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Ripple Challenges Wall Street Banks in ETF Swap Financing
Ripple Prime’s expansion spans equity swaps, institutional financing and major fund clients, as WSJ highlights its role in leveraged ETF financing.
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In Brief Regulation & Policy
Greece Proposes 10% Tax on Crypto Gains
Greece proposes a 10% crypto gains tax, with a €500 annual exemption and exclusions for crypto-to-crypto swaps.
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News Markets & TradingGrayscale Sees Crypto ETFs Expanding Beyond Bitcoin and Ether
Grayscale sees room for more crypto ETFs as Zcash demonstrates demand and filings outline tokenized Bitcoin and Ether covered-call funds.
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In Brief DeFi & FinTech
Wells Fargo in Talks With Kraken Parent Payward on Crypto Liquidity
Wells Fargo is discussing a potential crypto trading liquidity arrangement with Kraken parent Payward, CoinDesk reports. A final deal remains unconfirmed.
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In Brief Bitcoin
US Government-Linked Wallets Move $565.9M to Coinbase Prime
Onchain Lens reports $565.87 million in seized BTC, wrapped Bitcoin and USDT transfers to Coinbase Prime. The movements do not confirm a sale.
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News DeFi & FinTechRobinhood Chain Adds Confidential Swaps Through NEAR Intents
Robinhood Chain is live on near.com with ETH, USDG, PONS and CASHCAT, adding confidential transfers and access to liquidity across more than 30 networks.
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News AltcoinsMurad Predicts a Memecoin Could Surpass Bitcoin and US Stocks
Murad Mahmudov argues that tokenized communities could become major financial movements, extending his memecoin thesis to Bitcoin and the stock market.
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Justin Drake Warns AI Could Threaten Wallet Keys Within Months
Ethereum’s Justin Drake urges calm preparation for possible AI-driven attacks on wallet signatures, without presenting a demonstrated key-recovery attack.
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News BitcoinArthur Hayes Says AI Bust Could Fuel Bitcoin as He Pitches FLOP
Arthur Hayes sees an AI investment bust paving the way for Bitcoin-friendly liquidity and cheaper computing, the foundation of his FLOP agent network.
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In Brief Bitcoin
Tom Lee Says Bitcoin Bull Market Is Underway, Citing 193% Historical Return
Tom Lee cites Bitcoin’s 200-day moving average and a historical 193% average six-month return as evidence of a bull market, with an 80% positive-return rate.
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News DeFi & FinTechTether and Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Explore Tenge Stablecoin
Tether, Kazakhstan’s central bank and Alatau City Authority will study a tenge stablecoin and prepare an asset-tokenization pilot, potentially using Hadron.
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News DeFi & FinTechLedger Adds USDC and USDT Loans Backed by Wrapped Bitcoin
Ledger Wallet adds USDC and USDT loans against cbBTC or wBTC through Morpho and Yield.xyz, with on-device signing, variable rates and liquidation risk.
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In Brief Ethereum
BitMine Will Stop Buying ETH at 5% of Supply, Tom Lee Says
Tom Lee calls 5% of Ethereum’s supply a hard cap for BitMine, which last reported 6.02 million ETH and 4.9% ownership.
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Story of the Day EthereumTom Lee Sees 25x Ethereum Upside as BitMine Nears 5% Supply Cap
Tom Lee links Ethereum’s potential upside to tokenization and AI as BitMine approaches its 5% ownership ceiling, with more than 6 million ETH already held.
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News DeFi & FinTechTrump-Linked USD1 Targets Millions of Merchants Through Mesh
World Liberty Financial and Mesh plan to bring USD1 to millions of merchants, while a wider push into Web2 payments still lacks named partners.
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Story of the Day BitcoinBitwise’s Hougan Says Bitcoin Is Maturing Into Digital Gold
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan points to declining Bitcoin volatility as evidence of maturation, while research highlights the limits of the digital-gold comparison.
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News BitcoinRobinhood Adds $25M in Bitcoin to Its Balance Sheet
Robinhood’s crypto chief says the company added $25 million in Bitcoin to its balance sheet, signaling commitment as its trading business expands.
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News DeFi & FinTechSouth Africa’s FNB Launches Crypto Trading With Five Assets
South Africa’s FNB now offers five crypto assets from R10 through its investment platform with VALR, but customers cannot transfer tokens in or out.
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In Brief DeFi & FinTech
Coinbase Sees Rising Institutional Crypto Demand as Banks Expand Services
Coinbase’s Liz Martin says institutional crypto demand is growing as regulatory clarity improves, while Citi and community banks build digital asset services.
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News Regulation & PolicyHyperliquid Labs’ Singapore Base Raises MAS Oversight Questions
Hyperliquid Labs’ Singapore base is separate from the blockchain’s regulatory status, as FT reporting examines MAS oversight and Bloomberg adds perpetual prices.
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In Brief DeFi & FinTech
Jeff Yan Says Hyperliquid Aims to Be Open Financial Infrastructure
Jeff Yan says Hyperliquid is infrastructure other companies can build on, as Bloomberg brings selected perpetual prices into its Terminal.
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News AltcoinsPolygon’s Shutdown Joke Draws Backlash as Nailwal Clarifies Intent
Polygon says it is not shutting down after a mock closure notice drew backlash. Nailwal says the joke targeted its critics, rather than Abstract's team.
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News Tokenization & RWACardano Token Standard Adds Freeze and Seizure Controls
Cardano’s CIP-0113 standard is live on mainnet, enabling issuer-defined freezes, seizures and transfer rules for regulated tokens without changing ADA.
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