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Aviva Tokenises Part of £22 Billion Sterling Fund on XRP Ledger
Aviva Investors and Ripple announced a tokenised share class for the Aviva Investors Sterling Liquidity Fund on October 26. The existing sterling fund has.
USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as EU rules reshape market: Kaiko
USDC’s share of euro stablecoin trading has climbed to 56% since January 2024, with deeper liquidity as exchanges restrict USDT under MiCA.
SoFi discloses 503,000 crypto products as gross crypto revenue hits $162 million
SoFi broke out crypto products for the first time. Gross crypto revenue rose 20%, while total net revenue hit a record $1.39 billion.
Ripple, BNY explore using the XRP Ledger to finance approved invoices
BNY adds XRP and RLUSD to its custody platform, as Ripple and C2FO test settling invoice payments on the XRP Ledger.
Ripple Receives Final OCC Trust Bank Approval as RLUSD Expands
Ripple said on October 26 that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had granted final approval to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. The.
Galaxy Digital swings to $323 million quarterly profit, announces new $200 million share buyback
Galaxy returned to profitability in the third quarter as trading volumes and lending increased, with a new $200 million buyback authorized.
Bitcoin mining infrastructure firm Luxor raises $16 million to expand AI business
The company plans to expand its AI business and hire about 12 people by year-end, COO Ethan Vera told The Block.
McDonald's McRib Doesn't Actually Boost Bitcoin's Price, Sorry Everyone
Crypto traders think the McRib’s return to McDonald's means a Bitcoin pump is coming. Experts say there is "no correlation at all."
Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund
The $500 billion asset manager is launching an issuer-sponsored fund on Stellar, taking a different approach from third-party stock tokens.
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Crypto market structure is the architecture behind digital asset markets. It explains who participates, where trades happen, how liquidity forms, how prices are discovered, how der…
CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock
The new service could help developers build blockchain-based index funds, tokenized portfolios and derivatives using established financial benchmarks.
Polymarket Has Investigated 'Dozens' of Midterm Election Bets: Report
The firm's new head of investigations says its surveillance system flags hundreds of alerts a day, with at least two cases sent to the CFTC.
Crypto could outperform AI stocks: Wall Street veteran Jordi Visser
Former Morgan Stanley and Weiss executive Jordi Visser says AI agents are boosting demand for crypto as he expands his holdings beyond Bitcoin, Ether and Solana.
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Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Bitcoin miners' move into AI is creating a new market for trading computing power
Luxor raised $16 million to expand into AI hardware and trading, betting that computing power will become a market where companies can hedge costs and prices.
Hayes details FLOP’s AI compute derivatives vision after selling his altcoins
Arthur Hayes revealed the derivatives market design for Flop Network and how he expects its native token could transform AI compute into a tradable commodity.
Bitcoin Mining Firm Luxor Raises $16 Million to Scale Its AI Compute Push
The CMT Digital-led round, which drew mining-hardware makers Canaan and MicroBT, will fund Luxor’s expansion into AI compute trading, hardware and derivatives.
Luxor raises $16M from CMT Digital amid AI-Bitcoin miner convergence
Luxor aims to use the proceeds to scale its existing AI infrastructure business and expand its GPU sourcing services as global chip supply chains become constrained.
Morning Minute: Tokenized Stock Battle Looms Over Robinhood’s Earnings Call
One of crypto’s primary growth sectors for this upcoming cycle is under attack. Will Vlad Tenev speak up on today’s Robinhood earnings call?
Bitcoin price analysis sees ‘strong rally’ as old coins become dormant
A decline in the share of Bitcoin’s realized cap held by coins unmoved for 18 months or longer points to the ‘early stages’ of a bull market, analysis says.
Zcash co-founder proposes ending grants subsidy, citing $125 million treasury
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposed ending automatic grants funding, citing a treasury valuation of more than $125 million.
Bitcoin shows signs of weakness while Ripple's bank win fails to bolster XRP
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Why This Team of Ninjas Is Tripling Down on Mining Bitcoin
NIP Group says Bitcoin mining has “earned its place” as the esports giant swaps 247 million shares for more machines.
Live updates: Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as AI buildout draws investor attention and capital
Interest rates and oil are slipping and equities are rising, but crypto remains under pressure.
Japan's top yen stablecoin falls short of its target in a disappointing first year
CEO Noritaka Okabe blamed a 1 million yen per-transaction cap for Type II funds transfer providers, which has slowed corporate adoption.
Bitcoin drops below $80,000 as crypto ignores Asian tech rally, Fed meeting begins
Bitcoin fell 0.4% to around $79,700 since midnight UTC while Asian tech stocks rallied. The DeFi index dropped 1.8%, and the Fed is set to begin a two-day meeting.
Crypto wallet maker Keystone to destroy almost 19,000 devices after security breach
The breach exposed 25,964 buyer records, some kept past Keystone’s 180-day deletion policy after an automated tool failed without the firm noticing.
Microsoft’s Magnetar Research Could Matter to Blockchain Proof Costs
Microsoft Research says its Magnetar system makes proofs of ordinary program execution faster while relying on standard hash-based cryptography.
Investor who called for AI pivot in 2023 says bitcoin is going to $57,000
Jason Calacanis wants investors to sell bitcoin and back artificial intelligence. He is also holding TAO, the cryptocurrency behind AI network Bittensor.
Ark Invest buys $5.2 million of Circle shares, sells $15.9 million of its own Bitcoin ETF as BTC grinds lower
Ark Invest rebalanced its fund weightings, adding Circle shares and trimming its Bitcoin ETF holdings as BTC fell below $80,000.
Ripple Wins Final OCC Approval for Trust Bank Behind $2.6B RLUSD Stablecoin
The federally supervised bank will manage RLUSD's reserves and offer custody, as banking groups fight crypto charters in court.
Zcash co-founder calls to stop funding ‘over $125M’ grants program
Sean Bowe says ZCG has enough money to keep funding projects and wants its share of new ZEC redirected to a reserve for the network.
Ripple and Meritz Focus on the Custody Layer of Korea’s Tokenisation Plans
Meritz Securities and Ripple will explore custody and tokenisation within current Korean securities regulations before considering broader expansion.
Now is the time to accumulate bitcoin, Galaxy says
Galaxy argues improving price trends, resilient ETF demand and rising U.S. debt support bitcoin’s recovery towards its previous high.
Bloom bot hackers loot $953K faster than you can microwave popcorn
Bloom pledged to reimburse nine traders after $953,000 was drained from 48 wallets, saying no private keys were accessed or compromised.
Standard Chartered’s Live RLUSD Custody Sets Up a Separate Collateral Test
Standard Chartered now supports eligible institutional RLUSD custody through its DIFC branch; a separate LMAX collateral arrangement is planned.
An AI label alone no longer wins lenders, JPMorgan says
As default insurance on several AI-linked firms hits record costs, companies must show they can finance investment, service the debt and eventually mint cash, JPMorgan says.
Binance files for Brazil crypto license ahead of Friday deadline
The exchange is delisting 22 crypto assets for Brazilian users and hopes talks with the central bank will allow it to restore some services.
Solana’s Delivery-Versus-Payment Tool Tries to Remove Settlement’s Weakest Link
Solana DvP offers an open-source route to atomic securities settlement, with JPMorgan providing input on institutional requirements.
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