Zapper, one of decentralized finance’s longest-running portfolio dashboards, will wind down operations and shut down all services on Aug. 3, ending a nearly seven-year run as a widely used tool for tracking crypto wallets, DeFi positions and on-chain activity. Co-founder and CEO Seb Audet announced the decision on Wednesday, saying the company had reviewed multiple
Kraken is leading MiCA-regulated crypto exchanges in spot liquidity, perpetual liquidity and market coverage, according to DefiLlama data, strengthening its position as one of the main beneficiaries of Europe’s new digital asset licensing regime. The dashboard showed Kraken with $399.71 million in spot liquidity and $206.90 million in perpetual liquidity, placing it first among MiCA-regulated
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has officially launched Grok 4.5, its latest artificial intelligence model, positioning the system as the company’s most capable offering for coding, agentic workflows and advanced knowledge work. The company said Grok 4.5 is its “smartest model” to date and is built for technical tasks including software engineering, data science, research, finance and
Crypto ETF flows turned negative on Wednesday, July 8, as U.S. spot Bitcoin funds recorded $84.9 million of net outflows, reversing the modest inflow seen a day earlier and showing that institutional demand remained uneven after the Independence Day holiday break. According to Farside Investors, Bitcoin ETFs lost $84.9 million on July 8, while Ether
AI Financial Corporation, the Nasdaq-listed company formerly known as ALT5 Sigma, is in talks to sell its core payments business for up to $15 million, marking a sharp reversal for a firm tied to the Trump family-linked crypto project World Liberty Financial. Perpetuals.com said it has signed a non-binding term sheet to explore the potential
Nexo has launched its crypto debit-and-credit card in Argentina, giving local users a new way to spend digital assets directly or borrow against crypto holdings without selling them. The rollout brings the Nexo Card to one of Latin America’s most active crypto markets and comes alongside the appointment of former Binance executive Andres Ondarra as
Why Is BitGo Moving Into Quantum Protection Now? BitGo plans to introduce new quantum-protection tools for Bitcoin wallets as institutional custody providers start preparing for risks that may not be immediate but could become material if quantum computing advances faster than wallet infrastructure adapts. The company said the tools are designed to help institutions “assess,
Crypto ETF flows remained positive on Tuesday, July 7, but momentum slowed sharply from the previous session as U.S.-listed Bitcoin funds added just $21.5 million in net inflows. According to Farside Investors, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $21.5 million of net inflows on July 7, down from $265.7 million on July 6 and $223.5 million
A federal judge has denied Kalshi’s request to block New York’s lawsuit over its sports event prediction contracts, allowing the state’s case to move forward and adding another setback to the company’s fight against state-level gambling enforcement. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan rejected Kalshi’s bid for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped
EDX Markets has raised $76 million in a Series C funding round led by Japan’s SBI Holdings, giving the institutional crypto platform fresh capital to expand its trading, clearing and settlement infrastructure. The Chicago-based company announced the financing on July 7, saying the funds will support product development, global expansion and stronger institutional market infrastructure.