Fidelity Investments purchased a 7.4% stake in Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital for $20 million. Marathon’s July production rose 66% month-over-month to 422.2 BTC, and it holds 6,225.6 BTC.
Franklin Templeton has rolled out a blockchain-based intraday yield feature on its Benji platform, allowing tokenized securities to accrue and distribute yield by the second, including daily payouts across weekends and holidays.
MetaMask has confirmed plans to launch its own token and to integrate Polymarket prediction markets later in 2025, adding to its push into perpetuals, rewards, and broader self-custodial trading services.
Fidelity Investments acquired a 7.4% stake in Marathon Digital Holdings for $20 million through four index funds. Marathon's July bitcoin production rose 66% MoM to 422.2 BTC, with total holdings exceeding 6,200 BTC.
Czhang Lin, head of LBank Labs, shared in a Bitcoin.com News podcast that the venture arm has launched a $100M USDT fund targeting early-stage Web3 and blockchain projects, emphasizing long-term value investing and deep incubation.
CAR President Touadéra launched meme coin $CAR, calling it an 'experiment' to unite people and fund a school project, but the coin's value plummeted amid skepticism.
Global Settlement Network has joined Canton Network as a validator and featured application, launching GSX ID to help institutions reuse compliance credentials across tokenized markets and reduce repetitive KYC and AML checks.
The Bank of Korea expands its CBDC pilot 'Project Hangang' with two additional banks, introducing P2P transfers, biometric login, automatic token conversion, and programmable government payments. Large-scale testing is scheduled for H2 2026.
