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VivoPower eyes nearly $1 billion in XRP holdings in new stock deal

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Nasdaq-listed VivoPower (VVPR) is expanding its XRP-linked strategy through a new joint venture that aims to acquire hundreds of millions of dollars in Ripple Labs shares, giving investors indirect exposure to nearly $1 billion in underlying XRP. The company said in a Tuesday release that its digital assets unit, Vivo Federation, has been engaged by […]

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Robinhood (HOOD) looks better than Coinbase (COIN) for predicting the market, says Mizuho

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Robinhood ( HOOD ) could see more revenue upside from the prediction markets than Coinbase ( COIN ) as users deploy fresh cash instead of selling existing holdings, according to a study by Japanese investment bank Mizuho ( MFG ). “We expect a larger percentage revenue advantage for HOOD vs. COIN, as the survey found

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Bitcoin drifts lower as $81.3k emerges as market’s main fault line: Asia Morning Briefing

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Good morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to the Asia Morning Briefing, a daily overview of top stories in US hours and an overview of market movements and analysis. For a detailed overview of US markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Diary Americas. Since October’s flash crash, crypto has traded around a single

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Crypto industry insiders meet with key senators to negotiate market structure bill

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Some crypto leaders met with key lawmakers on Wednesday as the US Senate takes a break from debating a bill on crypto market structure — the industry’s main political goal. “It was a bipartisan indication of interest and forward momentum,” said Kara Calvert, Coinbase’s vice president of US policy, who spoke to CoinDesk after attending

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Crypto stocks reject gains as bitcoin (BTC) price pulls back after rally to $90,000

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The surge in crypto-linked stocks petered out soon after it started as bitcoin BTC$86,031.56 reversed from a move over $90,000. BTC is now trading around $86,500, down about 3.9% in the past hour. Other cryptocurrencies also fell. The price of ether ETH$2,828.75 fell 5.3% to around $2,850, and XRP fell 4.1% to around $1.89. The

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California’s Newsom pokes fun at Trump, marking convicted crypto-ally CZ, Ross Ulbricht

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California Governor Gavin Newsom continues his colorful public campaign attacking President Donald Trump’s reputation and conduct, this time launching a page on the state’s website that purportedly “tracks Trump’s top 10 criminal associates” — a list in which the crypto world features prominently. The state’s own website includes the new page with comments from Newsom:

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CFTC Acting Chief Pham Ready To Go To Crypto Firm MoonPay When Mike Selig Lands

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With a confirmation any minute of Mike Selig to take over the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, its stand-in chief, Caroline Pham, is closer to her long-held plan to jump to crypto firm MoonPay. As CoinDesk reported last month, Pham is said to be planning to take on the role of chief legal officer and

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Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) dramatically expands offerings, including tie-up with Kalshi

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US-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is introducing stock trading and incorporating prediction markets, along with a host of other new products and assets aimed at cementing the platform’s position as the “Everything Exchange”, according to a blog post on Wednesday. Coinbase said it is dramatically expanding the assets available for trading on its platform, including

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Algorithmic XRP trading coming from Digital Wealth Partners

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Digital Wealth Partners, a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) specializing in digital assets, offers XRP High Net Worth (HNW) holders access to an algorithmic trading app to generate growth and cash flow of their crypto holdings. A subsidiary of crypto family office firm Ascension Group, Digital Wealth Partners enlisted the help of Arch Public, a specialist

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