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Fractal Bitcoin is creating a programmable layer secured by Bitcoin miners In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Spencer Yang, co-founder of Fractal Bitcoin and managing partner of BlockSpaceForce, traced his journey from building CoinMarketCap and leading retail products at Coinbase to redefining Bitcoin’s potential. After two and a half years ago, he saw a gap: while Bitcoin excels as a store of value, it can also power payments, applications and new protocols — if the right infrastructure is in place. Standing out in a crowded field At Bitcoin 2025, many scaling solutions vie for attention. Yang insists Fractal’s edge lies in respecting Bitcoin’s core. By merge-mining with major pools, Fractal aligns miner incentives and...

Digital Assets Are One Step Closer to Regulatory Clarity The United States is on the brink of a new technological frontier – one powered by blockchain and digital assets. These assets are not just the next phase of the internet, but lay the foundation for a more secure, decentralized, and inclusive financial future. From reimagining global payments to protecting data privacy, the potential of blockchain-based systems is endless. Despite the promise of this technology, the United States remains without a clear, comprehensive federal regulatory framework for digital assets. This absence has created uncertainty for innovators, consumers, and investors alike. Entrepreneurs operating in the digital asset space face ambiguous rules and...

Will Coinbase's Subscription & Services Revenues Fuel its Top Line? Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) is steadily expanding its subscriptions and services revenues to diversify income and enhance business resilience. Transaction revenues continue to be the biggest revenue stream for this crypto leader. As trading revenues remain sensitive to crypto market volatility, subscription and services provide a more stable foundation, underpinned by predictable, fee-based, non-transactional offerings. Subscription and services revenues have shown consistent growth, with USDC-related stablecoin income becoming an increasingly important driver. Rising average USDC balances across both customer and corporate accounts are expected to enhance stablecoin...

The Case for Investing in Digital Assets First of all, with digital assets, you get a quantitative diversity of return. Per increment of risk to reward, the ratio of the performance of bitcoin to the S&P 500 is more than three to one. So if you're going to invest money, one of the best risk-reward ratios is, without question, in digital assets as a stand-alone asset class. Secondly, you get something new with digital assets that you didn't have before, and that's transparency. Public blockchains are auditable in real time, so they are trustless. You also get economies of scale and capital efficiencies. That's what this technology does — it makes things easier, cheaper, better, and faster. Thirdly, I believe bitcoin is one of the most...

Figuring out a stablecoin approach? Bank of America Chair and CEO Brian Moynihan speaks during the Clearing House Annual Conference in New York City, U.S. November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Bank of America: In on stablecoins? Bank of America (BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday that the country’s second-largest bank is going to take a look at stablecoins after key crypto legislation passes. “We're working with the industry, working individually. We have this pretty well understood … but the problem before was it wasn't clear we were allowed to do it under the banking regulations, and there was a lot of mystery about that,” Moynihan said at a Morgan Stanley conference in New York. Unlike bitcoin and other...

Sweden's H100 Group Rallies Another 30% After Raising $10M for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Sweden-based H100 Group, a publicly-traded health and longevity company that recently adopted a bitcoin BTC strategy, said it has raised $10.5 million (SEK 101 million) from a group of crypto-focused investors including Blockstream CEO Adam Back, UTXO Management, and several family offices. According to a Wednesday press release, the fundraising was split between SEK 69.65 million in two share issues and SEK 31.35 million in convertible loans. The share issues saw participation from a mix of crypto investors and Nordic family offices. The convertible loans carry no interest and mature in five years. Investors can convert the loans into equity at...

Sam Altman’s World Chain Adds Native USDC Stablecoin and Circle’s Cross-Chain Service World Chain, the blockchain of Sam Altman-backed World Network, is now host to natively minted USDC, the stablecoin issued by recently listed crypto firm Circle (CRCL), the companies said on Wednesday. World Network also joined Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP V2), allowing holders to move USDC across a range of blockchains. Some 2 million World Network users already held bridged USDC, and this has now been upgraded to native USDC issued directly by Circle, according to a press release. Businesses can use Circle Mint to directly convert between fiat and USDC on the layer-2 blockchain, enabling global on/off-ramps and cross-chain swaps...

AVAX Adds 4% as $22 Support Zone Holds Avalanche’s AVAX token has established strong support around the $22 level, successfully defending against multiple downward tests. AVAX is up 4% in the last 24 hours, outperforming an index of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins, memecoins and exchange coins, which has risen 2.5% in the same period. Technical Analysis • AVAX established a key high-volume support zone around $22.00 that successfully defended against multiple tests. • Price action showed a 3.89% range from the low of $21.62 to the high of $22.64, indicating moderate volatility. • Most significant price movement occurred with a 2.44% increase in volume, 2.8x higher than the 24-hour...

Wonder to Power Omnichannel Payments for Octopus Cards Paytech company Wonder has become the omnichannel payment facilitator for Octopus Cards in Hong Kong. The move aims to enhance both offline and online payment capabilities for merchants using Wonder's payment infrastructure. The collaboration enables merchants to add Octopus to their payment options alongside more than thirty other methods through Wonder's know your customer (KYC) process. Settlements to merchants will be conducted directly via Wonder's platform, aiming to simplify financial operations for businesses across different sectors. Wonder founder and CEO Jason Ngan said: “Becoming Octopus’ first payment facilitator in Hong Kong marks a major milestone for Wonder and...

SOL Jumps 5% on Report of Spot ETF Development Solana's SOL token surged 5% after a report revealed that U.S. regulators are advancing the process for spot SOL ETFs. The SEC has requested amendments to S-1 filings from prospective issuers, with comments expected within 30 days, according to the Blockworks report. This article has been published in yahoo.com via Yahoo News. https://finance.yahoo.com/video/sol-jumps-5-report-spot-143303426.html

Drift expands DeFi platform on Solana with perpetual, prediction markets, and institutional services As DeFi matures, the race to offer capital-efficient, real-time trading experiences is intensifying — and one Solana-based protocol is pulling ahead by rethinking what decentralized finance can be. In a conversation on TheStreet Roundtable, Malak Albaw sat down with Cindy Leow, co-founder and CEO of Drift, to discuss how her team is transforming Drift from a perpetuals exchange into a full-stack platform designed for institutions, prediction markets, and sophisticated traders. “We’re not just building a place to trade perps,” said Leow. “We’re building a platform where crypto-native and real-world assets converge — with performance...

Why Circle's IPO Is Sparking an Explosion on Wall Street After stablecoin issuer Circle exploded 300% higher in its IPO, plenty of big players on Wall Street are taking a second look at their crypto strategies. That could very well trigger a second wave of hyper crypto institutionalization that has been building all year. This week, Bernstein is pointing out that could spell a “critical inflection point” for Ethereum as a premium could once again return to onchain use cases. And right now, there is no greater use case being discussed than stablecoins. The question is: Is the juice worth the squeeze? But before we get into why Circle’s IPO is forcing a recalibration on Wall Street, let’s first start with some facts: So either someone...

Coinbase Initiated at Outperform by William Blair William Blair has initiated coverage of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) with an Outperform rating, recognizing the crypto exchange as well-positioned to capitalize on what is anticipated to be a transformative period for digital assets. The cryptocurrency industry is entering a new phase characterized by consistent regulation and expanding use cases. Analyst Andrew Jeffrey highlights Coinbase as the premier option for growth investors seeking to partake in a crypto renaissance. Coinbase is described as more than merely a crypto trading platform. Its broader ecosystem includes self-custody wallets, staking, and the Base blockchain, which aims to onboard 1 million developers and 1 billion...

Key Points Crypto investors are accustomed to volatility risk. Unfortunately, volatility is just one of several potential pitfalls of crypto investing. And sometimes, the short-term noise can make it easy to overlook the bigger, longer-term risks. Quantum computing is one such long-term threat. Without delving too deeply into how these two complex technologies work, the issue is that if quantum computers become powerful enough, they will pose a significant threat to Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) security. If you're a buy-and-hold investor with an interest in crypto, this is an issue you need to have on your radar. The crypto community thought they had decades before quantum computing became a pressing problem. However, a recent article on...

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Image source: Getty Images. Dogecoin Is Down 45%. Should You Buy the Dip? Key Points Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) was one of the most successful cryptocurrencies last year, as it gained over 250% and hit its highest price since 2021. The meme coin has erased some of those gains in 2025, as it's currently down 45% on the year. Buying the dip is a popular investing strategy. Dogecoin still has plenty of name recognition, and it's the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap at the time of this writing (June 6), so this may seem like an opportunity to pick it up at a discount. But investors who buy in hopes of a rebound could end up disappointed. What's behind Dogecoin's recent ups and downs? Taking a closer look at Dogecoin's...

While there have been many macroeconomic events over the past few years that have highly impacted financial stocks and company performance, 2025 stands out for the roller-coaster ride of policies and events that are flooding the news and keeping investors on their toes. The market reflects that fact. It fell hard after new tariffs were announced, but it's climbing back up optimistically. When there's market uncertainty, growth stocks tend to feel it more acutely. Investors rush to safer shores when it's not clear what's going to happen, leaving younger, riskier stocks behind. That's what's been happening with SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) stock in 2025, which is down 8% year to date. But that could be misleading -- it's more than...

Should JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF (JPME) Be on Your Investing Radar? The JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF (JPME) was launched on 05/11/2016, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Mid Cap Blend segment of the US equity market. The fund is sponsored by J.P. Morgan. It has amassed assets over $349.71 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the Mid Cap Blend segment of the US equity market. Why Mid Cap Blend Mid cap companies, with market capitalization in the range of $2 billion and $10 billion, offer investors many things that small and large companies don't, including less risk and higher growth opportunities...

Insiders Pull the Trigger on These 2 Market-Beating Stocks Investors searching for quality stock opportunities often look for reliable signals, and few are as telling as insider activity. Corporate insiders, such as top executives and directors, have an intimate understanding of their company’s performance and prospects. When these insiders buy or sell shares, it can offer a powerful glimpse into their confidence – or concern – about what lies ahead. Confident Investing Starts Here: To ensure transparency and fairness, federal regulators require insiders to publicly disclose their trades. These filings give everyday investors a unique chance to track where the people closest to the business are putting their money. And when insiders...

Image source: Getty Images. This Industry Leader Is Planning a Reverse Split -- Should You Invest? It wasn't too long ago that Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN) was an extremely popular momentum stock, with a market cap of more than $20 billion at one point. The clear leader in the iBuying industry, Opendoor went public as part of the SPAC boom. In fact, the hype surrounding Opendoor's SPAC merger announcement in late 2020 is often credited with starting the surge in blank-check companies we saw in the pandemic years. These days, it's a different story. Opendoor is trading firmly in penny stock territory, with a share price well below $1. The company has a market cap of about $413 million as of this writing, a minuscule...