TradFi
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This week’s biggest funding round saw Jump Trading, JPMorgan contribute to the round
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The former Valkyrie CEO chats with Blockworks about what she has her eye on as Cypherpunk Holdings’ new leader
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Ledn’s John Glover says it’s not “surprising” that the German government is taking profit
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The network sits on Onyx Digital Assets, JPMorgan’s private blockchain network based on Ethereum
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It’s not hard to see why the current open book nature of public blockchains is a cause for concern for many would-be users and enterprise adopters
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Some investment pros are mulling crypto allocations between 1% and 10% and seeking ex-BTC exposure for interested clients
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Bringing financial products onto the blockchain is “a huge conversation” at most TradFi giants, according to Polygon’s Colin Butler
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Experiment involving Visa, Mastercard, JPMorgan and Citibank set to highlight tokenization benefits via shared ledger tech
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Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations are among the tailwinds that could send bitcoin lower before a possible longer-term surge
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The world’s largest asset manager led a $47 million funding round by a blockchain-focused firm it has worked with before
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BitGo CEO Mike Belshe shared his thoughts on the halving and bitcoin ETFs in an interview with Blockworks
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Profit-taking among spot bitcoin ETF investors could contribute to a downward BTC price trend in April, one analyst notes
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An unwavering bitcoin bull versus a TradFi CEO who has come around on the asset class — both have proven influential in quickening BTC adoption to different groups
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The exchange said Monday it would start accepting bitcoin and ether ETN proposals on April 8 after the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority updated its stance on such securities
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The third and final day of the conference started off with a bang when SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci bashed his former boss
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Institutions have hung around the crypto space for years. But now they want you to know they are getting more proactive
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Bitwise’s chief investment officer said he expects major wirehouses to start clearing access for the US BTC funds in a few weeks
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The FCA said Monday it would not object to such products being offered to professional investors
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The end of the Federal Reserve’s Bank Term Funding Program is set to come after the launch of bitcoin ETFs and before the bitcoin halving
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Albert Meo, most recently the executive director of regulatory policy at Morgan Stanley, has been named chief financial officer of Prometheum
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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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