Flare’s Filip Koprivec explains why the next step for XRP is making yield and credit accessible from the wallet holders already use—and why simplifying the experience still requires painstaking work underneath.
Hong Kong — RateX, the leading yield-trading protocol on Solana, has secured a total of $10.4 million across three funding rounds, capped by a newly completed $7 million strategic raise backed by Animoca Ventures, ECHO, GSR, Crypto.com Capital, Gate, Rzong Capital, BGX Capital, Summer Capital, and others. (Cover: Sean Hu, Founder of RateX)
San Francisco — At Devconnect this week, Obex unveiled one of the most significant stablecoin announcements of the year: a $37 million raise led by Framework Ventures, LayerZero, and the rapidly expanding Sky ecosystem—now the world’s third-largest stablecoin network
This month, crypto meets the NBA. BTCC, one of the world’s longest-running crypto exchanges, has teamed up with NBA star Jaren Jackson Jr. (JJJ) to launch the BTCC x JJJ Black Friday Flash Deal, a limited-time global trading event loaded with exclusive prizes — from Bitcoin and gold bars to JJJ-signed sneakers and an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
New York — MoonPay has officially earned ISO 27701 certification, a globally recognized benchmark for privacy protection and one of the highest standards for managing personal information. The achievement underscores MoonPay’s continued investment in building secure, compliant infrastructure for the next generation of digital finance
Bitcoin is nearly 30% off its recent all-time high, traders are nervously watching AI valuations and Fed odds, and sentiment across digital assets has slipped back into hesitation mode. Yet behind the red candles, one of crypto’s oldest exchanges is lining up some of the most “TradFi” capital on earth. (Cover: Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi)