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S&P Global has backed Kaiko in a Series B round reaching $110 million. The financing supports Kaiko’s expansion of data infrastructure for tokenized securities and onchain financial markets, with major financial institutions participating.
September 11 data showed demand for both BlackRock’s ETHA and staking-focused ETHB ETFs. However, investors continued to favor the roughly $9 billion ETHA, while both funds posted similar median spreads.
Kaiko’s Series B funding round has reached $110 million, with S&P Global and BNP Paribas participating. The financing will support the company’s expansion into continuous market data services.
Federal Reserve data showed hedge funds added $400 billion to gross exposure in Q2. Crypto spillover remains uncertain, with Bitcoin’s September reaction depending largely on funding stress after the FOMC decision.
CFTC data cited by CryptoSlate showed leveraged funds rebuilding 1,669 BTC in Bitcoin futures shorts before the Fed, taking their net short near 39,877 BTC, while rising longs complicated the bearish signal.
ByteDance has arranged a $29.6 billion loan while reportedly considering $70 billion in AI data centers and infrastructure spending, CoinDesk reports. The move comes as U.S. AI companies call for slowing the industry’s race.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $462.7 million in net outflows during a holiday-shortened week, ending three consecutive weeks of strong demand. Withdrawals were recorded in all four trading sessions, including $46.7 million on Tuesday.
Cointelegraph reports that attackers published Revolut customers’ identity documents and selfies and threatened to release more data daily unless the fintech pays. The report does not provide details on the ransom or customer count.
Revolut said a fraudster using a government agency domain obtained passports, selfies and financial transaction histories from some customers. Cointelegraph reported the disclosure, without specifying the number of affected users.
Robinhood’s crypto trading volume rose 61% in August, fresh operating data reported by Decrypt shows. Crypto activity is recovering, though another, unspecified business is now growing faster than traditional trading.
Bitcoin climbed despite hot US inflation data and the possibility of an interest-rate hike, Bitcoin Magazine reported. The report gave no specific price, inflation figure, or details on the potential policy decision.
Trezor disclosed another data breach involving a marketing platform, with bitcoin hardware-wallet users targeted by phishing attacks, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Details on affected data and user numbers were not provided.
Bitcoin traders are taking a less bullish stance ahead of U.S. inflation data, CoinDesk reported. The shift reflects caution before the figures are released, with no specific Bitcoin price move or forecast provided.
Bitcoin held most of its August gains as data showed little panic selling and sell-side risk at rare lows. Cointelegraph also reported that sellers around the $80,000 level had faded from view.
Arya.ag plans to use Avalanche for grain ownership records in India. The system would combine farmer, warehouse, insurance and loan data for lenders, but no launch date or initial deployment size was disclosed.
