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A couple prominent Bitcoin adoption leaders gathered on the Nakamoto Stage at The Bitcoin 2026 Conference, making the case that an unusual industry dynamic — one where direct competitors openly collaborate — may be the defining feature of the current institutional push into the digital asset. The panel featured David Bailey, CEO of Nakamoto Inc., Alexandre Laizet of Capital B, and Dylan LeClair of Metaplanet, moderated by George Mekhail of Bitcoin for Corporations. Bailey started his talk to frame Bitcoin as something closer to a decentralized corporation, arguing that rising valuations at peer companies lift the broader ecosystem rather than…

Ondo Finance has teamed up with financial technology giant Broadridge to give holders of tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) the ability to participate in proxy voting.Broadridge has built a Web3-enabled relay system where tokenholders connect their crypto wallet to Broadridge’s ProxyVote platform, submit their voting preference, and Ondo’s issuer then votes the real shares accordingly, with the entire process recorded onchain for transparency, according to a Tuesday announcement.“By working with Broadridge, we are enabling holders of our on-chain tokenized stocks to access governance and voting capabilities, with all the additional benefits on-chain tokens provide,” Matthieu de Vergnes, global head…

A Manhattan federal judge has denied FTX CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial, rejecting his claim that there is new evidence.Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw Bankman-Fried’s trial in 2023 and sentenced him to 25 years in prison in early 2024, wrote in an order on Tuesday that Bankman-Fried’s claim of new evidence and witnesses was baseless.“This motion appears to be one part of a plan to rescue his reputation that Bankman-Fried hatched and even committed to writing after FTX declared bankruptcy but before he was indicted,” Judge Kaplan wrote.Bankman-Fried in February had requested a new trial…

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Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones said bitcoin BTC$76,882.32 stands out as the strongest hedge against inflation, citing its fixed supply as a key advantage over traditional assets like gold.”Bitcoin is unequivocally the best inflation hedge that there is — more than gold,” Jones said in an interview with Invest Like the Best podcast published Tuesday. He pointed to the largest crypto’s capped supply. Unlike gold, whose supply increases each year, bitcoin has a hard limit on the number of coins that can be created, making it scarcer by design, he said.Jones framed bitcoin’s appeal through the lens of past market…

Sharplink now stakes nearly 900k ETH as institutional validators, ETFs, and JPMorgan’s tokenized funds turn Ethereum’s 30% staking era into a yield-bearing settlement layer. Summary Sharplink received 459 ETH in rewards this week and has earned 18,309 ETH in cumulative staking payouts by locking nearly 900,000 ETH as an institutional treasury position. Ethereum’s staking rate has crossed 30% of supply with more than 36 million ETH securing roughly $115–$120 billion, while players like BitMine control about 11% of all staked ETH. 21Shares is distributing on-chain staking rewards to TETH ETF holders and JPMorgan’s MONY fund now runs directly on Ethereum,…

Bitmine’s aggressive accumulation of Ethereum isn’t just another headline; it’s a signal that a new corporate strategy may be taking shape in the digital asset space. At a time when most firms are still cautiously exploring digital assets, Bitmine is moving with conviction, building one of the largest ETH positions and signaling a shift in how companies may think about balance sheets, capital allocation, and long-term positioning. How Ethereum Is Becoming More Than A Passive Treasury Asset Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (BMNR) had just become one of the largest Ethereum holders in the industry. Even though the company is down…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is struggling to reclaim the $2,400 level as the broader market consolidates and buyers search for the conviction needed to push through overhead resistance. The price chart shows hesitation. The on-chain data, however, is showing something quite different — and it is coming from the same entity that has been quietly reshaping Ethereum’s supply structure for months. Data from Arkham Intelligence confirms that Bitmine has staked another 112,656 ETH, worth approximately $260 million at current prices. The transaction is the latest in a series of large,…

Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, took the Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2026 on Tuesday to argue that a nine-month-old preferred stock instrument has become the fastest-growing credit product in the world — and that its expansion is only getting started. The keynote, framed around what Saylor calls digital credit, was a structured pitch for STRC, Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, which trades on Nasdaq near its $100 par value and pays an 11.5% annualized monthly dividend.  He opened with a premise that set the tone for everything that followed: “The world is built…

Ethereum’s long stretch of sideways movement may be closer to resolution than most market participants expect. A higher time frame analysis shared by a TradingView analyst suggests the current structure is the final stage before a larger expansion that sees the Ethereum price rallying by over 100% in 2026. This prediction rests on decades of price history that, taken together, present a compelling case. Ethereum has done this before, the structure is intact, and a 100% move from the current price level is possible. A Six-Year Consolidation Hiding A Bullish Structure Technical analysis of higher timeframe charts, particularly the monthly…