Uphold is weighing a potential initial public offering or strategic sale as it explores ways to fuel further growth. Digital asset platform Uphold is exploring a potential IPO in the U.S. or a strategic sale, CEO Simon McLoughlin told The Block. The company’s board has engaged investment bank FT Partners to evaluate its options, including … Read more
TON crypto spiked 40% after Telegram announced the finalization of the $1.5 billion bond sale, backed by BlackRock, Citadel, and Mubadala. As tokenization picks up steam, will Toncoin and Tonchain dominate? What differentiates crypto from securities is hype. True, market forces impact crypto, but when the “hype” catches on, prices tend to surge rapidly. There … Read more
The digital token linked to Telegram gained traction as rumors swirled that Wall Street titans are circling the company’s lucrative 9% yield bond deal. The price of Toncoin (TON) soared by more than 6% on Wednesday as reports emerged that asset management giant BlackRock is considering joining Telegram‘s $1.5 billion bond offering. Telegram is set … Read more
Pump.fun’s new decentralized exchange, PumpSwap, has reached $1.52 billion in trading volume just a week after launch. Dune Analytics data shows that PumpSwap DEX has handled more than 14 million swaps, bringing in a total of $3.03 million in fees. The current 0.25% trading fee structure allocates 0.20% to liquidity providers and 0.05% to the … Read more
On-chain investigator ZachXBT has identified North Korea’s Lazarus Group as the team behind the billion-dollar Bybit hack, winning a 50k ARKM bounty for solving the case. The breakthrough came when ZachXBT submitted conclusive evidence linking the attack to the hacking group at 19:09 UTC. The investigation shared the hackers exploited Bybit’s Ethereum (ETH) multisig cold … Read more