Conduit, Braza Group Debut Stablecoin FX for Payments in Brazil
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Conduit, a stablecoin-focused cross-border payments provider, said on Thursday it has teamed up with Brazil’s Braza Group for real-time foreign exchange (FX) swaps between the Brazilian real and major foreign currencies using stablecoins. The service allows users to convert Brazilian real to U.S. dollars or euros and settle transactions in minutes with stablecoins —a sharp […]

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Bitcoin (BTC) Treasury News: GME Raising Another $1.75B
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GameStop (GME), the embattled video game retailer turned meme stock, announced Wednesday a $1.75 billion convertible senior note offering. Proceeds will be used at least in part for “making investments in a manner consistent with GameStop’s Investment Policy,” per a company press release. Said investment policy is to add bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, […]

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Moody’s Tests On-Chain Municipal Bond Ratings Using Solana Blockchain
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Global credit rating giant Moody’s Ratings and tokenization startup Alphaledger have completed a test run showing that municipal bond credit ratings can be embedded into blockchain-based securities, the companies told CoinDesk. The trial, conducted on the Solana blockchain, showcases how credit ratings—typically distributed through proprietary data terminals—could be integrated into tokenized assets on public blockchains. […]

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Coinbase Premium, Not Bank of Japan Rates, Might be the Metric to Watch for BTC
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Bitcoin is trading at $109.7K as the Wednesday trading day begins in Asia, according to CoinDesk market data. While the world’s largest digital asset is trading flat in the early hours of the session, CoinDesk market data shows that it’s up 4% on the week. An expected Bank of Japan rate cut isn’t doing that […]

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Ethereum Market Research Center Introduced by ETH OG William Mougayar
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Long-time Ethereum advocate William Mougayar is to be the curator and editor of the Ethereum Market Research Center (EMRC), a community-led initiative aimed at raising the profile of the blockchain’s ecosystem among institutional and professional audiences. EMRC will feature contributions from prominent builders, researchers and analysts across the Ethereum landscape. It will include original research […]

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Bitcoin Slips Below $110K, But ‘Signs of Fatigue’ Emerging
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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Bitcoin is trading below $110,000, changing hands at $109.7K, as Asia […]

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Coinbase Alum-Founded Turnkey Raises $30M Series B to Grow Engineering Team: Report
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Crypto wallet infrastructure company Turnkey has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto, Fortune reported on Monday. Turnkey, which was co-founded by former Coinbase employees Bryce Ferguson and Jack Kearney, aims to help developers build user-friendly wallets using application programming interfaces (APIs). This can help wallets become more streamlined and […]

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Michael Saylor Downplays Bitcoin’s Quantum Threat
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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. BlackRock calls Quantum computers, with their ability to outperform classical binary […]

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ETH Stabilizes Above $2,500 on Strong ETF Flows
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Ether has rebounded firmly from key support near $2,460, recovering losses and stabilizing above the $2,500 threshold amid broader market volatility. The rally follows a higher low formation backed by above-average volume, signaling growing market confidence. Institutional participation appears to be reinforcing the trend, with BlackRock’s ETHA ETF reporting $492 million in net inflows last […]

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Bitcoin (BTC) Stays Firm as Trump-Musk Feud Escalates Over 2025 Budget Politics
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Bitcoin held firm above $105,000 on Saturday despite an unusually combative and personal escalation in the Trump-Musk feud that could rattle traditional markets next week. On Saturday, in a phone interview with NBC News, President Trump warned that there would be “serious consequences” if Elon Musk financially backed Democratic candidates running against Republicans who support […]

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Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Crypto Exchange Gemini Files With SEC For Planned IPO
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Gemini Space Station Inc., the crypto exchange and custody platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has taken a significant step toward becoming a publicly traded company. The firm announced Friday that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), signaling its intent to […]

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Hashed Research CEO Appointed Chief Policy Officer at Presidential Office
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Korea’s new President, Lee Jae-myung, has appointed the CEO of Hashed Research, Kim Yong-beom, to be the Chief Policy Officer of Korea’s Presidential Office. A very sad day at @hashed_official. The new president just stole the CEO of our proud think tank, Hashed Open Research. He’s now Chief Presidential Secretary for Policy —a minister-level position, […]

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