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Ramp just closed a $750 million Series F round that values the company at $44 billion. To put that in perspective, that’s roughly the market cap of some S&P 500 companies, and Ramp is still private. The round, announced on June 4, 2026, was led by ICONIQ, GIC, and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Goldman Sachs Alternatives, D.E. Shaw & Co., and Morgan Stanley Investment Management also joined as new investors. Total equity raised by the company now exceeds $3 billion. From corporate cards to a $44B financial operations platform Here’s the thing about Ramp’s trajectory: in November 2025, the…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has pushed back against criticism surrounding Midnight City, rejecting claims that the initiative does not contribute to ecosystem user adoption. His response followed remarks from prominent Cardano content creator Big Pey, who questioned the project’s commercial relevance and value proposition. Big Pey Questions Midnight City’s Impact on Adoption In a recent post on X, Big Pey pointed to Midnight City as an example of wasteful spending within the Cardano ecosystem. According to him, the Cardano team invested millions of dollars into a project that would not directly attract new users or drive adoption. He characterized the…

An Argentine judge’s order to freeze crypto wallets connected to the LIBRA memecoin scandal has exposed just how difficult it is to actually stop funds once they start moving on-chain. The case now hinges on whether major exchanges will cooperate — and whether the money is even still there to freeze. Key takeaways Federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi ordered the identification and freezing of 25 cryptocurrency wallets linked to the LIBRA memecoin case. The wallets are held across Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Bitfinex, and the judge has requested KYC records, IP addresses, and transaction histories from all four platforms.…

The Solana Foundation has announced its participation as a founding member of the x402 Foundation. This initiative aims to develop open payment standards critical for building what they term the agentic economy. The announcement was made via this tweet, highlighting the importance of scalable and permissionless payment rails. The Story So Far As the broader crypto market displays mixed signals, the Solana Foundation’s commitment to the x402 Foundation marks a significant step in enhancing decentralized payment infrastructure. By focusing on open payment standards, Solana aims to support broader adoption in an increasingly digital economy. This collaboration underscores the growing importance…

Quantinuum hit the public markets on June 4 with the kind of entrance most IPOs dream about. Shares opened at $68, a 13% jump from the $60 IPO price, before settling to close around $60.38. The company raised $1.68 billion by selling 28 million shares, landing a post-IPO valuation somewhere between $14B and $15B. Inside the numbers Quantinuum, now trading on NASDAQ under the ticker QNT, actually upsized its offering before pricing. The initial range sat at $53 to $55 per share. The final price of $60 tells you demand was running hot well before the opening bell. Meanwhile, quantum…

Cardano Foundation’s June update highlighted a multi-year SENAI São Paulo partnership, beginning with blockchain workshops for nontechnical staff, developers and researchers. Enterprise momentum included Fortune recognition, 15,000 farms registered through a Syngenta Foundation India project, 100,000 Trivolve Tech transactions and LayerZero’s planned interoperability rollout. Governance progress centered on voting rationale for 69 Intersect budget proposals, Governance Hours, a Community Director process and Constitutional Committee elections through Intersect. The Cardano Foundation’s June update framed the network’s month as a dense mix of partnerships, infrastructure work and governance disclosure, with enough moving parts to make the progress feel both practical and oddly…

South Korea has taken a significant step toward becoming one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency hubs by officially recognizing its digital asset ecosystem as a national development priority. The move signals a major shift in the country’s approach to crypto, positioning digital assets as a strategic sector for economic growth rather than simply a speculative investment. The policy comes as the government continues to modernize its financial system through blockchain technology, institutional participation, and clearer regulations. South Korea has already established one of Asia’s most active crypto markets, and the latest initiative further strengthens its ambitions to become a global…

Binance continues to expand its portfolio in the spot market. The platform, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced it will list 10 new trading pairs under its bStocks product family to offer users more trading options. The company also stated that it will reduce the maker trading fee to zero for these newly listed assets for a limited period. According to a statement by Binance, the bStocks assets named AAOIB (Applied Optoelectronics), ARMB (Arm), AVGOB (Broadcom), BABAB (Alibaba), HOODB (Robinhood), IBMB (IBM), MRVLB (Marvell Technology), NOKB (Nokia), RKLBB (Rocket Lab), and TSMB (TSMC) will be available for spot…

The Nakamoto Coefficient is the smallest number of independent entities that would need to collude to compromise a blockchain’s consensus. In Proof-of-Work, that means mining pools with enough combined hashrate to rewrite the chain. In Proof-of-Stake, it means validator operators with enough combined stake to stall it. A higher number means more parties have to agree before anything breaks. A lower number means fewer. Here is why that number is worth more than any figure in a pitch deck. Ethereum has roughly 1,278,000 validators. Chainspect lists its Nakamoto Coefficient at 1. That gap between the headline figure and the effective…

Peter Brandt, a seasoned investor and a closely followed figure in the financial markets, has announced that he is considering selling a portion of his Bitcoin holdings and investing in gold. Brandt, in a post on the social media platform X, stated that gold may be preparing for a strong upward move against Bitcoin. This assessment has reopened the debate among investors regarding the balance between gold, seen as a safe haven, and high-risk digital assets. Although both assets have seen pullbacks recently, the performance difference is striking. Bitcoin lost approximately 20 percent of its value in June, falling below…