David Bailey played a key role in transforming US President Donald Trump from a crypto skeptic into a vocal supporter. Now, he’s reaping the rewards. 210k Capital, a hedge fund founded by entrepreneur David Bailey, has reportedly posted massive gains from its digital asset holdings after helping persuade US President Donald Trump to adopt a pro-crypto policy stance, highlighting the potential impact of favorable regulation on the digital asset sector. The fund delivered a net return of 640% in the 12 months through June, largely driven by investments in publicly traded companies that added Bitcoin (BTC) to their balance sheets, Bloomberg reported. As a private entity, 210k Capital is not required to disclose financials, but Bloomberg obtained the figures from an anonymous source, who also said the fund’s wealth stems from Bitcoin treasury investments in several countries, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Sweden. Read more
A pro-Israel hacker group stole $81 million worth of crypto from Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, adding to the conflict between the two countries. Iran-based crypto exchange Nobitex suffered a hack on June 18. Pro-Israel hacker group Gonjeshke Darande claimed responsibility for the $81-million crypto theft. Blockchain security analyst ZachXBT alerted the community within the same day of the attack. According to the analyst, hackers exploited a hot wallet failure in the crypto exchange to access and drain wallets. Read more
SOL’s price is painting a textbook cup-and-handle pattern breakout with a price target of around $6,300. Key takeaways: SOL price has climbed to a five-month high, driven by strong technicals and rising network activity. Solana’s cup-and-handle pattern targets a SOL price of as high as $6,300. Read more
As US conservatives rapidly shape the crypto landscape through policy, funding and grassroots adoption, progressives remain divided and hesitant. Progressives lack a unified strategy and risk losing relevance. Opinion by: Michael Rovner When US President Donald Trump called for America to become “the crypto capital of the planet,” he acknowledged a growing sentiment among his supporters. Crypto is no longer simply an asset class or subculture to this group; it’s a parallel financial system being shaped by tech-savvy conservatives for political and economic ends. Political campaigns now use crypto as core fundraising infrastructure. Conservative lawmakers, strategists and donors use it to reshape decisions, particularly in places with fewer regulations. This has created an environment shaped by right-leaning values, with progressives essentially sitting it out. Read more
From GPUs to AI deals, Bitcoin miners are finding new lifelines beyond crypto. AI is becoming a major revenue stream for them. The 2024 Bitcoin halving reduced block rewards to 3.125 BTC, cutting miners’ income in half. This change, combined with higher electricity costs, expensive equipment maintenance and increased competition, made traditional mining less profitable. Many mining companies struggled to maintain their profit margins and began exploring other revenue sources. Although Bitcoin mining relies on devices called ASICs, mining companies have access to energy-dense data centers and power infrastructure. As demand for AI compute skyrockets, many miners are repurposing or upgrading their facilities with GPUs to support AI training and inference workloads. Read more
Aave’s community overwhelmingly approved a proposal to license a centralized version of its lending protocol for deployment on Kraken’s Ink blockchain. A proposal for the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Aave to launch a centralized version of its service on the crypto exchange Kraken’s Ink blockchain has received widespread approval among the community. An Aave request for comment (ARFC) for the deployment of a whitelabel version of Aave v3 for the Ink Foundation, the organization behind the Ink blockchain, was approved with 99.8% of the votes cast in favor. An ARFC acts as a preliminary offchain vote before proceeding with a full decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) vote. The next phase involves drafting an Aave improvement proposal (AIP) that will be voted onchain. Read more
BitGo confidentially submits S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission amid $100 billion in assets under custody and growing international expansion. Digital asset custodian BitGo has filed paperwork to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, highlighting the crypto industry’s continued push toward mainstream financial markets. On Monday, BitGo announced it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed IPO of its Class A common stock. At the time of filing, no determination was made on the number of shares or price range of the stock offering. As of publication, the registration statement had not yet appeared on the SEC’s EDGAR database. Read more