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USDC now accounts for 56% of stablecoin trading against the euro, up from 10% in January 2024, as EU exchanges restrict USDT under MiCA. Kaiko also says USDC’s euro order books are about 40% deeper than Tether’s.
SoFi shares climbed 14.6% to $16.56 after record third-quarter results, higher full-year guidance and crypto products reaching 503,070. Crypto activity grew, but net crypto transaction revenue was only $1.6 million, or 0.1% of total net revenue.
Crypto groups have spent about $176 million across more than 100 U.S. midterm races, led by Fairshake, as the industry seeks bipartisan congressional support and a durable policy influence beyond President Donald Trump’s administration.
Crypto traders are again linking McDonald’s McRib return to a potential Bitcoin rally, but analysts say the pattern is coincidental. Historical comparisons show only three of 10 returns preceded clearly positive Bitcoin performance, while traders are focused instead on the Fed decision, options expiry and U.S. midterms.
Janus Henderson and Centrifuge have launched JQQQ, an issuer-sponsored Nasdaq-100 fund on the Stellar blockchain. The product expands Janus Henderson’s onchain platform beyond Treasuries and credit, while highlighting differences between manager-backed funds and third-party stock tokens.
CF Benchmarks, whose indices support BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF and CME crypto futures, has launched CFB Oracle to deliver benchmark prices to blockchain applications. The service targets onchain funds, tokenized portfolios and derivatives, with a planned Payward use awaiting U.S. regulatory approval.
Luxor Technology has raised $16 million in a strategic round led by CMT Digital to expand its AI hardware brokerage, agentic cloud platform and compute-trading business, extending infrastructure and market expertise developed through bitcoin mining into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Polymarket has investigated dozens of midterm-election bets for possible insider trading and manipulation, according to NPR. At least two cases were referred to the CFTC, while a new surveillance system generates hundreds of daily alerts across the company’s regulated and international platforms.
Former Morgan Stanley executive Jordi Visser says AI agents could drive crypto payments and tokenized assets, giving digital assets more upside than AI stocks. He has expanded beyond Bitcoin, Ether and Solana while warning that AI equities face tougher returns and greater volatility.
Deloitte adviser Rob Massey says Bitcoin users must continue relying on self-assessment, including for spending and some wallet activity, because broker 1099 forms will not capture every transaction. He calls for clearer Treasury guidance on lending, cost basis and other crypto tax issues.
Luxor Technology raised $16 million to expand its AI hardware brokerage and computing-power trading operations as bitcoin miners repurpose infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The company is developing contracts designed to help buyers and sellers manage future computing prices.
Arthur Hayes has proposed using Flop Network and its FLOP token to establish a benchmark price for AI computing power, potentially supporting compute-linked derivatives. The plan follows his reported sale of about $22 million in tokens from Hayes-linked wallets.
Luxor Technology has raised $16 million in a strategic round led by CMT Digital to expand its AI computing business, building on Bitcoin-mining expertise in energy, hardware, cloud services and compute-market trading.
Luxor Technology has raised $16 million in a strategic round led by CMT Digital. The Bitcoin-mining infrastructure company plans to use the funding to expand its AI cloud, GPU and server sourcing, compute trading operations and workforce as mining and AI infrastructure increasingly overlap.
Robinhood faces growing resistance to tokenized stocks as 22 companies object to listings on the OKX-ICE venue. The dispute matters because tokenized equities generated $13.7 billion of Robinhood Chain’s first-quarter trading volume ahead of the company’s earnings call.
CryptoQuant says Bitcoin’s declining long-term holder activity resembles patterns that preceded earlier bull markets. The share of realized cap held by coins dormant for at least 18 months has eased, while five-year-old coin activity has fallen sharply in 2026.
Bitcoin was trading below $80,000 and its 50-day moving average, raising concerns about further weakness. Ripple received approval to launch a U.S. national trust bank, but analysts said the charter does not require XRP purchases, and the token failed to gain from the announcement.
NIP Group, owner of esports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas, has acquired more Bitcoin miners through the issue of more than 247 million shares. The company says capacity now stands at 13.85 EH/s, with possible future use for AI computing.
