In brief BitMine will invest $200 million in Beast Industries, a firm founded by YouTuber MrBeast. Beast Industries plans to debut a financial services platform. MrBeast moved to trademark MrBeast Financial in October. BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury firm chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, unveiled a $200 million investment… Listen ⇢

Crypto startup Saturn is raising funding for an on-chain dollar product, USDat, that routes yield from Strategy’s Bitcoin-linked credit instruments into DeFi. The round included $500,000 from YZi Labs and a $300,000 angel raise led by Sora Ventures, as Saturn positions USDat as a dollar-denominated token whose returns are tied… Listen ⇢

Visa payments at Phantom Wallet are now operational via an Oobit integration. Crypto can be spent by 15 million users at businesses across the globe without exchanges or custody stored elsewhere. Oobit introduced the native functionality of Phantom Wallet, which enabled 15 million individuals to use crypto in any place… Listen ⇢

Bitcoin (BTC) sold off at Thursday’s Wall Street open as traders eyed the next key support levels. Key points: Bitcoin support levels come into play as the US trading session starts with a correction. Various trendlines line up as part of bulls’ task to reclaim lost support around the $100,000… Listen ⇢

In brief Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has warned that ransomware family DeadLock is using Polygon smart contracts to distribute and rotate proxy server addresses, helping it evade detection. The ransomware has stayed under the radar due to few victims, no affiliate program, and no public data leak site. The technique mirrors… Listen ⇢

XRP’s (XRP) price may reach $2.80 by month’s end, according to several bullish technical setups on multiple time frames. Key takeaways: XRP technical chart setups converge on the $2.80 target. Spot taker CVD remains positive, suggesting confidence among buyers. XRP falling wedge breakout targets $2.70 The XRP/USD pair broke out… Listen ⇢

Interest-bearing stablecoins could take $6 trillion out of bank deposits according to Bank of America’s CEO, who argued that small-to-medium-sized businesses could be hurt as a result. Brian Moynihan’s statements, citing data from U.S. Treasury reports, come amid controversy about whether to allow amendments to the recently delayed crypto bill being… Listen ⇢

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally ended its years-long investigation into the Zcash Foundation and will not recommend any enforcement action against the privacy-focused nonprofit, executives say. The foundation announced the conclusion of the review in a notice published Wednesday on its website. The inquiry began in August… Listen ⇢

The bitcoin price surged above $97,000 this week, marking its strongest level in more than two months, on a mix of economic news and renewed inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs. Crypto investors appear to be kicking off 2026 with a familiar playbook: allocating heavily to Bitcoin ETFs. … Listen ⇢