Kraken raised $200M at a $20B valuation, after raising $600M at a $15B valuation in September; prior to these two rounds, Kraken raised only $27M in VC funding
See The Market Value After The Deal Ateev Bhandari / Reuters : Crypto exchange Kraken valued at $20 billion in latest funding round Helene Braun / Yahoo Finance : Kraken Scores $800M Raise Backed by $...
Coinbase Q1: revenue up 23% YoY to $2B, vs. $2.1B est., net income down 94% YoY to $66M, trading volume up 26% YoY to $393B, and $0.24 EPS, vs. $1.93 est.
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BlackRock's crypto ETFs saw $3B in net inflows in Q1 2025, down 83% QoQ; BlackRock had ~$50.3B in digital assets at the end of Q1, or 0.5% of its total assets
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MicroStrategy rebrands as Strategy; its new logo has a stylized “B” for its BTC strategy and orange is its primary color for “energy, intelligence, and Bitcoin”
Strategy unveils new name, Bitcoin logo, and orange brand color AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo : MicroStrategy Says Drop the Micro, It's Cleaner Tanaya Macheel / CNBC : Wall Street analysts cheer greater clar...
Filing: Microsoft puts an “assessment of investing in bitcoin” as a voting item for its December 10 shareholder meeting; its board recommends voting against it
☒ — No fee required — ☐ — Fee paid previously with preliminary materials Jez Corden / Windows Central : Is Microsoft about to jump on the bitcoin train? Microsoft will give shareholders a vote ...
Coinbase reports Q2 revenue up 105% YoY to $1.45B, vs. $1.39B est., a $36.2M net income, and forecasts subscription and services Q3 revenue below expectations
Q2 was a quarter of strong progress for Coinbase and the crypto industry. PYMNTS.com : Corporate America Moving On-Chain and Regulatory Clarity Propel Coinbase Earnings Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt : Coinba...
The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and the NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later in 2024
but consumers will have to wait to buy them Kelvin Munene Murithi / CoinGape : Breaking: US SEC Approves 8 Spot Ethereum ETF Oliver Dale / Blockonomi : The Wait Is Over: SEC Greenlights Spot Ethereum ...
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF becomes the first of the recently launched US spot bitcoin products to pass $2B in assets under management, within 10 days of its debut
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Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger partners with PayPal to let US users buy BTC, ETH, BCH, and LTC in its Ledger Live app through their linked PayPal accounts
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Binance plans to shut down its fiat-to-crypto service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, that supported payment methods including Visa and Mastercard
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