Cryptocurrencies
NYSE Owner ICE in Talks to Back MoonPay at $5B Valuation
ICE targets a $5 billion valuation for MoonPay, adding the payments unicorn to a portfolio that now includes a $2 billion stake in Polymarket.
Web3
Cryptocurrencies
NYSE Owner ICE Discussing Investment in MoonPay at $5B Valuation
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is reportedly negotiating a stake in MoonPay, validating the firm's pivot to stablecoin infrastructure with a $5 billion target valuation.
Cryptocurrencies
North Korean Hackers Net $2B in 2025; Bybit Breach Fuels Record Year
Chainalysis reports a record $2.02 billion stolen by DPRK hackers in 2025, with the massive Bybit breach accounting for nearly 70% of the total.
regulations
SEC Redefines ‘Physical Possession’; Wall Street Gets Green Light to Custody Crypto
The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets removes the Rule 15c3-3 barrier, allowing broker-dealers to custody crypto assets by controlling private keys.
regulations
JPMorgan Launches ‘MONY’ on Ethereum; Kinexys Clears $1.5T
JPMorgan's Kinexys division launches the $100M MONY fund on Ethereum, signaling a major shift in Wall Street's settlement infrastructure following Fed guidance changes.
Cryptocurrencies
JPMorgan Kills the Pilot Phase: Kinexys and MONY Fund Move Wall Street On-Chain
JPMorgan rebrands Onyx to Kinexys and launches the MONY fund on public Ethereum, signaling the end of private blockchain experimentation.
Cryptocurrencies
Coinbase Pivots to ‘Everything App’ as SEC Quietly Unlocks Custody Gates
Coinbase launches stock trading and prediction markets just as the SEC issues breakthrough guidance on broker-dealer crypto custody.
regulations
Fed Scraps Restrictive SR 23-8 Guidance; Opens Banking Rails to Crypto
The Federal Reserve has rescinded SR 23-8 and SR 22-6, effectively ending the 'presumption of denial' for crypto banks and opening master account access to…
regulations
MSCI Treasury Exclusion: $15B Sell-Off Looms for Strategy (MSTR) and Crypto Proxies
MSCI's proposed 50% digital asset cap threatens $15B in forced outflows, putting Strategy (MSTR) and crypto treasuries on the chopping block.
regulations
DTCC Tap Canton Network for Treasury Tokenization; SEC Grants No-Action Relief
The DTCC partners with Canton Network to tokenize U.S. Treasuries under a new SEC no-action letter, targeting a 2026 launch.