MEXC Adds New Tokenized U.S. Stocks via Ondo Finance

Crypto exchange MEXC has expanded its tokenized equities offering through its partnership with Ondo Finance, listing new onchain representations of US stocks that trade against Tether on its platform. According to company announcements this week, the expansion includes 17 newly listed tokenized stock pairs and seven additional tokens tied to US defense and energy companies.

Stablecoin Donations Rise, The Giving Block Says

The cryptocurrency fundraising platform Giving Block reported that it had seen a surge in donations with stablecoins in 2025 compared with previous years. In its annual report released on Wednesday, the Giving Block said there had been a “major shift” in donations using stablecoins, particularly with Ripple USD (RLUSD) and Circle’s USDC (USDC). The platform

Why Founders Fund Sold Its ETHZilla Stake

Key takeaways Founders Fund fully exited ETHZilla after previously holding a 7.5% stake. SEC filings show that Peter Thiel-linked entities had reduced their ownership to zero by the end of 2025, signaling a decisive retreat from an Ether-focused public treasury strategy. ETHZilla’s pivot from biotech to an Ether treasury strategy was aggressive. After raising $425

Morgan Stanley Names BNY Mellon, Coinbase as Bitcoin Custodians

Financial services giant Morgan Stanley selected Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, a global financial services company, and crypto exchange Coinbase as custodians for its Bitcoin Trust Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The custodians will hold all of the fund’s Bitcoin (BTC) in

Weekly Death Cross Keeps Bitcoin Bear Market

Bitcoin (BTC) needs a “major bullish catalyst” to avoid canceling out its March rally, says the latest analysis. Key points: New findings warn that short-term BTC price strength does not remove the risk of the bear market continuing. Bitcoin faces plenty of overhead resistance in the mid-$70,000 zone. A “death cross” formed of two weekly

RedStone Deploys Price Oracles on Stellar Mainnet

Oracle provider RedStone has launched its price feed infrastructure on the Stellar network, introducing a new data layer for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on a blockchain historically focused on payments and stablecoin transfers.  The deployment makes price feeds for major crypto assets and stablecoins available on the Stellar mainnet, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), USD

Bitcoin: A 24/7 Sentiment Gauge for Weekend Crises

Crypto markets became the first outlet for investor reaction after US and Israeli strikes on Iran rattled global sentiment over the weekend. At around 7:30 am (UTC) on Saturday, or in the wee hours of Wall Street, US President Donald Trump posted a video to announce that the US and Israel had launched attacks against

Bitmine Holds 4.47M ETH in $9.9B Treasury

Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.0 billion at $1,976 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.71% of the ETH token supply, over 74% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 8 months Bitmine recently closed on initial $200 million investment into Beast Industries

Dalio: ‘There Is Only One Gold’ Amid Bitcoin’s Rise

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Ray Dalio has advised investors to stop equating Bitcoin (BTC) with gold, noting that the leading crypto lacks central bank backing, has limited privacy features, and still faces questions around privacy safeguards and quantum resistance. The Bridgewater Associates founder rejected the notion of Bitcoin as “digital gold,” telling the All-In Podcast on

Low-Touch Off-Ramps: Bridging Web3 and Traditional Finance

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. If DeFi and TradFi truly converge, the pressure point will be on and off-ramps. Few things, other than secure custody, are more critical than having a low-friction way to convert digital tokens
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