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Bitcoin, following a volatile week, held on to $63,000 Friday

Institutions have hung around the crypto space for years. But now they want you to know they are getting more proactive

The share of publicly traded miners is poised to increase post-halving, JPMorgan said

Elsewhere, Coinbase added a former UK finance minister and Polygon Labs made cuts

The hype around bitcoin ETFs is fading, analysts noted

Analysts at the firm noted bitcoin open interest, ETF inflows are rising again

Analysts kept the price target of $80 despite the downgrade

Mining stocks tumbled in the first few hours of bitcoin spot ETF trading on Thursday

The disclosure comes amid rampant speculation about potential approvals for spot bitcoin ETF products in the US

JPMorgan Onyx also tapped Axelar, Provenance Blockchain and Oasis Pro for its recent Project Guardian pilots

Siemens the first to use the new offering built to allow “a real-time and a programmable treasury”

Tokenizing money market fund shares as collateral via private blockchain network reduces friction in meeting margin calls, BlackRock executive says

The decision contradicts the country’s policy goals and the broader company’s blockchain-related efforts, industry exec says

The numbers may be relatively small for now, but the “proof point is real,” says Lobban

Survey results come as fund groups seek to launch new bitcoin-related offerings, as well as ether futures ETFs

About half of Americans say they are afraid to keep their money in the bank

Regulators have questioned crypto’s role in the banking crisis failures, but with First Republic, the bank seems to have fallen without the help of digital assets

Crypto companies need banks for reasons including custody and settlement

The alternative to private stablecoins — proposed to be built on public blockchain — more likely to gain broad acceptance, the Swiss Bankers Association argues

JPMorgan reckons tokenizing fiat deposits for use across major blockchains might be more acceptable than traditional stablecoins

Amy Yu previously worked in equity markets at UBS, Nomura and JPMorgan before joining the crypto industry in 2018

Smaller cryptoassets largely act as high-beta alternatives to ether and their prices have been positively correlated with ETH performance in recent weeks

The FTX creditor matrix includes a number of crypto firms, airlines, some of the world’s largest tech firms — even media companies

Fidelity wants to trademark metaverse services including mutual fund and retirement planning, alongside a potential NFT marketplace