The central bank of El Salvador, the tiny bitcoin-friendly nation in Central America, added $50 million worth of gold to its reserves, the institution said Thursday in an X post. The purchase — 9,298 troy ounces — brings the country’s total gold holdings to 67,403 ounces, valued at roughly $360 million at current prices President…
Crypto custody firm Copper is in early talks about a public listing, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Goldman Sachs, Citi and Deutsche Bank are among the investment banks potentially involved, according to one source. The decision on whether to pursue a listing will hinge on the company’s near-term revenue performance, a…
Robinhood (HOOD) is investing in Talos, an institutional trading technology provider for digital assets, in an extended Series B funding round that values the New York-based company at around $1.5 billion. Talos originally raised $105 million in a Series B funding round in May 2022, valuing the firm at $1.25 billion. The new extension brings…
Crypto payments firm BCB Group has appointed Tim Renew as its new CEO, naming the former deputy CEO to lead the institutional digital asset infrastructure provider through its next phase of growth. Co-founder Oliver Tonkin will move into the role of president, where he will continue to focus on strategy, culture and long-term development, the…
The weaker dollar is failing to spur bitcoin’s BTC$87,798.68 usual rally, and J.P. Morgan Private Bank explains the unexpected behavior as a window into the nature of the U.S. currency’s decline. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the greenback against a basket of peers, has dropped 10% in the past year. Bitcoin, which historically gains…
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has approved the country’s first USD-backed stablecoin under the bank’s Payment Token Services Regulation (PTSR), according to a press release on Thursday. The issuance and management of the USDU token are handled by Universal Digital, which is regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of…
XRP’s XRP$1.8865 price has fallen about 4% this month, starting the new year on a negative note. Yet on-chain data shows a positive trend underneath. The number of “millionaire” wallets, or those holding at least 1 million XRP, has increased for the first time since September 2025, according to data source Santiment. Their number rose…
For bitcoin BTC$88,099.16 bulls, it feels like one setback after another. First precious metals like gold and silver surged to record highs, sucking capital away from the crypto market. And now oil’s starting to surge too, threatening to skew macroeconomic forces in favor of bitcoin bears. The per barrel price for the West Texas Intermediate…
World Network (formerly Worldcoin) WLD token surged more than 27% on Wednesday after a Forbes report linked the controversial crypto project to OpenAI’s broader effort to fight bots online. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to build a “biometric social network” to help online platforms verify users and weed out AI-generated accounts, Forbes reported, citing people…
Shares of bitcoin mining companies that have shifted business plans to cater to artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure were big winners in 2025, a run they continued into the new year. And if big tech’s earnings this year are any indications, they might continue to reap the benefit of the pivot. Fourth-quarter results and 2026 outlooks…
