Wintermute Registers as SEC Broker-Dealer
The registration gives Wintermute a regulated bridge between digital-asset trading and traditional securities markets.
Wintermute Registers as SEC Broker-Dealer
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TheBlock
HYPE ETF Inflows Stall as JPMorgan Flags Hyperliquid Rivals
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HYPE ETF Inflows Stall as JPMorgan Flags Hyperliquid Rivals
JPMorgan is the first major bank desk to read the ETF stall as structural, not monthly noise. Two-sided competition is rare: regulated US perps on one end, prediction markets on the other.
HYPE ETF inflows stall as JPMorgan flags rising competition
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HYPE ETF inflows stall as JPMorgan flags rising competition
The bank's analysts argue US-regulated perpetual-futures products and crowded prediction markets could pull volume from offshore DeFi venues like Hyperliquid, where licensing remains an open question.
CoinDesk
XRP Fund Loses Rebound After $16.8M Market Hit
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XRP Fund Loses Rebound After $16.8M Market Hit
The broader pattern is defensive positioning, not a clean handoff from major crypto ETFs into newer products.
CryptoSlate
Nairobi Securities Exchange Plans East Africa’s First AI ETF
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Nairobi Securities Exchange Plans East Africa’s First AI ETF
The proposed fund would broaden listed access to the AI theme and give Kenya's market a new test of product depth, liquidity and regional investor demand.
CoinTelegraph
Solana ETFs Record 5 Straight Days of Zero Net Flows
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Solana ETFs Record 5 Straight Days of Zero Net Flows
The Solana standstill contrasts with a wider split: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows dwarfed XRP's weekly inflow, while XRP and HYPE wrappers still attracted buyers.
Coldcard exploit drains $114M in BTC; ETF tailwind eyed
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Coldcard exploit drains $114M in BTC; ETF tailwind eyed
The $114M drained from best-practice self-custody users is the strongest argument yet that holding your own keys still means trusting the silicon.
Bitcoin bottom forming through boredom as ETF inflows hit…
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Bitcoin bottom forming through boredom as ETF inflows hit…
Analysts say the absence of panic is itself the signal: a slow, tedious grind near $64K with steady institutional buying is historically how durable bottoms form, not how they break.
Bitcoin tops $63.6K as spot ETFs pull $170M
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Bitcoin tops $63.6K as spot ETFs pull $170M
The disconnect is the story: spot ETFs absorbed $170M while retail sat in Extreme Fear and Strategy sold 1,638 BTC into the bid without breaking $63K.
Crypto Rank News
Bitcoin's 5,500 BTC short flush fails to flip leverage tape
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Bitcoin's 5,500 BTC short flush fails to flip leverage tape
The headline number looks like a squeeze, but the order-book tells a different story: longs unwound alongside the shorts, so the net leverage change is closer to flat than the headline suggests.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $265M as ETH outflows hit $478M
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Bitcoin ETFs shed $265M as ETH outflows hit $478M
The headline-grabbing $478M ETH exchange outflow looks like a rotation signal, but the bid behind it is one product on one day, not a broader institutional shift.
SEC halts Nasdaq BTC options listing amid CME jurisdictional dispute
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SEC halts Nasdaq BTC options listing amid CME jurisdictional dispute
The dispute is not about QBTC alone: CME argues that securities exchanges cannot list derivatives on commodities, and a ruling for CME could force every cash-settled crypto index product back through…
VanEck HODL spot BTC ETF misses growth target by $1.4B
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VanEck HODL spot BTC ETF misses growth target by $1.4B
The asset manager's HODL fund trails every peer except Franklin Templeton's EZPZ, a structural gap that complicates its bid to compete with BlackRock's IBIT.
Coldcard bug drains $38M in BTC from self-custody wallets
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Coldcard bug drains $38M in BTC from self-custody wallets
Nearly 600 BTC were stolen from a flaw in Coldcard's firmware that let attackers reconstruct wallet seeds, reopening the case that institutional products like BlackRock's IBIT now make more sense for…
XRP Treasury: Evernorth Files $1B S-4 Amendment With SEC
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XRP Treasury: Evernorth Files $1B S-4 Amendment With SEC
The amended filing formalizes executive compensation ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing under XRPN, anchoring a $1B treasury plan that would absorb roughly 0.8% of XRP's circulating supply.
Crypto News
BlackRock IBIT Drives 90% of Bitcoin ETF Rebound
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BlackRock IBIT Drives 90% of Bitcoin ETF Rebound
IBIT carried 90% of a $225M rebound that erased barely a quarter of the prior $999M inflow streak, exposing how concentrated the recovery has become in a single issuer.
ChatGPT AI Model Targets Bitcoin at $95K by End of 2026
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ChatGPT AI Model Targets Bitcoin at $95K by End of 2026
Altman's model attaches probability-weighted targets to ETF flows, the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and macro liquidity, but the chart has been stuck in the same $60K-$82K range for six months.
ETH $6K–$12K by 2026? Grok AI cites ETF inflows
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ETH $6K–$12K by 2026? Grok AI cites ETF inflows
The model's bull case rests on spot ETH ETF inflows flipping positive, ETHA leading the flow stack, and Pectra and Fusaka scaling compressing L2 costs into 2026.
Morgan Stanley's Ethereum and Solana ETFs top rivals with…
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Morgan Stanley's Ethereum and Solana ETFs top rivals with…
The 16,000-adviser distribution network behind MSSE and MSOL is the real story; the early inflow edge against BlackRock's ETHA signals Wall Street's broker-led channel is now open competition.
Fed Holds Rates at 3.5–3.75% With 3 Dissents Reopening Hike Bets
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Fed Holds Rates at 3.5–3.75% With 3 Dissents Reopening Hike Bets
Three hawkish dissents and a Warsh restatement of the 2% target make this the first Fed pause since 2008 that the market is pricing as a pause, not a done deal.
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