institutional adoption
Stablecoins haven’t yet gone mainstream, and at least one roadblock can be solved when regulatory clarity is finalized
“Every asset manager and bank doing ‘crypto’ is earning insane fees for putting things ‘onchain,'” read a slide from Meltem Demiror’s DAS talk
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse got a standing ovation on the DAS stage when he shared that the SEC plans to drop its appeal against Ripple
Industry experts predict an institutional embrace of crypto, but warn of “stagnation,” bitcoin dominance and innovation slowdown
The Digital Asset Summit will feature TradFi and government reps speaking on broader adoption and who’s buying in
Crypto will only start to act as a more robust and mature capital market over time, Franklin Templeton’s Roger Bayston said
Bybit analysts think that the entrance for such a large institutional crowd has changed the way capital flows in crypto
Apollo’s Christine Moy said that there’s been “market demand” and “strong interest” in tokenizing private credit
Half the surveyed advisers still consider regulatory uncertainty the top hurdle for future crypto investments
BTC is currently 13% below its all-time high, with potential corrections ahead that could present additional buying opportunities
Some were eyeing the $125,000 level for BTC at the end of 2024, while others did warn of a pullback
Altcoins offer regular investors a “more even playing field” than the stock market does
The company did about 2.5 times the amount of crypto-backed collateral financing in November compared to the rest of 2024, exec says
Coming back in the future, retail “might look much more like a general risk-on sentiment,” WisdomTree’s Jason Guthrie said
CME’s large bitcoin contracts are so big that investors are turning to micro bitcoin contracts
Nano Labs’ news release notes confidence in bitcoin being “a reliable store of value amidst its rising global adoption”
The municipal pension fund plots a potential 2% allocation to bitcoin funds in the coming weeks, officials say, after months-long process
Franklin’s Sandy Kaul told Blockworks that the firm is working on “new and innovative” blockchain solutions for clients
Institutional adoption “moves slower than we want,” exec says, but could follow “an exponential curve from Q1 onwards”
In case you missed it, BitGo last week appointed the former president of Silvergate Bank as part of its push into stablecoins
A16z’s State of Crypto report shows that DeFi has the largest number of daily active addresses, with stablecoins following closely behind
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