Brevan Howard, Goldman Sachs and Harvard Lead Billions in Bitcoin ETF Buying Spree
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Wall Street ramped up its exposure to bitcoin in the second quarter, adding positions not only in spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but also in U.S. stocks closely tied to the cryptocurrency’s price, according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Brevan Howard nearly doubled its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust […]

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder on Why Current Investment Environment Is Best Ever
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Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, said earlier this week the current backdrop represents the “best investment environment ever,” citing unusually favorable dynamics in both equity and bond markets. Speaking on CNBC, Rieder described “extraordinary” technical conditions in equities, with trillions of dollars still parked in money market funds and robust […]

Gemini Hires Goldmans (GS), Citi (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Cantor as Lead Bookrunners For its IPO
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Crypto exchange Gemini filed an updated registration statement for its initial public offering effort, sharing a few more details in its push to become a publicly traded firm. Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Cantor acting as lead bookrunners on the IPO, Gemini said in a press release Friday. Evercore ISI, Mizuho, […]

MSTR, BMNR, SBET Plunge as BTC, ETH, SOL Rally Cools
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Digital asset treasury (DAT) firms, seen as high-beta plays on crypto prices, sold off sharply on Friday as the August crypto rally showed signs of exhaustion. Strategy (MSTR) fell another 3% on Friday, extending its decline to 20% since July’s high and 33% from the November 2024 all-time high. The MSTR/IBIT ratio dropped to 5.43, […]

U.S. Fed Officially Scraps Specialist Group Meant to Oversee Crypto Issues
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The Federal Reserve continued its relaxation of crypto oversight on Friday with a move to shut down a two-year-old supervisory program intended to keep a special eye on banks’ crypto ties, instead folding that task back to its day-to-day oversight work. The central bank established its short-lived Novel Activities Supervision Program during the tenure of […]

Hong Kong SFC Tightens Custody Standards for Crypto Exchanges Under ASPIRe Roadmap
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog rolled out new custody requirements for licensed crypto exchanges, reinforcing its pledge to protect client assets as the city advances its bid to become Asia’s digital asset hub. In a circular issued Friday, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) set minimum standards for licensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) covering senior […]

Wall Street Joins Consumer Advocates to Call for Edit to GENIUS Act on Stablecoins
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Wall Street bankers are hammering away at some provisions of the new U.S. stablecoin law that was hailed by President Donald Trump and the crypto sector as a huge first step toward establishing a fully regulated U.S. industry, and the banks are joined by unusual bedfellows from the consumer-advocate world in sounding alarms. Hoping to […]

BTC Realized Price Breaks Above 200WMA, Signaling Possible Bull Run
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Bitcoin surged past $124,000, setting its fourth all-time high of 2025. On-chain data from Glassnode suggests this could mark the early stages of a continued bull market. A key metric underpinning this view is the realized price, which measures the total value of all bitcoins at the price they were last moved on-chain, divided by […]

Bitcoin Tops $122K, Ether Nears 2021 Peak in Broad Crypto Rally
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Bitcoin has mounted another attempt for a fresh all-time record climbing near $123,000, a four-week high during the Wednesday U.S. session. Two previous attempts, spiking to $122,300 on Monday and topping $123,000 on July 14, were met with heavy selling, knocking down prices intraday below $120,000 on both occasions. Ethereum’s ether (ETH) was also inching […]

Dogecoin Forms Golden Cross for First Since November
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Meme cryptocurrencies may soon heat up as their leader, dogecoin , has formed a golden cross, hinting at a major price surge ahead. A golden cross occurs when the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) of an asset’s price moves above the 200-day SMA. The crossover indicates that the short-term momentum is now outperforming the longer […]

Gains 10% as Chainlink Reserve, ICE Partnership Fuel Rally
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Oracle service Chainlink’s (LINK) native token surged 10% on Tuesday to a fresh seven-month high amid new traditional finance partnership and a recent token buyback initiative. The token topped $24 for the first time since February, extending its rally to 42% in a week. That’s the biggest gain during among the top 50 tokens by […]

Watch Out for Potential BTC Double Top as Bulls Fail to Break $122K Again
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This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. The bitcoin rally has stalled, raising the possibility of a potentially bearish technical formation: a double top. A close examination of the daily chart reveals that bulls failed to sustain a rally above the key Fibonacci level of $122,056 on Monday, […]