Institutional
Infrastructure

Velocity raises $38M to build stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises

Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and…
Institutional

Bitcoin treasuries already faced two collateral calls in 2026 and some loans can liquidate after just 12 hours

Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral data now hides which treasury would be forced to act first. The…
DeFi

Mizuho downgrades Circle to underperform, cuts price target to $50 on Open USD threat

The Japanese investment bank said Open USD’s yield pass-through model could pressure Circle’s margins by shifting more reserve income to…
Infrastructure

Solana community lead enters UK by-election with onchain transparency pitch

Superteam UK lead Stephen “Cap” Newnham is taking on Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election with pledges on pension reform…
Institutional

ECB picks 36 payment providers to test digital euro ahead of 2027 pilot

The European Central Bank will beta test a digital euro with 36 providers, including Revolut, after the project drew more…
DeFi

Banks are building the rails to profit from 13.9 million BTC they do not own

Strategy’s new Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index gives 25 major banks and financial institutions an overall 32% score based on activity…
Institutional

Strategy Raises $467 Million to Lift Its Cash Reserve to $3 Billion, Skipping Bitcoin for a Third Week

The bitcoin-treasury company funneled its weekly stock-sale proceeds into cash rather than bitcoin, extending a defensive stretch as its holdings…
Institutional

UK Recruits 54 Firms to Tokenize Markets, Targets First Digital Gilt by Early 2027

A Treasury-backed roadmap gives tokenization a timetable, naming BlackRock, JPMorgan and Ripple to move repo, bonds and funds from pilots…
Infrastructure

Bitwise Sees a Bottom in Bitcoin’s Worst Vibes Yet: ‘Darkest Before the Dawn’ 

Bitcoin Magazine Bitwise Sees a Bottom in Bitcoin’s Worst Vibes Yet: ‘Darkest Before the Dawn’  Bitwise says Bitcoin’s brutal nine-month…
Institutional

Crypto exchanges are becoming the new distribution channel for Wall Street assets

Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized stocks and real-world asset derivatives…