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Google's GCUL: Redefining Financial Infrastructure and the Battle for Blockchain Supremacy

- Google Cloud's GCUL blockchain targets global financial infrastructure with neutral, compliant, Python-driven architecture. - Platform challenges Ripple, Stripe, and Circle by offering institutional-grade compliance and open-access smart contracts. - GCUL's 30% cost reduction in collateral settlements and token-agnostic design threaten existing fintech players' market share. - 2026 commercial rollout could reshape cross-border payments, stablecoins, and crypto custody markets through institutional adopti

Google Cloud's GCUL: A Game-Changer for Fintech and Cross-Border Payments

- Google Cloud's GCUL, a Python-based Layer-1 blockchain, targets $1.7T fintech/cross-border payments sector with institutional-grade neutrality and scalability. - Strategic CME Group partnership validates GCUL's potential, aiming to reduce collateral settlement costs by 30% and enable 24/7 capital market operations by 2026. - GCUL's tokenization and 24/7 settlement capabilities could slash cross-border fees from 2-6% to near-zero, transforming remittances in emerging markets. - Institutional adoption is a

Navigating crypto exposures in a volatile world

While BTC’s year-to-date price drop resembles that of the S&P 500, some crypto stocks have fared way worse

Crypto stocks to watch in 2025

Dan Weiskopf notes the “crazy opportunity” for BLOK investors that’s set to come as more pure-play crypto companies go public

On the Margin Newsletter: An update on crypto bills…and mining stocks

While crypto lawmaking is set to quiet down this summer, bitcoin miner activity appears to be heating up

What analysts say the bitcoin halving is set to do for MicroStrategy stock

The publicly traded hoarder of bitcoin could hold close to 300,000 BTC by the end of 2025, the Benchmark Company’s Mark Palmer predicts

Why most bitcoin mining stocks are down amid a persistent crypto rally

The market is grappling with the impact of BTC price and hash rate on miner profitability about a month before the bitcoin halving, analyst says

Another bitcoin miner has gone public in the US

Cincinnati-based GRIID Infrastructure made its debut on the Nasdaq Monday after publicly listing in Canada earlier this month

BTC, ETH, crypto stocks and ETFs: Which performed best in 2023?

Investors holding mining stocks and various crypto equity funds saw higher gains than those exposed only to crypto’s two largest assets

A look at crypto ETF milestones in 2023 — and where spot bitcoin funds stand

Several crypto ETF firsts this year have perhaps been overshadowed by the spot bitcoin ETF saga that could see a resolution in the coming weeks

Crypto product inflow streak ends at 11 weeks, but BLOK bucks the trend

Though BTC products lost $33 billion in assets last week, the largest blockchain equities brought in roughly $110 million in that span

Crypto miners keep busy ahead of halving with accelerated machine buys

Public mining companies have committed about $750 million to buy machines in the last couple months, BlocksBridge Consulting data shows

Riot plots aggressive hash rate growth via latest MicroBT deal

The company gains the option to buy 265,000 more miners to grow hash rate above 100 EH/s over the long term

Merge between Hut 8, USBTC expected to close this week

Merger is set to allow the combined business to “flex between our different lines of business,” Hut 8 CEO says