BridgePort (BridgePort) today announced it has raised $3.2M in total funding to accelerate platform development and expand the team to meet increasing institutional demand for efficient off-exchange settlement market structure. The seed round was led by Further and is also

Appreciate the coverage of the partnership between BridgePort and Crypto Finance Group off-exchange settlement. BridgePort is "...a middleware company that aims to build open custody by connecting reputable custodians and execution venues, giving trading firms the choice of using

We’re thrilled to announce that Grvt has raised $19M in our Series A from ZKsync , Further , , and 500 Global , bringing our total funding to $34M. Onchain finance has long faced privacy challenges, security concerns, and usability gaps that have slowed

this is so sick I just bought some GLXY stock natively on Solana with Superstate This is not a mirror asset; this is the onchain native version of the GLXY stock from the NASDAQ! From native NASDAQ to the decentralized NASDAQ Capital markets on the Internet

Static pricing creates artificial stability. Oracle price masking hides volatility and compromises risk management.

IBM got its Digital Asset upgrade.

Really great chat with the always thoughtful Ram Ahluwalia CFA, Lumida, CEO and Founder of Lumida Wealth Management on the Wealthion pod. Short term volatility aside, the market set up remains constructive. Worth a listen.

Grvt, leveraging Atlas to become Ethereum’s market layer.

Portfolio company The Clearing Company announced today it has filed its application with the CFTC to become a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO). If approved, they would operate the first stablecoin-native clearinghouse purpose-built for prediction markets. You can read more

📢 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: BridgePort and Anchorage Digital ⚓️ Partner to Transform Institutional Digital Asset Settlement! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that BridgePort is partnering with Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform and federally chartered crypto bank, to integrate our middleware

There will be many vertically focused stablecoin neobanks

World Chat just launched, and it's redefining what messaging can be in an AI-saturated world. Secured by @XMTP_'s protocol, it's the first messenger that combines proof of humanity, global payments, and Mini Apps in one seamless experience. 🧵 Here's what makes it different:

A New Year and an exciting new path forward! I'm eager to join Seth Ginns and the incredible liquid team as we lead these strategies into the future.🚀 Thank you to the team at for your support, and I look forward to continued collaboration in the

Investing works the same way: incumbency optimizes the present, conviction builds the future. The edge is backing the latter before it’s obvious.

“….enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.”

Some of our best hires were totally unqualified on paper. They always had the same qualities: entrepreneurial, high agency, smart, mission aligned, and they got shit done. If you’re hiring, especially in early stages, seek out & bet on these people. Don’t over-index on resumes.

S&P Dow Jones Indices and trade[XYZ] have joined forces to launch the first official S&P 500 perpetual contract, available exclusively on Hyperliquid. For 69 years, the S&P 500 has been a defining reference point for global finance. Until now, access to that benchmark has been

"The CEO of Western Union is here because he realizes onchain settlement can save his firm billions on the float." "That is the real Institutional FOMO." Santiago R Santos says we’ve transitioned from a retail-driven "buy the coin" market to an institutional "fix the P&L" market.

The SEC just gave DeFi frontends a meaningful signal: if you're not custodying assets or executing orders, we won't come after you. Most detailed safe harbor yet. But it's not a rule, it expires in 5 years, next administration can pull it, etc. More substance than we’ve seen in a