Steven Walgenbach

The stablecoin market cap has soared past $300 billion for the first time after a continued climb over the past week. Data from DefiLlama shows that the combined value of the stablecoins currently in the market stands at $301.236 billion. Stablecoin market cap (Source: DefiLlama) That was after the capitalization for the tokens soared $5.448 […]

An anticipated breakout month for crypto ETFs has been put on hold by the US government shutdown, which has forced the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to suspend routine operations. Among the casualties are approvals for crypto ETFs, leaving investors uncertain when funds tracking leading altcoins such as XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) will […]

A newly-formed company called Avalanche Treasury Co. has announced plans to go public in the US early next year and purchase over $1 billion worth of AVAX tokens. In an announcement, the new entity said that it would merge with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. The deal will be valued […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents will need crypto and its underlying blockchain technology because traditional finance’s legacy rails are too slow to support real-time markets, according to Coinbase. “If we’re going to move to this world and have this wonderful advantage of these agents acting at infinitely fast speeds, they have to act on infinitely fast […]

Japan-based Metaplanet has become the fourth-largest Bitcoin treasury firm globally after purchasing another 5,268 BTC for approximately $615.7 million. In an X post earlier today, CEO Simon Gerovich announced the purchase, adding that the buy has boosted Metaplanet’s reserves to 30,823 BTC. Those holdings were acquired for around $3.33 billion at an average price of […]