Even as the price of gold retreats from an all-time high and stabilizes around $4,100 per ounce, tokens whose value is tied to the metal are gaining popularity in the crypto markets. But not everyone buys the premise. The total market capitalization of gold tokens has risen to $3.86 billion, driven by strong performance from […]
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Plasma XPL$0.3552a blockchain company building stablecoin-focused networks announced a major expansion in Europe to offer regulated payment services. The firm said on Thursday that it had acquired a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licensed entity in Italy, allowing it to legally handle crypto transactions and custody assets in the region. As part of its EU
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A small but growing class of companies is moving beyond holding Bitcoin as a static reserve. They integrate it into the capital strategy and use it to raise funds, secure credit and develop returns. These Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) are the first laboratories to test how a decentralized asset can function as productive capital within
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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3576.17, up 1.3% (+44.29) since 4 PM ET Wednesday. Fifteen out of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SOL (+4.5%) and BCH (+2.0%). Lagging behind: APT (-1.3%) and LTC
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As token buybacks gain popularity in crypto, Amir Hajian, head of research at market making firm Keyrock, warns in a new report that every dollar spent buying back tokens is a dollar derived from growth and innovation, underscoring the hidden opportunity costs behind the trust statement. Token buybacks involve blockchain projects repurchasing their own tokens
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Aave Labs, the company behind decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Aave, said it acquired Stable Finance, a San Francisco-based startup focused on making onchain savings simple for everyday users. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move brings Stable’s founder, Mario Baxter Cabrera, and his engineering team to Aave Labs, where they will help build
Digital asset infrastructure firm Fireblocks has acquired Dynamic, a developer platform used by companies such as Kraken, Magic Eden and Ondo Finance, to accelerate enterprise adoption of onchain applications. The deal creates what Fireblocks calls the first complete custody-to-consumer stack, combining its security infrastructure with Dynamics wallet, authentication and user onboarding tools, according to an
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In today’s “Crypto for Advisors” newsletter, Parshant K. Kher of EY-Parthenon breaks down the results of their recent stablecoin survey and highlights the optimism in the industry since the GENIUS Act’s launch. Then, in “Ask an Expert”, Kieran Mitha answers questions about what stablecoins are, use cases and rules. Thanks to our sponsor for this
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Your keys, your coins. It’s one of the fundamental promises of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, removing the middlemen that stand between you and your money. But the phrase also contains a latent assumption that Web3 companies would be wise to move on from: that any security problems are the owner’s problem, not theirs. That thinking
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Institutional investors pour into CME Group’s regulated crypto derivatives markets, setting a series of records across ether futures and options ETH$3,866.07solana SUN$191.71 and XRP, CME told CoinDesk on Thursday. Since Oct. 10, open interest across CME’s crypto futures and options is up 27%, an increase the exchange attributes to a shift away from offshore markets
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