Rain raises $250m series C to expand stablecoin payments infrastructure
Rain, a company that helps businesses use stablecoins for real-world payments, just raised a huge $250 million in new funding.This was a Series C...
Pump.fun rejiggers memecoin fees to reward traders, not just creators
Pump.fun, the popular memecoin launchpad on Solana, is changing how creator fees work after realizing last year’s system pushed people to create coins instead...
Stablecoins go mainstream as transaction volumes hit $33 trillion
Stablecoins quietly hit a major milestone in 2025, and most people barely noticed. But behind the scenes, they’ve become a core part of how...
Ex-Zcash devs to launch CashZ wallet after mass resignation
The team that built Zcash’s main wallet is starting a new chapter after walking away from Electric Coin Company, the organization that has long...
Bitnomial exchange receives CFTC approval to launch prediction market in the...
Bitnomial has just cleared an important regulatory hurdle, and it puts the company in a strong position to launch prediction markets inside the United...
Optimism submits proposal to use 50% of Superchain revenue for OP...
Optimism is planning a big change that could give its OP token a much more direct connection to real network activity and revenue.In a...
Chinese businessman linked to $15b Bitcoin seizure deported from Cambodia
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman accused of running what U.S. officials describe as one of the largest cryptocurrency fraud...
Polymarket introduces trading fees on US app and crypto markets
Polymarket just made a quiet but important change to how it operates.The decentralized prediction market platform has started charging trading fees on its short-duration...
Wyoming launches first state-issued stablecoin FRNT on Solana
Wyoming just made a quiet move that could change how U.S. states use digital dollars.The state has officially launched FRNT, the first state-issued stablecoin...
Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol secures $15M investment from a16z Crypto
Babylon is making a bigger push to bring Bitcoin into on-chain finance, and now it has strong backing to do it.The crypto venture firm...
Bitmine stakes additional $60M in ETH, bringing total to $2.62B
Bitmine is continuing to grow its role in Ethereum staking as part of a bigger shift in how it manages its treasury.According to on-chain...
BitMEX taps Chainlink to power 24/7 equity perps
BitMEX, the exchange famous for making perpetual swaps popular, just announced something new. It’s teaming up with Chainlink to bring pricing data to its...
Iraqi News
Iraq’s Central bank denies US suspension of cash flows
The Central Bank of Iraq has pushed back on reports claiming the United States suspended dollar flows tied to Iraq’s oil revenues.Financial expert and...
Digital IQD Proposal targets $7-12bn Economic Gains
Cylinder Seal presents a very ambitious idea: use a digital Iraqi dinar not just as a payment tool, but as an engine to push...
Basrah crudes lead regional oil benchmarks
Iraq’s Basrah crude prices slipped slightly on Thursday, with both Basrah Heavy and Basrah Medium down about 0.5%.Basrah Heavy fell 56 cents to $111.94...
Al-Tamimi: Freezing Iraqi funds in New York violates sovereignty and contravenes international conventions.
Legal expert Ali al-Tamimi said reports about the US withholding Iraqi funds raise serious concerns about financial sovereignty and legal agreements governing those funds.He...
30 MPs in the Sudanese bloc threaten to withdraw if Al-Awadi is nominated for...
An informed source says tensions are rising inside Iraq’s Reconstruction and Development bloc over the choice of the next prime minister.According to the source,...