What’s in ARKK? A Look at Cathie Wood’s Top Innovation ETF Picks
Story Highlights ARKK soared 153% in 2020, backed by disruptive giants like Tesla, Roku, and Shopify. Cathie Wood shifts focus in 2025 to AI, crypto, and the metaverse with GitLab,…
Brazilian Firm Meliuz's Shares Fall After Planning to Raise $32.4M to Buy Bitcoin
Brazilian fintech firm Meliuz (CASH3)plans to raise R180.08 million ($32.4 million) through an equity offering, according to a filing. The funding is earmarked specifically for the purchase of bitcoin, aligning…
SBI Ven Capital Invests €1m in Colossus Digital's Bridge Round
The investment was made through SBI Ven Capital’s joint fund with Sygnum Bank and Azimut Group, which aims to accelerate the rollout of Colossus Digital’s Institutional Hub, a two-sided B2B…
Beam and Braid to offer stablecoins to smaller banks
This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As regulation becomes clearer and the number of national banks rumored to have stablecoin plans grow, it…
Is the Fed risking a policy mistake by sitting on their hands?
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Next week is the Fed’s FOMC Day, and it feels like it’s going to be a…
‘There’s so much opportunity’ in crypto: BlackRock COO
This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Yesterday, Coinbase hosted its annual State of Crypto summit. There were lots of announcements to unpack, especially…
Breaking: Amazon and Walmart Exploring Issuing Cryptocurrencies
According to a Friday report by the Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Walmart are considering issuing their own dollar-backed cryptocurrencies. As reported by U.Today, Apple, Airbnb, and several other tech…
Anthony Pompliano Set to Head $750M Bitcoin Investment Vehicle: FT
Anthony Pompliano, a digital assets influencer and podcast host, is set to become CEO of ProCapBTC, a new investment vehicle aiming to acquire large amounts of bitcoin BTC$104,732.39 , according…
Billionaire Investor Calls No-Interest Stablecoins ‘Outrageous’ as Key US Bill Advances
Billionaire investor Philippe Laffont on Thursday called the idea of a non-yielding stablecoin “outrageous,” as U.S. lawmakers advanced a bill that would bar issuers from offering interest-bearing dollar-pegged tokens. “How…
Bitcoin Tumbles Below $104K as Israel Reportedly Strikes Iran
Bitcoin BTC$104,108.77 has substantially added to earlier losses, now down more than 4% over the past 24 hours to $103,900 as Israeli forces appear to have bombed targets in Tehran,…