Maelstrom, the family office of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, is seeking to raise at least $250 million for its first private equity fund intended to acquire established businesses in the crypto ecosystem, according to a Bloomberg report. The new vehicle, Maelstrom Equity Fund I, will invest between $40 million and $75 million per deal across…
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Inside Tether’s Open-Source Wallet Push – A Step Toward Cross-Chain Dominance?
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest cryptocurrency stablecoin, has announced the open-sourcing of its Wallet Development Kit (WDK)—a modular framework designed to simplify the creation of secure, multi-chain, self-custodial wallets. Today Tether introduces WDK, the Wallet Development Kit, one of the core pillars of our Stable Company strategy. At Tether, we imagine a world…
SEC Drowning in ETFtober Filings: 5+ Crypto Funds Hit Desk Amid Shutdown Gridlock – What’s the Fix?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is facing a wave of new crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings, even as a prolonged government shutdown stalls decisions and leaves dozens of products in limbo. At least five new crypto ETFs landed on the SEC’s desk this week alone, showing the growing rush among asset managers to…
Altcoin Season Index Near 25 With Red Screens: Reading October Market Collapse
October often carries a hopeful tone for crypto. Today’s tape feels different. Both the Altcoin Season Index and the Fear and Greed Index hover at 25, a reading that tilts toward Bitcoin season, yet Bitcoin itself trades only slightly above $105,000 after sliding 13% in a week. That combination leaves altcoin holdings exposed while liquidity…
Your AI Agent Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Your Data
An AI agent’s greatest strength — its relentless desire to be helpful — is also its most dangerous flaw. Take the recent ForcedLeak vulnerability that hit Salesforce’s AI platform. Attackers turned the agent’s best quality against it, using a simple $5 expired domain to pass it malicious instructions. This goes beyond being an isolated case….
Japanese Banking Giants Enter Stablecoins, Challenge USDT and USDC Dominance
Three of Japan’s largest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho, are joining forces to launch stablecoins pegged to the Japanese yen and US dollar, a move to challenge the dominance of dollar-backed USDT and USDC stablecoins. According to an October 17 report from Japanese outlet Nikkei, the yen-backed stablecoin will first be used…
2025 Cloud Mining Trend: Fleet Mining Sets Up A New, Stable Stage
In 2025, the crypto market is in a new stage: the price fluctuates greatly, but its investment logic has changed from “speculation” to “productivity.” A growing number of investors realize that sustainable wealth grows through “sustainable cash flow” and not by speculating on price in the short term. In this context, the smart computing power…
$19B Crypto Liquidations Didn’t Mean $19B in Losses. Real Losses Were Far Smaller
Key Takeaways: Liquidations from the recent market sell-off resulted in real losses of only $950M to $2.85B for traders. The rest was simply phantom leverage, synthetic exposure that was rapidly unwound. Experts say large-scale liquidation events are needed to “cleanse the system from running on excess leverage fumes.” The Friday, Oct. 10 crypto crash, dubbed…
MrBeast Files Trademark for ‘MrBeast Financial’ to Offer Crypto, Banking Services
YouTube superstar Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is taking a bold step beyond online entertainment and into the world of digital finance. Key Takeaways: MrBeast has filed a trademark, aiming to launch a platform offering banking, investment, and crypto services. The filing describes a SaaS-based ecosystem featuring crypto payments and decentralized exchanges. The move…
Ethereum to Overtake Bitcoin? BitMEX’s Tom Lee Predicts Wall Street-Style Flip
BitMEX chairman Tom Lee believes Ethereum could one day surpass Bitcoin’s market dominance, drawing a comparison to how U.S. equities overtook gold after the United States abandoned the gold standard in 1971. Speaking in an interview with ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood on Thursday, Lee said, “Ethereum could flip Bitcoin similar to how Wall Street…









