institutional adoption

Altcoins offer regular investors a “more even playing field” than the stock market does

Three factors could contribute to 2025 being the year of the crypto IPO

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

Sygnum’s head of investment researchthinks Solana can pass Ethereum by drawing institutions for tokenization platforms and stablecoins

The “reputation risk” for financial advisers and institutions allocating to the mysterious crypto segment is changing

Investors could be open to “reputation risk” if they don’t learn about the crypto asset class, Grayscale’s managing director says

Polygon’s Colin Butler shared his thoughts on what really needs to happen for crypto to catch the institutional wave

Shifting attitudes in Washington could quicken approval of solana ETFs, says 21Shares US business head Federico Brokate

Plus, BlackRock’s BUIDL is paying out steady yield — and those dividends are growing

Plus, Solana fell roughly 12% on the week, and for some memecoins the drawdown was even more aggressive

The NYSE went down yesterday after a glitch caused a string of erroneous trades. Does DeFi fix this?

The side events were the places to be at Consensus 2024, according to attendees

Plus, headlines you may have missed between the free drinks at Consensus side events

Institutions continue to disclose their holdings in SEC filings, and here’s what we’ve learned so far

The tokenization of real-world assets is set to continue as a “defining trend” for institutional crypto in 2024, Anchorage Digital CEO says

CME’s Giovanni Vicioso sat down with Blockworks ahead of the halving to discuss bitcoin ETFs and BTC ahead of the April halving