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- Crypto exchange Gemini reveals lower revenue and wider loss in US IPO filing Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini said its revenue fell and its loss widened in the first six months of 2025, according to its regulatory filing for a U.S. IPO made public on Friday, as it joins a wave of digital asset companies seeking to tap public markets. Terms of the offering were not disclosed. The company reported a net loss of $282.5 million on a total revenue of $68.6 million in the six months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $41.4 million on a revenue of $74.3 million a year earlier. Activity in the U.S. IPO market has rebounded in recent months following a slowdown earlier in the year, caused by uncertainty over trade policy changes...

- The Federal Reserve Board announced it will sunset its “novel activities” supervision program and return to monitoring banks’ crypto-asset and fintech activities through the normal supervisory process. In its Aug. 15 update, the Board said the move reflects “a strengthened understanding of those activities, related risks, and bank risk management practices.” With that, it is rescinding its 2023 supervisory letter that created the program. The letter stated: On Aug. 8, 2023, the board established the Novel Activities Supervision Program “to enhance the supervision of novel activities conducted by banking organizations supervised by the Federal Reserve.” The focus was on crypto-asset custody, crypto-collateralized lending...

- To invest or not to invest? For more than 15 years, that’s been the question to ask about bitcoin. Is it stable? Has the cryptocurrency hit its ceiling, or is there more room for growth? We asked financial experts how much bitcoin, if any, you should hold in 2026 and the role it might play in a diversified portfolio. Portfolio Ranges Most investors we spoke with agreed that investing in bitcoin is not for the risk-averse. “If an investor is comfortable with the volatility and risk of loss, 3% to 5% of exposure is a common starting point,” said Breanna Seech, senior wealth advisor at Mariner Wealth Advisors. “Adding 3% to 5% of investable assets ensures you participate in the upside, but doesn’t put someone at risk of irreparable...

- Traders Squeeze Some Meme-Stock Juice Out of the Week's Final Session Why not end the week with some meme-stock action? That seems to be what's going on with shares of Opendoor (OPEN), which were recently up about 11%. The company announced that its CEO and chair would step down, to be replaced on an interim basis by its chief technology and product officer, while a search for a replacement is underway. The news propelled shares of the online home-buying company to levels that, at intraday highs, were the highest since July 22. Enthusiasm from meme-stock traders, encouraged by a highly bullish money manager, has spurred activity in the stock, alongside a general willingness among traders to venture into riskier areas of the market...

- XRP’s volatile week took another twist after a sharp intraday selloff wiped 7% off its price in just 15 minutes — before bouncing back above key support levels. The token is now trading at $3.06, down 1.8% in the past 24 hours, with a market cap of $181.6 billion. According to data, more than $389 million in leveraged positions were liquidated across the crypto market during the sudden drop, which traders are calling a liquidity sweep rather than a fundamental selloff. In a post seen by The Street Roundtable, a pseudonymous analyst known as “ChartRider” told members in a Discord chat the price action was “short-term pain setting up for long-term fireworks.” He warned that XRP could still retest the $2.96 to $2.91 zone before...

- Chainlink (LINKUSD) is a blockchain network that was created to solve the “blockchain oracle” problem, which is the inability of blockchains to access external, real-world data. Chainlink's niche gives it an indispensable use case, and it has climbed to become the 12th-largest crypto project by market capitalization today. The protocol is undeniably useful, but its native token, LINK, has been a receipt rather than a necessity. Node operators are paid in LINK, but that single use was not a value driver, and it has underperformed other cryptos like Bitcoin (BTCUSD) significantly since 2021. Things have changed significantly in recent years. Chainlink rolled out staking in 2022, and holders can now stake tokens to back node...

- Russia has quietly developed a crypto-fueled network of payments systems that's helped it evade Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine. That assessment comes from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, which said it believes Russia had created a "shadow crypto economy" in the years following its invasion of Ukraine in order to sidestep financial punishment by the US and its allies. The Role of A7A5 Token The report highlighted one crypto token in particular tied to Russian businesses trying to trade under the radar. The coin, called A7A5, has been used to process over $51.1 billion worth of transactions from the time it was issued through the end of July, per Chainalysis data. The crypto, which is backed by the Russian ruble...

- J.P. Morgan analysts issue bullish verdict on Ethereum’s rally J.P. Morgan analysts described Ethereum as one of the most direct ways to benefit from the rapid growth of stablecoins. “We think Ether is emerging as a direct way to gain exposure to the expected meteoric growth in stablecoins as the Ethereum network hosts most of these stablecoin assets,” the analysts said in an August 14 client note. Stablecoins are dollar-pegged digital tokens like USDT and USDC — have become a bedrock of crypto transactions, with more than $264 billion in total market capitalization. Ethereum remains the dominant network for these assets, powering a significant share of their transaction volume. Data shows Ethereum-based stablecoins processed...

- Here's Why UP Fintech Holding Limited (TIGR) is a Great Momentum Stock to Buy Momentum investing is all about the idea of following a stock's recent trend, which can be in either direction. In the "long context," investors will essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." And for investors following this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving in that direction. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades. Even though momentum is a popular stock characteristic, it can be tough to define. Debate surrounding which are the best and worst metrics to focus on is...

- SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins is speaking today on Project Crypto, an initiative aimed at exploring regulatory frameworks and market structures for digital assets. The discussion covered potential guidelines for token issuance, investor protection, and how blockchain innovation can coexist with existing securities laws. Atkins, a long-time proponent of balanced regulation, may also address industry concerns over compliance costs and innovation bottlenecks. Atkins: SEC will not stand by while innovation moves overseas “It [Project Crypto] is to modernize rules and regulations, enabling America’s financial markets to move on chain and make America the crypto capital of the world,” SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said. “The SEC will not stand...

- Fed to Scrap Program Devoted to Policing Banks on Crypto, Fintech Activities WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve announced on Friday it was scrapping a so-called "novel activities" supervision program it created to specifically police banks on their crypto and fintech activities, and instead will integrate that work into its regular bank oversight. The Fed launched the new program in 2023 as a way to focus on how banks interact with those emerging technologies. But the central bank said it was no longer needed as the Fed has strengthened its understanding of those risks and how banks manage them. This article has been published in reuters.com via Yahoo News...

- Bitcoin’s got everything going for it right now. The top cryptocurrency broke another record on Thursday and analysts are already anticipating that it won’t be long until it hits another all-time high. Researchers at wealth management firm Bernstein, crypto index fund manager Bitwise, and UK bank Standard Chartered have all predicted that the price will hit $200,000 before the end of the year. Arthur Hayes, a seasoned trader and crypto exchange BitMEX founder, has predicted that Bitcoin will rise as high as $250,000 this year. There’s no shortage of bullish signals to support that optimism. Lawmakers in the US are rushing to introduce crypto regulations, exchange-traded funds are scooping up cryptocurrencies, and the Federal...

- HOOD's July 2025 DARTs Jump: Is Product Suite Expansion Paying Off? For July, Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) reported an increase in equity, options, and crypto Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) from the year-ago period. Equity DARTs in July were 2.7 million, surging 29% from the prior-year quarter. Further, Options DARTs rose 22% year over year to 1.1 million, while crypto DARTs soared 133% to 0.7 million. The data reflect that Robinhood’s efforts to become a leader in the active trader market have started bearing fruit. The company has been diversifying its offerings to capitalize on investor demands and expand into lucrative businesses. In this context, HOOD has launched several initiatives to attract more clients and...

- Michael Saylor Bets on a $100 Billion Bitcoin ‘Credit’ Dream Michael Saylor has built a career on testing how far conviction can bend markets — part financier, part preacher. Now the Strategy Inc. chairman is betting that same belief on what may be his riskiest financing experiment yet. Over the years, Saylor has urged followers to pour their savings into Bitcoin, mortgage their homes, even “sell a kidney.” To admirers, he’s a prophet with a balance sheet; to skeptics, a showman with an obsession. Either way, he’s turned a once-obscure software company into the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, playing the markets with a conviction most executives would never dare. Now, Saylor is asking for a different kind of leap of...

- Ethereum ETFs Inflows Crush Bitcoin with Almost $3bn in Past Week Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds have outpaced their Bitcoin counterparts by a wide margin this week, raking in almost $3 billion in net inflows, more than five times Bitcoin's $562 million, according to data from research platform SoSoValue. “Two key catalysts are driving this surge: the momentum in crypto treasuries and the SEC’s recent guidance on liquid staking,” Illia Otychenko, lead analyst at CEX.IO, the crypto exchange, said in comments shared with DL News. Crypto treasury companies’ Ethereum holdings have ballooned from $600 million to $11 billion over the past six weeks, he said. This has fueled the inflows into Ethereum ETFs, with “three of the top...

- Stablecoins have muscled their way from a rounding error in global finance to a $273 billion market. But there’s more to come in the next five years, according to analysts at Keyrock, a crypto investment company, and Bitso, a South American cryptocurrency exchange. They argue that stablecoins will soon account for $1 out of every $8 in cross-border payment transactions. “Assuming today’s challenges around regulation, liquidity, and interoperability are addressed, stablecoins could account for [about] 12% of global cross-border payment volumes by 2030,” the joint Keyrock and Bitso report said. That’s a lofty target for stablecoins. In 2024, they accounted for less than 3% of the $195 billion global remittance market. But the...

- Bitcoin vs. Ethereum: Which Cryptocurrency Is the Best Inflation Hedge? One of the oft-mentioned uses for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is as an inflation hedge, and it's sometimes referred to as "digital gold" for that reason. The idea is that as prices rise due to inflation, Bitcoin could potentially maintain its value better than fiat currency. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency, has more uses than Bitcoin because of its smart-contract capabilities. But its success so far has also made it popular as a way to hedge against inflation, so they have that in common. Let's see which of these top cryptocurrencies is more up to that task. Bitcoin is a deflationary asset Bitcoin has a fixed maximum supply of 21 million...

- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the No. 4 richest man in the world, according to Forbes, which estimates his net worth around $235.1 billion (a number that changes daily) — but most of that vast fortune isn’t sitting in a savings account as cash. So, how much could Bezos actually spend today if he decided to make a mega-purchase that required him to leverage as much of his spendable assets as possible? Here’s a breakdown of Bezos’ purchasing power. Liquid vs. Illiquid Assets Billionaires and commoners alike are concerned with liquidity — the ability to convert assets to cash quickly without value loss. For a billionaire like Bezos, that might mean weighing the cost of purchasing a nine-figure mega-yacht versus the risk of having to...

- Bullish $1bn IPO leads weekly crypto raises: Here are three other crypto companies plotting public floats Crypto company initial public offerings are coming hard and fast right now. On Wednesday, Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish made its market debut by securing $1.1 billion after the stock surged 228% to $118, giving it a $10 billion market cap on the first day of trading. It joined other crypto companies, including Galaxy Digital and Circle, that have gone public this year. The IPO made up the bulk of the $1.2 billion raised by crypto companies since August 8. That brings the total raised by industry players in 2025 to $14.4 billion, 51% more than they did in 2024. And more could come, partially thanks to successful...

- Better Long-Term Crypto Buy: XRP vs. Ethereum Key Points Although the cryptocurrency market is rarely -- if ever -- boring, this year has been a particularly wild ride for investors. Bitcoin has more than doubled since last August and reached a new all-time high well above the six-figure mark. While Bitcoin remains the top dog, two of the most popular and well-established altcoins -- Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) -- have grabbed headlines of their own with big gains. Though in many ways they are very different, their futures are both heavily tied to the legacy financial system. Both will also be affected significantly if there's mass adoption of stablecoins, and with the recent passage of the Genius Act, that looks...