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Strategy, the world’s largest institutional holder of Bitcoin, has doubled its authorization to repurchase its STRC preferred shares to $2 billion prioritizing the repair of a key funding channel over adding more Bitcoin to its balance sheet.
The company spent $176.3 million buying back 1.81 million STRC shares between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, taking cumulative repurchases...
American Crypto exchange, Gemini, has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from Singapore’s central bank, allowing its local entity to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) license was
Robinhood Markets is deepening its push into prediction markets through a multi-year partnership with Crypto.com and its standalone prediction-market business, OG.com, as the U.S. brokerage seeks to expand its range of event contracts.
Under the agreement, Robinhood will route certain football-related retail contracts through OG.com, a derivatives exchange and clearing...
Plattsburgh, New York, is considering a 12-month moratorium on new high-energy cryptocurrency mining operations reviving concerns over the strain that large-scale mining can place on local electricity supplies.
The proposed land-use measure would halt approvals for new computing facilities consuming 300 kilowatts or more including cryptocurrency mining operations. The ...
VISA has said stablecoin-linked card programs on its network have grown to more than 160 with payment volume on those programs rising nearly 200% year-on-year.
Its stablecoin settlement volume has also surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate representing more than 15x growth from a year earlier.
The numbers highlight how VISA is increasingly moving beyond ex...