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BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-company market

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When US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in January 2024, investors had more than a dozen funds to choose from. BlackRock, Fidelity, Ark Invest, Bitwise, VanEck, Franklin Templeton and several others entered what many expected to be a fiercely competitive market. Eighteen months later, the game is increasingly looking like a two-player race. Data […]

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Ethereum (ETH) developers are exploring new token standards as privacy returns to focus

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For years, transactional privacy was one of crypto’s most ambitious promises. Then it took a backseat as other trends took off. As developers focused on scaling blockchains and regulators scrutinized privacy tools such as Tornado Cash, much of the industry’s attention shifted elsewhere. But a new Ethereum proposal and a growing number of privacy-focused products

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Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto encourages members to campaign against banks that block digital asset transactions

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Coinbase-backed group Stand With Crypto UK urged its 286,000 members to file formal complaints against UK retail banks over blanket restrictions on crypto transactions, it announced on Wednesday. The campaign is a demonstration against nationwide banking regulations that block or restrict customer transfers to exchanges, including those registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the

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Netomi’s CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost demand for stablecoin

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The customer experience industry will become a $5 trillion market by 2030, according to Netomi founder and CEO Puneet Mehta, who says growth will create demand for stablecoins and blockchain-based payment infrastructure rather than drawing capital away from crypto. Mehta said companies currently spend about $500 billion annually on customer experience-related knowledge work. As AI

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Who answers the call at 3am when DeFi breaks?

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Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week: To win over big investors, DeFi builders must act as responsible money managers, not just software developers, writes Ben Nadareski. Bitcoin holders can survive crashes and protect their assets by making money through reinsurance, says Stephen Stonberg. Top headlines institutions should be aware of

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World Series of Poker adds SOL payouts for tournament buy-ins

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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is bringing cryptocurrency payments to its global tournament circuit by partnering with the Solana Foundation. The world’s largest and most prestigious poker tournament series will allow players to use Solana-based payments, powered by MoonPay, to buy into tournaments with no processing fees, starting at the WSOP in Las Vegas.

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Michael Saylor publicly back-and-forth with critics

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The temper flares like bitcoin BTC$60,930.61 the bear market deepens. The strategy’s ( MSTR ) recent bitcoin purchases have sparked a public debate on X between executive chairman Michael Saylor and bitcoin attorney Matthew Kratter over whether the company’s recent capital raising was accretive or dilutive for shareholders. The dispute centers on Strategy’s own bitcoin

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Prediction markets get first US rulemaking as CFTC pursues contract reviews

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed its first regulation of market prediction on Wednesday, pitching an approach for how it can conduct widespread evaluations of whether contracts trip the federal standard for what is off-limits. The agency that regulates US derivatives has been a defender of prediction markets like those run by Kalshi, Polymarket

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