Ripple just unlocked a game-changing foothold in traditional finance as its $1.25 billion acquisition scores FINRA approval, supercharging institutional access to fixed income markets. Ripple’s Hidden Road Gets FINRA Go-Ahead to Expand Prime Brokerage Services Hidden Road, a global prime brokerage firm recently acquired by Ripple for $1.25 billion, announced a regulatory milestone Thursday. Its
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On April 5, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed at least a 10% tariff on other countries, with some slapped at higher rates, including the European Union at 20%, Japan at 24%, and China at 34%. This raised global recession fears that caused investors to sell off risk assets, leading to a meltdown in multiple
Coinbase is going on the offensive as Oregon revives a discredited crypto crackdown, slamming the state’s lawsuit as politically driven and dead-on-arrival in court. Coinbase Rips Into Oregon for Rehashing SEC’s Collapsed Crypto Regulation-by-Enforcement Crypto exchange Coinbase revealed on April 18 that it is facing a new securities enforcement action from Oregon’s Attorney General, a
The US government is considering bold new ways to build a national bitcoin (BTC) reserve — and it might do so without touching taxpayer funds. Officials from the Trump administration are brainstorming creative ways to fund the country’s growing interest in bitcoin. One of the most discussed ideas is using tariff revenues and revaluing old
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is once again alarmed by the Federal Reserve’s trajectory, and warned on CNBC that U.S. markets would “crash” if President Donald Trump were allowed to remove Chair Jerome Powell. Warren Warns U.S. Could Become ‘Two‑bit Dictatorship’ In an interview with CNBC, Sen. Warren expressed serious concerns over President Trump’s
A new challenge has emerged at the intersection of quantum computing and Bitcoin. Quantum computing research firm Project Eleven has launched the Q-Day Prize, where you can win 1 bitcoin (worth around $84,000) by cracking a Bitcoin private key using a quantum computer. Project11 on X The challenge was announced on April 16, 2025 and
According to onchain analytics from Arkham Intelligence, in the past 27 days, North Korea’s hacking arm Lazarus Group, has orchestrated the transfer of 3,932 BTC, valued at $331.99 million. Even after dispatching such a considerable portion, the remaining cache still cements North Korea’s standing as the third-largest nation-state bitcoin holder. Lazarus Group’s 27-Day Exodus Over
Welcome to another round of Bitcoin News’ interview series where we dive into the stories of Bitcoin operators to help readers get a better understanding of what makes Bitcoin businesses “tick”. Our goal is to put together the most in-depth set of interviews with similar themes to provide insight into what it takes to run
The latest OM crash has caused confusion in the community. In a sequence of sudden sell-offs, $5.5 billion was wiped out. Several reports say the incident happened because one trader tried to control prices on two different exchanges. This complete situation indicates the weakness in various crypto projects. Even though it seemed to have a