American Bitcoin, the mining company partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is preparing to go public on the Nasdaq in September, Reuters reported on Aug. 28. The firm, launched in March, is 80% owned by Toronto-based Hut 8, one of North America’s largest crypto miners. The Trump brothers collectively own the remaining […]
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The latest $20 million strategic round comes from HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, and Primitive Ventures, among others.
The Series B funding round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Samsung Next, Dragonfly, Galaxy Ventures and Norwest.
Union Square Ventures led the $15-million seed round in The Clearing Company, which will compete with Polymarket and Kalshi.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Avail, a modular blockchain infrastructure project backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other notable investors, has acquired Arcana, a chain abstraction protocol, in a deal aimed at boosting multichain scalability. The acquisition is Avail’s first and will see Arcana’s chain abstraction and developer tools folded into the Avail tech stack. As part of the […]
Japan’s Metaplanet intends to raise about $880 million in an international share offering and spend almost all of it on bitcoin over the next two months.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Hedge fund Numerai LLC says it has secured $500 million from JPMorgan Asset Management, significantly bolstering its funds.
Trump Media also signed a separate deal with Crypto.com to integrate CRO into its Truth Social and Truth+ platforms.
Hemi raised $15 million in fresh funding ahead of a planned token generation event, bringing total funding to $30 million.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
"The protocols launching today will define how value moves through the global economy tomorrow," said Anchorage Digital's Nathan McCauley.
Asia-based family offices have joined as anchor investors, with B Strategy leveraging its Asia-Pacific presence for liquidity and distribution.
The firms plan to acquire a publicly traded company and convert it into a Solana treasury firm, with the deal expected to close in early September.
In this edition, I’m digging into why raising a crypto VC fund has gotten harder — even in a bull market — and what that means for the road ahead.
Ethereum-focused SharpLink’s stock climbed more than 15% to trade above $20 after the company’s board approved a $1.5 billion stock repurchase program. In its Aug. 22 press statement, SharpLink explained that the authorization allows for buybacks through multiple channels, including open-market purchases and privately negotiated deals. The company emphasized that the scale of repurchases will […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Crypto security company Kerberus has acquired Refract, the makers of an anti-fraud browser extension for wallets, in a seven-figure deal.
Singapore-based DigiFT said it raised $11 million in its latest funding round led by Japan's SBI Holdings.
Hong Kong-based firm Ming Shing said it is entering an agreement with Winning Mission Group to purchase 4,250 BTC at an average price of $113,638.
Wormhole Foundation (WF) entered the bidding competition for Stargate Finance, challenging LayerZero’s proposed $110 million acquisition. In an Aug. 20 statement via X, WF argued that LayerZero’s offer significantly undervalues the cross-chain bridge protocol. LayerZero Foundation announced its acquisition proposal on Aug. 10, offering to purchase all circulating STG tokens at $0.1675 per token through […]
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Nasdaq plans to delist BNB treasury company Windtree Therapeutics for failing to meet compliance requirements by staying above $1.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Wormhole Foundation is looking to counter an offer made by cross-chain messaging rival LayerZero to purchase Stargate.
Legion is a startup looking to bring small-time investors into the capital formation process using blockchain.
Lombard is launching the BARD token community sale on Buidlpad, raising $6.75 million at a $450 million valuation.
Traditional crypto startup VC rounds total just 856 deals in 2025, compared to 1,933 in the same period last year.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.