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  • Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year
    (Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images) Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody later this year, allowing institutional clients to hold BTC alongside traditional assets. The service will be part of Citi’s new Custody+ platform, which combines custody, settlement and other services for large investors. The move could make it easier for institutions to hold bitcoin through a major bank instead of relying on a separate crypto custodian. Citigroup plans to begin offering bitcoin custody later this year,
  • Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures
    Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures. (Unsplash) Crypto’s wave of closures is exposing projects that raised too much money at unrealistic valuations without building sustainable revenue, Kirkley said. Token-based governance and fundraising incentives compounded the problem by making it harder for projects to pivot and rewarding overly optimistic narratives. The shakeout comes as bitcoin approaches a potentially critical support zone, but Kirkley says governments are increasing
  • Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
    Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Block (CoinDesk) Cash App is expanding its cryptocurrency offerings beyond bitcoin and USDC through crypto payments platform MoonPay. Through MoonPay, Cash App customers will be able to purchase tokens such as ether, solana, XRP and USDT and fund popular wallets including Ledger, BitPay, Trust Wallet, MetaMask and Uniswap. Cash App’s crypto offering has historically been restricted to bitcoin, until it added support for USDC earlier this year. Cash App’s crypto
  • Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercard
    Visa offices. (Media/Visa) Visa is looking for a settlement and over-the-counter (OTC) partner with cryptocurrency exchange licenses in the U.S., Canada, UK and Singapore. The prospective partner will also handle settlement for the newly introduced Open USD stablecoin project, which plans to support multiple stablecoins. Visa is looking for a new stablecoin settlement partner with licensing capabilities across multiple regions, according to documents seen by CoinDesk. This would fill the role pr
  • Ethereum’s next upgrade breaks the '21,000 gas' rule wallets rely on
    Ethereum’s next upgrade breaks the '21,000 gas' rule wallets rely on. (Unsplash) Ethereum’s next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, will end the long-standing rule that every basic ether (ETH) transfer costs a flat 21,000 units of gas. Under the change, sending ETH to an existing account will still cost 21,000 gas, but transfers to never-before-used addresses will incur an additional 183,600 units of new “state gas.” Ethereum developers are warning wallet providers and blockchain services to update any
  • The 'crack' in the energy market is wider than ever. Bitcoin might feel it.
    Harvesting season drives up demand for diesel. (aboutmoments33/Shutterstock) This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. On Monday, CoinDesk reported that Goldman Sachs was downplaying the chance of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in September, citing slower inflation and echoing dovish expectations among traders, a potential tailwind for bitcoin BTC $ 64,301.96 . New data is muddying that outlook. The first detail is the difference be
  • South Korea joins more than 30 jurisdictions restricting Polymarket access
    South Korea has restricted access to Polymarket over gambling concerns South Korea has blocked local access to the prediction market Polymarket, citing violations of the country’s Criminal and National Sports Promotion Acts. Regulators rejected Polymarket's defense regarding its P2P nature, arguing the platform manages market rules and facilitates crypto-based gambling activity. The decision aligns South Korea with over 30 other jurisdictions, including France and Spain, that have restricted the
  • Bitcoin pauses at $64,000 as rising yields, oil drag equities lower
    Bitcoin price (CoinDesk) Bitcoin is retracing Monday's rally from $62,600 to $64,600, tracking a pullback in Nasdaq 100 futures driven by rising bond yields and oil prices. Brent crude rose back to $94 a barrel after a 60-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire expired Monday without a deal, adding to inflation uncertainty ahead of Wednesday's Fed minutes. The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its July 28-29 FOMC meeting on Wednesday, the same day President Trump is expected to meet crypto industry executiv
  • Bitcoin scores a rare win over S&P 500 with 2.6% rise versus 0.5% fall
    BTC outperformed U.S. stocks Monday. Bitcoin rose by 2.6% to above $64,000 on Monday, its best daily performance in over a month, while the S&P 500 fell 0.52%. The move marked a rare recent instance of bitcoin decisively outperforming and moving opposite to U.S. stocks, after trailing the S&P 500 on about two-thirds of trading days over the past three months. Bitcoin BTC $ 64,130.46 scored a rare achievement on Monday by outperforming the S&P 500. The largest cryptocurrency rose 2.6% to over $64
  • Live updates: Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and oil drain risk appetite
    null Disclosure & Polices : CoinDesk is an award-winning media outlet that covers the cryptocurrency industry. Its journalists abide by a strict set of editorial policies . CoinDesk has adopted a set of principles aimed at ensuring the integrity, editorial independence and freedom from bias of its publications. CoinDesk is part of Bullish (NYSE:BLSH), an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. Bullish owns and invests in
  • The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
    Key level where BTC longs face liquidation risk. (Rafael Minguet Delgado/Pexels) $57,000 is the key liquidation level for bitcoin’s leveraged longs. Thin liquidity could amplify any liquidation-driven sell-off. Despite the downside risks, BTC’s resilience and a potential inverse head-and-shoulders pattern keep the bullish case alive. For bitcoin BTC $ 64,373.66 traders holding bullish futures bets, $57,000 is the key level, not because it counts as key support from where the market turned higher
  • XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
    XRP slips below $1 even as Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments. (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash) XRP fell below $1 and is the weakest major token over the past day and week, even as Ripple expands its institutional partnerships. Ripple’s new deal with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank brings near real-time cross-border payments to regional business customers but does not clarify which stablecoin powers the transfers. Ripple’s push of its RLUSD stablecoin as the main settlement asset helps explain why
  • Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
    Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Shutterstock) The Monad Foundation completed a program offering to buy locked MON tokens from select early investors at a discount, but says few chose to sell. Any MON tokens repurchased in the program will remain locked on their original vesting schedule, meaning the buyback does not accelerate tokens coming onto the market. MON’s price has lagged despite rapid growth in Monad’s decentralized finance activity, and
  • Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
    Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip. (Asa E K/Unsplash) Bitcoin climbed above $64,000 and was the only major cryptocurrency with a notable daily gain, while most other large tokens slipped or were flat. Analysts said bitcoin remains stuck between $62,000 and $65,000 and below key moving averages, leaving sellers in control of medium- and long-term trends. Publicly listed bitcoin miners have cut computing power by 21 percent over three quarters as they shift capacity to AI, even a
  • Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
    Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip. (Asa E K/Unsplash) Bitcoin climbed above $64,000 and was the only major cryptocurrency with a notable daily gain, while most other large tokens slipped or were flat. Analysts said bitcoin remains stuck between $62,000 and $65,000 and below key moving averages, leaving sellers in control of medium- and long-term trends. Publicly listed bitcoin miners have cut computing power by 21 percent over three quarters as they shift capacity to AI, even a
  • Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push
    Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push. (CoinDesk) Kraken parent Payward has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and gained access to Claude Mythos 5, its frontier AI model for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities. Payward plans to deploy the model across its environments to identify security flaws before they can be exploited. The company said vulnerabilities found in third-party open-source software will be disclosed to project maintainers, poten
  • Saylor says share buyback isn’t priority as Strategy builds $4.8 billion cash reserve
    MSTR has fallen about 38% this year amid bitcoin’s decline, though the shares gained about 5% Monday as Saylor left the door open to future buybacks. Strategy plans to maintain larger cash reserves and could sell bitcoin when needed as it works to support STRC and its dividend payments. Saylor said Strategy wants STRC to remain near its $100 issue price, while MSTR investors should have a time horizon of at least four years. It’s not a priority, said Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, but Strate
  • BitMart founder dismisses calls for audit as users report blocked funds, unpaid employees
    The BitMart Chinese-language X account was hacked, according to founder Sheldon Lee. (Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash) BitMart founder Sheldon Lee dismissed as “fabricated rumors” an X post alleging that customers cannot withdraw funds and some employees have not been paid their July salaries, saying the exchange’s Chinese-language account was hacked. Users and critics, including onchain investigator ZachXBT, are demanding that BitMart restore withdrawals or submit to independent third-party audits, as
  • Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus
    Compound Finance has placed a $52 million bet and leadership renewal on its pivot to institutional DeFi. (Miguel Parera/Unsplash) Compound Finance overhauled its leadership and approved a record $52 million budget as it seeks to revive growth after its total value locked fell to $1.2 billion from a $12 billion peak in 2021. The protocol is pivoting toward institutional clients by developing real-world asset offerings, partner integrations and credit infrastructure designed to meet traditional fi
  • U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule
    The U.S. Treasury Department has made a significant proposal in the implementation of the GENIUS Act for stablecoin issuers. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The first major proposal to implement the GENIUS Act has emerged from the Treasury Department, marking a significant milestone in the process to put U.S. stablecoin regulations in place. The administration — including banking and markets regulators — are well past the one-year deadline set out in the law, which expired last month, but the regulato
  • The Coldcard hack proves reputation is not a security model
    Attackers have now drained nearly $114 million in bitcoin from more than 709 addresses , exploiting a Coldcard firmware flaw that generated wallet seeds with a fraction of their promised randomness. The first sweep emptied roughly 500 wallets in 25 minutes . The bug entered the codebase in March 2021 and sat in public, open-source view for more than five years. Plenty of people are explaining what happened. The harder question is why nobody caught it, and the answer implicates far more than one
  • Tom Lee's Bitmine now owns 4.8% of Ethereum supply after latest ETH purchase
    Bitmine bought another 9,926 ETH last week, bringing its holdings to 5.815 million ETH worth about $11 billion. The Tom Lee-led company now owns about 4.8% of Ethereum’s total supply, nearing its stated goal of 5%. Lee expects tokenization, AI-agent applications and easing financial conditions to support demand for Ethereum and the broader crypto market. Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion added more of the token to its balance sheet, bringing its total holdings up to 5.815 million token
  • How a bug in Coldcard’s code went unnoticed for years, leading to $100 million in hacked funds
    Jonathan Goodman followed the rules for keeping his bitcoin safe. The hardware wallet holding his keys, a Coldcard, had never been connected to the internet. He kept it stored in a safe deposit box. The seed phrase, which he’d never shared with anyone, was stored in a second safe deposit box. But on July 29, Goodman said, every wallet he had was emptied, every last satoshi stolen. The Toronto entrepreneur reported losing 18.25 bitcoin, worth just over $1.17 million at the time of the attack. “Pe
  • No change in bitcoin holdings as Strategy boosted dollar reserve, bought back more STRC last week
    Strategy sold 3.46 million MSTR shares for $333.7 million, using the proceeds to repurchase $132.2 million of STRC, fund $52.4 million of dividends and add $150 million to its USD reserve. The company made no bitcoin purchases or sales, leaving its holdings at 840,447 BTC, while its $4.8 billion USD reserve now covers 2.8 years of obligations. Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) raised $333.7 million last week through the sale of 3.46 million shares of common stock, according to a Monday filin
  • Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix
    Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix. (Unsplash) Ethereum developers are weighing whether to include Frame Transactions in the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, a change that would let users customize how transactions are approved, executed and paid for. Together with two related proposals, Keyed Nonces and EIP-8272, Frame Transactions aims to reduce the outside infrastructure needed for private payments on the blockchain, while leaving ordinary ether (ETH) transfers as
  • Israel’s largest crypto broker Bits of Gold hit by data breach affecting 200,000 customers
    Hackers have carried out data breaches affecting three crypto industry firms and over 230,000 users within the last week. (Kevin Horvat on Unsplash) Cryptocurrency broker Bits of Gold said hackers accessed personal data for about 200,000 customers via a breach at a third-party data analytics provider. The stolen information includes names, national ID numbers, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details and public wallet addresses, but not funds, passwords, private keys or scanned
  • Bitcoin options remain expensive despite summer calm. Here's why it matters
    BTC Implied Volatility (TradingView) Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility of 36.35% is about two-thirds higher than realized volatility of 21.80%. Glassnode data show the one-week implied-versus-realized volatility gap is near a one-year high, favoring options sellers while btc remains range-bound. Bitcoin's BTC $ 63,521.72 price has been eerily calm for weeks, locked in a narrow range below $65,000. Options, or derivative contracts offering insurance against wild price swings, should be cheap in
  • Bitcoin's biggest holders, Strategy and Metaplanet, are betting on math, not price
    Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk) This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. Bitcoin BTC $ 63,521.72 continues to trade in a narrow price band, and two of its biggest corporate believers aren't blinking. Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, and Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, two of the cryptocurrency’s biggest corporate holders, have doubled down on their argument that BTC’s maximum issuance of 21 million coins
  • Bitpanda fined 70,000 euros in Austria’s first published MiCA enforcement case
    Bitpanda was fined over a white paper submitted early last year (Bitpanda) Austria’s FMA fined Bitpanda 70,000 euros for MiCA breaches, marking the regulator's first penalty under the EU’s new crypto asset rules. The fine stems from Bitpanda failing to submit a mandatory white paper 20 days before publication and omitting required disclosures in marketing materials. Bitpanda characterized the violations as "timing and formal specifications" and has since corrected the issues following a "consens
  • Bitcoin tracks equity bounce, but $390 million ETF outflow week keeps bulls on back foot
    Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data) U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded four days of outflows last week, shedding a net $390 million, their largest weekly withdrawal in six weeks. Solana ETFs bucked the trend with their strongest weekly inflows since May. Galaxy Digital's head of research, Alex Thorn, cut his odds on the Clarity Act becoming law in 2026 to roughly 10%, down from 75% in May. Bitcoin has rising 0.77% since midnight UTC, while Nasdaq 100 index futures have gained 0.5% to their highest level
  • Binance handed user data to Russia that led to a Ukrainian donor's arrest
    Binance reportedly gave client data to Russian authorities Binance allegedly shared customer data with Russia, enabling charges against an IT specialist for donating to Ukrainian groups. Yuri Belenkiy was detained in 2025 after Binance provided his personal details, including passport info and address, to Russian investigators. Binance says it cooperates with lawful requests, despite exiting the Russian market in 2023 to improve its compliance strategy. Binance gave Russian authorities customer
  • Binance handed user data to Russia that led to a Ukrainian donor's arrest
    Binance reportedly gave client data to Russian authorities Binance allegedly shared customer data with Russia, enabling charges against an IT specialist for donating to Ukrainian groups. Yuri Belenkiy was detained in 2025 after Binance provided his personal details, including passport info and address, to Russian investigators. Binance says it cooperates with lawful requests, despite exiting the Russian market in 2023 to improve its compliance strategy. Binance gave Russian authorities customer
  • Coinbase-Circle USDC collaboration, FOMC minutes, oil price: Crypto Week Ahead
    Circle's relationship with Coinbase is in the spotlight this week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets. The Federal Reserve's struggle to manage a soft landing, where inflation falls without triggering a recession or a sharp rise in unemployment, will influence markets this week, with Wednesday's FOMC minutes offeri
  • Coinbase-Circle USDC collaboration, FOMC minutes, oil price: Crypto Week Ahead
    Circle's relationship with Coinbase is in the spotlight this week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets. The Federal Reserve's struggle to manage a soft landing, where inflation falls without triggering a recession or a sharp rise in unemployment, will influence markets this week, with Wednesday's FOMC minutes offeri
  • Live updates: Bitcoin flat near $63,500; lapsing US-Iran ceasefire revives the oil threat
    null Disclosure & Polices : CoinDesk is an award-winning media outlet that covers the cryptocurrency industry. Its journalists abide by a strict set of editorial policies . CoinDesk has adopted a set of principles aimed at ensuring the integrity, editorial independence and freedom from bias of its publications. CoinDesk is part of Bullish (NYSE:BLSH), an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. Bullish owns and invests in
  • Live updates: Bitcoin flat near $63,500, but the flows have quietly turned
    null Disclosure & Polices : CoinDesk is an award-winning media outlet that covers the cryptocurrency industry. Its journalists abide by a strict set of editorial policies . CoinDesk has adopted a set of principles aimed at ensuring the integrity, editorial independence and freedom from bias of its publications. CoinDesk is part of Bullish (NYSE:BLSH), an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. Bullish owns and invests in
  • September Fed interest-rate increase is 'very unlikely,' Goldman Sachs says
    Goldman calls September Fed rate hike "very unlikely." (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) Goldman Sachs said a September Federal Reserve interest-rate increase is “very unlikely.” The bank’s chief economist, Jan Hatzius, said inflation is likely to keep improving, and current market expectations for the federal funds target rate remain too hawkish. Bitcoin is trading around $63,600, up about 1% today. "Very unlikely." That's how Goldman Sachs described the chances of a September Federal Reserve interes
  • The bitcoin futures market looks like a crowded club with a tiny exit – and it could cause pain
    BTC futures market looks like a crowded club with a tiny exit. (Jamie Kimball/Pexels) BTC’s futures open interest stands at roughly $48 billion as of this writing. At the same time, trading volume tallies just $25 billion. The mismatch between the two suggests the “exit door” for traders is narrowing and could breed volatility. The crypto futures market is increasingly looking like a crowded public club with a tiny exit door, setting the stage for a potential liquidity trap and wild price swings
  • XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges
    XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges. (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash) XRP is hovering around $1 as futures open interest and trading volumes climb, with Binance and OKX traders heavily skewed toward leveraged long positions. Social-media sentiment toward XRP has turned the most negative in three months even as futures positioning nears levels last seen when the token traded several times higher. Network activity is picking up, with nearly 50,000 active addresse
  • Bitcoin tops $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week
    Bitcoin price. (CoinDesk Data) Bitcoin hovered around $63,300 in Asian trading, little changed on the day and lower on the week, as cryptocurrencies stayed stuck in a tight range despite a softer dollar and reduced expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token was the standout performer, gaining more than 3 percent on the day and nearly 9 percent over the week, while other major tokens such as ether, solana and XRP saw modest moves and mostly weekly declines. Analysts say
  • The SEC meeting that wasn't: State of Crypto
    U.S. Capitol building in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission abruptly canceled a planned meeting last Friday where it was supposed to advance its Reg Crypto rulemaking and — separately — unveil its repeatedly delayed innovation exemption. The pause appears to be due to the Clarity Act. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. Everythin
  • Crypto investors are looking past market-cap rankings and back to fundamentals
    CoinMarketCap table showing top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization Investors are starting to assess each token’s market opportunity, adoption and value capture rather than its market-cap rank, crypto executives told CoinDesk. Wealth managers entering crypto care little about CoinMarketCap rankings and instead examine individual projects, they said. Hyperliquid is an early example, with investors valuing HYPE against the platform’s activity and economics. Crypto investors are increasingly
  • Crypto wallet SafePal reveals a data breach exposing nearly 40,000 customers' order info
    Safepal reveals data breach. (Markus Spiske/Unsplash) SafePal disclosed a security breach that exposed the names, physical addresses and contact details of 39,798 customers who placed orders between March 2, 2025, and April 11, 2026. The company said no cryptocurrency funds, seed phrases, private keys, bank details or government IDs were compromised, but warned that exposed users face heightened phishing and impersonation risks. SafePal has taken several steps to address the situation. Crypto ha
  • MiCA's cleanup is creating a new scam wave across the European Union
    Hundreds of crypto exchanges notified millions of users they were shutting down on July 1 in the EU, an opportunity scammers turned into "hunting season". (Boitumelo/Unsplash) The European Union’s (EU) crypto clean-up has handed scammers a weapon. When the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations’ ramework came into full force on July 1 , more than 1,700 unlicensed crypto platforms were required to stop serving EU customers and direct them to licensed alternatives. Only 323 companies held a v
  • The stablecoin yield clash that won't go away has banks, crypto battling over tradition
    JPMorgan Chase & Co. and others have waged a public campaign against aspects of the crypto Clarity Act they argue are a threat to U.S. banking. (Getty Images) The crypto industry thought it left the debate settled over whether it would be allowed to offer rewards to people using stablecoins, but banking lobbyists came back to undermine an earlier compromise effort, leaving the Clarity Act on shaky ground. The question at the heart of the banks’ argument, that depositors will run to stablecoins i
  • The 'long bitcoin, short the bankers' era is officially over as TradFi giants embrace digital assets
    Banks are now embracing crypto Two firms managing over $1 trillion approved crypto products, signaling that large institutions are expanding access despite bear market conditions. The "long bitcoin, short the bankers" era is over, as banks shift from resisting digital assets to enabling their distribution through custody and trading. Financial firms are partnering with specialists to build infrastructure, blurring lines between traditional and decentralized finance into a unified sector. A pair
  • Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
    Unitree robot at the company's store during its opening at the JD.com Inc. Shuangjing shopping center. (Fred Lee/Getty Images) Hyperliquid traders are pricing Unitree near $93 a share, more than four times its $22.37 Shanghai IPO price. Pre-IPO perpetuals let traders speculate on a company's eventual market price without owning its shares. The premium creates a potentially volatile convergence when Unitree starts trading on the stock market, with leveraged positions vulnerable to liquidation, Al
  • Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
    Unitree robot at the company's store during its opening at the JD.com Inc. Shuangjing shopping center. (Fred Lee/Getty Images) Hyperliquid traders are pricing Unitree near $93 a share, more than four times its $22.37 Shanghai IPO price. Pre-IPO perpetuals let traders speculate on a company's eventual market price without owning its shares. The premium creates a potentially volatile convergence when Unitree starts trading on the stock market, with leveraged positions vulnerable to liquidation, Al
  • Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options
    UBS boosted its quarterly call option exposure for BlackRock's IBIT by over 24-fold, reaching 1.95 million underlying shares as of June 30. Direct holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter. The filing doesn't clarify if the increase stems from client initiatives, dealer hedging, market-making, or proprietary exposure, and lacks strike prices. Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets un
  • Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
    The Kremlin in Moscow (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash) Moscow and parts of Kursk banned crypto mining and pool participation through Dec. 31, 2032, under government decree No. 936 to preserve power grid stability. The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power-capacity shortages as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids. This decision follows Russia's legalization of registered mining in 2024 and subsequent bans in 10 other regions due to rising
  • Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
    The Kremlin in Moscow (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash) Moscow and parts of Kursk banned crypto mining and pool participation through Dec. 31, 2032, under government decree No. 936 to preserve power grid stability. The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power-capacity shortages as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids. This decision follows Russia's legalization of registered mining in 2024 and subsequent bans in 10 other regions due to rising
  • Paul Tudor Jones’ investment firm increases stake in BlackRock's bitcoin ETF after year of selling
    Paul Tudor Jones in New York in 2018. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Tudor raised its IBIT stake by 18.9% to 688,529 shares, worth $22.9 million, as of June 30. The stake remains 91.4% below its 2024 peak and equals roughly 0.03% of Tudor’s reported 13F securities. Tudor Jones has repeatedly framed bitcoin as an inflation trade. Tudor Investment, founded by billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones, increased its direct stake in BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF in the second quarter while cutting its report
  • The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
    Regulated crypto firms drew all the cash in H1 2026, an indication that permissionless projects are no longer of any interest to those writing the checks. (Logan Voss/Unsplash) Crypto startups raised $11.2 billion in the first half of 2026, with all disclosed funding flowing to regulated, permissioned businesses rather than the permissionless projects that once defined the industry. Payments and stablecoins, prediction markets, and exchanges and trading platforms drew the most capital, much of i
  • Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
    Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Harold Mendoza on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk) Crypto is entering a more regulated, institutionalized phase as U.S. lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act and regulators refine their own rulemaking. Bitcoin markets flashed mixed signals as major corporate holders and miners sold while large wallets and hedge funds increased bullish positions. Wall Street is deepening its involvement in select crypto products and infrastructure even as a shakeout forc
  • Wall Street's private blockchain obsession is a 'race to the bottom,' Ethereum advocate Raman warns
    Etherealize co-founder Vivek Raman (Etherealize) The resurgence of private, permissioned “consortium chains” risks recreating siloed systems that undermine the interoperability and liquidity blockchain technology was meant to enable, Etherealize CEO Raman says. Etherealize, backed by Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation, is pitching Ethereum’s open mainnet as the neutral base to which institutions can add permissioned and privacy-preserving features at higher layers. The rapid uptake of g
  • Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
    Donald Trump is expected to make an appearance at a White House meeting with crypto leaders next week. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) People involved in a White House innovation meeting next week have been advised that President Donald Trump is planning to attend, alongside a number of crypto CEOs involved in a new Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisory committee. The meeting is a prelude to the innovation committee’s Thursday inaugural event, at which the long list of CEOs from crypto, predic
  • Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
    Donald Trump is expected to make an appearance at a White House meeting with crypto leaders next week. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) People involved in a White House innovation meeting next week have been advised that President Donald Trump is planning to attend, alongside a number of crypto CEOs involved in a new Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisory committee. The meeting is a prelude to the innovation committee’s Thursday inaugural event, at which the long list of CEOs from crypto, predic
  • Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
    President Donald Trump at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted World Liberty Trust Company a federal charter, clearing the way for it to take over issuance of World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin. Lawmakers had expressed concerns with World Liberty’s application due to its ties to President Donald Trump. A federal bank regulator has granted World Liberty Trust Co. a conditional bank charter, it announced Friday. The Office
  • Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push
    Wall Street street signs (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash) Shares of tokenization-focused firms including Bullish (BLSH), Figure (FIGR), Coinbase (COIN) and Circle (CRCL) slipped Friday as the SEC delayed its planned “innovation exemption” for tokenized securities and canceled meeting on proposed crypto offering rules. Uniswap’s UNI dropped 7% leading CoinDesk 20 index losses, as the exemption was expected to provide relief for trading securities on DeFi venues. The regulatory setback is a “speed bump” for
  • Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push
    Wall Street street signs (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash) Shares of tokenization-focused firms including Bullish (BLSH), Figure (FIGR), Coinbase (COIN) and Circle (CRCL) slipped Friday as the SEC delayed its planned “innovation exemption” for tokenized securities and canceled meeting on proposed crypto offering rules. Uniswap’s UNI dropped 7% leading CoinDesk 20 index losses, as the exemption was expected to provide relief for trading securities on DeFi venues. The regulatory setback is a “speed bump” for
  • Strategy says MSCI should measure markets, not dictate corporate assets
    Strategy criticized MSCI’s proposed “non-operating company” rules, which could exclude it from the index provider’s global equity indexes. The company said the new proposal repeats the problems of MSCI’s earlier digital asset-specific plan and unfairly penalizes companies for holding bitcoin. Strategy MSTR $ 93.05 has pushed back against MSCI’s proposed methodology for identifying “non-operating companies,” which could result in the largest bitcoin treasury company being removed from the index p
  • Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy
    (Eduardo Castro/Pixabay) Bank Leumi customers will be able to buy, hold and sell bitcoin, ether and solana through the Leumi Trade app. Galaxy will provide the trading and custody infrastructure, with the service expected to launch in early 2027. The planned launch would make Bank Leumi the first bank in Israel to offer digital asset trading directly to its customers. Bank Leumi, Israel’s largest bank, will offer cryptocurrency trading to customers from early 2027 becoming the first Israeli bank
  • Fear is fading across markets, be it bitcoin, stocks, gold or bonds
    Implied volatility indexes in major markets. (TradingView) This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. Scan the news and there are plenty of reasons for worry: continued U.S.-Iran escalation risks, mounting sovereign debt and rising bond yields among them. Crypto carries its own set of concerns, including regulatory disappointments, weak demand and hack risks. Yet crypto, stocks, bonds and even commodity markets remain sanguine. That is clear fro
  • Trump family's World Liberty Financial delay plans to sell Maldives resort token
    Eric Trump, co-founder of WLFI at Consensus Miami 2026 (CoinDesk) World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency project backed by the Trump family, delayed plans to sell a token related to a resort in the Maldives. The token’s sale has been pushed back due to the Iran war disrupting travel in the region. The venture is part World Liberty Financial’s plans in tokenization, the representation of RWAs on blockchains in token form. WLFI is exploring this concept not just in real estate, but in commodi
  • Bitcoin slips as U.S. inflation fails to spark gains, ETFs see August's first two-day drawdown
    Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data) Spot bitcoin ETFs saw $192 million in back-to-back outflows as bitcoin fell to its lowest level since Aug. 3. While U.S. stocks gained after cooler-than-expected producer price data, crypto markets lagged, with bitcoin and ether slipping even as some altcoins outperformed. Derivatives and funding data show growing bearish positioning in tokens like bitcoin cash and hedera. Bitcoin volatility eased and options flows remain mixed. Bitcoin BTC $ 63.054,63 dropped below
  • RedotPay said to put $1 billion U.S. IPO plan on hold: Bloomberg
    RedotPay is said to have put its IPO plans in the U.S. on hold. (Irvin Liang/Unsplash) Stablecoin payments firm RedotPay postponed its planned $1 billion U.S. IPO, which is now unlikely to occur before 2027, as it addresses legal issues. The Hong Kong-based company, which recently obtained a U.S. money transmitter license and is preparing a U.S. product launch, declined to comment on its IPO plans. RedotPay, which calls itself the world’s largest stablecoin payment card issuer and recently reach
  • Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices
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  • Cluster of headwinds weigh on bitcoin. XRP teeters near $1
    Top tokens face several headwinds. (Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay) Top cryptocurrencies nurse losses as regulatory picture sours. Bitcoin ETFs are seeing outflows again. Rising cost of capital also poses a headwind. Some observers remain optimistic about yea-end price rally. Bitcoin BTC $ 63,054.63 is under pressure again while XRP (XRP) teeters near $1 amid a cluster of unfriendly developments over the past 24 hours. Regulatory setbacks are leading the charge. Progress on the Clarity Act has stalle
  • Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet face stock-index exclusion under MSCI’s new proposal
    MSCI's new proposal puts Strategy and Metaplanet in crosshairs. (MSCI) Index provider MSCI has opened a new consultation that could exclude so-called non-operating companies, a category that may capture major bitcoin treasury firms such as Strategy and Metaplanet, from its Global Investable Market Indexes. The proposed rules would use a two-step screen based on whether operating assets exceed 50 percent of total assets and on five financial ratios, with companies failing at least four of the rat
  • JPMorgan shuttered its banking relationship with predictions platform Polymarket: FT
    JPMorgan debanked Polymarket. JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to the decentralized prediction market Polymarket in late 2025 amid regulatory concerns, according to the Financial Times. Polymarket, which was barred from serving U.S. users in 2022 after a $1.4 million CFTC settlement, reentered the U.S. market in late 2025 following a loosening of federal rules under the Trump administration. JPMorgan Chase stopped providing its banking services to the decentralized prediction market p
  • U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again delayed its planned “innovation exemption” for tokenized securities amid concerns from the White House and Wall Street firms, industry sources said. The White House fears the move could complicate congressional negotiations over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, while major financial firms, led by trade group SIFMA, argue that sweeping market-structure changes should go through a for
  • SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cancelled its Regulation Crypto meeting. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suddenly postponed the Friday meeting at which it intended to propose the rule known as “Regulation Crypto.” The agency cited an “unforeseen scheduling issue” as the reason for canceling the meeting. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was on the verge of revealing its first major rulemaking effort in the digital assets sphere, having
  • Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
    Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) Tether said it has completed its first full financial audit, a step it had promised for years amid scrutiny of the reserves backing its USDT stablecoin. KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on firm’s 2025 financial statements, which showed reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814 billion, the stablecoin issuer said. The audit goes beyond Tether’s prior quarterly attestations, as KPMG tested transactions, systems and assets, including a physical
  • Forecasts for $1 million bitcoin price likely look too ambitious, key ratio suggests
    How realistic is bitcoin hitting $1 million? (Getty Images) Most lofty targets are based on the assumption that money will rotate out of gold and other assets and into bitcoin, but ignore opportunity cost. High yields on long-term U.S. Treasuries make non-yielding assets like bitcoin less attractive. Bitcoin's price relative to the 30-year Treasury yield never made a new high in the 2025 bull run, unlike its dollar price. That ratio has now broken down through a multi-year support line, completi
  • Trezor warns 14,000 customers after fulfilment partner suffers data breach
    People affected by companies' data breaches remain at risk of scams for years after the security break actually takes place. (geralt/Pixabay) Trezor said nearly 14,000 customers had personal data exposed after its fulfillment partner ShipMonk suffered an unauthorized access to its systems, though its own infrastructure and wallets remain secure. The breach, the first in Trezor’s history to expose customer phone numbers and shipping addresses, increases the risk of phishing and other scams even t
  • Crypto for Advisors: The crypto advice gap
    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 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 in talks with Sequoia, Wellington for $750 million fund raise at $40 billion valuation
    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 cuts full-year guidance as 1H crypto income plunges, shares slide
    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
  • Crypto platform operator gets 15-year prison sentence in South Korea due to $50 million scam
    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
  • Figure revenue doubles as blockchain loan marketplace volumes surge
    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
  • Bullish shares surge 14% as subscription revenue offsets digital asset slowdown
    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
  • Strategy, Metaplanet unrealized bitcoin losses highlight risk of concentrating on just one token
    (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 holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform
    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 to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
    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 bitcoin treasury firm plans ETF with 95% allocation to Strategy's STRC
    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
  • Live updates: Bitcoin slips back even as Fed rate hike expectations dwindle
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  • Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveils BitBonds with $1.3 million private debt sale
    (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
  • Metaplanet denies selling bitcoin worth $320 million
    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
    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. The price is down 70%
    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 slips near $63,500 as traders look past CPI to Fed’s next tests
    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
  • Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC
    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 falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
    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
  • Morgan Stanley's infrastructure partner Zerohash rebuffed in pitch to be U.S. trust bank
    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 leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout
    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 plans $1 billion AI push beyond crypto: Bloomberg
    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
  • Solana platform taps prediction market Kalshi for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
    (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
  • Miden bets on privacy stablecoins with introduction of USDCx
    Miden bets on private stablecoins with new USDCx launch. (Unsplash) Miden plans to introduce USDCx, a native stablecoin backed 1:1 by USDC held through Circle’s xReserve infrastructure. Transactions will be private by default, while users can selectively prove balances, provenance and other information to auditors, regulators and counterparties. The stablecoin is expected to debut at the end of this month with the Miden mainnet, targeting payments, trading, payroll and corporate treasury use cas
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