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Bitcoin life insurance company Meanwhile has raised $82 million in a new funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Haun Ventures.The company, regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, plans to use the funds to meet “surging demand” for Bitcoin-denominated retirement and “inflation-proof” savings products, according to a Tuesday announcement. Meanwhile offers Bitcoin-based life insurance, annuities, savings products and insurance bonds for individuals and institutions, with all premiums, policy values and claims managed in Bitcoin (BTC). Apollo, Stillmark and Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures also contributed to the funding round.The new funding brings Meanwhile’s total capital raised in 2025 to $122 million,…

S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global, plans to launch a new hybrid index that blends traditional equity markets with digital assets, offering a fresh option for investors looking to navigate the fast-changing crypto sector, the company announced Tuesday.The S&P Digital Markets 50 Index will track 35 publicly traded companies involved in crypto infrastructure, blockchain applications and financial services, alongside 15 cryptocurrencies drawn from S&P’s existing Broad Digital Market Index. The result is a cross-asset benchmark that captures the performance of both the firms building the digital asset ecosystem and the tokens driving it.Dinari, a platform that tokenizes…

Bitcoin slipped today, retreating from a record high as the U.S. government shutdown entered its seventh day. Bitcoin edged down to the $121,000 range, and remains below Monday’s all-time peak of $126,296, per Bitbio data. Despite the minor pullback, Bitcoin has surged roughly 30% since the start of the year and is up about 9% over the past week. Gold, meanwhile, continued its historic rally, briefly topping $4,000 per ounce overnight, with futures trading at $3,980 early Tuesday, reflecting a 50% gain for the year. At the time of writing, bitcoin is trading at $122,096.  Markets appear largely unfazed by…

Rebeca Moen Oct 07, 2025 01:32 FBI Deputy Assistant Director James Barnacle discusses the agency’s evolving strategies to combat crypto crime, ransomware, and national security threats alongside Chainalysis Co-founder Jonathan Levin. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is intensifying its efforts to tackle cryptocurrency-related crimes as digital currencies become increasingly entwined with cybercrime and national security threats. According to Chainalysis, FBI Deputy Assistant Director James Barnacle recently shared insights into the bureau’s evolving strategies and collaborative efforts with Chainalysis Co-founder Jonathan Levin. FBI’s Strategic Approach to Cryptocurrency Crimes In a detailed discussion, Barnacle…

XION, a consumer-centric layer-1 blockchain built for mass onboarding, has integrated with Fireblocks, a leading digital-asset custodian, to bring XION’s walletless experience to more than 2,400 financial institutions. Summary Fireblocks has added native support for XION. Integration paves the way for over 2,400 institutions to adopt the consumer-centric blockchain. Solana, Avalanche and Sui are among blockchain networks tapping into the digital asset custody solution. Fireblocks has added support for XION, with native availability of the walletless, gasless layer-1 set to be accessible to thousands of institutions. Why Fireblocks matters The crypto ecosystem continues to attract huge attention from banks and…

Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said the second quarter and summer of 2025 were transformative for bitcoin BTC$121,484.36 miners, marked by record cash operating profits and a pivot toward high-performance computing (HPC). Cipher Mining’s (CIFR) 244 megawatt (MW) colocation deal with Fluidstack and IREN’s (IREN) expansion to more than 23,000 GPUs underscored that shift, the bank said in the Tuesday report. Despite surging hashrates, the bank’s analysts noted that miners’ gross profits rose quarter-over-quarter, buoyed by higher bitcoin prices and more efficient fleets.Production costs rose modestly as competition intensified and high-performance computing (HPC) investments expanded, the analysts said. IREN and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin has surged to a new all-time high, reaching $126,000, before entering a short consolidation phase as traders await confirmation of a breakout into uncharted territory. The move marks another milestone in Bitcoin’s relentless uptrend, fueled by optimism across both institutional and retail segments. However, the market now faces a critical test — whether bulls can sustain momentum above this key psychological level and push the price toward higher valuations. Top analyst Darkfost shared new data suggesting a notable behavioral shift among smaller investors. According to on-chain…

NYSE owner ICE pours $2 billion into Polymarket, as it gears up for a long-awaited US market comeback. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a major strategic investment in Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform that aggregates probabilities for global events spanning politics, sports, and culture. Under the agreement, ICE will invest up to $2 billion in the company, which will place Polymarket’s pre-investment valuation at $8 billion. Polymarket Gets Wall Street Validation Beyond the capital infusion, ICE will serve as a global distributor of Polymarket’s event-driven data and plans on offering customers…

CEA Industries (BNC) has revealed it now holds 480,000 BNB tokens, a 15% increase from a previous disclosure, as the price of the BNB Chain’s native token rises to a new all-time high.The company spent about $412.8 million to acquire the additional BNB at an average price of $860 per token, according to a Tuesday press release. BNB is currently trading at $1,303, down just a bit from a record high hit earlier in the session.Combined with $77.5 million in cash, the firm’s total treasury is now near the $700 million mark.The price of BNB has increased as activity on…

S&P Global announced plans to launch the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index, a benchmark that combines 15 cryptocurrencies with 35 publicly traded crypto-linked equities, offering a single gauge of the broader digital-asset economy.According to the Oct. 7 announcement, S&P Dow Jones Indices developed the index in collaboration with Dinari, which will issue a token tracking the benchmark on its dShares platform, thereby expanding access for investors seeking exposure to both sides of the crypto ecosystem in a single product.S&P said the equity portion will include companies involved in digital-asset operations, infrastructure, financial services, and blockchain applications, while the crypto portion…