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Bitcoin ETFs Surge as Ether Streak Ends
Bitcoin ETFs closed the week on a high note, signaling renewed institutional appetite even as ether products lose their momentum. This evening’s roundup also covers Visa’s regulatory pivot on memecoin rewards, Crypto.com’s aggressive expansion into U.S. stock derivatives, and significant infrastructure upgrades across the XRP Ledger and Robinhood Chain. Institutional Capital Flows Into Bitcoin ETFs...
Trump Media Scraps $6.4B Crypto.com CRO Treasury Deal Amid Regulatory Pressure
Trump Media has terminated its agreement to build a $6.4 billion Crypto.com CRO token treasury, abandoning one of the largest crypto initiatives tied to the Trump family as regulatory scrutiny intensifies in Washington. The decision, announced Friday, August 8, 2026, marks a strategic pivot away from digital-asset ventures toward media and energy sector consolidation. Background...
Wall Street Commits Capital: Citadel and T. Rowe Price Accelerate Crypto Institutionalization
Citadel Securities’ $400 million investment in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, announced Thursday, signals that Wall Street’s integration into digital asset infrastructure is no longer theoretical—it is now a capital deployment strategy executed by some of the world’s largest trading firms. Simultaneously, T. Rowe Price launched its first actively managed multi-token crypto ETF, underscoring...
Citadel Invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B Valuation
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, marking the Singapore-based exchange’s first institutional fundraising round since its 2016 founding. The investment represents a significant milestone for the crypto industry and signals accelerating institutional conviction in digital asset infrastructure, particularly as traditional finance and crypto markets converge around tokenization and...
Here’s What Happened in Crypto Today
Bitcoin retreated 1.11% today as Federal Reserve hawkishness combined with lingering Mt. Gox distribution concerns to dampen investor sentiment, while regulatory momentum on Capitol Hill showed signs of stalling as the CLARITY Act’s Senate passage odds slipped below 50%. In brighter news, Citadel Securities’ $400 million investment in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation underscored...
Citadel Securities Invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B Valuation
Crypto.com secured a landmark $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities on July 16, valuing the exchange at $20 billion and representing the company’s first institutional funding round in its decade-long history. The deal signals accelerating convergence between traditional finance and digital assets, with Citadel bringing institutional market-making expertise to support Crypto.com’s expansion into tokenized...