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- 3 Things Investors Need to Know About World Liberty Financial Key Points World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI), a crypto platform promoted by the Trump family, began trading on Sept. 1. It now has a market cap of close to $5 billion, down more than 20% since its debut. The combination of big-name backers and volatility creates a tempting narrative for investors who like bold brands and exposure to risk. But this asset has a complex token structure that concentrates control, embeds unusual tokenomics, and carries an ethical overhang that will not be settled by a price chart. Here are three things that you need to know. 1. What World Liberty Financial is and what it does World Liberty Financial's crypto began life as a...

- IREN appoints Anthony Lewis as CFO after major earnings beat IREN announced in a company press release that Anthony Lewis would succeed Belinda Nucifora after the latter’s 3.5-year tenure as CFO. Lewis, who joined IREN in July 2025 as Chief Capital Officer, will continue to lead the company’s capital markets strategy and financing activities while assuming full responsibility for financial operations, reporting, and strategic planning. Prior to IREN, Lewis spent 22 years at Macquarie Group, most recently as Co-Treasurer overseeing global funding, liquidity, capital management, and regulatory reporting. His appointment comes as IREN advances its AI Cloud expansion, scaling up to 10,900 NVIDIA GPUs, and maintains roughly 50 EH/s of...

- DeFi Platform Nemo Protocol Exploited for $2.4 Million in Hack Nemo Protocol, a DeFi platform built on the Sui blockchain, was hacked for $2.4 million, as reported by blockchain security firm PeckShield. The attack occurred just before scheduled maintenance on the platform. In a statement, Nemo Protocol mentioned a “security incident” affecting its market pool and noted the suspension of smart contract activities while investigations are underway. The incident is part of a wider crisis in crypto security this year. Chainalysis’ 2025 Crypto Crime Mid-Year Update indicates hackers have stolen more than $2.17 billion from cryptocurrency services in just the first half of the year, already surpassing the total thefts of 2024. A...

- The CEO of a $100 Billion Asset Management Company Thinks Bitcoin Could Go to $400,000. Here's What You Need to Know Key Points On Aug. 30, Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, a major investment management company, said that if Bitcoin reaches half the total value of gold, it would hit $400,000. He considers Bitcoin a scarce asset resembling digital gold, anticipating a steady demand. In simpler terms, if supply tightens and more consistent buyers keep entering the market, the path for Bitcoin seems upward. Here's further insight into van Eck's perspective and why his opinion on this topic is significant. Why this call matters When an asset manager with over $100 billion in assets mentions a $400,000 price for Bitcoin, two questions...

- Hong Kong's HashKey Unveils $500 Million Digital Asset Treasury Push HashKey Group, a Hong Kong-based digital asset financial services firm, has announced plans to launch Asia’s largest multi-currency vehicle for bridging traditional finance and crypto. The firm said the fund would serve as an “institutional bridge between traditional financial capital and on-chain assets,” with a raise targeted to exceed $500 million for the first phase. Structured as a perpetual vehicle, the DAT fund allows ongoing subscriptions and redemptions while channeling capital into both assets and ecosystem development. HashKey said the model gives institutions a compliant way to participate in crypto markets and also directs resources toward public...

- Bullish, the Peter Thiel–backed crypto exchange, is stepping into the ring. With a $3.5 billion war chest in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins, plus $1 billion in proceeds from its public float, Bullish is emerging as Coinbase’s most serious challenger in the institutional crypto market. That’s according to new research from wealth management firm Bernstein, which initiated coverage of Bullish stock with a “Market Perform” rating and a $60 price target, implying a 15% upside from Friday’s close. The prediction hinges on one thing: whether or not Bullish will successfully launch its US business by the end of 2026, Bernstein said. While the company successfully closed a $1 billion initial public offering at the New York Stock...

- 3 Reasons to Buy Solana before Oct. 16 Key Points It's often a good idea to position yourself in an asset before a major catalyst that could send its price skyward. Oct. 16 could be one of those dates for Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), because on that day, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to issue a final decision on whether to list several Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The setup here is familiar; spot Bitcoin and Ethereum snapped into the distribution pipes of brokerages, advisors, and retirement accounts shortly after their listing was approved, drawing sizable inflows and significantly bolstering their legitimacy as assets. So, let's examine three reasons that investors may want to buy Solana before the SEC...

- The more an asset matures, the less it acts like a lottery ticket -- for better and for worse. For most investors, who prefer compounding to coin flips, it's a good change. The catch with Bitcoin is that its spectacular past gains are easy to remember, and they have set expectations unrealistically high. There's some solid evidence suggesting the coin's returns are compressing over time. But does that mean it's too late to buy it for the purpose of long-term holding? Multiple compression is real Based on information compiled by BitBo, a cryptocurrency data service, with each four-year halving era, Bitcoin's returns -- as measured by the multiple that investors earned from an investment based on historical data -- have declined...

- XRP and SOL Signal Bullish Strength While Traders Hedge For Downside in Bitcoin and Ether Options data from Deribit reveals a striking divergence in sentiment for major cryptocurrencies, with bullish positioning in XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL) contrasting with lingering downside fears in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). As of the time of writing, XRP call options or bullish bets were pricier than puts across all tenors, according to data source Amberdata. Notably, the December expiry calls traded at a premium of 6 volatility points to puts, indicating a bias for a year-end rally. XRP, the payments-focused cryptocurrency, is the third-largest by market value. SOL options also exhibited bullishness, with December calls trading at a...

- Dogecoin posted a controlled rise within a tight intraday band, with buyers repeatedly defending the $0.213–$0.214 area and sellers leaning into the $0.220–$0.221 zone. Momentum improved on rebounds where volume rose above session norms, but late momentum fades kept price pinned just below resistance into the close. News Background Price Action Summary Technical Analysis What Traders Are Watching This article has been published in finance.yahoo.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/doge-price-action-builds-higher-052122658.html

- Metaplanet Acquires 136 More Bitcoin as It Races Toward 2026 Target Metaplanet Inc. announced on Monday that it has purchased an additional 136 BTC for approximately $15.2 million as it pushes toward its target of accumulating 30,000 BTC by the end of 2025 and 100,000 BTC by 2026. The Tokyo-listed investment firm paid an average of $111,666( ¥16.55 million) per Bitcoin in its latest acquisition, according to the filing. The latest purchase pushes Metaplanet's Bitcoin investment to $2.08 billion (¥304.6 billion) at an average cost of $103,196 (¥15.1 million) per coin, bringing total holdings to 20,136 BTC, making it the sixth-largest public corporate holder of the world’s biggest crypto. With current holdings of 20,136 BTC...

- Hyperliquid Validators to Decide USDH Ticker in First Governance Test Following Pushback Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange and Layer-1 chain, is slated to place the USDH ticker through a validator vote this month, testing the role of onchain governance in shaping its stablecoin strategy. In an update posted Sunday to clarify guidelines, the team behind Hyperliquid said the vote concerns only the ticker and does not grant USDH “any special privileges by nature of its ticker name,” adding that USDH “will be only one of many such stablecoins” for its chain. USDH is the project’s proposed native U.S. dollar stablecoin, intended to serve as an alternative to bridged assets like USDC. The proposal deadline is September 10 at 10:00...

- Solo Bitcoin Miner Gets Lucky, Scores $347K in BTC A lucky solo Bitcoin miner has successfully mined a block worth over $347,000 on the world's most competitive crypto network. On Sunday, an independent miner successfully processed block 913,632 using Solo CKPool, earning a total reward of 3.13 BTC valued at $347,872. The block contained 593 transactions totaling 473.61 BTC worth $52.6 million, with an average transaction size of 0.7987 BTC, according to blockchain explorer. The miner's reward included the standard base reward of 3.125 BTC plus an additional 0.0042 BTC in transaction fees. Solo CKPool is a mining service that allows individual miners to participate in Bitcoin mining without operating their own full Bitcoin node...

- HashKey Group will launch its inaugural Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) focused fund with an initial target size of $500 million, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange said on Monday. The multi-currency fund's DAT strategy refers to public companies accumulating cryptocurrency assets to capitalize on higher token prices and a softening regulatory environment. The strategy's popularity surged this year as many companies seek to replicate the success of U.S.-based Strategy, a software company that began accumulating bitcoin in 2020 and holds more than $63 billion in cryptocurrency as of June. Strategy copycats have increased their bitcoin holdings to nearly 100,000 bitcoin collectively, according to Standard Chartered. Through...

- Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Treasury Demand is Weakening, CryptoQuant Cautions Good Morning, Asia. Here's what's making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. Bitcoin treasury companies were the talk of the town during the recent BTC Asia conference in Hong Kong, and onchain data shows they hold more than ever in their virtual coffers, but a new report from CryptoQuant highlights that they are being a bit more cautious in their crypto buys. CryptoQuant data shows aggregate BTC treasury holdings hit 840,000 BTC this year, led by Strategy with 637,000 BTC. Yet the average purchase size has collapsed: Strategy bought just...

- Dogecoin Leads Altcoin Rally as XRP, Tron and Solana Rise Altcoins are starting to rise, with Dogecoin leading the weekend rally among the top ten altcoins, following muted price movements last week from Bitcoin. Dogecoin is currently trading at $0.22 following a 5.1% jump in the past 24 hours. TRON has a modest gain of 2.4% while XRP is up 2% in the same period, CoinGecko data shows. The crypto markets, including Dogecoin and TRON, are up after an “overreaction” to Friday’s U.S. unemployment numbers, Stephen Gregory, founder of crypto trading platform Vtrader, told Decrypt, who believes that an “alt-season is brewing” despite the recent sell-off. While the macroeconomic outlook was a main driver and set the tone for both the...

- El Salvador Scoops Another 21 BTC for Nation's Bitcoin Day, Holdings Top $700M El Salvador continues to stack sats. On Sunday, President Nayib Bukele confirmed the country’s Bitcoin Office has purchased 21 BTC to mark the fourth anniversary of the country’s Bitcoin legal tender law. The buy is a symbolic nod to Bitcoin’s 21 million coin supply cap and continues the government’s reserve-building strategy despite tensions with international lenders. Since March of last year, the smallest country in mainland Central America has continued to buy up 1 BTC per day, data shows. According to the government's own figures and blockchain data, the country now holds 6,313.18 BTC, valued at about $701 million. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law...

- Ethereum recently surged to an all-time high price just shy of $5,000, finally breaking its long-standing record from 2021. And if you’re keen on racking up as much ETH as you can while it’s hot, then here’s another method you might not have considered: playing games. Much like with Bitcoin, a number of free mobile games pay out real ETH rewards. Games like Ethereum Blast, Word Breeze, and even Bitcoin Solitaire are built on the Bling Financial platform, letting players earn points that can be converted to Ethereum or Bitcoin, with ETH available to withdraw to a Coinbase account. Keep your expectations in check: The amount of ETH you’ll earn typically averages out to pennies’ worth per hour, and you’ll watch a lot of ads between...

- Key Points The XRP (Ripple) (CRYPTO: XRP) investor community is celebrating some juicy rumors these days. Near the end of August, several crypto news sources said that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) was running test transactions using XRP and Hedera (CRYPTO: HBAR) tokens. That could be fantastic news for XRP owners. The SWIFT system handles about $190 trillion of international money transfers per year. Collecting just a tiny transaction fee for even a small portion of that massive business pie would add a ton of value to the XRP ecosystem. But it's not all roses and rainbows. This week, SWIFT and Ripple representatives have been duking it out over social media channels. Coming so soon...

- Robert Kiyosaki’s Hottest Take on Investing — Is He Right? Robert Kiyosaki — best known for writing “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” — has had some spicy takes on social media when it comes to finances. One of his hottest? Bitcoin has made it incredibly easy to become rich. Kiyosaki posted on X earlier this year, in part saying: “I cannot believe how easy Bitcoin has made getting rich… so easy. Why everyone is not buying and holding Bitcoin is beyond me.” So, is it that simple? Should we all buy Bitcoin and plan on retiring early? Here’s what financial experts had to say. Bitcoin Does Offer Unprecedented Access Patrick Gruhn, the founder of Perpetuals.com, said Kiyosaki’s take has merit because there has never been a currency that has this...