Market
Mining
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms gears up for halving with strategic $290M hardware investment
Texas-based Riot Platforms ramps up mining power with a landmark 18 EH/s Bitcoin miner order.
Crypto
Nayib Bukele claims profit on El Salvador’s Bitcoin despite data showing losses
Bukele, who has taken a voluntary six-month leave from office to focus on his reelection campaign, touts his signature Bitcoin investment as profitable, even if the numbers don't.
Investments
Crypto investment products hit $46B AUM maintaining record 10 week inflow streak
Crypto investment products have recorded $1.76 billion worth of inflows during the past 10 weeks.
CBDCs
UK Treasury fears retail digital pound would cause bank run due to easy access
Committee worried ability to quickly switch large bank deposits into digital pounds during market turmoil would be bad for banks.
Partnerships
Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Custody partners with Ripple institutional network Metaco
The alliance between both companies would create bank-grade solutions for cryptocurrency custody.
Crypto
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong advocates for Bitcoin as ‘check and balance’ to the US financial system
Coinbase's recent "Break The Cycle" ad showed why crypto is a viable alternative to failing financial systems.
Trading
Bitcoin zips past $41,000 amid unending ETF optimism
Bitcoin's price increase has pushed its market capitalization beyond that of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway.
Technology
Starknet Foundation confirms STRK token airdrop, but denies authenticity of circulating screenshots
The Foundation cautioned that a circulating snapshot is only a front-end draft, and but confirmed its plans for a future airdrop.
Technology
Nomic upgrade to unlock new DeFi possibilities on Cosmos
Turbofish CEO Matt Bell claims that Nomic is "significantly more secure" than any bridge before it.
Gaming
Esports leader Team Liquid joins Illuvium for strategic blockchain game beta test
The pioneering collaboration aims to reshape public perception of blockchain games through Illuvium: Arena.
Mining
Bitcoin miners Hut 8, USBTC prepares for halving with merger into new company
Shares of the newly formed company would begin trading on the Nasdaq and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "HUT" by Dec. 4.
Tokenization
dYdX price dips as $505 million worth of tokens hit the market
The token unlock has resulted in dYdX price falling by around 5%.