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New Crypto Bank to be Unveiled by Billionaire Trump Backer Andy Beal

By Michael Roddan · Dec 5, 2025 2:32pm PST · 2 comments
Texas billionaire banker Andy Beal, a big donor to President Donald Trump, is shifting the focus of one of two banks he owns to crypto. The move would ease a bottleneck that has made it difficult for the crypto industry to access the financial system. Beal is renaming Beal Bank, one of the two federally chartered banks he owns, Monet Bank,... Texas billionaire banker Andy Beal, a big donor to President Donald Trump, is shifting the focus...
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S&P Takes on AI Debt Deals and Crypto Giants

By Ken Brown · Dec 3, 2025 8:00am PST
More than a few years ago, I met with ratings agency analysts covering giant telecom equipment companies like Lucent Technologies. The telecom bust had already begun, but the analysts remained optimistic about the companies’ future. They were wildly wrong.Roughly a decade later, the dominant ratings agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s,... More than a few years ago, I met with ratings agency analysts covering giant telecom equipment...
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Crypto Robbery Rattles Investors

By Yueqi Yang · Nov 26, 2025 2:48pm PST
The recent bitcoin sell-off wasn’t the only cause for alarm among crypto investors this week. Many were rattled by news that a tech investor was robbed of $11 million worth of crypto at his home. Doorbell camera footage shows someone posing as a delivery worker approaching the home, accessible on street level in Mission Dolores, and asking for “... The recent bitcoin sell-off wasn’t the only cause for alarm among crypto investors this week....
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Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time
By Ken Brown · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST · 3 comments
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Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time

By Ken Brown · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST · 3 comments
Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns into another crypto winter, it will have a bigger impact on the mainstream financial system than it has in the past. Bitcoin has fallen 30% in less than two months and is down for the year, while other cryptocurrencies have crashed by much... Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns...
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Trump Family Crypto Deal Runs Aground

By Michael Roddan · Nov 26, 2025 6:00am PST · 5 comments
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. rang the bell at Nasdaq’s New York headquarters in August to celebrate the announcement of a deal that could have netted the family a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars. The president’s oldest sons were combining their crypto startup, World Liberty Financial, with a publicly traded Canadian company, Alt5... Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. rang the bell at Nasdaq’s New York headquarters in August to...
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Bitcoin Is Falling and Crypto Stocks Are Crashing

By Yueqi Yang · Nov 16, 2025 8:00am PST · 3 comments
Bitcoin has tumbled into a bear market, but the real damage is in the companies that have hoarded crypto, hoping to mimic the gains of Michael Saylor’s bitcoin stock, Strategy. Strategy is down 44% since bitcoin peaked in early October. More importantly, it is now trading slightly below the value of its bitcoin holdings. Bitcoin is down 24% from... Bitcoin has tumbled into a bear market, but the real damage is in the companies that have hoarded...
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Google and Anthropic Tap Crypto Miners for AI Computing Power

By Miles Kruppa · Nov 14, 2025 6:00am PST · 2 comments
TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud company is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate... TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies...
AI and Crypto Companies Dominated IPO Winners in 2025
By Valida Pau · Nov 9, 2025 8:00am PST
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AI and Crypto Companies Dominated IPO Winners in 2025

By Valida Pau · Nov 9, 2025 8:00am PST
The drought in initial public offerings ended this year, led by big winners in AI and crypto, but gains were rare for companies outside those industries. Bankers expect those trends to hold in 2026. Booms in AI and crypto delivered two of the biggest winners of the year: data center developer CoreWeave and stablecoin issuer Circle. The losers... The drought in initial public offerings ended this year, led by big winners in AI and crypto, but...
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Stock Market’s Crypto Rally Boosts Private Companies

By Yueqi Yang · Oct 31, 2025 6:00am PDT
Stock market investors fell in love with crypto this year, setting off a big rally in public markets. Now the buying frenzy has rebounded back to privately held companies like crypto exchange Kraken and payments firm Ripple, whose valuations have soared. Kraken, one of the oldest crypto exchanges, is raising money at a $20 billion valuation,... Stock market investors fell in love with crypto this year, setting off a big rally in public...
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Survey: Half of Readers Traded Crypto in the Past Three Months

By Shane Burke · Oct 30, 2025 11:53am PDT · 1 comment
About half of subscribers to The Information who responded to our latest survey said they bought or sold cryptocurrency, crypto exchange-traded funds or crypto treasury stocks in the past three months. Notably, more of our readers are buying than selling: 47% of all respondents said they bought crypto or something related in the past three... About half of subscribers to The Information who responded to our latest survey said they bought...
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Inside Hyperliquid, Ground Zero for the Latest Crypto Controversy

By Yueqi Yang · Oct 20, 2025 6:44am PDT · 5 comments
When a crypto crash ricocheted across markets earlier this month, the spotlight landed on Hyperliquid, an exchange that handles more than $13 billion in trades a day with around 11 employees based largely in Singapore. The two-year-old exchange is little known outside crypto markets but wildly popular among traders for offering anonymity, high... When a crypto crash ricocheted across markets earlier this month, the spotlight landed on...