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Archax to Buy Spanish Broker King & Shaxson Capital Markets to Expand in Europe

Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in Spain.

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Política

Crypto Lobby Group CCI Expands Its Reach by Absorbing Proof of Stake Alliance

The Crypto Council for Innovation has integrated with the Proof of Stake Alliance and secured partnerships with other policy groups in Japan and the U.K.

Sheila Warren's Crypto Council for Innovation is absorbing the Proof of Stake Alliance, which will retain its executive director, Alison Mangiero. (photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finanças

Solana-Based RWA Platform AgriDex Taps Stripe's Bridge to Lower Cost for Agricultural Trade Settlements

AgriDex is an example of how stablecoins are being increasingly used as a payment vehicle in emerging regions as a cheaper alternative for traditional banking rails.

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

Finanças

An Arctic Circle Bitcoin Mine Will Heat a Building in a Fishing Village

Retail-focused Sazmining is starting a modest-sized bitcoin mining operation, using hydropower, in a small Norwegian fishing town.

A Norwegian town (Michael Fousert/Unsplash)

Finanças

FCA-Regulated Crypto Trading Firm Portofino Technologies Sees Staff Exodus

Co-founder Alex Casimo and CFO Jae Park were fired in July, which triggered a number of departures from the market making firm.

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Finanças

Solana's Crypto-Governance Hub Realms Is Under New Management

The project is spinning out of Solana Labs and its new leaders want to turn a profit.

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanças

U.K. Pension Giant L&G Looks to Enter Crypto's Tokenization Space

London-based L&G, which has $1.5 trillion in assets, is evaluating ways to join other big traditional players like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Abrdn that are offering blockchain-based money-market funds and the like.

City of London, England (Shutterstock)

Finanças

Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches Wrapped Bitcoin Token kBTC

The token will be available on both Ethereum and OP Mainnet.

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Mercados

GraFun Starts Labs Division to Boost Memecoin Ecosystem on BNB Chain

Partners include trading firm DWF Labs and the Floki, BNB Chain’s largest memecoin by market capitalization.

Ledn's Mauricio Di Bartolomeo argues that the crypto lending industry can rebuild trust following a disastrous 2022. (Mathieu Stern/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanças

Crypto-Real Estate's USDR Misled Investors as Tangible Brothers Made Millions

The 2023 crash of Tangible's USDR stablecoin is infamous in crypto circles. But a CoinDesk investigation reveals there's another story to be told.

Tangible CEO Jagpal Singh (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk based on images from Tangible and Images Money)