Pando Finance has officially launched its second spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), offering traditional and institutional investors streamlined access to Solana through conventional brokerage accounts.
Pando Finance Launches Second Solana Spot ETF on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
South Korea just cracked open the door to bitcoin-backed banking, according to local reports. Jeonbuk Bank has executed the country’s first reported traditional bank loan secured by bitcoin, allowing businesses to borrow Korean won without selling their coins or surrendering ownership to the lender. A Bitcoin Loan Without Touching Bitcoin Jeonbuk Bank, a subsidiary of […]
South Korea’s Bitcoin Lending Experiment Begins at Jeonbuk Bank
The product in one view Target 8%-12% a year in BTC terms Return source Quantitative trading strategies Investor receives An economic interest in a fund Important limit No secondary market is expected How Liberty seeks a Bitcoin-denominated return Bitfinex Securities has opened tokenized capital raises for two CMCC Global products: the dollar-denominated Crest Fund and t
Bitcoin Yield Is Moving Into Tokenized Funds
The defunct exchange acquired a 20% stake in Genesis Digital Assets before FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022.
FTX’s crypto mining venture is now used to advance AI
Sberbank has secured the Bank of Russia’s approval to provide cryptocurrency exchange services, joining nine registered operators ahead of its planned Dec. 1 product launch. The Bank of Russia has added Sberbank to its register of organizations authorized to exchange…
Sberbank wins Russia’s approval for crypto exchange services
Genesis Digital Assets, once one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s largest crypto investments, is being repurposed for the artificial-intelligence boom after SWI Group took majority control. SWI has now raised about $896 million to expand the former bitcoin miner’s data-center footprint for hyperscale computing customers. Genesis Digital Pivots From Bitcoin Mining to AI Data Centers A bitcoin
SWI Turns FTX’s Former Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Toward AI Boom
CoinShares has outlined an integration with Safe Labs and Railnet to offer stablecoin yield strategies through Safe’s Earn widget while keeping users’ investment positions in self-custody, according to a press release dated Oct. 14. CoinShares, in the announcement, said the…
CoinShares brings stablecoin yield to Safe wallets
DoubleZero has added Binance spot and futures data as Edge’s fifth venue in six months, with co-founder Austin Federa arguing that access to the fastest market feeds should be available to anyone willing to subscribe. Austin Federa, DoubleZero’s co-founder, told…
DoubleZero’s Federa says fast market data should not be private
As bitcoin and crypto hardware wallet manufacturers and users increasingly face security challenges, the fallout could lead to higher device sales and more costly short-term but more secure long-term wallet setups for users. Technically savvy bitcoiners have been using multivendor multisig hardware wallet setups for years. Now, following the Coldcard crisis this summer and the […]
Who Pays and Who Gains as Ledger Drama Fuels Multisig Adoption
What changes here RLUSD could remain with Standard Chartered while LMAX recognises its agreed value as collateral for eligible trading products. The planned model keeps the token with its custodian Standard Chartered announced on October 12 that its Dubai International Financial Centre branch now provides institutional custody for RLUSD issued on the XRP Ledger. The service is ava
Ripple’s Stablecoin Could Become Trading Collateral at LMAX
Truflation has forecast that September U.S. headline inflation will rise to 3.6% from August’s 3.4%, while annual core inflation will hold at 2.4% as weaker hiring and easing housing costs restrain consumer price pressure. Truflation, in its Oct. 9 inflation…
US CPI to rise to 3.6% in September, Truflation forecasts
Tokenized assets have climbed to $65 billion, but the technology promising to make Wall Street faster and cheaper carries an uncomfortable twist. The same instant settlement, automated trading and interconnected markets that eliminate financial friction could accelerate the next crisis. IMF Finds $65 Billion in Tokenized Assets The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is raising conce
IMF Warns $65 Billion Tokenization Market Has a Dangerous Catch
Bitcoin miners have secured AI financing at sharply different rates, with IREN’s 6% and 9% agreements showing how project terms have shaped borrowing costs, according to BlocksBridge Consulting. BlocksBridge Consulting, in its Oct. 8 Miner Weekly newsletter, said lenders have…
Bitcoin miners face uneven borrowing costs for AI expansion
With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.