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You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial advisors. Subscribe here to get it every Thursday. Happy Thursday, advisors! In today’s newsletter, Joyce Lai explores why, with more clients integrating crypto into their estate plans, traditional advisors risk losing relevance by ignoring this growing, long-term asset class. Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Bryan Courchesne , CEO of DAiM, answers questions about market sentiment and investment t

B2C2 taps Schroders veteran to chase Asia’s growing crypto wealth. (B2C2) Jason Lai, former chairman of Schroders Wealth Management Asia, joins B2C2 as a senior adviser in Singapore. The hire comes as family offices and asset managers in Asia increase their exposure to crypto and other digital assets. B2C2 is expanding its APAC business across institutional liquidity, payments and wealth, backed by parent SBI Holdings. Institutional crypto liquidity provider B2C2 has appointed Jason Lai, the for

Kalshi is in advanced talks with Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management to raise at least $750 million at a $40 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. The round would deepen Sequoia’s existing stake and mark Wellington’s first investment in Kalshi, as the prediction market platform eyes a potential IPO in 2027. Kalshi, which raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in May, now generates about $4 billion in annualized revenue—driven largely by sports contracts—and

Swissquote is one of Switzerland's largest online banking groups (Janosch Diggelmann/Unsplash) Swissquote cut its full-year revenue and profit forecasts after net crypto income plunged 66.2% in the first half. Crypto trading volumes slid 63.5% to 2.58 billion Swiss francs ($3.2 billion). Shares in Swissquote Group fell 14% following the announcement. Swiss banking firm Swissquote Group (SQN) cut full-year revenue and profit forecasts after first-half net crypto income fell 66.2% to 14.6 million

A crypto platform executive from South Korea will be 15 years behind bars for stealing $50 million worth of bitcoin and ethereum . (Matthew Ansley/ Unsplash) A South Korean court sentenced Delio CEO Mr. Jeong to 15 years in prison for defrauding more than 1,100 investors in a $50 million crypto scheme. Delio, which went bankrupt in November 2024, took bitcoin and ether deposits with promises of high yields before abruptly blocking customer withdrawals in June 2023. Prosecutors had sought a 20-ye

Mike Cagney, executive chairman of Figure, speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 (CoinDesk) Figure's second-quarter revenue more than doubled to $226 million, while net income nearly tripled to $87 million. Consumer Loan Marketplace volume jumped 132% to $4.3 billion, with nearly two-thirds flowing through Figure Connect. FIGR shares rose round 5% in premarket trading Thursday, extending a 10% gain from Wednesday. Figure Technology Solutions (FIGR), the blockchain lending firm co-founded by former So

Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish. (CoinDesk) Bullish (BLSH) posted adjusted second-quarter EPS of $0.09, in line with analysts’ forecasts. Subscription, services and other revenue reached a record $62.7 million, offsetting softer trading conditions as digital asset sales fell to $32.6 billion from $58.6 billion. The company posted a net loss for the period, primarily due to a writedown on the value of its bitcoin holdings. Bullish BLSH $ 25,10 , the cryptocurrency platform and parent company of CoinDe

(Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock) This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. Talk about the concentration of risk. The two largest publicly listed bitcoin BTC $ 63,408.83 treasury firms alone are sitting on paper losses big enough to rival the market value of major cryptocurrencies with strong use cases. Early Thursday, Tokyo-listed Metaplanet (3350) revealed a paper loss of $1.5 billion on its 43,000 BTC as of end-June. Last month, Strategy (MSTR)

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data) Bitcoin has added 0.30% since midnight UTC, though the crypto market cap has shed 0.54% over the past 24 hours to $2.18 trillion. CoinMarketCap’s Fear and Greed index sits at “fear” level of 38 out of a possible 100. HYPE and XMR are among the altcoins outperforming bitcoin, adding 2.7% and 3.2% respectively since midnight. Bitcoin held near $63,600 after Wednesday’s in-line U.S. inflation print proved enough to calm nerves, but not enough to move markets decisively

MUFG plans to test real-time Japanese government bond settlement. (JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock) MUFG plans to use blockchain technology to offer faster settlement of Japanese government bond transactions. The bank is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network. Blockchain-based intraday U.S. Treasury bonds repo have been in existence for several years through JPMorgan’s Kinexys network, which went live in 2020. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to use

Brazil's largest bitocin treasury firm OranjeBTC is launching an STRC and SATA ETF Brazil’s OranjeBTC plans to introduce the DIGY11 ETF, initially allocating 95% of its portfolio to Strategy’s STRC preferred shares and 5% to Strive’s SATA. DIGY11 aims for annual distributions of Brazil’s CDI interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors’ actual returns are not guaranteed. The ETF will hedge dollar exposure via monthly FX forwards and charge a 0.90% management fee, wit

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(Cedric Cullen/Unsplash) Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveiled a continuous bond issuance program, dubbed “BitBonds,” completing its first sale with four privately placed series worth about 200 million yen ($1.3 million). BitBonds gives Metaplanet a new fixed-rate funding channel alongside shares and equity-linked securities, with future issuance tied to market demand and funding needs The unsecured, unrated bonds are backed by metaplanet’s overall creditworthiness, leaving inves

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet denies selling BTC. (Erik Eastman/Unsplash) Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said the company has not sold any bitcoin and still holds 43,000 BTC despite recent large on-chain movements. Gerovich explained that the transfer of 5,014 BTC, worth about $320 million, was a routine shift between custodial addresses. Tokyo-listed bitcoin BTC $ 62,880.24 holder Metaplanet isn’t dumping its bitcoin bags. CEO Simon Gerovich moved quickly to dismiss reports of a massive sale, clarifyi

Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have. (Kevin Ku/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk) More than three dozen bitcoin and crypto firms are urging major AI labs to give open-source security researchers early access to their most powerful models, arguing defenders are using weaker tools than attackers. The letter, organized by the Bitcoin Policy Institute and signed by companies including Coinbase, Block and ARK Invest, says Bitcoin Core developers are locked out of trusted-partn

Speculation on dogecoin is back to October 2025 levels. (Dogecoin) Dogecoin’s price has slumped to about 7 cents, down nearly 70% over the past year, even as leveraged futures bets on the token have surged. Open interest in DOGE futures has climbed to about $1.21 billion, with speculative positions in coin terms now close to October 2025 levels despite the much lower price. Long positions heavily outnumber shorts on major exchanges like Binance and OKX, raising the risk of forced liquidations an

Bitcoin price today. (CoinDesk Data) Bitcoin slipped to about $63,500 after an in-line U.S. inflation report that eased nerves but failed to spark a broad crypto rally, with most major tokens declining on the day. July inflation matched forecasts, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve can wait on further rate moves and prompting modest gains in gold, equities and some digital assets. Global stock markets reacted more positively than crypto, with Asia’s MSCI index and Korea’s Kospi ad

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued more guidance warning prediction markets about compliance missteps. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued more guidance to warn prediction markets platforms about how they’re managing their incentives programs. The firms need to file properly and avoid programs that could incentivize bad behavior, the agency said. Like any regulated trading platform under authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commi

Securitize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk) Securitize shares fell 20% after hours on Wednesday after the tokenization firm reported a $2.37 per-share loss versus the $0.15 loss analysts expected. Revenue fell 5% to $14.4 million, missing the $20.6 million consensus estimate, even as average tokenized assets under management reached a record $4.3 billion. Transaction volume jumped 147% to $5.3 billion, showing growing activity as Wall Street pushes to bring funds, stocks and other as

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould has welcomed dozens of new digital-native banks, but his agency didn't grant a charter to Zerohash. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) Zerohash, a crypto infrastructure provider for high-profile firms such as Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade, failed to get approval in its initial application to join the ranks of new digital asset-focused U.S. trust banks. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency sent the company’s application back to it in a process that

Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire NEOS Investments, the manager of the $1.1 billion BTCI bitcoin synthetic ETF, in a cash-and-equity deal valuing NEOS at up to $2.25 billion, with closing expected in early 2027 pending regulatory approval. BTCI, which does not directly hold bitcoin, uses a covered-call strategy on bitcoin ETPs to generate a yield of about 27% but has fallen roughly 43% over the past year and charges a 0.99% expense ratio. The acquisition gives Goldman a $30 billion options-based E

Wintermute is diversifying its business beyond crypto Wintermute plans a $1 billion investment over five years in high-frequency trading and AI infrastructure to expand beyond crypto. The firm said it is aiming for non-crypto markets to drive over 50% of revenue by 2027, up from 10% currently, as it seeks to diversify its business. The strategic pivot follows declining crypto activity, with daily trading volumes dropping to $10 billion this year from $15 billion in 2025. Crypto market maker Wint

(Public Domain Pictures/Pixabay) Solana-based DoubleZero is adding prediction market Kalshi’s order book to its low-latency market data feed to meet institutional demand. The DoubleZero Foundation described DoubleZeroEdge as a transport layer, sending live exchange and onchain data over dedicated fiber, distributing it simultaneously to all connected traders. The model has underpinned traditional financial exchanges, including NYSE, Nasdaq and the CME, for decades, the foundation said. The growi