Tag: Launches

Hedera Price Surge 7% as $11 Trillion AUM Vanguard Group Launches HBAR ETF

Key Notes Vanguard’s $11 trillion asset management arm launched its inaugural HBAR ETF following Canary Capital’s successful approval last month. The Canary HBAR ETF accumulated $80.26 million in net inflows with spot buying dominating as open interest rose just 3.5 percent. Technical analysis shows HBAR consolidating in a falling wedge with breakout probability at 20.95 percent versus 67.06 percent downside risk. Hedera HBAR $0.14 24h volatility: 9.4% Market cap: $6.10 B Vol. 24h: $190.33 M advanced 6.5% on Tuesday, recovering from recent selling pressure as the broader market reacted to…

YZi Labs Launches Bid to Takeover CEA Industries

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s YZi Labs has launched a bid to stack the board of a BNB buying company it helped to bankroll with its own nominees, citing “destruction” of stockholder value.  In a regulatory filing on Monday, YZi Labs said it wants to cancel all of the company’s bylaw changes since July, expand the size of CEA’s board and elect “our highly-qualified nominees as directors.” YZi told shareholders that the measures “are necessary to address the continued destruction of stockholder value at BNC and to ensure that the Company…

Cocoon Decentralized AI Network Launches on the Open Network (TON)

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The Cocoon decentralized AI network, a privacy-preserving distributed computing platform built on The Open Network (TON) — an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with the Telegram messaging application — went live on Sunday. Cocoon allows owners of graphics processing units (GPUs) to rent their computing power to the network, processing user queries and requests in return for Toncoin (TON), the native token of the TON blockchain.  The decentralized AI network has processed its first requests from users, and GPU owners are already profiting from renting out their hardware, according to Telegram…

Avalanche (AVAX) Surges Past $15 as Securitize Launches EU-Regulated Trading Platform

Key Notes Securitize selected Avalanche for its EU-wide regulated trading system launching in 2026 across all 27 member states. Short positions face $15.9 million in liquidations between $15-$15.70, risking a squeeze toward $17 if bulls maintain momentum. AVAX confirmed a double-bottom pattern with breakout above $15 neckline, targeting $17.90-$20 if support holds. Avalanche AVAX $14.86 24h volatility: 1.6% Market cap: $6.38 B Vol. 24h: $389.57 M rebounds past $15 in the early hours of Friday, November 28, hours after Securitize confirmed it will launch a pan-European Trading & Settlement System…

Amundi Launches First Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum

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Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has introduced its first tokenized share class for a euro money market fund. The fund is now offered in a hybrid structure, allowing investors to choose between the traditional version and the new blockchain-based one. The first transaction was recorded on the Ethereum network on Nov. 4. The rollout was developed in collaboration with CACEIS, a European asset-servicing group that provided the tokenization infrastructure, investor wallets, and the digital order system used to process subscriptions and redemptions. According to the companies, tokenizing the fund streamlines…

DWF Labs Launches $75 Million Fund Targeting Institutional Phase Of DeFi

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Crypto market maker and Web3 investment firm DWF Labs says it is investing up to $75 million in decentralized finance projects that could support institutional adoption.  The firm shared its announcement via X on Wednesday, saying the fund will support projects with “innovative value” propositions that can scale to support large-scale adoption.   “The initiative will target blockchain projects building dark-pool perpetual DEXs, decentralized money markets, and fixed-income or yield-bearing asset products, […] areas the firm believes are poised for major growth as crypto liquidity continues its structural migration onchain,” DWF Labs…

PayPal launches Bitcoin sweepstakes for US customers

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PayPal has announced a cryptocurrency sweepstakes offering Bitcoin prizes to customers in the U.S., the company stated. Summary PayPal launches its first U.S. cryptocurrency sweepstakes. Entry is tied to crypto transactions, with users earning one entry per transaction (up to 10 per week). Promotion aims to boost crypto adoption, leveraging PayPal’s existing platform that supports six cryptocurrencies. The promotion will award one top Bitcoin prize, five substantial Bitcoin prizes, and 162 smaller Bitcoin amounts to participants, according to the company’s announcement. Prizes will be distributed weekly through December 21. Users…

Paypal Launches $1M Bitcoin Sweepstakes for Crypto Transactions in the US

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Paypal offers over $1 million in bitcoin prizes through a nationwide sweepstakes for US residents, with multiple winning tiers and entry methods. Paypal is hosting a cryptocurrency sweepstakes from November 17 to December 21, 2025, offering participants multiple ways to win bitcoin prizes. Participants can gain entries by making crypto transactions on Paypal or through […] Original

Klarna Launches Stablecoin on Stripe’s Tempo Blockchain

Payments company Klarna has launched a stablecoin, becoming the first digital bank to issue a token on Tempo, the new layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the new stablecoin is pegged to the US dollar and is currently live on Tempo’s testnet, with an upcoming mainnet launch set for 2026. Called KlarnaUSD, the stablecoin was built by Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure provider also owned by Stripe. The move expands Klarna’s long-standing payments partnership with Stripe across its 26 global markets. “Crypto is finally at a…