The Pulse: Breaking Financial & Crypto News
Real-time updates from the digital asset world. Read news about market movements, new listings, and economic events impacting your portfolio.
Holding Bitcoin on a corporate balance sheet is one of the highest-conviction strategies in modern finance, but it also guarantees intense financial reporting swings. Twenty One Capital (NYSE: XXI), the Tether-backed Bitcoin treasury company, showcased that double-edged sword this week after reporting a consolidated net loss of $413.5 million for the second quarter of 2026. … Читать далее
In what may prove to be one of the largest single distribution events in the history of digital finance, Samsung Electronics announced plans to integrate native stablecoin support directly into Samsung Wallet. Unveiled during the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event in London, the feature aims to transform millions of everyday mobile devices into ready-to-use digital dollar … Читать далее
The boundary dividing traditional capital markets from digital asset infrastructure is dissolving faster than most market observers anticipated. Driven by an appetite for round-the-clock liquidity, macroeconomic hedging, and capital-efficient cross-margining, active tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) hosted on crypto exchanges have climbed past $6.6 billion, marking a watershed moment for the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) … Читать далее
For years, the intersection of quantum computing and Bitcoin felt like a distant, purely academic debate—a hypothetical scenario reserved for cryptography forums and futuristic whitepapers. However, as quantum hardware advances faster than expected, institutional leaders are deciding that waiting for a crisis is far too risky. In a major step to protect the world’s primary … Читать далее
In a decisive move underscoring the growing intersection of cryptocurrency regulation and international sanctions, Tether has frozen $131 million in USDT across four digital wallets. This action was taken in direct response to sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against cryptocurrency addresses allegedly linked to the … Читать далее
It is no secret that prediction markets have become the wild west of modern finance, offering everyday people a way to bet on everything from presidential elections to the price of Bitcoin by the end of the year. But their explosive popularity has drawn some very powerful enemies. Traditional gambling operators, state lotteries, and wary … Читать далее
Stablecoin cards are quietly becoming one of the clearest signs that crypto payments are moving beyond trading screens and into everyday spending. Retail spending through stablecoin-linked cards has grown roughly 105% to 106% over the past year, according to recent public comments from Rain’s head of strategic partnerships, John Timoney. The figure is still small … Читать далее
A high-stakes legal fight over funds tied to the KelpDAO exploit has taken a new turn after lawyers representing victims of North Korean terrorism reframed the incident as credit fraud rather than simple crypto theft. The legal shift matters because the classification could influence whether roughly 30,766 ETH, worth about $71 million, remains frozen under … Читать далее
Tether is expanding beyond stablecoins and moving further into Bitcoin mining infrastructure with a new class of modular, high-density mining systems designed to improve efficiency, performance, and cost control at scale. The company announced on April 28, 2026, that it is developing custom compute systems in collaboration with Canaan and ACME Swisstech, moving away from … Читать далее
Ethereum has entered one of the most active periods in its history, with the network setting a new record for daily transactions even as ETH continues to trade far below its previous market highs. On-chain data shows that Ethereum processed 3,617,817 transactions on Sunday, April 12, 2026, the highest daily transaction count ever recorded on … Читать далее