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Ethereum-focused firm The Ether Machine secured $654 million in private financing from Jeffrey Berns, aiming to go public with over 495,000 ETH on its books. Crypto company The Ether Machine secured $654 million in a private financing round, collecting 150,000 Ether from prominent Ethereum advocate Jeffrey Berns. The funds will be transferred to the company’s wallet later this week, according to a Tuesday report by Reuters. Berns, known for his early investments in Ethereum infrastructure and Web3 initiatives, will join the board of directors. The raise is part of the company’s broader strategy to build a substantial Ether (ETH) treasury ahead of its anticipated Nasdaq debut later this year. Read more

Gryphon Digital Mining shareholders approve the merger with Trump family-linked American Bitcoin, paving the way for Nasdaq debut under ticker ABTC. Gryphon Digital Mining, a publicly traded Bitcoin miner based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has received final shareholder approval to merge with American Bitcoin, a mining company linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. Shareholders approved the stock-for-stock merger on Wednesday, with the company announcing the decision on Friday. As part of the deal, a reverse five-to-one stock split and new listing are scheduled for 5:00 pm ET on Sept. 2. Once the reverse split is complete, the combined entity will adopt the American Bitcoin name and begin trading under the ticker symbol “ABTC.” Read more

American Bitcoin, the mining company partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is preparing to go public on the Nasdaq in September, Reuters reported on Aug. 28. The firm, launched in March, is 80% owned by Toronto-based Hut 8, one of North America’s largest crypto miners. The Trump brothers collectively own the remaining […] The post Trump-backed Bitcoin mining firm to go public on Nasdaq next month appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The software targets market abuse such as insider trading and manipulation across equity and crypto markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, is integrating a financial surveillance tool developed by stock exchange company Nasdaq in a bid to overhaul its 1990s infrastructure. Nasdaq’s software is focused on detecting market abuse, including insider trading activity and market manipulation in equities and crypto markets, Tony Sio, head of regulatory strategy and innovation at Nasdaq, told Cointelegraph. He said: The data fed into the monitoring system will be “sourced by the CFTC through their regulatory powers,” Sio said.  Read more

Grayscale has filed the paperwork required to transform its existing AVAX Trust into a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF), favoring a bullish Avalanche price prediction as institutional adoption of this token could accelerate.Just hours ago, the asset management firm filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rename and change the […] The post Avalanche Price Prediction: Grayscale Files for AVAX ETF on Nasdaq – Could This Trigger a Run to $500? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Windtree Therapeutics, a struggling biotech firm that rebranded itself around holding BNB reserves, is set to be delisted from the Nasdaq after its stock collapsed below the exchange’s minimum price requirement. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nasdaq will remove Windtree from its listings on Aug. 21 after the company failed […] The post BNB treasury company faces delisting from Nasdaq on Aug. 21 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Gemini, the Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange and custodian, has filed to list on Nasdaq under ticker GEMI, revealing steepening losses ahead of its IPO. Gemini Space Station, the crypto exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker GEMI. Founded in 2014, Gemini operates a regulated crypto exchange, custody service, and a range of blockchain-based products, including the US dollar-backed Gemini Dollar (GUSD) stablecoin and a crypto-rewards credit card, the platform said in the filing submitted on Friday. According to its filing, the IPO will mark the first time its shares are publicly traded, with pricing expected between an undisclosed range. The offering will be led by a syndicate of major banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and others. Read more

Verb Technology Company, Inc. has secured $558M in a private placement and has announced a rebrand to TON Strategy Co. It has earmarked most proceeds for Toncoin, seeking to rank among the largest institutional holders and transition its treasury management toward TON-focused blockchain assets. The post Nasdaq’s VERB Lines Up $558M to Load 5% of TON – Shares Rocket 193% appeared first on Cryptonews.

Hive Digital Technologies, the first publicly traded Bitcoin miner, marks a major milestone at Nasdaq as it accelerates its HPC expansion. Hive Digital Technologies (HIVE) has many firsts in the crypto industry. It was the first publicly traded Bitcoin miner in 2017 and one of the earliest to make a decisive pivot into high-performance computing (HPC) in 2022. Now, Hive is back in the spotlight, ringing the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange as it eyes a $100 million annual run rate for its HPC business by next year. Cointelegraph received an exclusive invitation to the Nasdaq event, where we sat down with Executive Chairman Frank Holmes and CEO Aydin Kilic. The two discussed the mining industry’s escalating “scramble for electricity and land,” Bitcoin’s (BTC) evolving role as a reserve asset, and the challenges of still being viewed as a Bitcoin proxy stock in 2025. Read more

Jito Labs published a proposal for a Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) on July 21, a transaction-sequencing system that would enable developers to run central-limit order books, perpetual exchanges, and dark pools on Solana without altering the base protocol. The design introduces a network of BAM Nodes that sit beside the existing validator set, order encrypted […] The post Jito proposes a block marketplace to turn Solana into a ‘decentralized Nasdaq’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company has agreed to merge with Cantor Equity Partners I (CEPO) in a SPAC transaction that will take the Bitcoin-focused treasury vehicle public on Nasdaq under the ticker BSTR once the deal is closed.  The parties signed the Business Combination Agreement dated July 16 and released the announcement today.  BSTR plans to […] The post Bitcoin Standard to go public on Nasdaq with 30,021 Bitcoin treasury following Cantor merger appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Nasdaq filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 16 to add staking to BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) exchange-traded fund (ETF).  The rule change would add a detailed “staking” section permitting BlackRock to stake Ethereum (ETH) directly or through one or more trusted staking providers.  BlackRock would treat received rewards as income, […] The post Nasdaq applies to include staking in BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF as SEC weighs broader industry requests appeared first on CryptoSlate.

KindlyMD raised $51.5 million in just 72 hours to fuel its transformation into a Bitcoin-first public company. Nasdaq-listed KindlyMD secured capital to accelerate its pivot to a Bitcoin-focused public company. In June 2025, KindlyMD Inc. (Nasdaq: KDLY) raised $51.5 million through a PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) transaction, and did it in just 72 hours. The round was tied to the company’s pending merger with Nakamoto Holdings, a Bitcoin-native firm led by David Bailey, who is also CEO of BTC Inc., the company behind Bitcoin (BTC) Magazine. Read more

Bitcoin hovers near $107K after Nasdaq hits record high. Will low volume and sticky inflation stall BTC's path to $112K? Traders await breakout signal. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: As Nasdaq, S&P 500 Hit Highs – Is BTC’s 3.8% Weekly Gain a Signal for $112,000? appeared first on Cryptonews.

SUI’s prevailing ascending channel and Fibonacci setup project $7.56 as the new record high target. Sui (SUI) is making a strong technical case for a 100% price rally in the coming weeks, helped further by a slew of optimistic updates, such as the recent Nasdaq ETF filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As of May 28, SUI has reclaimed the “Gooner EMA” as support on the weekly chart. Gooner EMA is a technical indicator created by trader NebraskanGooner that uses the 11- and 22-period exponential moving averages (EMA). When the price crosses above the EMA range, it often leads to further gains. Read more

Nasdaq has filed with the SEC to list 21Shares spot Suit ETF, jumpstarting the agency’s review of the proposed listing. Nasdaq has filed for crypto asset manager 21Shares to list a spot Sui exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US, initiating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s review process. The stock market’s May 23 19b-4 filing, which asks the SEC to list the 21Shares SUI ETF, follows 21Shares’ April 30 submission of its S-1 registration statement to the SEC, which asked the regulator to approve trading of the proposed fund. Both regulatory filings are needed for the Sui (SUI) tracking fund to gi live, with the 19b-4 filing kicking off the SEC’s review process. The agency must decide whether to accept, reject or delay the application within 45 days and it can delay its decision multiple times, for a maximum review period of 240 days. Read more

Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force intensified studies on how public blockchain technology can support the issuance and trading of tokenized securities. The group held separate meetings with Nasdaq, Plume Network, and Etherealize on how securities can be issued and traded on public blockchains. All three meetings resulted in […] The post SEC Crypto Task Force discusses securities tokenization with Nasdaq, DeFi startups appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Anthony Pompliano’s fintech-focused SPAC, ProCap Acquisition Corp, rose 7% on its Nasdaq debut after bumping its IPO to $220 million a day before listing. Crypto influencer Anthony Pompliano’s fintech-focused blank-check company, ProCap Acquisition Corp (PCAPU), rose 7% on its debut Nasdaq listing after a last-minute upsizing of its initial public offering. ProCap had boosted its IPO from $200 million to $220 million on May 20, a day before its public launch, pricing its 22 million shares on offer at $10 each. ProCap shares closed the May 21 trading day up 7% at $10.70, which continued with a 1.6% bump after-hours to $10.87, Yahoo Finance data shows. Read more

The company had a weak Q1 2025, suffering a loss of $295 in net income according to company investor reports. Galaxy Digital shares began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange May 16, completing a years-long process that CEO Mike Novogratz called unfair and infuriating, CNBC reported. The crypto and infrastructure company, which is also listed in Canada, opened trading at $23.50 in its Nasdaq debut. Trading began on the same day Galaxy disclosed that it is working with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tokenize its shares. According to Bloomberg, the tokens representing Galaxy Digital’s shares could be used in decentralized finance applications, like borrowing or lending. Read more

Crypto and stock trading platform eToro closed its first day of public trading up 28.9% after it jacked up its IPO at the 11th hour. Crypto and stock trading platform eToro has seen its share price gain nearly 30% during its debut on the Nasdaq after the company made a last-minute boost to its initial public offering. Shares in eToro Group Ltd (ETOR) closed May 14 trading at $67, up 28.9% from its initial offering price of $52, according to Yahoo Finance. It brings the company’s market value to over $5.5 billion. Its stock price shot to a high of $74.26 during the trading day before cooling and has also slightly dipped by 0.7% after the bell to $66.53. Read more