crypto derivatives traders on Hyperliquid price 4x upside on debut

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The contracts traded just 1.6% apart on average when both markets were active, and traded near $92 and $94 most recently, translating to a more than 300% upside from the IPO price. That fourfold premium also means Unitree could have a blockbuster debut and still leave leveraged bulls nursing steep losses. “Unitree can open at […]

Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say

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President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance when the administration’s new innovation committee — a crowd of crypto CEOs and leaders of prediction market and AI companies — sits for a White House meeting on Wednesday, said people briefed on the planning. The chief executives of companies such as Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, […]

Strategy responds to MSCI’s proposed index exclusion rules

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Strategy MSTR$94.67 has pushed back against MSCI’s proposed methodology for identifying “non-operating companies,” which could result in the largest bitcoin treasury company being removed from the index provider’s global equity indexes. Strategy said on X, “Digital assets are assets. Index providers should measure markets, not decide which assets companies are allowed to own,” Strategy said. […]

SEC to again delay ‘innovation exemption’ for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns

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The source also said SEC staff have become increasingly focused on the agency’s legal authority to issue such broad relief, including whether it has completed sufficient economic analysis and followed the procedural steps required to justify an exemption. Industry insiders have been instructed that this effort may need to wait for the outcome of the […]

B2C2 targets Asia’s family offices with Schroders veteran hire

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The appointment comes as traditional wealth managers and family offices in Asia take a growing interest in digital assets. Boston Consulting Group estimates total assets under management in the region will reach $99 trillion by 2029, with Singapore and Hong Kong among its key financial centers. Globally, roughly one-third of family offices already have exposure […]

Bitcoin slips near $63,500 as traders look past CPI to Fed’s next tests

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Gabe Selby, head of research at CF Benchmarks, told CoinDesk that bitcoin moves hardest when inflation data forces a rethink on rates, gaining an average 3.25% across the three occasions in the past nine releases when inflation came in below expectations. A downside surprise on July 14 was followed by a 4.24% rally. “An in-line […]

Wintermute plans $1 billion AI push beyond crypto: Bloomberg

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Crypto market maker Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion in high-frequency trading and artificial intelligence data-center infrastructure over five years as it expands into stocks, commodities and foreign exchange. The London-based firm wants non-crypto markets to generate more than 50% of revenue by the end of 2027, up from 10% now, according to a […]

Dogecoin and BNB lead majors higher as bitcoin slips near $63,700

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CoreWeave surged 16% after hours on stronger-than-expected sales growth, and Super Micro Computer rose almost 8% on a revenue forecast above estimates, lifting Nasdaq 100 futures. Oil kept climbing. Brent rose over 1% to $90 a barrel, a sixth straight session of gains and its longest run since April, with traders still doubtful about a […]

If crypto goes back to the congressional drawing board, 3 Democrat women loom large

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“I voted against the GENIUS and Clarity acts because they fail to adequately address abuse and instead open the door to corruption,” she said last year. “At a time when the current occupant of the Oval Office is personally benefiting from crypto and memecoin ventures, these bills do nothing to close conflict-of-interest loopholes.” But if […]

Ripple-linked token leads drop as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin

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That makes $70,000 the next area to watch, another round number with the 200-day moving average sitting nearby. Clearing it would put bitcoin above the range where buyers and sellers fought through March and April, a move Kuptsikevich said would shift sentiment meaningfully. Traders are not there yet. The crypto sentiment index sits at 30, […]

Grayscale quietly drops Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera ETF plans

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Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has dropped plans for exchange-traded funds tied to Cardano’s ADA, Polkadot’s DOT and Hedera’s HBAR, withdrawing three registration statements from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late Friday. Through three separate requests with the regulator, Grayscale told the SEC it “does not intend to proceed with the planned distribution” […]

Bitcoin tops $65,000 with US inflation data due this week

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Bitcoin rose above $65,000 on Monday, up nearly 3% over the week, with July inflation data due Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET after Friday’s weak jobs report eased worries the Federal Reserve would need to raise rates. Ether traded near $1,919 and is also up almost 3% on the week. BNB gained 0.3% to $603 […]