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FalconX is an institutional crypto prime brokerage that provides comprehensive solutions for trading, custody, and financing.
Ethena Partners with FalconX on $1 Billion Credit Facility to Expand Yield Sources for USDe Collateral Assets
According to CoinDesk, Ethena has reached a $1 billion credit partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, deploying USDe synthetic dollar collateral assets into the institutional credit sector. According to the announcement, the financing will be used to fund over-collateralized loans originated by FalconX, with use cases including trading strategies, corporate treasury management, and payments. The loan collateral will be custodied by third-party custodians, and Ethena holds first-priority security interests.
FalconX and Ethena Announce $1 Billion Financing Partnership to Bring USDe Reserve Funds into Institutional Credit Markets
Odaily News Cryptocurrency institutional brokerage firm FalconX has announced a $1 billion secured lending facility (warehouse financing facility) with stablecoin protocol Ethena. The two parties will utilize Ethena's USDe reserve assets through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide overcollateralized credit services to institutional clients.According to the announcement, this facility will connect Ethena's on-chain liquid assets with FalconX's institutional lending demand, channeling on-chain capital into traditional credit markets. Loan assets will be held by qualified custodians, with FalconX responsible for asset origination, loan servicing, and collateral management.Ethena is the developer of the USDe stablecoin protocol. USDe maintains its dollar-pegged stability through crypto asset collateralization and hedging mechanisms, and has already partnered with multiple centralized exchanges and DeFi protocols. FalconX, meanwhile, is a digital asset prime broker serving institutional investors, offering trading, financing, and liquidity services. (PRNewswire)
FalconX will acquire blockchain infrastructure company bloXroute
Digital asset prime broker FalconX will acquire blockchain infrastructure company bloXroute. By combining bloXroute's network technology with FalconX's institutional trading platform, FalconX will accelerate the development of new trading, financing, and prime brokerage capabilities.
FalconX Has Secretly Filed IPO Application Documents with the U.S. SEC
According to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency trading firm FalconX has confidentially filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and engaged investment banks including Cantor to prepare for its initial public offering (IPO). Sources familiar with the matter said that, due to market conditions, FalconX’s listing is not expected before later this year. Founded in 2018, FalconX primarily provides institutional clients—including hedge funds, asset management firms, and market makers—with digital asset prime brokerage, trade execution, liquidity access, credit, and clearing services. The company raised $150 million in its Series D funding round in 2022, achieving an $8 billion valuation.
Hut 8 Enters $200 Million Bitcoin-Backed Credit Agreement, Replaces Previous Coinbase Credit Facility
Hut 8 announced its subsidiary has entered into a $200 million, 364-day bitcoin-backed credit agreement with FalconX to replace the previous financing arrangement from Coinbase Credit. The new financing carries an annualized fixed interest rate of 7.0%, a reduction of 200 basis points from the previous 9.0% rate on the Coinbase facility. During the period from December 2023 to March 2025, this financing cost had reached as high as 10.5%–11.5%, meaning cumulative reductions of up to 450 basis points, demonstrating continued progress in optimizing debt costs.Following this refinancing, approximately 3,300 BTC held by Hut 8 have been converted to an unencumbered state, valued at approximately $260 million based on market capitalization as of May 1, 2026. This significantly enhances the flexibility and liquidity capacity of its balance sheet. Additionally, the credit structure maintains key risk control provisions, including a limited recourse structure, a no-rehypothecation clause, and a fixed LTV threshold design to avoid triggering additional margin calls in the event of a decline in bitcoin prices.Hut 8 management stated that this financing not only reduces capital costs but also releases more unencumbered bitcoin assets, helping to enhance capital allocation flexibility across different market cycles. FalconX emphasized that this transaction reflects its growing capability in providing institutional-grade bitcoin credit solutions. (PRNewswire)
FalconX cuts approximately 10% of staff, to withdraw Singapore license application
Odaily News Digital asset prime broker FalconX has laid off approximately 10% of its global workforce. Before the layoffs, FalconX had around 350 employees across the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Hong Kong. FalconX is adjusting its Singapore strategy, shifting focus toward crypto derivatives trading, and plans to withdraw its local license application submitted to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The company intends to maintain its Asian business presence while expanding its European operations.
Grayscale: Hyperliquid Could Evolve into an On-Chain Financial Infrastructure Giant, Challenging the Traditional Derivatives Market
digital asset management firm Grayscale stated in its latest report that the decentralized trading platform Hyperliquid is rapidly evolving from a crypto perpetual contract exchange into a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform. In the future, it may even challenge the traditional derivatives trading and exchange systems, growing into a "financial services giant."The report shows that Hyperliquid generated approximately $800 million in revenue in 2025, with a full-year perpetual contract trading volume of about $2.9 trillion and open interest of roughly $7 billion, capturing a significant share of the crypto derivatives market. Grayscale believes the platform is no longer limited to crypto trading. Through the HIP-3 and HIP-4 systems, it is expanding into tokenized stocks, commodities, and prediction markets, gradually building a 24/7 on-chain trading infrastructure.In another report, FalconX also pointed out that Hyperliquid is competing with traditional derivatives exchanges like the CME Group, as well as prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, and is making progress in new markets like Pre-IPO.The report also emphasized that regulation remains a key variable. Although Hyperliquid currently restricts access for US users, as the regulatory framework gradually clarifies and institutions like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Kraken explore perpetual contract products, this sector may see broader growth potential in the future. (CoinDesk)
FalconX: Hyperliquid is Challenging Traditional Exchanges and Prediction Markets
a report released by FalconX shows that the crypto derivatives platform Hyperliquid is expanding from perpetual contracts to pre-IPO trading, prediction contracts, and tokenized real-world assets, beginning to compete with traditional exchanges and prediction market operators. The report indicates that Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market allows users to trade stocks, commodities, forex, and pre-IPO contracts 24/7, with traders already using it for pre-IPO speculation on companies such as Cerebras, Anthropic, and SpaceX. The HIP-4 outcome market allows traders to place binary bets on political, economic, and crypto events.In terms of capital inflows, the HYPE spot ETFs launched by 21Shares and Bitwise have attracted a combined $53 million in inflows within just a few trading days. Hyperliquid's USDC partnership with Coinbase and Circle is expected to generate up to $160 million in annual protocol revenue. FalconX warns that CME and ICE have expressed concerns to regulators about potential market manipulation risks on the Hyperliquid market. Nevertheless, Hyperliquid continues to lead the decentralized perpetual contract market in terms of trading volume, revenue, and total value locked. (CoinDesk)
FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE to Gate today, valued at approximately $14 million.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE (approximately $14 million) to Gate exchange today, suspected of preparing to sell. Multiple OTC buyers who accumulated HYPE over the past few months are currently showing signs of selling off.
Suspected Ethena team wallet transfers approximately $14.09 million in ENA to FalconX
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be associated with the Ethena team deposited 170 million ENA into FalconX 1 hour ago, valued at approximately $14.09 million, possibly for an OTC sale. This wallet previously received ENA from Ethena's Gnosis Safe last year.
Whale That Built ETH Position in June Suspected of Reducing Position, Cumulative Deposits of Over $20 Million in ETH to FalconX Since July
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x643…CF565 deposited 7,981 ETH (approximately $14.99 million) into FalconX 3 hours ago, suspected of reducing positions. The address established positions in June at an average price of approximately $1,637. Since July, it has cumulatively deposited 10,735.8 ETH (approximately $20.04 million). If all sold, the estimated profit would be approximately $2.47 million. Currently, the wallet still holds 7,625 ETH, with an unrealized profit of approximately $1.86 million.
A whale transferred 923,743 HYPE tokens to an exchange within 11 hours, valued at approximately $53 million
Odaily News, According to The Data Nerd's monitoring, a whale address (0x90B38) holding a large amount of HYPE tokens transferred approximately 923,743 HYPE tokens, valued at about $53.03 million, to exchanges over the past 11 hours. Among these, the address transferred 692,807 HYPE tokens, worth approximately $39.77 million, to Coinbase Prime, and 230,936 HYPE tokens, worth approximately $13.26 million, to FalconX.This transfer accounts for roughly two-thirds of the address's total HYPE holdings. Currently, the wallet still holds 969,595 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $55.5 million.Analysts note that this move appears to be a systematic reduction in batches rather than a panic sell-off. The address did not liquidate its entire position at once but has been gradually transferring tokens to trading platforms, which may suggest an orderly exit strategy or portfolio rebalancing by the holder.
Profits of $109 million: A whale/institution has transferred out a total of 1.956 million HYPE and still holds 969,000 HYPE
Odaily News, according to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, half an hour ago, a whale/institution that redeemed 2.886 million HYPE from staking at the end of July transferred 923,700 HYPE to Coinbase Prime and FalconX, worth $53.03 million. The whale/institution staked 2.886 million HYPE at an average price of approximately $19.79 early last year. At the end of July, after these HYPE were redeemed from staking, they began to be transferred to Coinbase Prime and FalconX. So far, 1.956 million HYPE have been transferred out, worth approximately $110 million, with a total profit of $109 million. The address still holds 969,000 HYPE, worth $55.73 million.
A whale withdrew 4650 ETH from multiple institutions, valued at approximately $8.77 million.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew a total of 4,650 ETH from Coinbase, FalconX, Galaxy Digital, and Cumberland within 2 hours, worth approximately $8.77 million at current prices. This movement indicates that large addresses are recently concentrating on withdrawing Ethereum assets from multiple trading and market-making institutions.
1.4 Trillion Dollar Bitcoin Market Mortgage Protocol Hashi Testnet Goes Live, Over 25 Institutions Participate in Testing
Sui Foundation and Mysten Labs launched the Bitcoin mortgage protocol Hashi testnet on July 22, allowing BTC to provide collateral support for on-chain lending and credit markets without being wrapped into synthetic tokens or bridged across chains. Hashi keeps Bitcoin on the Bitcoin network, with deposits secured by a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism that requires simultaneous signatures from Hashi's multi-party computation validators and an independent Guardian Layer. Loan terms and collateral positions are recorded on-chain, allowing lenders to view the collateral backing. Over 25 institutional partners are testing Hashi's lending and credit applications, including Bitgo, Cumberland, FalconX, Ledger, Blockdaemon, Bullish, as well as Sui ecosystem lending platforms Navi and Scallop. Wave Digital Assets has committed to advancing a three-year Bitcoin yield bond tokenization plan on Sui after the Hashi mainnet launch. Hashi has not yet announced a mainnet launch date. Sui previously unveiled the Hashi development network phase in March, positioning the protocol as a solution to improve capital efficiency for the approximately 1.4 trillion dollar Bitcoin market.
Polymarket completes first "six-figure" institutional on-chain block trade, targeting NVIDIA H100 GPU computing power price
prediction market platform Polymarket has disclosed the completion of its first institutional on-chain block trade. The six-figure USD transaction was executed on the Polygon blockchain by digital asset broker FalconX and AI risk settlement infrastructure startup Anera Labs, targeting contracts related to the Ornn Compute Price Index, which tracks the rental price of NVIDIA H100 GPU chips. Polymarket stated that this is the first institutional on-chain block trade in the prediction market field. Going forward, FalconX will also serve as the exclusive market maker for block trades on the Polymarket platform to support institutional clients' liquidity needs and price discovery. (CNBC)
FalconX: Hyperliquid is Challenging Traditional Exchanges and Prediction Markets
a report released by FalconX shows that the crypto derivatives platform Hyperliquid is expanding from perpetual contracts to pre-IPO trading, prediction contracts, and tokenized real-world assets, beginning to compete with traditional exchanges and prediction market operators. The report indicates that Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market allows users to trade stocks, commodities, forex, and pre-IPO contracts 24/7, with traders already using it for pre-IPO speculation on companies such as Cerebras, Anthropic, and SpaceX. The HIP-4 outcome market allows traders to place binary bets on political, economic, and crypto events.In terms of capital inflows, the HYPE spot ETFs launched by 21Shares and Bitwise have attracted a combined $53 million in inflows within just a few trading days. Hyperliquid's USDC partnership with Coinbase and Circle is expected to generate up to $160 million in annual protocol revenue. FalconX warns that CME and ICE have expressed concerns to regulators about potential market manipulation risks on the Hyperliquid market. Nevertheless, Hyperliquid continues to lead the decentralized perpetual contract market in terms of trading volume, revenue, and total value locked. (CoinDesk)
Intchains Group Discloses That It Has Pledged a Cumulative Total of 8,040 ETH and Plans to Accelerate the AI-Powered Operational Model Transformation
According to GlobeNewswire, Intchains Group, an Ethereum treasury company listed on Nasdaq, has announced the latest progress on its Ethereum staking initiatives and strategic transformation. As of April 16, 2026, the company has staked a cumulative total of 8,040 ETH—1,000 ETH deployed on the FalconX platform and 7,040 ETH deployed on its proprietary Goldshell Stake platform. Its current multi-platform staking strategy helps enhance returns and diversify risk. The company also announced an accelerated transition toward an AI-powered operational model, focusing on introducing automation and intelligent tools across chip and product development, marketing and sales, and overall operations to improve efficiency and decision-making capabilities.
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FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE to Gate today, valued at approximately $14 million.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE (approximately $14 million) to Gate exchange today, suspected of preparing to sell. Multiple OTC buyers who accumulated HYPE over the past few months are currently showing signs of selling off.
Two months profit of approximately $1.24 million; an address deposited 47,000 HYPE into FalconX
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, an address accumulated purchases of 178,700 HYPE from FalconX over the past two months, spending approximately $11.5 million, with estimated profits of around $1.24 million. The address deposited 47,000 HYPE, worth approximately $3.35 million, into FalconX a few minutes ago, possibly for sale.
FalconX and Ethena Launch $1 Billion USDe Institutional Lending Facility
FalconX and Ethena jointly launched a $1 billion secured lending facility, utilizing USDe backing assets for institutional over-collateralized loans to expand revenue sources for Ethena beyond crypto basis strategies.
Ethena Partners with FalconX on $1 Billion Credit Facility to Expand Yield Sources for USDe Collateral Assets
According to CoinDesk, Ethena has reached a $1 billion credit partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, deploying USDe synthetic dollar collateral assets into the institutional credit sector. According to the announcement, the financing will be used to fund over-collateralized loans originated by FalconX, with use cases including trading strategies, corporate treasury management, and payments. The loan collateral will be custodied by third-party custodians, and Ethena holds first-priority security interests.
FalconX and Ethena Announce $1 Billion Financing Partnership to Bring USDe Reserve Funds into Institutional Credit Markets
Odaily News Cryptocurrency institutional brokerage firm FalconX has announced a $1 billion secured lending facility (warehouse financing facility) with stablecoin protocol Ethena. The two parties will utilize Ethena's USDe reserve assets through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide overcollateralized credit services to institutional clients.According to the announcement, this facility will connect Ethena's on-chain liquid assets with FalconX's institutional lending demand, channeling on-chain capital into traditional credit markets. Loan assets will be held by qualified custodians, with FalconX responsible for asset origination, loan servicing, and collateral management.Ethena is the developer of the USDe stablecoin protocol. USDe maintains its dollar-pegged stability through crypto asset collateralization and hedging mechanisms, and has already partnered with multiple centralized exchanges and DeFi protocols. FalconX, meanwhile, is a digital asset prime broker serving institutional investors, offering trading, financing, and liquidity services. (PRNewswire)
Interstice Partners with FalconX to Launch Cross-Chain Exchange Engine
Interstice Digital partners with FalconX to launch a non-custodial cross-chain swap engine, connecting the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana, and Robinhood Chain to provide cross-chain liquidity for institutional tokenized assets.