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Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Castle Raises $1M to Bring Automated Bitcoin Treasury Solution to U.S. Businesses
Miami, Florida, June 26th, 2025, FinanceWire The $1M pre-seed round, backed by Boost VC and Winklevoss Capital, will enable Castle to onboard forward-thinking SMBs to an automated bitcoin treasury solution. Castle, a bitcoin treasury platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced today it raised $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to accelerate its mission of making it seamless for businesses to protect and grow their wealth using bitcoin. The round was led by Boost VC, with participation from Winklevoss Capital, Park Rangers Capital, Epoch VC, and select angel investors. The funding will fuel platform development and scale onboarding efforts to reach SMBs nationwide, serving companies seeking an inflation-resistant, turnkey treasury solution. 'Most savings products used by small and medium businesses, despite being framed as high-yield, actually lose money after accounting for inflation. Business owners are waking up to this and deserve better,' said Stephen Cole, CEO of Castle. 'Bitcoin, with its strictly limited supply, has been the best performing asset of the past decade and we're excited to bring it to companies across America.' "We see bitcoin as the world's most powerful savings technology, and Castle is making it easy and accessible for small and medium businesses,' said Brayton Williams, Managing Partner of Boost VC. 'The founders are veteran bitcoiners and tech leaders, combining a rare sense of mission and execution ability, and Boost VC is excited to support them.' 'Bitcoin is the ultimate store of value,' said Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. 'Unlike fiat, it protects the value of your life's work. Castle lives up to its name by helping businesses safeguard their balance sheet by automatically converting a portion of every sale into bitcoin.' João Almeida, CTO, said 'By integrating with tools like QuickBooks, PayPal, Square, and Stripe, our platform gives businesses intelligent bitcoin exposure aligned with their operational requirements. Castle is built to be invisible so owners can focus on what they do best and know their bitcoin treasury will look the way they want.' By dynamically suggesting strategies ranging from conservative to aggressive, Castle enables businesses to right-size their allocation according to their risk tolerance. Current customers span industries including restaurants, fitness, accounting, e-commerce, SaaS, fine art, real estate, and more. Castle's automation and integrations maintain the desired level of bitcoin exposure even in the face of challenges such as fluctuations in revenues, expenses, or overall holdings, through features such as: Automated recurring allocations to bitcoin either as a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of revenue (e.g., 5%) Setting thresholds on cash accounts to trigger automatic bitcoin purchases or sales, ensuring liquidity for operational expenses. Defining maximum and minimum percentages that bitcoin should represent of overall holdings 'Bitcoin isn't just for Silicon Valley and Wall Street, it's also for Main Street,' Cole said 'We believe all businesses will begin upgrading to bitcoin over the next 10 years, and those earliest to do so stand to benefit the most.' With free sign-ups and no monthly fees, Castle makes an inflation-proof treasury solution available to SMBs. To sign up today, users can visit For media inquiries, users can contact 21M Communications at phil@ Contact Founder Phil
The Hill
3 days ago
- The Hill
Mother of Naval Station Norfolk sailor killed seeks Navy accountability
NOTE: The video above is the full LULAC press conference. WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — The mother of a sailor who disappeared from Naval Station Norfolk and was found dead in a Norfolk neighborhood is in Washington D.C. Wednesday demanding transparency and accountability from the U.S. Navy. Angelina Resendiz was initially reported missing May 29 and was last seen in her barracks at Naval Station Norfolk around 10 a.m., according to the Navy. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service confirmed June 10 the body found in Norfolk was that of Resendiz. Esmeralda Castle, Resendiz's mother, was in D.C. with the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, for a news conference surrounding a variety of issues regarding her disappearance. The issues include a public timeline and accountability from the Navy and NCIS, disclosure of non-disclosure agreements service members were required to sign involving the case, collaboration on a civilian family guide, and access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the Resendiz family, among others. 'I'm (also) outraged because what happened to Angelina was not just a tragedy but a preventable failure,' said CEO of LULAC, Juan Proaño. 'Her disappearance on May 29th was mishandled from the start. Instead of immediately treating Angie a missing person in danger, the Navy reportedly marked as AWOL and waited six days before filing a missing persons report.' 'Even giving her family false reassurances that she may still be alive,' Proaño explained. The LULAC is demanding a full investigation into the apparent delays, miscommunications and lack of urgency from the Navy. In addition, LULAC has written the Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, demanding answers. 'We insist on accountability at every level. Any commander or official who failed to act appropriately must answer to it under the uniform code of military justice,' said Proaño. The LULAC expects swift justice against Jermiah Copeland, a former Culinary Specialist Seaman and the man Castle's attorney identified as the person detained in connection to Resendiz's death, and anyone else responsible for this crime. Castle also spoke during the press conference, grateful for the support showed towards her and her family, but also seeking justice for her daughter. 'There is a system in place and it does not work and I don't know if it's ever worked. I don't know if anyone would acknowledge that there is a problem and accept responsibility for it to make a change.' Castle claimed that when she called and spoke to the officer on deck, it appeared the officer in question did not know who Resendiz was, but insisted she was ok and would not let Castle speak to her. 'I spoke with the officer on deck, Chief Anderson, and he said: 'Angie or Cindy? Oh yeah she's fine. She's just in another room,'' Castle recounted. ''The missing report that was given was more dramatic; she's fine.' WAVY-10 Andy Fox spoke to Dr. Ray Serrano Tuesday leading up to the press conference, who believes 'there were a lot of missteps from the military side, and a lot of unaccountability from that that could have prevented the situation.' 'Delays in the military,' Serrano said. 'There's no answer. At some point, her mother calls, and they say she's in another room, that they have found her, and she's alive, and she wasn't. They had no answers. They had no clue where she was.' The flow of inaccurate information to the family was also a concern to Marshall Griffin, Castle's attorney. 'We are very early in the case,' Griffin said, 'and I would expect to get clarity on those issues, and what happened, and when, and why things were said, and what reports were made and when.' The Latino Civil Rights group also brought up the memory of U.S. Army soldier Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered by a fellow soldier, the victim of sexual harassment and assault within the military. 'In the case of Vanessa Guillen, there were a lot of delays from the military, a lot of backtracking, a lot of like, not being forthcoming with details to the family,' Serrano said. There are a lot of similarities to Guillen's and Resendiz's cases. 'They go missing, the military in both cases listed them as AWOL, does not institute an Ashanti Alert, which was in place even then, in 2018,' Serrano said. 'There are certainly questions that we have that may necessitate an apology down the road, and I look forward to getting answers to the questions as the case moves forward,' Griffin said The news conference also considered the possible harassment Resendiz was receiving. 'There's alleged reporting from Angelina Resendiz about the harassment that she was experiencing,' Serrano said, 'and yet nothing was being done about it.' The LULAC says the events between Resendiz's disappearance, May 29, and the day her body was discovered, June 9, is still unclear. Griffin says the next procedural step would be to have another preliminary hearing under Article 32, in hopes of answering some of the questions Castle and the family still have regarding Resendiz's death.
South Wales Argus
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Cardiff road closures for The Script, Sting and Maribou State gigs
Maribou State, The Script and Sting will take to the stage as headliners for TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle 2025 on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday (June 25, 26 and 28), respectively. These three headliners follow on from Snow Patrol and Elbow, who performed at Cardiff Castle as part of the same event earlier this month. To ensure concert-goers can get to and from Cardiff Castle safely, there will be a number of road closures in place. Snow Patrol took back the city at Cardiff Castle to launch the TK Maxx Depot Live summer series. — It's On Cardiff (@itsoncardiff) June 13, 2025 Full list of road closures for Maribou State, The Script and Sting concerts at Cardiff Castle The following roads in Cardiff, according to Cardiff Council, will be closed between 9pm and midnight on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday (June 25, 26 and 28): Castle Street Duke Street Kingsway Cowbridge Road East (from Cathedral Road through to Westgate Street) These closures will also affect various bus services, including the 9 21/23 27 28 30 44/45 49/50 52 57/58 There will be diversions in place for these services, more details of which can be found on the Cardiff Bus website. 🎤 The Script @ Cardiff Castle 📅 Thursday 26th June 2025 ⚠️ Road closures and busy services expected More info ⬇️ — Cardiff Bus (@Cardiffbus) June 24, 2025 Cardiff Castle concerts to cause road closures until August The same roads are set to be shut off for all the TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle 2025 concerts, which run until August 25. TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle 2025 concerts Thursday, June 12 – Snow Patrol, Freya Ridings and The Florentinas June 13 – Elbow, The Coral and Billie Marten June 20 – Jamie Jones and Chris Stussy June 25 – Maribou State, Jimwam and Anish Kumar June 26 - Script and Tom Walker June 28 – Sting, The Lilacs and Sophie Grey July 6 - Human League, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey and Blancmange July 10 – James, Shed Seven and Jamie Webster July 13 - Rag'N'Bone Man and Elles Bailey ELLES BAILEY July 19 – Rock the Castle: Funeral for a Friend, The Blackout, Punk Rock Factory and more July 20 - UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Bitty McLean, Reggae Roast featuring Mr Williamz July 26 – DEPOT in Castle: Jess Glynne, Maximo Park, Sigma, Kate Nash, Professor Green, GLC and Blue Dolphin Wranglers July 30 – Fontaines DC, Kae Temoest and High Vis July 31 - Pet Shop Boys and Dave Pearce August 1 - Faithless, Kosheen and Chicane August 20 – Sir Tom Jones and Stone Foundation August 21 - Sir Tom Jones and Stone Foundation August 24 – Basement Jax, Ezra Collective and Eats Everything August 25 - Will Smith, Nile Rodgers and Chic RECOMMENDED READING: Are tickets still available for TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle 2025 Tickets are still available for the TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle 2025 concerts. They can be found on the Ticketmaster or DEPOT Live website (a link to which can be found above).
South Wales Argus
21-06-2025
- South Wales Argus
Archive photographs of Newport, south Wales, show how it's changed
The city of Newport was officially recognized as a city back in 2002. Yn Cymraeg, Newport is known as Casnewydd which translates to "new castle" and is a nod back to its medieval past. It is currently home to 159,687 people and has changed vastly over the years. Take a look at these amazing pictures of Newport through the decades! From Commercial Street to the Castle to the Old Green Crossing how many of these iconic city locations can you recognise? Look how much the area has changed through the generations… We wonder how many you'll get right…
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why Spurs trading for Kevin Durant makes more sense than Giannis Antetokounmpo
The post Why Spurs trading for Kevin Durant makes more sense than Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared first on ClutchPoints. Though the latest reports indicate that the most serious suitors for Kevin Durant don't include the San Antonio Spurs, nothing is yet set in stone. KD will be 37 years old by the time next NBA season starts. He's looking for one last long-term contract, and if he's traded soon, he'd be eligible for a two-year contract extension in early July that would be worth as much as $122 million. He's set to make more than $54 and a half million next season. That's the situation in front of the Silver and Black, who are also reportedly interested in Giannis Antetokounmpo. Advertisement Though they've positioned themselves well in every facet of roster building – including within the salary cap – those numbers and what it would take to get an aging star may not seem ideal. Specifics matter, though. As the Spurs look at all options, including any that would land the Greek Freak, acquiring Kevin Durant is the way to go. Within limits. Kevin Durant can still score at a high level In 62 games this past season, Durant averaged more than 26 and a half points per game. For context, in a year that continued his all-world trajectory, Victor Wembanyama scored 24.3 per contest. De'Aaron Fox's career high season scoring average is 26.6. And while Wemby's impact goes well beyond scoring, it's clear that KD would still provide the Spurs with an incredible scoring punch. Advertisement For their shortcomings – and this Spurs roster has several – at the end of the day, there is none greater than their lack of scoring threats. Wemby is not yet the offensive dynamo he will become. Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle is only 20. For his offensive prowess, Fox is finding his way in San Antonio. Acquired in February via midseason trade, the 2023 All-Star has played in only 17 games for the Silver and Black. The reality of adding Durant Unlike a potential deal for Antetokounmpo, the Spurs shouldn't have to part with Castle to get Durant. The Phoenix Suns can certainly make that request – and probably did – but it would be hard to blame San Antonio for not going along, given where KD and Castle are in their careers. The Spurs may not have to give up the second-round pick in this summer's draft either. Perhaps a non-starter for Phoenix, consider the same difference as Castle, given that Dylan Harper projects as a star. So, herein lies the question: could the Silver and Black possibly add Durant to Wembanyama, Fox, Castle, and the presumed number two pick, Dylan Harper? Over the last couple of years, Devin Vassell, Jeremy Sochan and Keldon Johnson have been considered a part of the Spurs future plans. As of now, they still are. But their value has been, at best, blurred by the addition of Fox, the ascension of Castle and the possibility of Harper. Advertisement Durant makes the Spurs better immediately. By adding him and keeping Harper and drafting Castle, it also makes them better in the long term. It's certainly worth the move if they can pull it off. Either way, it's a much easier call than what it would take to get Antetokounmpo. Related: 76ers' perfect trade offer to get No. 2 pick from Spurs Related: Ranking all the Spurs non-No. 1 top 10 draft picks
