Coinbase in S&P 500: More crypto firms to come?

Coinbase in S&P 500: More crypto firms to come?

“This normalizes crypto exposure in conservative portfolios that might otherwise avoid digital assets,” said Bitpace’s Meryem Habibi. This past week, Coinbase joined the S&P 500, one of the world’s most elite stock indexes — a triumph for the crypto firm, which spent much of the 2020s battling US government agencies like the SEC and Commodity…

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Solana 'will make everyone an investor' — Solana nCMO

Solana 'will make everyone an investor' — Solana nCMO

Tokenization could pave the way for widespread micro-ownership of businesses, said Akshay BD, nCMO at the Solana Foundation. The current structure of capital markets is failing to serve a broad base of investors, according to Akshay BD, non-chief marketing officer at the Solana Foundation. During a panel at the Accelerate 2025 conference, Akshay argued that…

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Quantum Biopharma bolsters Bitcoin treasury

Quantum Biopharma bolsters Bitcoin treasury

The biopharmaceutical company bought $1 million of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, taking its total crypto holdings to $4.5 million. Quantum Biopharma has purchased an additional $1 million worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the Canadian biotechnology company said.  The buys take Quantum’s total cryptocurrency holdings to approximately $4.5 million, according to a May 19 press…

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Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company

Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company

Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz’s shareholders officially approved a Bitcoin treasury proposal on May 15, with the firm also announcing it acquired another 274.5 Bitcoin. Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to…

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Bitdeer Q1 revenue falls more than 40% year-over-year

Bitdeer Q1 revenue falls more than 40% year-over-year

The company still managed to clock net income of more than $400 million due to increasing values of derivatives on its balance sheet, Bitdeer said. Bitdeer Technologies Group reported a 41% year-over-year drop in revenue to $70.1 million for the first quarter of 2025, the Bitcoin miner said on May 15.  The Singaporean company clocked…

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VanEck launches 'Onchain Economy' ETF

VanEck launches 'Onchain Economy' ETF

The new exchange traded fund aims to offer exposure to an array of crypto stocks and financial instruments. VanEck has launched a new actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to invest in stocks and financial instruments offering exposure to the digital economy, the asset manager said on May 14. The VanEck Onchain Economy ETF (NODE)…

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