institutional adoption
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Plus, Solana fell roughly 12% on the week, and for some memecoins the drawdown was even more aggressive
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The NYSE went down yesterday after a glitch caused a string of erroneous trades. Does DeFi fix this?
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Institutions continue to disclose their holdings in SEC filings, and here’s what we’ve learned so far
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The tokenization of real-world assets is set to continue as a “defining trend” for institutional crypto in 2024, Anchorage Digital CEO says
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CME’s Giovanni Vicioso sat down with Blockworks ahead of the halving to discuss bitcoin ETFs and BTC ahead of the April halving
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It’s clear that institutions have gotten the message that crypto is open for business — but what now?
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The world’s premier institutional-grade conference has officially kicked off in London, and the vibes are high
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German exchange giant Deutsche Börse intros digital asset trading, settlement and custody services amid crypto price rally
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“There is plenty of space for more than one institutional crypto offering,” Kraken exec says
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Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehouse solution, has partnered with Dune to make curated blockchain data available to its clients
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The platform has integrated with apps including OpenSea and is coming off an $18 million Series A in November
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Don’t get me wrong, bitcoin ETFs are good thing for the industry — but we can’t forget about bitcoin’s original ethos among all the price talk
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BlackRock’s proposed iShares Bitcoin Trust and the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF now intend to charge 0.25% and 0.21%, respectively
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CBOE’s John Palmer said that potential bitcoin ETF approvals would “pave the way” for pension funds to invest in a spot bitcoin ETF
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Project Diamond is built on Coinbase’s Base and is managed by Coinbase Asset Management
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Blockworks exclusive: Spool is in talks with small and regional banks as well as one of the ten largest asset managers as it rolls out v2, the DAO’s lead contributor said
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CME says they’re seeing “institutional growth” in crypto, and a “renewed interest” in bitcoin
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Even the most red-fevered crypto-anarchist must admit by now that the direction of travel is set: Institutional money is coming
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DeFi innovations are aimed straight at the juggernauts, Blockchain Capital’s Larsen says
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