Topline Nearly half of Americans are living in places with failing grades for ozone or particle pollution, according to an annual report from the American Lung Association, in part because of climate change, extreme heat and wildfires that worsen air quality. The view of downtown Los Angeles is obscured by smog, heat and haze from … Read more
Sovereign wealth funds and other institutions were accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) during April 2025, while retail traders were exiting the markets via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and spot markets, according to John D’Agostino, the head of strategy at Coinbase Institutional. During a recent appearance on CNBC, the Coinbase executive likened Bitcoin to gold and said that many … Read more
Crime The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Ramil Palafox, founder of PGI Global, with orchestrating a massive $198 million fraud. The scam allegedly siphoned more than $57 million into personal luxury purchases, including Lamborghinis, watches, and homes. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of … Read more
Official Trump (TRUMP) jumped 52% on April 23 after the announcement of an exclusive in-person dinner for the top tokenholders with US President Donald Trump. For some crypto advocates, this marks the end of the bear market, especially as Bitcoin (BTC) bounced back above $93,000, but others raise suspicions on how sustainable the TRUMP memecoin … Read more
Stellar (XLM) is on a bullish surge as altcoins in the broader digital asset market appear to have regained their bullish momentum. The XRP rival has recorded significant investor interest, resulting in a trading volume spike of over 50%. Stellar enters breakout territory amid volume surge According to CoinMarketCap data, XLM’s trading volume in the … Read more
Traders are embracing diametrically opposed exchange-traded fund (ETF) strategies in a bid to navigate one of the most unpredictable financial markets in recent history, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence. The year-to-date has seen record inflows to ETFs providing leveraged long exposure to volatile assets such as stocks and cryptocurrencies, as well as funds holding … Read more
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms has signed an agreement to borrow $100 million from crypto exchange Coinbase. The firm announced the deal in a press release, noting that it is using its Bitcoin as collateral for the loan. According to Riot, the $100 million loan is a short-term facility that will be available over a period … Read more
Payments giant PayPal is reportedly going to start offering customers yield on its proprietary stablecoin product. According to a new report by Bloomberg, PayPay is planning on offering rewards to users of their stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD) as a means of increasing its usage. The report says that the program is expected to launch sometime … Read more
SOL Strategies, a Canadian investment company, issued $500 million in convertible notes to buy and stake in Solana (SOL) tokens. The $500 million issuance was made to a singular investor, ATW Partners, a New York-based investment firm. The company provides growth equity and structured capital to companies across public and private markets, a spokesperson for … Read more
Maple Finance is quietly becoming one of the most important bridges between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance. Co-founded by Sidney Powell in 2021, the institutional crypto lending platform has facilitated over $5 billion in loans and is increasingly positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for tokenized private credit — a sector TradFi is rapidly … Read more