Market Influencers

ECD Automotive Design, which bills itself as the largest Land Rover and Jaguar restorator, has raised half a billion dollars to buy Bitcoin and fund its corporate growth. 

The company’s new license in Europe is bullish, along with the GENIUS Act’s passage, Benchmark analysts said.

Through a SPAC merger, ProCap plans to offer lending, trading, and capital markets, all denominated in Bitcoin.

Broader interest in the crypto industry to capitalize on favorable U.S. market conditions is taking root, following Circle‘s IPO this month.

Approval from Luxembourg grants Coinbase access to 27 EU countries, raising questions about regulation shopping in smaller member states.

Following Circle’s hugely successful IPO, big names in the crypto industry are preparing listings as investor demand soars.

Flashbots warns MEV spam is eating scaling gains on Solana and Ethereum L2s, with bots burning blockspace and driving up user fees.

Binance’s dominance in USDT transfers via Tron has made it a central player in crypto market liquidity.

DT Marks DEFI LLC now owns approximately 40% of WLF, down from 60%, with quiet website update hinting at fresh stake sale.

The Bitcoin holdings company‘s merger partner KindlyMD closed the $51.5 million fundraise with private investors on Friday. 

Blockchain paves the way for 24/7 trades and lightning-fast settlement, the self-custodial crypto platform told Decrypt.

Using account abstraction, businesses can avoid catastrophic failures on-chain, said Stackup co-founder and CEO John Rising.

The agreement blocks Mashinsky from receiving any recovery in the Celsius bankruptcy, allowing for more funds to be distributed to creditors.

Over 37,000 small Bitcoin wallets disappeared in 10 days, while whales subtly increased their holdings.

Changepeng Zhao is pushing for a ‘will function’ to tackle crypto inheritance gaps; Binance leads with a new emergency contacts feature.

Musk’s X Money will soon roll out the feature, according to an FT report, but no sign yet of crypto integration, including Dogecoin.

Binance and OKX set the gold standard for proof-of-reserves reporting; Coinbase fails to publish any, says CryptoQuant.

The NAACP has threatened xAI with a lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines at Memphis AI data center, citing pollution concerns.

Coinbase and Circle are soaring after a key stablecoin bill cleared the Senate—but Fed rate cuts could test their biggest revenue stream.

Gemini flagged a whistleblower tied to fraud who may still receive a $1.5 million award, despite an arbitrator ruling he lied to regulators.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com says it could cut cross-border settlement costs as it plans to acquire stablecoin licenses

The publicly traded Bitcoin financial services firm plans to issue and sell shares of its stock, largely to add more Bitcoin to its corporate treasury.