Chainlink has partnered with NYSE-parent Intercontinental Exchange to integrate forex and precious metals data from ICE’s Consolidated Feed into Chainlink Data Streams. Blockchain oracle platform Chainlink partnered with the US-based Fortune 500 company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to bring foreign exchange and precious metals data onchain. Chainlink announced Monday that the collaboration will bring ICE’s Consolidated Feed, which aggregates market data from over 300 global exchanges and marketplaces, to the derived data sets that power Chainlink Data Streams. According to Chainlink, these feeds support over 2,000 decentralized applications (DApps) and major financial institutions to provide market information necessary to operate in tokenized environments. Read more
Michael Saylor’s Strategy added another $18 million in Bitcoin last week to mark the fifth anniversary of its BTC buying strategy, bringing its total holdings to 628,946 BTC. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, made its first BTC purchases in August, marking five years since adopting Bitcoin as a treasury asset. Strategy acquired 155 Bitcoin (BTC) for $18 million during the week ending Sunday, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. Strategy’s new Bitcoin purchases were made at an average price of $116,401 per coin, with BTC starting the week at $114,000 and nearing all-time highs around $122,000 by Sunday, according to CoinGecko. Read more
Tether and Rumble have offered to acquire all shares of AI infrastructure operator Northern Data in a $1.17 billion deal that would make Tether Rumble’s top shareholder. Tether and Rumble proposed to jointly acquire all Northern Data shares, taking full control of the artificial intelligence infrastructure company. According to a Monday Rumble announcement, the deal would build on Northern Data’s existing AI and high-performance computing (HPC) operations. Tether, the issuer of the USDt (USDT) stablecoin and already Northern Data’s largest shareholder, would support the transaction. Tether has hinted at future collaborations involving AI, peer-to-peer communications and data storage solutions. Tether is the centerpiece connecting every company involved in the potential deal, with the firm investing $775 million in the anti-censorship YouTube alternative Rumble at the end of 2024. The two firms deepened their collaboration in May, when Rumble announced its USDT-supporting Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoin wallet. R...