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'Trump Trade' Has Bitcoin Eyeing $70,000 Even as Gold Hits New High
Bitcoin is surging as confidence in risky assets grows, driven by election bets on a pro-crypto Donald Trump win and ETF demand
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The Growing Link Between Stablecoins & U.S. Borrowing Costs
Updated BIS estimates show stablecoin demand materially compressing T-bill yields, raising the stakes for regulators as adoption accelerates.
Institutional Money Heads for the Exit
Twelve consecutive days of ETF outflows, a $1.26 billion dark-pool IBIT sale, and Iran threatening to shut the Strait of Hormuz are converging on a market that Binance Research says is losing capital to US equities — not to a crypto-native crisis.
Is India Open for Crypto Business, and Are Institutions Finally Listening?
India’s crypto market isn’t waiting for clarity anymore – while Coinbase rebuilds its foothold, institutional money is moving early, betting that structure will follow scale.
FalconX Files for IPO – And It's a Very Different Company Than the One That Raised at $8 Billion
A confidential SEC filing and a Cantor mandate put the institutional prime broker back in the spotlight. Since its 2022 peak valuation, FalconX has quietly rebuilt itself into something broader – and harder to price.
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The Growing Link Between Stablecoins & U.S. Borrowing Costs
Updated BIS estimates show stablecoin demand materially compressing T-bill yields, raising the stakes for regulators as adoption accelerates.
Kraken's xStocks to Give Retail Investors IPO Access at Offering Price
Payward Services will aggregate demand across the xStocks Alliance and work with underwriting syndicates to secure allocations — access that has historically been reserved for institutional investors.
Tether, Fasset Launch Gold-Backed Visa Card
Tether is seeding the card's rewards ecosystem with up to $1 million in XAU₮, targeting emerging markets where Fasset processes $32 billion in annualized volume.
BitMine Files for $300 Million Preferred Stock Offering to Fund ETH Accumulation
The 9.5% Series A Preferred Stock, underwritten by Moelis and Cantor, would be funded by staking yield on a treasury that has lost more than $9 billion since inception.