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Luana Lopes Lara de Kalshi becomes youngest female self-made billionaire

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Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of prediction market Kalshi, became the youngest self-made female billionaire after her company announced a new $1 billion fundraising round on Tuesday. The raise, led by crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm, values ​​Kalshi at $11 billion and attracted participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator. At 29, Lopes Lara […]

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Slips 2% to $92,000 as Microsoft (MSFT) Lowers AI Sales Targets

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Crypto’s big rally from Monday’s lows stalled in early U.S. action Wednesday as tech stocks quickly slipped on a disappointing AI-related report. According to an article in The Information, Microsoft was reducing its sales quotas for artificial intelligence software. The software giant, the story continues, has lowered expectations for its next wave of AI products

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Jane Street leads $105 million round in Antithesis, a testing tool used by the Ethereum network

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Antithesis, a Northern Virginia startup billing itself as infrastructure for seamless software, raised a $105 million Series A round led by Jane Street, a bet that stress testing of distributed systems is as important to blockchains as it is to high-speed trading. The company’s platform uses deterministic simulation testing, running production-style simulations at scale to

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Polkadot gains 9% after breaking key $2.25 resistance

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Polkadot gained 9.2% to $2.28 over the past 24 hours, outperforming the broader crypto market. DOT broke through the critical resistance level at $2.25 that has capped previous rallies, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that trading volume jumped 60% above the seven-day average, confirming real institutional interest behind the breakout

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Polkadot gains 9% after breaking key $2.25 resistance

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Polkadot gained 9.2% to $2.28 over the past 24 hours, outperforming the broader crypto market. DOT broke through the critical resistance level at $2.25 that has capped previous rallies, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that trading volume jumped 60% above the seven-day average, confirming real institutional interest behind the breakout

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US Spot XRP ETFs are fastest growing on the market, approaching $1 billion in 12 days

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Spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States maintained their positive momentum for the twelfth consecutive day, with net inflows totaling $844.9 million as of December 2, according to data tracked by SoSo. The sustained accumulation of capital by spot XRP ETFs has made them the fastest-growing class of major crypto-asset vehicles. The funds

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UK passes property law (digital assets etc.) officially recognizing crypto as property

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The UK now officially recognizes cryptocurrency as property following the passing of a new law this week. The Property (Digital Assets etc.) Act has received Royal Assent, the final stage of an Act which becomes law after being passed by Parliament. The law, approved on Tuesday by King Charles, aimed to modernize property law to

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Bitcoin (BTC) Staking’s Babylon Partners with Aave

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Bitcoin staking project Babylon has partnered with the largest decentralized lending protocol Aave, allowing BTC to be used directly as collateral without packaging or centralized custody. Beyond lending, Babylon is also preparing to expand its vault design into decentralized finance insurance (DeFi), allowing BTC to serve as collateral for coverage against protocol hacks. BTC would

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Taiwanese authorities say the island’s first regulated stablecoin will launch next year

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Taiwan could see its first locally issued stablecoin go live in the second half of 2026, although regulators have yet to decide which currency the token will be pegged to. Local media in Taiwan report that Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Peng Jin-long told lawmakers this week that the virtual asset servicing bill has undergone initial

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