The number of crypto deals reportedly skyrocketed this year and hit a record total value of $8.6 billion, led by Coinbase’s record-breaking acquisition of Deribit.

Some Polymarket users reported that their accounts had been breached and drained, which the prediction market blamed on a third-party provider.

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick says “there’s a lot of room” in crypto for more than one blockchain as networks race to win market share of tokenized assets.

Blockchain tokenization is radically expanding the definition of money, enabling anyone to trade, save and spend in virtually any asset they like, says Kraken’s Mark Greenberg.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6% to 48,731.16, while the S&P 500 added 0.32% to close at 6,932.05. read more

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Galaxy’s Alex Thorn says Bitcoin's $126,000 peak translates to $99,848 after being adjusted for inflation, falling short of its milestone six-figure mark.

Two new exchange-traded funds from Amplify track companies building the infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenization, blending stocks and crypto.

Trump Media and Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) purchased Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wor read more

New York Times reporter John Carreyrou sued OpenAI, Google, Meta, Elon Musk's xAI and other AI firms, alleging they illegally used pirated books to train their models while seeking individual claims rather than a class-action settlement. read more