Agora, a startup founded by entrepreneur and VanEck heir Nick van Eck, is positioning itself for a stable coin market that moves beyond crypto-native trading. While decentralized finance (DeFi) remains a key growth engine — Agora’s total value locked (TVL) grew 60% last month from DeFi launches, he said — his focus is shifting toward […]
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After selling a significant portion of its crypto holdings over the past few months, Ethereum-focused financial firm ETHZilla has now added jet engines to its balance sheet. A Friday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that the company purchased two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines for $12.2 million through a newly formed subsidiary,
Spacecoin, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), has launched its SPACE token, marking a key step in the company’s plan to create a decentralized satellite internet network, just days after partnering with Trump’s family-linked decentralized finance project World Liberty Finance. The token is now live across centralized exchanges including Binance, Kraken and OKX, as well
Nifty Gateway, the non-fungible token (NFT) trading platform once central to the 2021 digital art boom, will shut down on February 23, 2026. Effective immediately, the platform has entered withdrawal mode, giving users one month to move any NFTs or funds still on the site, according to a statement from the company. The website also
There is no legal way for Web3 prediction markets to operate in Ukraine under current laws, according to a senior official involved in shaping the country’s digital economy policy. In comments shared with CoinDesk days after Ukraine blocked access to Polymarket and nearly 200 gambling-related websites, Dmitry Nikolaievskyi, chief legal officer at the Project Office
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There will come a time when this newsletter is not about crypto market structure legislation. But this is not that time. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter that looks at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. The narrative The Senate Agriculture Committee released its new
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Strategy (MSTR) introduced its first non-U.S. perennial favorite, Stream (STRE), in November with the aim of tapping into demand across the European Economic Area (EEA). However, it did not go as Michael Saylor’s company intended. The preferred stock was issued with a stated value of EUR100 ($115) per share. share, pays a 10% annual dividend
After more than a decade of building infrastructure for exchanges, financial institutions and central banks, R3 saw the market begin to bend in a new direction. About a year ago, the firm embarked on a strategic reset, asking a simple but fundamental question: What is the best way for customers to move assets fully up
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The Ethereum Foundation (EF), a nonprofit that supports Ethereum’s development, is turning its long-standing post quantum research into a public engineering push, forming a dedicated Post Quantum team and calling the effort a top strategic priority for the network. EC researcher Justin Drake said the new group will be led by Thomas Coratger, with support
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Bitcoin’s recent price weakness has revived the quantum computing debate, with one high-profile investor claiming it is already shaping market behavior – and on-chain analysts say the real driver is more old-fashioned selling pressure. Gold and silver continued to rally on Thursday, with gold rising 1.7% to a record high of $4,930 per ounce. ounce
