Cathie Wood's ARK Invest funds made a broad move out of crypto-linked assets during the week, led by the sale of more than 1.5 million shares of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.
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The filing seeks CFTC approval for contracts giving US traders 24/5 leveraged exposure to individual stocks without ownership.

Coinbase stock rallies as Bitcoin surpasses the psychologically important $80,000 level. But is it already too late to invest in COIN shares?

Coinbase trades at a steep premium as diversification, global expansion and recurring revenues support growth as crypto volatility and earnings pressures loom.

The SEC just opened a legal lane for tokenized stocks, and Solana already holds nearly half the market. But a closer look at the fine print reveals why its head start may count for less than it appears.

AI agents are already buying and selling from each other millions of times a day, and the cryptocurrency settling those deals was decided months ago without much fanfare. The winner might surprise you, and the real battle has quietly shifted somewhere else entirely.

Scott Melker explains what investors need to know about the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) decision to bring tokenized stocks to the market. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.
Scott Melker discusses Trump taking aim at Fed Chair Warsh for rate hikes, and what investors need to know about the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) decision to bring tokenized stocks to the market. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.

Bitcoin crossing a key threshold triggered a cascade of short liquidations that sent crypto equities flying well past the coin itself, and the regulatory moves happening behind the scenes may be reshaping which of these names deserves the bigger premium.

Bitcoin broke above $80,000 on Friday, lifting shares of crypto-linked stocks. The largest cryptocurrency recently traded at $80,587 Friday morning, up more than 5% from its 4 p.m. ET level on Thursday. The move higher came despite the failure of a major crypto legislation and the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike in three years earlier in the week.
Bitcoin jumped 5% to $80,000 per token on Friday as investors looked past a Fed rate hike and failed Clarity Act vote.


Coinbase Global said Friday that it has sought regulatory approval to list perpetual futures tied to individual large-cap U.S. stocks. Perpetual futures, known as “perps,” are speculative derivative contracts that never expire, allowing traders to pile on leverage that amplifies their potential gains and losses. Coinbase plans to list perps tied to roughly 50 to 60 popular stocks such as Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and Nvidia.

FEATURE Stock futures were rising on Friday, as investors carried on piling into tech following the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in more than three years. The artificial-intelligence trade still has legs, judging by premarket moves.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has shown its resilience, rallying despite two potential setbacks.
The stablecoin wars have shifted from the issuers—Circle, Ripple, and Ondo—to the infrastructure of global finance. Rather than fighting for dominance within crypto-native exchanges, the industry is now focused on the plumbing required to move assets into the mainstream. Coinbase is betting that the true battleground for stablecoin adoption is not the digital wallet, but […]

↘️ Nestle (CH:NESN): The Swiss food-product maker said it is assessing options for its Russian unit after Moscow transferred control to external administrators, in the latest move by the Kremlin to seize the local assets of international companies.

Over the past 18 months, 40 wannabe bankers have filed for charters with the Comptroller of the Currency. So far, 21 have been approved.

Bitcoin barely flinched when the Senate killed the CLARITY Act, but that indifference cuts both ways. Grok lays out exactly what it would take for BTC to hit six figures before year-end, and the list of conditions is longer than most bulls want to admit.

Polymarket hired Zora founder Jacob Horne to rebuild its onchain product as Kalshi powers Coinbase's US prediction markets.
Coinbase Global CEO Brian Armstrong said he's moving past the crypto industry's big bill two days after the Senate failed to advance the landmark legislation.
A temporary exemption could unlock a much bigger shift

In recent days, Coinbase Global has faced renewed regulatory uncertainty after the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate, prompting CEO Brian Armstrong to urge the SEC and CFTC to set crypto rules under existing authority. At the same time, Coinbase is deepening its role in mainstream finance through partnerships such as X’s new Cashtag trading feature, even as Armstrong publicly campaigns to overhaul accredited investor rules to widen access to private-market...
AI-driven payment activity is accelerating with the AI models now powering agentic trading. Artemis data shows agentic-payment activity through protocols such as x402 and the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) has surged in recent months. The number of transactions has crossed 2 million during several periods in late August and early September. Infact, daily agentic-payment volume

Stocks tied to digital assets climbed after the SEC announced a new framework for trading U.S. stocks.

Scott Melker sits down with Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong to discuss the future of bitcoin (BTC-USD), why it could hit $400,000 by 2030, and Armstrong's memory of sending one bitcoin to users as an incentive to use the platform. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.

