State Street and Galaxy to Launch Tokenized Liquidity Fund on Solana (SOL) in 2026
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State Street and Galaxy Asset Management plan to launch a tokenized liquidity fund in early 2026 that uses stablecoins for around-the-clock investor flows, expanding the use of public blockchains in institutional cash management, the companies announced Wednesday. The State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund, or SWEEP, will accept subscriptions and redemptions in PYUSD, a […]

Strive (ASST) Starts $500 Million ATM Program for High-Yield SATA Preferred Stock
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Strive (ASST), a publicly traded bitcoin BTC$92,384.72 treasury and asset-management company, said it arranged a $500 million at-the-market offering (ATM) for its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA) to help fund further purchases of the largest cryptocurrency. SATA pays a 12% dividend with an effective yield near 13%, and the security is intentionally […]

Boutique Firm Nicholas Files for Fund Skipping U.S. Trading Hours
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Weary U.S.-based bitcoin BTC$92,837.47 bulls might think it’s their imagination that they seem to wake up every morning to BTC doing pretty well only for prices to head lower during the U.S. trading session. They are, in fact, not imagining things. Data from crypto analytics platform Velo.xyz shows that over the past year, bitcoin is […]

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) Perps Are Building Liquidity Incrementally: SGX’s Syn
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SGX’s bitcoin BTC$90,301.29 and ether ETH$3,113.55 perpetual futures have become increasingly popular since their debut two weeks ago, and that growth represents new liquidity rather than cash redirected from elsewhere, said Michael Syn, president of the SGX Group. The products, cryptocurrency derivatives that allow institutional traders to speculate on the price of an asset without […]

BTC, ETH, USDC as Collateral in CFTC Crypto Pilot
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday launched a pilot program allowing select digital assets — bitcoin BTC$90,938.56, ether ETH$3,134.24 and USD Coin (USDC) or other payment stablecoins — to be used as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets. The program, announced by Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, is part of a broader push to give […]

FOMC Interest-Rate Decision, Do Kwon Sentencing: Crypto Week Ahead
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The Federal Reserve meets this week to set U.S. interest rates. The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) is likely to reduce the target rate by 25 basis points to 3.50% to 3.75% when it announces its decision on Dec. 10, according to the CME’s Fedwatch tool. Lower rates often tend to encourage investing in riskier, […]

Trump Administration Overlooks Bitcoin, Blockchain in National Security Strategy
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U.S. President Donald Trump took office early this year, with at least part of his 2024 election victory thanks to voters who took to heart campaign promises about a crypto-friendly administration. So far, the Trump administration has indeed taken decisive pro-crypto steps, including signing an executive order rescinding Biden-era policies, establishing the President’s Working Group […]

Debunking The Yen Carry Trade Unwind Alarms
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With the Bank of Japan (BOJ) expected to hike rates next week, some observers are worried that the Japanese yen could surge, triggering an unwinding of “carry trades,” crushing bitcoin. Their analysis, however, overlooks actual positioning in the FX and bond markets, missing the nuance and far more likely risk that Japanese yields, by anchoring […]

French Banking Giant BPCE to Roll Out Crypto Trading for 2M Retail Clients
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Major French banking group BPCE is set to start offering crypto trading services to retail customers through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne apps starting Monday. Customers of four regional banks, including Banque Populaire Île-de-France and Caisse d’Épargne Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, will be able to buy and sell bitcoin BTC$89,682.35, ether ETH$3,034.52, solana SOL$132.42, and USDC […]

Japan Puts BTC in the Crosshairs of a Yen Carry Unwind
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The Bank of Japan is preparing to raise interest rates at its December policy meeting, a shift that would lift the country’s benchmark rate to its highest level since 1995 and potentially reverberate through global risk markets, including crypto. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that policymakers are leaning toward a 25-basis-point hike to […]

New IMF Report on Stablecoin Risk Sparks Outrage From Crypto Experts
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Amid an intensifying international focus on stablecoins, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a 56-page report detailing what it sees as the key risks surrounding their adoption. The report draws parallels from the claims many other central banks and international financial organizations make regarding the threat stablecoins represent to governmental monetary control, to ultimately […]

Kraken Launches High-Touch VIP Program for Ultra High Net Worth Clients
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Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange preparing to go public in the U.S. early next year, has unveiled an invitation-only VIP program tailored to ultra high net worth individuals, sophisticated traders and strategic capital allocators, the company said. Crypto exchanges are looking to fill the gap when it comes to providing high-touch services to wealthy individuals, family […]