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Better Home & Finance, Coinbase to offer mortgage backed by cryptocurrencies — independent.co.uk
Prospective homebuyers who have invested in certain cryptocurrencies will be able to use their holdings as collateral to fund their down payment on a home as part of a new mortgage offering
Crypto wallet maker Ledger opens NYC office — americanbanker.com
The French crypto wallet company is expanding into the U.S. and growing its institutional enterprise offerings as new regulation opens opportunities for digital asset investment.
Saylor Says Retail Owns 80% of Strategy’s High Yield Securities — bloomberg.com
Retail investors apparently haven’t given up on Michael Saylor’s dream of making Bitcoin the preeminent store of value.
Exclusive: Megapot raises $5 million to create a crypto-powered global lottery — fortune.com
Most lotteries are contained within a country or a state, and much of the time, people have to go to a physical location to buy a ticket. Patrick Lung founded Megapot in order to create a global lottery where people around the world can buy tickets from
Bitcoin Faces $14 Billion Options Expiry While Middle East Turmoil Mounts — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin’s largest options expiry of the year is colliding with geopolitical volatility that shows no sign of letting up with make or break peace talks uncertain.
Police charge another 10 people over HK$1.6 billion JPEX cryptocurrency scandal — scmp.com
Hong Kong police have charged another 10 people in connection with the HK$1.6 billion (US$205.8 million) JPEX cryptocurrency scandal – the city’s largest alleged financial fraud in recent years. Four men and six women were charged on Thursday after
A Top Pentagon AI Gatekeeper Has a Stake in Anthropic’s Rival — jacobin.com
One of the Pentagon’s top officials driving the decision to blacklist Anthropic for refusing to allow its algorithms to be used for mass surveillance has a multimillion-dollar stake in one of the company’s competitors. Pentagon official Emil Michael has
Foreign exchange startup XFX raises $17 million to help businesses go between cash and stablecoins — fortune.com
Exchanging U.S. dollars for Mexican pesos seems simple. But, at large enough scales and high enough speeds, transactions can get complicated, especially if businesses trade in the dollar-pegged digital tokens known as stablecoins. The Miami-headquartered
We’re no longer in a bull or bear market. We’re in a Trump market — and here’s how to navigate it — fortune.com
Whether you like him, loathe him, or simply can’t look away, Donald Trump’s effect on financial markets alone makes him the most consequential person on the planet — just as he would like it. Liberation Day trade pronouncements this time last year crashed
Trump Thinks He Can Magically Control the Price of Oil — newrepublic.com
Amid the deadly, illegal, half-baked war the U.S. and Israeli governments are waging against Iran, Donald Trump has managed to stick to his morning routine of shouting nonsense on social media. At 7:23 a.m. on Monday, Trump announced on Truth Social that
Pro-crypto group launches midterms offensive — semafor.com
Stand With Crypto, the advocacy group that helped shepherd pro-cryptocurrency candidates into Congress last election cycle, is making its first foray into this year’s midterms. The offensive, reported first by Semafor, includes a new “voter hub” where
Iran’s Hidden War Against the West: Emily Schrader — quillette.com
For Quillette, Pamela Paresky speaks with journalist and analyst Emily Schrader about the Islamic Republic of Iran—its ideological foundations, power structure, and the growing signs of internal instability. Drawing on her reporting and regional
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