Anthony Noto

1 week ago | crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto

Share Mantra, known as the second real-world asset token after Chainlink, nosedived over 90% over the past 24 hours. Here’s what we know. Source: CoinGeckoJust a couple of days ago, Mantra (OM) touted a 640% gain in 12 months. At last check, its $6-billion market cap fell to about $485 million. Patrick Mullin, Mantra’s CEO, recently spoke to crypto.news about being a fully compliant, end-to-end ecosystem for RWA tokenization and trading.

1 week ago | crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto

Share Ripple, one of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency sector, recently purchased prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, underscoring how decentralization and traditional finance are officially meshing. Nic Puckrin, a crypto analyst and founder/CEO of The Coin Bureau, says the deal is indicative of this new trend and a positive for Ripple’s blockchain adoption and the price of XRP.

1 week ago | crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto

Share Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is plotting a return to the U.S. based on newfound ties with the Trump family. According to the Wall Street Journal, executives from Binance met with U.S. Treasury officials last month to request the removal or reduction of a federal monitorship that has overseen the exchange’s compliance with anti-money-laundering laws since it pled guilty in 2023 and paid a record $4.3 billion fine.

1 week ago | benzinga.com | Anthony Noto

Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) is selling its financing arm. Bloomberg estimates a price tag of $1 billion. The Milwaukee-based motorcycle brand could market the segment to various buyers, including regional banks and private equity firms. Separately, there’s drama brewing on the board level. Director Jared Dourdeville, who joined in 2022, resigned, but not before sending a damning letter to fellow board members on April 1. And it was not an April Fool’s Day prank.

2 weeks ago | gfmag.com | Anthony Noto

CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong-based parent of Panama Ports Company (PPC), denied on Wednesday allegations that it owes $1.2 billion to Panama—disputes that surfaced as US-China tensions intensify over canal infrastructure and regional influence. Panama’s comptroller general announced this week that an audit of Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, uncovered irregularities in the renewal of a 25-year concession agreement.