Brazilian solar firm Thopen considers Bitcoin mining to absorb surplus power
Brazilian solar energy company Thopen is reportedly exploring Bitcoin mining as a way to monetize excess renewable power and offset curtailment losses.
South Korea’s bank-first stablecoin approach lacks logic, says Kaia chair
The Bank of Korea should make clear rules for stablecoin issuers, allowing banks and non-banks to issue the tokens, says Kaia DLT Foundation chair Dr. Sangmin Seo.
Bitwise Solana Staking ETF notches $55M trading volume on debut
Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF saw $55.4 million on its first day, the highest of all crypto ETFs this year, alongside the launch of Hedera and Litecoin ETFs from Canary Capital.
OceanPal raises $120M to build NEAR token treasury company
The new company will use NEAR’s blockchain and NVIDIA technology to build privacy-preserving AI infrastructure, while offering exposure to the NEAR token.
Bitcoin ‘ping-pong’ price action will stick until Fed FOMC and US-China deal wrap up
Bitcoin hits resistance at $116,000, and bulls might not clear the barrier until Wednesday’s Fed announcement on interest rates and this week’s resolution of the US-China trade war.
After a September decision from a US regulator paved the way for Polymarket's return, the company is reportedly only weeks away from an initial relaunch.
Sharplink to deploy $200M of ETH on Linea to unlock DeFi yields
The Nasdaq-listed company will allocate 5.6% of its $3.57 billion Ether treasury through ether.fi and EigenCloud on Linea, marking one of the largest corporate DeFi deployments to date.