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GD Culture Group to acquire Pallas Capital for about 39.2 million shares, gaining 7,500 BTC as part of its crypto-treasury strategy, while pursuing a $300M equity raise. Abstract: GD Culture Group Ltd, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced on September 16 a share-exchange to acquire all Pallas Capital Holdings Ltd, issuing about 39.2 million shares for the assets, including 7,500 BTC free and clear. The acquisition advances GD Culture's crypto-treasury strategy as it pursues a separate $300 million equity raise to fund digital-asset acquisitions, despite quarterly losses and volatile trading activity.

TS Imagine has integrated OpenYield into its TradeSmart execution management system, providing clients with all-to-all fixed income liquidity across municipal, corporate, and government bond markets. According to Alexis Sainte Marie, Head of Fixed Income Product at TS Imagine, "Fixed income

The White House's top crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, set a July 4 target date to pass broad crypto legislation into law, speaking Wednesday at the Consensus conference in Miami. As executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, Witt said he believed the Senate could adv

South Korea's National Tax Service announced on May 7, 2026, that it is coordinating with five major virtual asset operators to implement a crypto tax beginning January 1, 2027. The tax will apply a combined rate of 22% (20% income tax plus 2% local income tax) on virtual asset gains exceeding KRW 2

Malaysia will tighten rules for fully imported electric vehicles from July, requiring a minimum insurance and freight value of 200,000 ringgit (US$51,000), according to The Japan Times. The new regulations will also mandate that imported EVs have at least 180 kilowatts of power, following the end of

比特币市占率突破 60%，90 天山寨季指数升至 28.6，CEX 山寨币交易占比从 31% 跃至 49%。三个信号确认早期资金轮动，山寨季还有多远？

Honda Motor is considering an indefinite freeze on its planned EV and battery manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Canada, as slowing US electric vehicle demand prompts a comprehensive review of its North American strategy, according to The Japan Times. Shift in Strategy and Timeline The

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. sentenced 20-year-old California resident Marlon Ferro to 78 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in a criminal network that stole more than $250 million in cryptocurrency from victims across the United States, according to court records. Ferro, who operated

U.S. federal prosecutors announced on May 6 that they had charged 30 individuals with participating in insider trading related to corporate mergers and acquisitions, according to Xinhua News Agency. The defendants allegedly exploited confidential M&A information held by Wall Street law firms to

Canada approved a new annual quota of up to 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles at a 6.1% tariff following an agreement by Prime Minister Mark Carney in January 2025. The quota took effect in March, with 24,500 permits available on a first-come-first-served basis until August 31, and the

Bitcoin is trading near $81,000 and has cleared two structurally significant onchain cost basis levels, but the market is approaching what Glassnode calls the next major ceiling at $85,200, according to the cryptocurrency analysis firm's weekly onchain report. The $85,200 threshold represents the Ac

全球稳定币总市值突破 3,200 亿美元，USDT 与 USDC 主导近 85% 市场。本文分析链上分布、企业级稳定币在跨境支付与 RWA 领域的新竞争。

Genesis AI launched GENE-26.5 on May 6, a full-stack robotics platform designed to improve robot manipulation using data from a proprietary hand glove, simulation, and human videos, according to the company. The startup has raised US$105 million from investors including Eclipse and Khosla Ventures a

TrustedVolumes, a liquidity provider and market maker for decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch, is suffering an ongoing attack that has drained approximately $6.7 million in funds, according to reports from blockchain security firm Blockaid and TrustedVolumes itself. Blockaid initially flagged th

Analysts remain broadly optimistic about Grab following its first-quarter 2026 results, despite emerging regulatory headwinds in Indonesia. The company reported a 466.7% jump in earnings to US$136 million in Q1 2026 from US$24 million in Q1 2025, with brokerage firms presenting mixed outlooks on

Senator Cynthia Lummis warned on May 6, 2026, that delays in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act could push crypto companies, developers, and capital out of the United States entirely. According to Lummis, "Every day we delay the Clarity Act is a day American companies consider building their

Faisal Shamsee, co-head of Goldman Sachs Singapore and senior engineering executive, is leaving the bank after more than two decades, according to Bloomberg. His departure marks a significant change in the firm's Singapore engineering operations. Shamsee joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 after

Apple announced on May 7 that it will invest an initial 1 billion rupees (US$10.5 million) with Indian renewable energy developer CleanMax to build more than 150 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity in India, according to The Economic Times. Apple's CleanMax Partnership The iPhone maker