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Crypto.com’s high-flying marketing chief is leaving after nearly six years

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Crypto.com chief marketing officer (CMO) Steven Kalifowitz, who oversaw more than $1 billion spent on partnerships and high-profile campaigns over the past several years, is leaving the company. A Crypto.com spokesperson said Kalifowitz will move on from his role as CMO, effective June 30, and then continue as an advisor to the CEO. “Steven has […]

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Standard Chartered expands further into crypto with stake in GSR worth $1 billion

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Standard Chartered PLC’s ( STAN ) venture capital arm SC Ventures invested in GSR as the London-based multinational bank looks to further expand its digital asset services, the crypto capital markets firm announced on Tuesday. The investment deal, which according to Bloomberg was for $150 million at a value of more than $1 billion, is

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One bank after another is discarding the Fed’s rate cut forecasts. Bitcoin doesn’t care.

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Expectations of US monetary policy are changing, but bitcoin BTC$80,592.79 appears more and more indifferent. The cryptocurrency has pushed past the $80,000 mark, signaling that macro headwinds tied to interest rates may be losing their grip on price action. A growing number of major brokerages now expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady

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Crypto platform Bullish buys transfer agent Equiniti for $4.25 billion and builds tokenized securities infrastructure

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Bullish (BLSH) has agreed to acquire transfer agent and shareholder services firm Equiniti in a $4.25 billion deal that would fold a core piece of traditional market infrastructure into its digital asset platform and expand its efforts into tokenized securities. The transaction provides Bullish, CoinDesk’s parent company, a regulated transfer agent, with an in-demand feature

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Aave asks court to block $71 million crypto seizure tied to North Korea’s claims

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Leading decentralized lending platform Aave has asked a US federal court to block an attempt by victims of North Korean terrorism to seize around $71 million in crypto frozen after last month’s rsETH-related exploit, escalating a dispute that has already divided Arbitrum’s governance. The filing, filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, seeks

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XRP drops below $1.40 on heavy volume, tightening area puts breakout in focus

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XRP fell back below $1.40 after a high-volume break earlier in the session, but the lack of follow-through lowers keeps the price stuck in a tightening zone, where moves tend to create pressure rather than resolve it immediately. News background • Broader crypto sentiment remained mixed, leaving XRP trading largely on technical structure rather than

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Bitcoin (BTC) used to hate inflation. Now it can be the opposite

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Bitcoin BTC$80,958.81 continues to accumulate and defies the typical inflationary playbook. It raises the question of whether the cryptocurrency has quietly transitioned from risk asset to inflation hedge. The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization is up 19% in just over a month, topping $80,000 on Monday for the first time since January. The increase comes

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