Tokenized assets pioneer Centrifuge is linking its BVI-regulated Anemoy fund to Finoa’s 300-plus crypto institutions.
OANDA Opens FCA-Registered Crypto Trading Platform in the UK
OANDA Crypto is the summation of last year’s acquisition of a majority stake in FCA-registered crypto firm Coinpass, and will offer trading in over 63 cryptocurrency pairs, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Ripple.
DeFi Startup Euler Finance Bounces Back with Revamped Lending Vaults
Mastercard’s Latest Crypto Loyalty Scheme Aims to Plug Google Pay Gaps
Mastercard is working with emerging markets-focused mobile payments app Swoo Pay to offer loyalty rewards in cryptocurrency.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Might Be Lighter Than You’d Expect
Restitution paid to victims can be considered when sentencing, and judges in the Southern District of New York routinely impose shorter terms than guidelines suggest for white-collar cases.
Crypto Custodian Taurus Enlists Lido to Bring Liquid Ethereum Staking to Swiss Banks
Taurus, which counts Deutsche Bank and Santander as partners, expects European jurisdictions to follow Switzerland’s example.
Ripple-Owned Crypto Custody Firm Metaco’s CEO and Head of Product Depart
Metaco CEO Adrien Treccani and Chief Product Officer Peter DeMeo have left the crypto custody firm that was acquired by Ripple last year.
Cryptodollar Minting Protocol M^0 Will Allow Institutions to Issue Stablecoins Backed by U.S. Treasuries
Multicoin Capital Is in Talks to Sell Roughly $100M FTX Bankruptcy Claim: Source
Positive news around the FTX bankruptcy has seen claims being sold for upward of 70 cents on the dollar, now climbing towards the eighties.
Hashnote’s U.S. Treasuries Token Now Available Through Crypto Custodian Copper
Not all the so-called “on-chain treasuries” in the market are created equal, warns Hashnote CEO Leo Mizuhara.
Crypto Custodian BitGo Receives Investment From Iconic Cash Handling Firm Brink’s
Brink’s says it’s excited to continue its growth in the evolving digital asset industry with the BitGo investment.
Crypto Custody Specialist Taurus Brings Tokenized Securities to Retail Customers in Switzerland
FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources
BTC’s price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event.
BlackRock Wants to Follow Bitcoin ETF With an Ethereum ETF. Marketing It Might Not Be So Simple
Larry Fink has been talking up a spot ether ETF, but index provider CF Benchmarks sees a conundrum when it comes to selling that product.
OKX’s Middle East Business Wins Dubai Virtual Assets License
OKX Middle East Fintech FZE will be offering local currency trading pairs such as AED/BTC, AED/ETH, and more in the coming weeks, said OKX General Manager for MENA Region Rifad Mahasneh.
StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny Steps Down Due to Family Health Issue
Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane Back New Tokenization Platform Libre
Freshly out of stealth, Libre is also working with Nomura’s Laser Digital unit and has been built using Polygon’s chain development kit by tokenization pioneer Avtar Sehra.
In Bitcoin ETF Battle, Grayscale Is Bringing ‘A Gun to a Knife Fight’
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s (GBTC) $27 billion of bitcoin and $350 million of daily volume gives Grayscale an advantage versus BlackRock and other wannabe rivals, according to Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas.
Grayscale Announces 1.5% Fees for Its Proposed Bitcoin ETF Uplist
Grayscale, which has some $27 billion in assets under management (AUM), said it was adding Jane Street, Virtu, Macquarie Capital and ABN AMRO Clearing as authorized participants (APs).
Goldman Sachs Eyeing Bitcoin ETF Role Via BlackRock and Grayscale: Sources
Goldman Sachs is in talks to play the key role of being an “authorized participant” for BlackRock and Grayscale’s bitcoin ETFs, if the SEC approves them, according to people familiar with the situation.