Robinhood files $200M second venture fund focused on YC startups
Robinhood is preparing to launch its second publicly traded venture fund, aiming to raise up to $200 million and give retail investors access to...
MiCA CASP tracker makes EU crypto licences searchable
Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs and the open-source ElizaOS framework, has announced that the Eliza token is effectively finished and that the project's...
BlackRock deepens RWA push with 2 tokenized funds
BlackRock has launched two tokenized money market products as the world’s largest asset manager continues expanding its use of blockchain technology in traditional finance.The...
Bitwise NEAR ETF reveals NRR ticker in SEC filing
Bitwise has revealed the proposed ticker symbol for its planned spot NEAR ETF as it continues efforts to launch a U.S.-listed investment product linked...
CLARITY Act backers say sheriffs misread DeFi rules
The Blockchain Association has pushed back against criticism of the latest CLARITY Act draft, sending an eight-page response to Senate leaders John Thune and...
Kalshi CEO invokes Nasdaq in $36B New York lawsuit
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour defended the prediction market company on August 3 after New York filed a lawsuit seeking at least $36 billion in...
BitGo Link unifies exchange accounts for institutions
BitGo Holdings has launched a new platform called BitGo Link, designed to help institutional trading and treasury teams manage cryptocurrency assets across BitGo accounts...
CLARITY Act faces Wednesday deadline for Friday vote
The CLARITY Act was missing from the U.S. Senate’s schedule for Monday, Aug. 3, leaving lawmakers with only a short window to move the...
Bitcoin price faces 5 macro tests this week
Bitcoin was trading around $62,747 early on Aug. 3 after briefly climbing to an intraday high of $63,697. Investors are now closely watching a...
Luno blocks some crypto transfers before Aug. 31 deadline
Luno customers affected by the company’s regional exit plan can no longer transfer cryptocurrency to external wallets or other platforms.The deadline for crypto transfers...
Ripple invests in 2 firms to scale XRPL tokenization
Ripple announced new investments in two UK-based companies, ZILO and Licuido, as part of its effort to expand digital capital markets on the XRP...
Bithumb sets 2028 IPO target with governance overhaul plan
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has laid out a plan to go public by 2028, with the company focusing on stronger governance, better financial...
Iraqi News
DNO Makes Possible $271m Offer for Genel Energy
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO ASA has made a possible cash offer to buy Genel Energy plc, valuing the company at around £202...
US Fed Ships $500m Cash to Central Bank of Iraq
A shipment of $500 million in cash has arrived in Iraq from the U.S. Federal Reserve and has been delivered to the Central Bank...
KRG Disputes Dana Gas Deal, “will take All Appropriate Measures”
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has raised concerns over gas supplies from the Khor Mor field, saying that Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas started...
Iraq “Considers Removing Three Zeros from Dinar”
The Iraqi federal government is reportedly considering removing three zeros from the Iraqi dinar as it looks for ways to deal with growing financial...
Concerns are growing within Iraq following the negative experience: American companies are draining Iraqi...
Concerns are growing across Iraq as more people question the government's increasing reliance on American companies. Many Iraqis believe that after years of operating...