EV startup Faraday Future plans multibillion-dollar crypto strategy

    Electric vehicle startup Faraday Future said it plans to launch several crypto-focused initiatives, including creating a crypto treasury and offering tokenized vehicle sales. Nasdaq-listed Faraday Future said on Sunday that it planned to create a “C10 (Crypto 10) Treasury” product and initially buy $30 million worth of crypto, which it hoped “could reach tens of billions in…

    Solana hits 100K TPS milestone with stress test transaction spike

    Solana throughput briefly spiked to six figures under a high load of program call transactions over the weekend, according to a developer. Mert Mumtaz, the co-founder of the Solana developer tooling firm Helius, said on Sunday that Solana became the “first major blockchain” to record 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) on its mainnet. He shared that a…

    US Treasury weighs digital ID verification in DeFi to tackle illicit finance

    The US Department of the Treasury is seeking public feedback on how digital identity tools and other emerging technologies could be used to fight illicit finance in crypto markets, with one option being embedding identity checks into decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts. The consultation, published this week, stems from the newly enacted Guiding and Establishing National Innovation…

    $1M Bitcoin in 2026 would signal trouble: Galaxy’s Mike Novogratz

    Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says a million-dollar Bitcoin next year wouldn’t be a victory but rather a sign that the US economy is in serious trouble. “People who cheer for the million-dollar Bitcoin price next year, I was like, Guys, it only gets there if we’re in such a shitty place domestically,” Novogratz told Natalie Brunell…

    S&P Dow Jones in talks to bring tokenized indexes to exchanges, DeFi: Exec

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) is in discussions with major exchanges, custodians and DeFi protocols to license and list tokenized versions of its benchmarks, according to Stephanie Rowton, the firm’s director of US equities. Rowton told Cointelegraph that the index provider is taking a “strategic approach” to ensure tokenized S&P products are launched only…

    Crypto to become UAE’s second-biggest sector in 5 years — Institutional investor

    The crypto sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on track to become its second-largest industry in the next five years, due to the country’s regulatory policies and attractive business environment, according to Chase Ergen, a board member of publicly traded digital asset investment firm DeFi Technologies. “They have a reputation for leadership, legislation,…