HashKey Joins Stacks as Bitcoin Staking Launch Partner and sBTC Signer

Alain Krief and Charles Lilford. Credit: Edmond de Rothschild. Edmond de Rothschild has promoted Alain Krief to the role of global chief investment officer (CIO) and Charles Lilford is joining as co-head of equities and senior portfolio manager for the Big Data strategy. Krief is based in Paris and will report to Christophe Caspar, the…

Robinhood is reportedly in talks with Crypto.com to expand its prediction market footprint. That’s according to a report Friday (July 24) by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources familiar with the matter. The report noted that Robinhood has so far worked with companies like Kalshi to supply betting contracts for its prediction platform, though…

12:01 AM, 24th July 2026, 2 hours ago Labour’s mayoral candidate for Greater Manchester has pledged to introduce rent controls and strengthen the city’s Good Landlord Charter. Under Labour’s manifesto, the party has also promised to limit the number of HMOs and build 50,000 affordable homes by 2039. Manchester’s mayoral election will take place on…

Charles Schwab has been censured and fined $175,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over failures to report millions of fractional share transactions. According to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, FINRA said that between January 2018 and May 2025, Schwab failed to report or report in a timely manner approximately 2.8 million fractional…

Key insight: Fintech entrepreneur Darragh Buckley has re-launched the community bank he bought last year under the name Increase Bank. Supporting data: The underlying bank’s asset size grew by 48% in the fiscal year after Buckley acquired it for his enterprise payments fintech. Expert quote: “The value [for Buckley] comes from obtaining the institutional status…

Once again, bond yields dropped in the overnight session in concert with lower oil prices. Today’s iteration is less swift than yesterday’s, but after last week’s sell-off, we’ll take any green we can get. Econ data is light and inconsequential. The 7yr Treasury auction is typically not a source of drama. That leaves focus on…