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Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office has disclosed new crypto stakes totaling $87.8M in Bitdeer Technologies and Hyperliquid, marking a significant pivot toward digital assets.…
AI chip startup Groq has closed a $350 million funding round at a $3.5 billion valuation — roughly half the $6.9 billion it commanded less than a year ago.…
The ECB's Wage Tracker registers 2.7% for Q1 2027, pointing to stable negotiated wage pressures across the euro area and informing the bank's monetary policy path.…
PayPal's Jeff Pomeroy reports tangible progress on unifying the global payments platform, expanding in-store, and scaling crypto — while staking a claim on agentic commerce.…
The European Central Bank confirms cash retains its position as the most widely accepted payment method across the euro area, underscoring its enduring role in retail commerce.…
Only 7% of small business owners view their bank as a true strategic partner, while 65% see them as mere utilities, according to Grasshopper Bank's Beyond Small survey.…
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed guidance clarifying when stablecoins qualify as cash equivalents, a move that could reshape corporate balance sheet treatment of digital assets.…
UAE authorities briefly detained two Binance employees at Emirates airports as part of police investigations into possible financial wrongdoing tied to platform activity.…
The European Commission is reviewing whether MiCA covers crypto lending, but DeFi vaults' decentralized nature makes identifying a regulated party nearly impossible.…
Former JPMorgan Chase COO Matt Zames will serve as an unpaid advisor to the Social Security Administration starting Aug. 24, joining fellow ex-JPMorgan executive Frank Bisignano.…
The SEC has proposed Regulation Crypto Asset, a new capital-raising exemption framework for crypto issuers modeled on the established Reg A and Reg CF securities exemptions.…
BounceBit's Bitcoin restaking platform announces permanent L1 blockchain closure after an authorization exploit drained roughly 286.5 million BB tokens worth $3 million.…