Cathie Wood’s ARK partners with SOL Strategies for staking services

    Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has named Canada-based SOL Strategies as its exclusive staking partner for the company’s Digital Assets Revolutions Fund. Under the partnership, ARK Invest will move its validator operations to the SOL Strategies staking infrastructure. Created in 2020, the Fund typically invests in 10 to 12 cryptocurrencies aiming to generate returns over a full market…

    PayPal launches crypto checkout tool, adds support for over 100 tokens

    Payments platform PayPal is set to roll out a new feature for US merchants to accept payments with over 100 cryptocurrencies, targeting overseas transactions and more utility of its own stablecoin. According to a Monday announcement, businesses will be able to accept Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, USDt, USD Coin and XRP, among others. The tool integrates with…

    How to use cryptocurrency to buy a home in Dubai (legally and safely)

    Key takeaways Dubai now has clear laws for buying property with crypto via VARA and the UAE Central Bank. Major developers like Damac and Emaar accept BTC, ETH and stablecoins for property sales. Crypto payments are faster, cheaper and easier for global buyers. Stablecoins and tokenized real estate are driving Dubai’s next property boom. It’s…

    SharpLink buys $295M in ETH — more than all the Ether issued last month

    SharpLink Gaming, the second-largest corporate holder of Ether, has acquired another 77,210 Ether, worth $295 million, as the firm shows no signs of slowing down its crypto treasury play. The single purchase is more than the network’s net issuance of Ether in the past 30 days, which stood at 72,795 ETH, according to Ultra Sound Money. The…

    GENIUS Act to spark wave of ‘killer apps’ and new payment services: Sygnum

    The GENIUS Act is poised to change the stablecoin landscape by steering issuers away from yield-based models and toward payment-focused use cases, according to Sygnum chief investment officer Fabian Dori. “The GENIUS Act was recently amended to create a clear separation between interest/yield-bearing stablecoins and those used for payments,” Dori told Cointelegraph. He said this…

    Tether Gold rides bullion boom as central banks, ETFs rush to accumulate

    A volatile macroeconomic landscape has sparked a new gold rush among institutional investors and central banks, with gold bullion hitting record highs this year — a trend that has also extended to Tether’s gold-backed digital token. By the end of the second quarter, Tether Gold — a tokenized commodity offering direct exposure to physical bullion…