Odaily News: Bitcoin life insurance company Meanwhile has announced the completion of a $37.5 million funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Haun Ventures, Framework Ventures, Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital, among others. The company's cumulative funding has now exceeded $180 million.Meanwhile is headquartered in Bermuda and is licensed to conduct insurance business entirely in Bitcoin. The company stated that an unstable macroeconomic environment has driven increased demand for Bitcoin life insurance policies in markets across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.In early 2026, Meanwhile launched BTC Life 1-Pay, a single-premium whole life insurance product, for high-net-worth clients outside the United States, following the earlier launch of BTC 10-Pay for U.S. taxpayers. Policies can be held by individuals, trusts, or corporations for inheritance and estate planning purposes. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News — Meanwhile, backed by Sam Altman, has announced the completion of a new $37 million funding round at a valuation of $350 million. The round was led by Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Haun Ventures, Framework Ventures, Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital, among others. Meanwhile primarily provides Bitcoin-denominated life insurance services, and the funds from this round will be used to meet related demand in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Odaily News — Crypto collateral protocol Anvil has announced the completion of a $5 million governance token purchase, led by venture capital firm Founders Fund, with participation from Pantera Capital, Theta Blockchain Ventures, Bullish, and Protoscale Capital.Anvil has launched a software development kit to help enterprises and financial institutions integrate its digital asset collateral technology without writing blockchain code. The protocol uses collateral to secure financial commitments, without requiring collateral providers to borrow or pay interest. (CoinDesk)

Odaily News Evernorth Holdings announced that its S-4 registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has become effective. The company will proceed with the subsequent steps toward a Nasdaq listing through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The effectiveness of the registration statement does not mean the merger has been completed, as the transaction still requires shareholder approval. Evernorth Holdings plans to operate as a regulated digital asset treasury company, offering public market investors exposure to XRP, while allocating funds to XRP-related infrastructure and treasury strategies to increase the amount of XRP per share. The company expects the merger to be completed by the end of the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of this year. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company intends to trade under the ticker symbol XRPN. The S-4 filing covers up to 34,499,992 shares of Evernorth Class A common stock and 11,499,992 related warrants. Evernorth Holdings' investors include Ripple, Arrington Capital, SBI Group, Pantera Capital, Kraken, and GSR, among others.

1、用户被列为一般无担保债权人风险降低，美国 CLARITY Act 更新草案拟隔离客户资产；2、美国全国警察兄弟会支持 CLARITY Act 最新版本，称不会削弱加密执法能力；3、Digital Chamber 等加密组织敦促美国参议院推进 Clarity Act；4、黄仁勋首条 X 推文：英伟达等 20 余家机构联署支持开放权重 AI 模型；5、LayerZero 将逐步停止支持 20 条活跃度极低的链，包括 Moonbeam、Taiko 等；6、World 基金会完成 5250 万美元 WLD 代币战略融资，Pantera Capital 领投；7、加密做市商 B2C2 寻求超 10 亿美元估值，过去 18 个月与多名潜在收购方谈判；8、KULR Technology 出售 333 枚比特币，全额偿还 2000 万美元 Coinbase 信贷额度；9、黄仁勋最新重要表态：芯片行业一段时间内不会出现衰退，规模需要扩大五到十倍。

Odaily星球日报讯 据余烬监测，World 基金会于约 8 小时前向 Pantera Capital 等机构出售约 2.174 亿枚 WLD，筹集 5250 万美元资金。虽然官方未披露出售价格，但根据链上转账数据及融资金额估算，本次出售均价约为 0.24 美元，较 WLD 当前市场价格折价约 36%。余烬表示，这批 WLD 需锁仓 1 年，锁仓安排或是本次折价出售的原因之一。

Odaily reported that the World Foundation has announced the completion of a $52.5 million fundraising through a strategic sale of WLD tokens. The round was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and others. The World Foundation is the non-profit organization behind the World protocol. The WLD tokens sold in this round will be locked for one year and are intended for use within the World Network, and do not represent any investment rights, profits, or return entitlements.

Odaily reported that the World Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the World protocol, announced the completion of a $52.5 million strategic financing of WLD tokens, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, WLD Treasury company Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and others.The World Foundation stated that the WLD tokens sold in this round are all locked for one year and are intended solely for the development of the World Network ecosystem, and do not represent equity interests in Tools for Humanity. The funds will be used to promote World ID technology to enterprises, individual users, and AI agents.World ID utilizes Orb biometric verification to prove that a user is a real human without revealing their identity. Currently, World Network has over 39 million registered users, with more than 18 million having completed Orb verification. It has been integrated with platforms such as Zoom, DocuSign, Okta, Vercel, and Tinder. Following this financing round, the total cumulative financing for the World project amounts to approximately $492.5 million.

Odaily S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have jointly launched the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, targeting institutional investors seeking systematic digital asset exposure. The index is based on fundamental screening, excluding Bitcoin and Meme coins, and only includes tokens and companies with real utility and actual revenue. It is weighted by free-float market capitalization. The initial batch includes 18 components with an annualized revenue of over $3 billion over the past two quarters, including Hyperliquid, Solana, and Aave.

1. The U.S. military launched attacks on about 90 military targets in Iran;2. Pantera Capital: The potential market size for Hyperliquid is $10 trillion in daily trading volume, with regulation remaining the biggest risk;3. Trump: Iran called seeking a deal; no decision yet on whether to cancel the Greenland trip;4. Robinhood CEO sold 375,000 HOOD shares in this trading window at an average price of $116.17;5. AscendEx announces cessation of operations, facing uncertainty for user withdrawals;6. Barclays: Fed likely to hold rates steady until the end of 2027;7. Kraken parent company Payward wins $22 million arbitration award, seeks final judgment from court against Mazars USA;8. An address on Polymarket exited after a single bet, pocketing $1.22 million in profit.