
Harvard holds $101M Bitcoin ETF stake steady in Q2
Harvard kept 3.04 million BlackRock IBIT shares unchanged in Q2, ending two quarters of selling as Abu Dhabi funds also held steady.

Harvard kept 3.04 million BlackRock IBIT shares unchanged in Q2, ending two quarters of selling as Abu Dhabi funds also held steady.

Kraken parent Payward posted $508M in Q2 adjusted revenue, up 17%, while adjusted EBITDA fell to $23M as transaction volume declined.

XRP briefly fell below $1 before rebounding as Peter Brandt said he would convert a hypothetical 500,000 XRP position directly into Bitcoin.

Solana is now tradable on XRP Ledger’s native DEX through Axelar, with users warned to verify the issuer address before swapping wrapped SOL.

Mark Cuban says chips could become crypto’s next asset-class analogue as GPU-backed financing grows alongside surging demand for AI compute.

Ethereum developers are narrowing Hegotá’s 2027 scope, with FOCIL scheduled and client teams due to rank competing EIPs by Sept. 10.

HTX says Binance’s Aug. 23 transaction restrictions apply only to UK and EU users as the exchange continues negotiations with regulators.

Bybit added Unitree and Moonshot AI pre-IPO perpetuals as its TradFi derivatives lineup passed 200 products, with up to 10x leverage.

CLARITY Act passage odds have dropped below 20% on Polymarket as XRP volatility drives renewed interest in UE Crypto’s cloud mining and yield services. The probability of the CLARITY Act passing on Polymarket has plunged from 82% to below 20%.…

Dartmouth College’s crypto ETF holdings have fallen 15% to about $12.4 million in the second quarter, even though its $9 billion endowment kept the same number of fund shares. Dartmouth crypto ETF holdings have fallen to $12.4 million The U.S.…

Bitget has expanded its Stock Dual Investment lineup from six to more than 20 U.S. stock and ETF-linked tokens, with settlement now set for 11:30 p.m. UTC+8. Bitget announced on Aug. 14 that its expanded lineup includes tokens tied to…

Solana Company has reported a $30.3 million second-quarter loss despite earning $2.5 million in revenue, almost entirely from staking its SOL holdings. Solana Company said in its Aug. 14 financial release that staking contributed $2.512 million of its $2.526 million…

XRP price has steadied near $1 as whale transfers to Binance fell to their lowest level since 2021, although weak demand and bearish chart signals continue to limit a recovery. XRP price remains under pressure near $1 CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost…

Africa Finance Corporation has raised 350 million Swiss francs or about $431 million, through its first digital bond, becoming the first African institution to issue such debt through a regulated exchange and central securities depository. AFC digital bond raises $431…

Robinhood Ventures Fund II has raised $225.5 million and opened at $22.50 on the New York Stock Exchange, 10% below its $25 initial public offering price. Reuters reported that Robinhood’s second publicly traded venture fund debuted on Thursday, giving individual…

Gen Z traders on Binance have increased the ETF share of their equity trading volume to 25% in early August as their allocation to individual stocks has declined. Binance Research found that exchange-traded funds are taking a larger share of…
Bithumb has reported a 21.8 billion won, or about $15.7 million, net loss for the second quarter of 2026 as revenue fell 35.8% from a year earlier. According to Yonhap News Agency, Bithumb moved into the red during the three…

World Liberty Financial has received preliminary OCC approval to establish a national trust bank that would oversee more than $4 billion in USD1 stablecoin circulation. World Liberty Financial must meet OCC conditions The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…

Moon Pursuit Capital founder Utkarsh Ahuja has said crypto venture investors will prioritize quantum-ready infrastructure heading into 2027 as global VC investment reached $227.4 billion in the second quarter. KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse report found that global venture funding recorded…

The Iran conflict grounded flights, cratered Maldives tourism arrivals by double digits, and forced the Trump family’s crypto venture to shelve what was billed as the world’s first tokenized luxury hotel development. The episode exposes a structural question the real-world…