The initiative aimed to offer families, particularly children, a brief escape from the realities of war. Egypt’s matches attracted large crowds, reflecting the long-standing popularity of the team among many Palestinians in Gaza who have long shared cultural, emotional and political ties with their neighbours. Videos of children and families gathering around giant screens among…
In brief AVAX One regained compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price rule after 10 straight days above threshold. The crypto treasury company rose back above the minimum level thanks to a 1-for-12 reverse stock split in June. Interim CEO Pete Wylie says the company is now focused on growth and profitability. AVAX One Technology,…
The leadership change follows another executive departure. Last fall, managing director and head of distribution and partnerships John Hoffman left Grayscale, and just joined tokenized asset platform Ondo Finance last month. The company has also added Chief Marketing Officer Ramona Boston and Head of Index Steve Vanourny over the past few months. The departure comes…
Strategy’s recent bitcoin sales and its formal monetization program have rattled investors, but JPMorgan analysts see a bigger danger to bitcoin: blockchain adoption that routes around public networks and the tokens that ride on them. In a report led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and reported by The Block, the bank argued that Strategy is…
Fourth T20 international, Bristol India 158-7 (20 overs): Iyer 80 (49); Archer 2-20 England 159-1 (13.5 overs): Brook 79* (35), Salt 59* (42); Arshdeep 1-41 England won by nine wickets, lead five-match series 3-0 Scorecard England sealed their first-ever T20 series victory over India as their opponents suffered a record fifth straight defeat in completed…
New Hampshire’s Executive Council rejected a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond in a 3-2 vote on July 8, stopping a Business Finance Authority structure that would have moved BTC collateral into a state-linked public finance process. The vote came after the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority said last November that its board had approved…
A recent investor note from JPMorgan analysts has argued that the true long-term risk to Bitcoin is not corporate sell-offs (which contradicts a plethora of recent opinion pieces). The real risk lies in institutions pivoting toward private blockchain networks. The MicroStrategy risk Earlier this month, on July 2, JPMorgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou opined that Strategy’s sales…
Public companies kept stacking Bitcoin in June, but the month’s real story played out in a corner of the market that did not exist a couple of years ago: the preferred shares that treasury firms now use to fund their coin purchases. A new report from BitcoinTreasuries.net calls June the first true stress test for…
Maine: ‘No official withdrawal notice has yet been received’ from Graham Platner The Maine department of the secretary of state has said that as of Thursday morning, “no official withdrawal notice has yet been received” from Graham Platner. “As of now, no official withdrawal notice has yet been received from Mr. Platner,” Jana Spaulding, Maine’s…
Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain this month, describing it as a permissionless Layer 2 built on Arbitrum for tokenized stocks, real-world assets, DeFi lending, and AI-native finance. One week in, the chain’s loudest retail activity is driven by CASHCAT, a memecoin built on Robinhood’s own discarded “CashCat” name. The token reached nearly…