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Bank of Japan raises interest rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin tops $77,000

The yen declined and BTC rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest level in 31 years.

Bitcoin Price Unlikely To Be Bothered by Interest Rate Hike: Grayscale

The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates on Wednesday — and may do so again this year — but bitcoin's price is unlikely to be hurt, Grayscale argued.

ETF League Tables: Capital Group Nears $160B In AUM

Daily ETF Flows: QQQ Inflows Total Nearly $1B

Victory Capital (VCTR) Expands ETF Assets. Is the Growth Becoming More Durable?

Bitcoin ETFs Could Triple Gold Counterparts as Asset Matures: Expert

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the younger generation could be drawn to bitcoin.

CoreWeave down 32% since joining the Nasdaq 100

CoreWeave joined the prestigious Nasdaq 100 index in June, and retirement savers have been losing money on its stock ever since.

US regulator opens markets to tokenised stock trading

Blockchain-based representations of traditional equities can be traded around-the-clock and more easily used as collateral…

JPMorgan says bitcoin could get more support than gold if ETF hedging eases

Bitcoin could get more support than gold if investors reduce their ETF hedges, according to JPMorgan analysts.

Zcash miner Fortitude names former Hut 8 chief Jaime Leverton CEO ahead of Nasdaq deal

Leverton will lead the DCG-owned mining company as it pursues a public listing through its proposed merger with HeartSciences.

Grayscale’s Pandl still sees bitcoin’s $58K low as the bottom, gives clients ‘green light’

Grayscale's Zach Pandl maintains bitcoin bottomed near $58,000 as the firm gives clients a "green light" to allocate.

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc's first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday morning.

Crypto rallies through the Fed's first rate increase since 2023

Bitcoin rose 0.88% over 24 hours to $76,621 as the central bank's projections implied only one further hike.

The S&P 500 Is Near Record Highs. History Says That's Not a Good Reason to Stop Buying This ETF

U.S. diesel prices hit record high as bitcoin and gold struggle

Record diesel prices could feed through to consumer price inflation, confirming more Fed rate hikes.

Solana gets the default spot for stablecoins at FDIC-insured bank

ETF League Tables: Inflows of $285M For JMorgan ETFs

Daily ETF Flows: IEI Sheds Assets

Bitcoin Price Wobbles Before Settling After Fed Raises Rates

Bitcoin is down over the past week after traders had bet that the central bank would hike interest rates.

Anchorage expands institutional custody to Etherlink, tokenized uranium

Anchorage Digital Bank added custody support for Etherlink and several Etherlink-based assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium.

Coinbase faces greater fallout from CLARITY Act setback: Saxo

A strategist at the Danish bank said Coinbase has more at stake in the CLARITY setback because its trading business is directly exposed to US market-structure rules.

Deutsche Bank To Debut Bitcoin Custody for Institutional Clients

The bank is the latest major lender to work on a bitcoin custody solution.

Hamas military wing told donors to avoid sending crypto directly from Binance, DOJ filing shows

Hamas’ military wing advised donors not to use Binance to handle funds but rather to use Trust Wallet, Bybit, OKX, Kast and Redotpay to send funds to an external TRON…

Direxion Semiconductor Bull ETF Drops 14% as Chip Sector Faces Sharp Selloff

Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators

The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.

New ETF Coverage: KCHP

Deutsche Bank To Offer Crypto Custody For Institutions

Blockchain finance platform Theo launches tokenized silver backed by $40 million in active leases

The onchain finance platform said thSLVR allows investors to retain exposure to silver while earning income from lending the metal to institutional borrowers.

Two Prime makes onchain finance push with $10 million-backed bitcoin yield vault

Two Prime expands into onchain finance with a bitcoin lending vault built on Pareto for institutional investors.

Deutsche Bank close to debuting crypto custody for institutions

The service will support a select range of cryptocurrencies at debut, including bitcoin and ether and stablecoins like USDC and EURC.

Deutsche Bank awaits regulatory nod to launch institutional crypto custody solutions

Germany’s largest bank is awaiting regulatory approval to launch institutional custody solutions for Bitcoin, Ether and select stablecoins before expanding into…

The Extended Farageverse is coming together

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Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC

The USDC issuer's chain is built for payments, tokenized assets and institutional finance as banks and payment giants pile into the stablecoin market.

Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens

Circle confirmed it completed the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens this week, although a public launch of the token remains undecided.

Deutsche Bank plans bitcoin, ether custody for institutional clients in Europe

Deutsche Bank plans to launch European digital asset custody this year, initially supporting bitcoin, ether, and select stablecoins.

Crypto exchange Binance takes on tradfi by courting rich investors to join its expanded wealth-management platform

Binance is opening its Capital Connect platform to qualified individual investors for the first time.

Fed meeting is shaping up to be a nightmare for Warsh. Bitcoin might still shine

An aggressive market expectations trap and a strict aversion to forward guidance have backed the Fed chair into a corner, where failing to deliver a hawkish message…

Wall Street Bets on Fed Rate Hike: Here's What It Means for Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump

Nearly every major bank now expects the Fed to raise rates for the first time in three years. Markets have mostly priced it in, but the political fallout could run…

ETF League Tables: Vanguard Registers Biggest Inflows

Daily ETF Flows: BOTZ Loses $187M