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SoFi Technologies and Payward, Kraken's parent, agreed to link SoFi's 24/7 dollar settlement network with Kraken's trading infrastructure, including a SoFiUSD stablecoin listing and Kraken Prime liquidity for SoFi's crypto app.
The FBI took control of fundraising domains linked to Hamas's military wing and seized roughly $560,000 in cryptocurrency, according to the Justice Department.
Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies lifted its Chardan equity facility from $1 billion to $2.5 billion, widening the share-sale runway it uses to accumulate HYPE tokens.
Twenty-one global banks and asset managers including Bank of America, Citi and Goldman Sachs are planning a joint stablecoin venture, starting with a US dollar token for payments and digital-asset settlement before expanding to other G7 currencies.
Payward plans to tokenize the 100 largest London-listed companies as xStocks, with the LSE working on round-the-clock trading, pending regulatory sign-off.
Strategy bought 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million last week, its first purchase since June, ending a roughly two-month pause tied to a preferred-stock funding squeeze.
Michael Saylor's "We're Back" post has traders watching for Strategy's first Bitcoin purchase in two months as 840,447 BTC sits $2.8 billion in profit.
BitGo acquires NYDIG's institutional trading business in a cash-and-stock deal reported at up to $57.5 million, adding derivatives and financing desks while NYDIG pivots to power and data centers.
Six bitcoin wallets dormant since 2011 through 2014 moved 553.59 BTC worth about $40.15 million in a 10-day span, with most coins skipping exchanges for custodians and unlabeled addresses.
Bitcoin slid to around $78,400 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole keynote downplayed softer inflation prints, clipping a $3 billion ETF-driven rally.
