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Markets

Tiger21 Founder Michael Sonnenfeldt Says Ultra-Rich are Bullish on BTC

Tiger21 members have roughly $6 billion in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

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Markets

Bitcoin Edges Near $98K as Eric Trump Pushes World Liberty Financial to Make Bitcoin Investment

Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump said on X that it feels like a great time to enter BTC.

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Policy

Trump's CFTC Head Slams Prediction Markets Resistance Under Predecessor

Caroline Pham, the agency's acting chairman, is scheduling an experts roundtable to reset the CFTC's course on this "sinkhole of legal uncertainty."

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Wall Street Cheerleader

Also: Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin; UBS tests ZKSync for gold

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Markets

Strategy (MicroStrategy) Reports Q4 GAAP Loss of $3.03 Per Share, BTC Holdings of 471,107 Tokens

The company earlier on Wednesday changed its name to Strategy as its primary focus for some time has been bitcoin, not software.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Raydium is Solana's AMM King. Can it Corner the Perps Market Next?

The AMM's month-old perps service is already seeing $100 million in daily volume.

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Finance

MicroStrategy Rebrands to Strategy

The company said that the name change was a “natural evolution” given its strong focus on bitcoin.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Finance

Blackrock Plans to Launch a Bitcoin ETP in Europe: Bloomberg

The fund would be based in Switzerland and BlackRock could start marketing it as soon as this month, according to the story.

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Policy

Trump's FDIC Chief Rethinks Crypto Guidance as U.S. Senators Probe Debanking

FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill said the agency is overhauling its crypto approach, just as U.S. senators examined regulators keeping banks out of crypto.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate

Markets

Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies Surge as Precious Metal Hits Record Amid Trade War Worry

The precious metal has rallied nearly 10% so far this year while most top cryptocurrencies struggled to stay in the green.

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Markets

Bitcoin to Hit $500K by 2028 as ETFs Ease Access, Volatility Drops: Standard Chartered

The bank expects institutional inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs to grow as volatility drops, leading to significant price appreciation in the long term.

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CoinDesk Indices

The Great Accumulation: A Corporate Race for Bitcoin

Holding bitcoin on corporate balance sheets represents more than a trend — it's a transformation in how companies can create and preserve shareholder value, says Next Layer Capital’s Brandon Turp.

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CoinDesk Indices

Why DeFi Will Benefit From Trade Wars

In the short-term, the crypto market will be negatively impacted by increased volatility in global trade, says ML Tech’s Leo Mindyuk. But over time, crypto will be less impacted than traditional finance.

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Finance

Textile, 3Box Labs Merge in Decentralized Data Tie-Up for AI Agents

The crypto-data veterans shared venture backers and product lines.

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Markets

0G Foundation Unveils $88.8M Ecosystem Fund for Decentralized AI Applications

The fund is backed by a number of big-name investors in the blockchain venture capital sector including Hack VC, Delphi Ventures and OKX Ventures.

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Opinion

It’s Time to End the Bureaucrat's Secret Weapon: Debanking

Nathan McCauley is CEO Anchorage Digital, an institutional crypto platform. He testifies as a witness before the Senate Banking Committee in today’s hearing: "Investigating the Real Impacts of Debanking in America."

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