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Coinbase and Better Take Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages Beyond the Waitlist
The product pairs a conventional home loan with a separate downpayment loan secured by pledged bitcoin and a second lien on the property.
Tether Clears First Full Audit From KPMG Without Publishing the Statements
The Big Four firm issued an unqualified opinion on 2025 accounts for Tether's El Salvador issuing entity. The work was done to AICPA standards rather than the PCAOB standards the GENIUS Act sets for licensed U.S. issuers, and Tether has released neither the statements nor the opinion letter.
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Coinbase and Better Take Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages Beyond the Waitlist
The product pairs a conventional home loan with a separate downpayment loan secured by pledged bitcoin and a second lien on the property.
Tether Clears First Full Audit From KPMG Without Publishing the Statements
The Big Four firm issued an unqualified opinion on 2025 accounts for Tether's El Salvador issuing entity. The work was done to AICPA standards rather than the PCAOB standards the GENIUS Act sets for licensed U.S. issuers, and Tether has released neither the statements nor the opinion letter.
BitGo CFO to Exit as Q2 Net Loss Hits $19 Million
Revenue jumped 80%, but trading and staking margins weakened as BitGo targeted $15 million in annualized savings following June layoffs.
Bitwise Cuts 14% of Staff as Client Assets Fall to $9 Billion
The crypto asset manager reduced headcount to about 155 from 180, while its BITW index fund ended June with $532.8 million in net assets, down from $1.03 billion at year-end.
eToro to Buy US Brokerage TradeZero for Up to $231M as Crypto Revenue Shrinks
The purchase, eToro's third acquisition signed this year, is not expected to close until the first half of 2027 and needs regulatory approvals for a broker-dealer whose chief executive settled SEC charges in 2022.
Strategy Sells 1,638 Bitcoin for $105M, Splits Proceeds Between Dividends and STRC Buyback
The company raised its USD Reserve to $4.0 billion from $3.0 billion three weeks earlier, funding the increase with $250 million from the sale of 3,011,361 MSTR shares.
Coinbase Says Revenue From Its Base Layer 2 Fell Despite Record Volume
Coinbase's Q2 filings show sequencer revenue from Base declined even as stablecoin transaction volume on the network grew sevenfold year-over-year.
Ready Shuts Card Program After Issuer Kulipa's Sudden Wind-Down
Self-custodial wallet says user funds are untouched as the collapse of a shared card issuer knocks out Ready, Solflare and other crypto card programs overnight.
Magic Labs Sells Wallet Business to Kraken Parent Payward
The embedded-wallet pioneer is rebranding as Newton Labs to focus on an onchain authorization layer that vets transactions against policy before they settle.
BitMart to Wind Down Exchange, End Trading by Aug. 26
The exchange gave no specific reason for the closure, and its BMX token fell about 59% in 24 hours after the announcement.