why Is a Digital Dollar Ban Inside a Housing Bill? A bipartisan housing bill that includes a temporary ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency is set to become law without President Donald Trump’s signature, placing digital dollar policy inside one of the year’s most unusual legislative outcomes. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing