[2026-07-17] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, marking the crypto exchange's first-ever institutional funding round and the latest sign of Wall Street's deepening embrace of digital assets. Announced Thursday, the deal hands the market maker founded by billionaire Ken Griffin a stake in the Singapore-based exchange, which said the money will speed its expansion into "all asset classes, including tokenized securities and derivatives." Founded in 2016, Crypt...