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The rollout brings Bitcoin and four other cryptoassets into participating banks’ apps, but Deka keeps custody and blocks direct transfers to self-custody wallets.
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The rollout brings Bitcoin and four other cryptoassets into participating banks’ apps, but Deka keeps custody and blocks direct transfers to self-custody wallets.
RLUSD collateral and weekend access extend institutional trading beyond market hours, but HSBC says thin liquidity may initially limit large positions.
The fund can concentrate on Bitcoin under a specific diversification exemption, while custody, sales and risk-disclosure safeguards remain in force.
The overhaul also aims to cut validator costs by about 60%, while its six test-network restarts and a failed migration show the scale of the change.
Browser makers blocked the certificates, but software that fails to check revocations may still accept forged ones, leaving a wider security concern beyond web browsers.
With 86.5% of its ETH holdings staked, Bitmine is committing most of its reported position to Ethereum staking.
The talks connect MoonPay's global network with GIWA and come as South Korea advances rules for won-pegged stablecoins.
Apple and Google would be bound only after service, and AFSA has not confirmed that either company has received the orders or restricted the apps.
The injunctions make licensing a direct condition of access to digital-asset users and app distribution within the Astana International Financial Centre.
The transfers move a large tranche of the exploit proceeds beyond direct wallet visibility, while Drift users’ recovery claims remain tied to funds entering the Recovery Pool.
The bank's 10% base-case annual return tops its forecasts for US stocks and gold, but projected 55% volatility keeps Bitcoin out of core portfolio models.
The proposal could create new routes for digital-asset fundraising and tokenized stock trading, but industry groups say its safeguards and exemptions need clearer boundaries.
The case reaches beyond the platform to firms accused of taking the other side of user bets, raising the stakes for prediction-market business models in states.
The offering gives Strive significant capital it may direct toward Bitcoin, but the company has not disclosed how much it plans to buy.
The forecast puts bitcoin on the institutional planning map, but JPMorgan’s 55% volatility estimate and concerns over unstable correlations remain barriers to broad portfolio adoption.
Nectar Group is targeting a new institutional route to BTC income by combining collateralized borrowing, stablecoin deployment and tokenized investment products.
The case rests on a business-cycle pivot: 50 months of contraction ended, while altcoins remain compressed against BTC and Ethereum's breakout level is still ahead.
The dispute highlights why institutional adoption depends on custody systems that let boards verify control, approvals and asset balances without relying on one intermediary.
The danger is the mismatch: spot demand is weakening while longs keep paying to stay leveraged, leaving $36.4B in futures exposure sensitive to a break below $80,000.
Treasuries still anchor the sector, while commodities and equities are driving a wider split between asset value and onchain trading activity.