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Mike Cagney's Second Act: How Figure Technology Is Using Blockchain to Rewire Credit Markets From the Inside
Figure Technology Solutions crossed $1 billion in monthly loan originations for the first time in March 2026, validating a multi-year thesis that blockchain can eliminate the intermediary layers that make credit markets slow and expensive. CEO Mike Cagney is now pushing beyond lending into tokenized equities, yield-bearing stablecoins, and democratized prime brokerage — a build that could reshape Wall Street's back-office infrastructure if it scales.


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Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial Over Frozen Tokens as Trump-Linked Firm Fires Back With Misconduct Accusations

Tesla Reports $173 Million Bitcoin Loss in Q1 as Holdings Remain Unchanged at 11,509 BTC

American Bitcoin Completes Drumheller Expansion With 11,298 New Miners, Shares Jump 12%

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Coinbase and Bybit in Discussions to Bring Tokenized US Stocks to Global Markets

Bitmine Approaches 5 Million ETH as Tom Lee Calls the End of Crypto's Mini-Winter

Strategy Crosses 815,000 BTC With Third-Largest Purchase in Company History

eToro Acquires ZenGo for ~$70 Million to Bring MPC Keyless Self-Custody Into Its 40-Million-User Trading Platform

Rakuten Integrates XRP Into Its Payments App, Giving 44 Million Users the Ability to Spend Ripple's Token Across 5 Million Japanese Merchants

JPMorgan CFO Barnum Warns on Stablecoins at Q1 Earnings — Calling Yield Products a Regulatory Arbitrage Play That Could Let Firms "Run a Bank" Without Banking Rules

Deutsche Börse Takes a $200 Million Stake in Kraken, Valuing the Crypto Exchange at $13.3 Billion as the Two Build a Hybrid Market Infrastructure

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Wall Street Cuts Crypto Earnings Forecasts as Q1 Trading Volumes Hit Two-Year Lows — Coinbase Takes the Biggest Hit

A Decade-Old Feud Between the Founders of Binance and OKX Explodes Into Public View After CZ's Memoir

Binance Offers Its 1,000 UAE Employees the Option to Relocate as Iran War Disrupts the Middle East's Crypto Capital

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Banks Know Stablecoins Are Coming for Their Business — and Most Are Not Ready

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Standard Chartered Moves to Absorb Zodia Custody and Consolidate Its Crypto Infrastructure Under One Roof

Pharos Network Raises $44 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation to Build Institutional-Grade RWA Infrastructure

Switzerland's Six Largest Banks Unite to Test a Digital Swiss Franc in a Live Controlled Sandbox

MEXC's New CEO Thinks Everything Is a Meme Now — and Wants to Build the Exchange That Trades All of It

Charles Schwab Moves Toward Direct Crypto Trading With Spot Bitcoin and Ether Launch Planned for Mid-2026

Circle's Silence During the Drift Hack Reignites the Stablecoin Freeze Debate

SoFi Big Business Banking: The First U.S. Nationally Chartered Bank to Offer 24/7 Fiat-to-Crypto Settlement Under One Regulated Roof

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GameStop's Bitcoin Hoard Was Never Sold — It Was Pledged to Coinbase for an Options Income Strategy

OKX Rules Out a Rushed IPO, Citing Crypto's Track Record of Damaging Public Listings

Coinbase and Better Launch First Fannie Mae-Conforming Crypto-Backed Mortgage in U.S. History

Ripple Enters Singapore's Central Bank Sandbox to Pilot Automated Trade Finance Payments Using Its RLUSD Stablecoin

BlackRock's Digital Assets Chief Calls Most Crypto Tokens Nonsense and Points to Artificial Intelligence as the Industry's True Growth Catalyst

BNY CEO Robin Vince Argues That Large Banks Will Define the Next Phase of Crypto Adoption, Not Replace It

Morgan Stanley's Digital Assets Chief Says Wall Street's Crypto Expansion Reflects Years of Infrastructure Work, Not a Sudden Rush

Tether Engages a Big Four Accounting Firm for Its First Full Financial Statement Audit of $184 Billion USDT Reserves

Kravis-Backed ParaFi Capital Raises $125 Million for New Venture Fund Targeting Stablecoins and Tokenization Amid Market Downturn

New York Stock Exchange Selects BlackRock-Backed Securitize as First Partner for Its Tokenized Securities Platform

$2.2 Trillion Asset Manager Invesco Enters the Tokenized Treasury Market by Taking Over Superstate's $967 Million Onchain Fund

Revolut Posts Record $2.3 Billion Profit as the Crypto-Integrated Fintech Giant Scales Toward 100 Million Customers

Fund Services Giant Apex Group Tokenizes Bitcoin Mining Structured Note on Coinbase's Base Network

Rival Prediction Market Leaders Unite to Back First Venture Fund Dedicated to the Sector's Infrastructure

Crypto Sector Sheds 450+ Jobs in Weeks as Firms Split Between Blaming Markets and Crediting AI

A Seat at Trump's Crypto Luncheon Could Cost $70,000 — or Over $6 Million — as TRUMP Holders Race the Leaderboard

Evernorth Reveals 473 Million XRP Treasury and $233.7 Million Accounting Impairment as SPAC Filing Discloses Full Strategy

Polymarket Acquires Blockchain Infrastructure Firm Brahma as Prediction Market Competition Intensifies

FTX Recovery Trust to Distribute $2.2 Billion to Creditors on March 31 in Fourth Bankruptcy Payout

Mastercard's $1.8 Billion Acquisition of BVNK Signals That Stablecoins Have Moved to the Center of Global Payments

Cango Sells Bitcoin Holdings to Cut Debt and Finance AI Transformation

OpenSea Postpones Token Launch Amid Challenging Crypto Market Conditions

Metaplanet Raises $255 Million to Accelerate Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy

Crypto Trading Firm Blockfills Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Why Nasdaq and NYSE’s Owner Are Exploring Blockchain for the $126 Trillion Equity Market

Crypto’s Multi-Million F1 Sponsorships Face Pressure as Middle East Conflict Disrupts Major Events

Ethereum Foundation Sells 5,000 Ether to Tom Lee’s BitMine in $10.2 Million Deal

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Mastercard Expands Blockchain Payments Push With Binance, PayPal and Ripple

Ripple Seeks Australian Financial Services License as APAC Payment Volume Doubles

Multicoin Says Internet Labor Markets Could Spark Crypto’s Next Adoption Wave

Kast Secures $80 Million Funding Round to Expand Stablecoin Payments Platform

Nasdaq and Kraken Partner to Enable Trading of Tokenized Stocks

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin-Focused Firm Edges Toward Stablecoins Despite Reservations

Kalshi and Polymarket Pursue $20 Billion Valuations in New Fundraising Talks

Circle Begins Using USDC for Internal Treasury Transfers, Settles $68 Million

Bank of Canada and Major Banks Complete First Tokenized Bond Trial

Strike Obtains New York BitLicense, Expanding Bitcoin Services in the State

Kazakhstan Central Bank Plans $350M Digital Asset Investment From Gold and Forex Reserves

CleanSpark Sold 97% of February Bitcoin Production to Finance AI Expansion

ICE Partners With Crypto Exchange OKX to Expand Digital Asset Infrastructure

Former Binance Communications Chief Joins Stablecoin Firm Kast

Sui Launches Native Stablecoin With Treasury Yield Returning to the Network

Tether Invests $50 Million in Sleep Technology Firm Eight Sleep

Bank of Japan Broadens Blockchain Settlement Trials Ahead of 2026 CBDC Decision

BitMine Expands Ether Treasury to 4.47 Million Tokens With $98M Purchase

South Korea Probes Seed Phrase Leak After $4.8M Crypto Theft From Tax Authority

AI-Driven Job Disruption Could Accelerate Bitcoin’s Next Rally

Iran Conflict Highlights $7.8 B Crypto Ecosystem and Bitcoin Mining Network

Stablecoin Payments Enter a New Era Focused on Distribution

Citi and Morgan Stanley Deepen Crypto Push With Custody, Trading and Tokenization Expansion

American Bitcoin Reports $59 Million Q4 Loss Amid Bitcoin Price Decline

STS Digital Secures $30 Million to Scale Crypto Options Platform

University Endowments Consider Crypto Allocations as Traditional Returns Face Pressure

Circle Shares Surge 15% After Q4 Earnings Outperform Expectations

Kraken Introduces 24/7 Perpetuals Trading for Tokenized U.S. Stocks

Meta Plans Stablecoin Return in Second Half of 2026

Step Finance Ceases Operations Following $2.7 Million January Security Breach

BitMine Increases ETH Holdings by About $98M Amidging Over $8B in Unrealized Losses

SportFi Shifts From Fan Tokens to On-Chain Markets Tied to Match Results

France Imposes Strict Conditions on Sale of Majority Energy Cloud Stake to U.S. Bitcoin Miner

SBI to Launch ¥10 Billion On-Chain Bond Offering XRP Rewards to Retail Investors

Bitdeer Shares Drop 17% on $300M Convertible Note Offering

Figure Launches Tokenized Stock With Expanded $150M Offering

77% of Stablecoin Users Would Open Bank-Issued Wallet, Survey Finds

NYSE President Says Exchange Has Duty to Embrace Tokenization

U.S. Crypto Investors Grapple With Confusion Over New IRS Tax Rules

Harvard Trims Bitcoin Holdings by 20%, Initiates New Ether Position

Silicon Valley Bank Says 2026 Marks Crypto’s Year of Integration

Nexo Reenters U.S. Market Through Partnership With Bakkt

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Galaxy’s Steve Kurz Sees “Great Convergence” Powering Crypto’s Long-Term Growth

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Binance CEO Teng Says Other Platforms Also Faced Liquidations During Oct. 10 Turmoil

Hoskinson Says Midnight Will Chart Its Own Course, Not Target Monero or Zcash Users

UK Selects HSBC to Lead Blockchain-Based Government Bond Pilot

CertiK Strengthens Governance and Transparency Ahead of Planned IPO

Cardano Expands Cross-Chain Reach as Hoskinson Confirms LayerZero Integration

Block Considers Workforce Reduction of Up to 10% as Cost Pressures Mount

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Crypto’s Place in 401(k) Plans Questioned After $2 Trillion Market Collapse

Sberbank Moves Toward Crypto-Backed Lending in Major Shift by Russia’s Largest Bank

Tether Commits $100 Million to Anchorage in Strategic Bet on Regulated Crypto Banking

Ethereum Treasury Firm Expands Tokenization Effort With $4.7M Home Loan Purchase

Franklin Templeton Executive Predicts Digital Wallets Will Become the Primary Home for Personal Wealth

WisdomTree CEO Says Crypto Has Become a Core Business as Profitability Nears

SpaceX Absorbs xAI in Landmark Deal, Expanding Elon Musk’s AI and Space Ambitions

GameStop’s Ryan Cohen Shifts Strategy Away From Bitcoin Toward Major Consumer Acquisition
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