FinTech

Tether buys out SoftBank's ~26% stake in bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, taking its stake to ~71%; SoftBank's stake was worth ~$679M (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago Bitcoin

Crypto companies prepare for the threat that quantum computers could hack core industry security, including breaking the critical code underpinning Bitcoin (www.ft.com)
2 days ago Bitcoin Quantum

Crypto exchange Blockchain.com confidentially files for a US IPO; the UK-based company founded in 2011 was once valued at $14B (decrypt.co)
5 days ago Blockchain IPO

Variational, which has built a protocol for decentralized derivatives trading aimed at gathering liquidity from traditional markets, raised a $50M Series A (fortune.com)
6 days ago Decentralize

Trump signs an EO calling on regulators and the Fed to review policies that could support fintech growth, including expanding fintech access to payment accounts (www.reuters.com)
6 days ago Trump Fintech

Vitalik Buterin says AI-assisted “formal verification” could help secure blockchain networks, smart contracts, and cryptographic systems against software flaws (decrypt.co)
7 days ago Blockchain AI Vitalik Buterin

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy, blaming “increasingly stringent compliance obligations” (www.coindesk.com)
8 days ago U.S. Bitcoin

Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an average price of $80,985 between May 11 and May 17, taking its holding to 843,738 BTC, or 4% of total supply (www.theblock.co)
8 days ago Bitcoin

Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped (www.bloomberg.com)
8 days ago Bitcoin Iran Insurance

Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
10 days ago Russia P2P

Claude Helps Recover Locked $400K Bitcoin Wallet After 11 Years (slashdot.org)
12 days ago Bitcoin

London-based blockchain analytics company Elliptic raised $120M led by One Peak Partners at a $670M valuation; the platform screens 1B+ transactions per week (www.bloomberg.com)
14 days ago Blockchain London

TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
15 days ago Blockchain Android

Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
16 days ago Blockchain Asset

MoonPay acquires DFlow, a platform that facilitates trading on the Solana blockchain, sources say for $100M in stock; DFlow had raised $7.5M across two rounds (fortune.com)
16 days ago Blockchain

Fintech app Toss, used by ~66% of South Korea's 51M people, says its FacePay service, available at 330K retail outlets, has attracted 4.8M users since September (www.ft.com)
18 days ago Korea Retail Fintech

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings agrees to acquire Ohio gas plant operator Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5B including debt, to power its AI data center expansion (www.coindesk.com)
26 days ago Bitcoin Energy AI

Filing: Michael Saylor's Strategy bought $2.54B in bitcoin over the past seven days, its largest acquisition since November 2024; Strategy owns ~$61B in bitcoin (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-20 Bitcoin

A look at Doug Liman's $70M Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi movie, which uses AI for sets, lighting, and more in post-production, cutting costs from an estimated $300M (www.thewrap.com)
2026-4-16 Bitcoin AI

Hackers steal $3.6 million from crypto ATM giant Bitcoin Depot (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin

NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto (slashdot.org)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin

Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire (slashdot.org)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin Iran

Iran warns oil tankers will be destroyed if they try to travel along the Strait of Hormuz without permission as regime demands huge cryptocurrency fees (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-9 Iran Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin inventor is 'unmasked as 55-year-old British encryption expert after his writing style gave him away' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-8 U.K. Bitcoin

An investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin's pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-8 U.K. Bitcoin

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (www.ft.com)
2026-4-6 Russia Ukraine Africa Cryptocurrency

Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in Iran and Uganda, from China's App Store following CAC's demands (cointelegraph.com)
2026-4-6 China Apple Iran P2P Uganda

Permalink to Automating KYC: Why Your Fintech Needs a Zero-Retention Architecture (sdtimes.com)
2026-3-28 Fintech Architecture

Tazapay, which builds cross-border payment infrastructure for fintech and web3 firms, says it closed a Series B extension, bringing its total Series B to $36M (cointelegraph.com)
2026-3-27 Fintech

Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time; Coinbase launches a mortgage product allowing buyers to pledge bitcoin or USDC as collateral (www.wsj.com)
2026-3-27 Bitcoin mortgage Coinbase

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