FinTech

Sources: crypto executives have offered input to David Sacks on a possible Trump EO that covers several areas of crypto policy, including a Bitcoin stockpile (www.nytimes.com)
2025-1-17 Trump Bitcoin

Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed loans in the US through Morpho, a lending platform on its Base network; borrowers will post collateral and not rely on credit score (www.coindesk.com)
2025-1-17 Bitcoin Coinbase

Jio Platforms partners with Polygon Labs to integrate Web3 and blockchain services into Jio's apps and services; Jio Platforms has over 450M users in India (www.coindesk.com)
2025-1-16 Blockchain India

The VisionTrack Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 130 crypto-focused hedge funds, rose 40% in 2024, compared to Bitcoin's 120% surge that year (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-15 Bitcoin

Pixelfed, Instagram's Decentralized Competitor, Is Now On iOS and Android (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-1-15 Android IOS Instagram Decentralize

Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed debuts iOS and Android apps; its Android app is the top Social app on Google Play in some markets, including the US (techcrunch.com)
2025-1-15 Android IOS Google Instagram Decentralize

The TON Foundation names board member Manuel Stotz as president, as its blockchain with close ties to Telegram plans to expand in the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-15 Blockchain

Sony launches Soneium Ethereum L2 platform for creators, after a four-month test that drew 14M+ users; Blockscout: Soneium testnet processed ~47M transactions (decrypt.co)
2025-1-14 Sony Ethereum

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-1-14 Instagram Decentralize

Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio, a source says for $175M (www.foxbusiness.com)
2025-1-14 Blockchain

DOJ Cleared To Sell $6.5 Billion In Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-1-11 Bitcoin

Judge Rejects Man From Retrieving $750 Million of Bitcoin From Landfill (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-1-10 Bitcoin

JPMorgan files two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet; source: JPM claims €916M, alleging Viva deprived JPM the value of its 2022 investment (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-9 Fintech JPMorgan

Sources: Movement Labs, which is building a layer-2 Ethereum blockchain, is set to raise a $100M Series B at a $3B valuation, after raising $38M in April 2024 (fortune.com)
2025-1-9 Blockchain Ethereum

US bitcoin miners, including Riot Platforms, leveraged BTC's recent price surge to raise $3.7B+ from investors since November, and used the funds to buy coins (t.co)
2025-1-7 Bitcoin

Yolc – a Haskell-powered, safe, expressive, fun language for Ethereum (yolc.dev)
2025-1-7 Haskell Ethereum

Gemini agrees to pay $5M to end a CFTC claim that it misled the derivatives regulator in a bid to launch the first US-regulated Bitcoin futures contract (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-7 Bitcoin CFTC

Advertising company Outfront, whose clients include Mercury, Brex, and Venmo, says fintech ad spend over the past three years has grown an average of 45%+ YoY (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-6 Fintech

Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-1-6 Cryptocurrency

Malicious npm packages target Ethereum developers' private keys (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-1-4 Ethereum

Fintech themes to watch in 2025: relaxed regulation in the second Trump administration, more IPOs, M&A, and VC deal activity, and the expansion of stablecoins (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-2 Trump IPO Fintech

“Quantum-Proof” Your Bitcoin (dailyreckoning.com)
2025-1-2 Bitcoin Quantum

MicroStrategy's Big Bet On Bitcoin Went Stratospheric (slashdot.org)
2025-1-1 Bitcoin

US Files Complaint Against Fintech App Dave And Its CEO (news.slashdot.org)
2025-1-1 Fintech

The US DOJ files a complaint and announces a civil enforcement action against fintech startup Dave and CEO Jason Wilk, replacing an FTC complaint from November (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-31 Fintech Startup

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF surpassed $50B in assets in 11 months, marking the fastest-growing ETF debut ever and pushing BTC's price past $100K for the first time (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-31 Bitcoin ETF Asset

The bitcoin rally fueled by Trump's reelection has lost steam near the end of 2024; BTC hovers around $93.5K, ~$15,000 below the record high set in mid-December (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-12-30 Trump Bitcoin

Bitcoin, ether, dogecoin – Chalmers says the future may be crypto (www.smh.com.au)
2024-12-28 Bitcoin

Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (www.reuters.com)
2024-12-26 Russia Bitcoin

El Salvador Strikes $1.4 Billion IMF Deal After Scaling Back Bitcoin Policies (slashdot.org)
2024-12-25 Bitcoin IMF

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