Blockchain

Figure Agrees $717 Million Kiavi Acquisition to Expand Blockchain-Based Lending Ecosystem (FIGR)
Figure Technology Solutions’s $717 million acquisition of Kiavi, an AI-powered lending platform for residential real estate investors, expands its BLOCKCHAIN-native capital marketplace by adding the

WasabiCard, Payment Unicorn-in-the-making, Closes Pre-A, backed by Vernal Capital and Avenir Group, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC
WasabiCard, a Singapore-based global payment infrastructure platform bridging stablecoins with real-world financial applications, has raised nearly $10 million in a Pre-Series A round from Vernal

Google Search Is Getting Its Biggest-Ever AI Makeover
Google’s introduction of an intelligent search box and AI information agents at I/O 2026 highlights a shift in BLOCKCHAIN and enterprise technology toward agentic, always-on

Crypto ATM Operator Bitcoin Depot Files for Bankruptcy
Bitcoin Depot, formerly North America’s largest CRYPTO ATM operator, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and taken its network of approximately 9,700 kiosks offline. CEO

Payments Infrastructure Start-Up Fun Exits Stealth With $72M Series A
Fun‘s $72 million Series A, co-led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire with participation from Infinity Ventures, Pharsalus Capital, and Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, highlights BLOCKCHAIN’s

Crypto Exchange Bullish to Buy Equiniti for $4.2 Billion in Capital Markets Push
Bullish‘s $4.2 billion acquisition of Equiniti from Siris Capital shows CRYPTO firms pushing into traditional capital markets infrastructure rather than staying limited to exchange trading.
