Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse sees closely related XRP as part of the White House’s proposed digital asset stockpile and anticipates the launch of an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) before the end of 2025, per a Bloomberg Markets interview. Garlinghouse’s optimism came after the resolution of Ripple’s long-standing legal battle with [...]
Ether (ETH) zoomed nearly 7% in the past 24 hours to lead gains among majors as traders await the results of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. ETH’s gains were coupled with a 4% gain in memecoin dogecoin (DOGE), which historically tends to act correlated to the [...]
The bitcoin (BTC) price showed little reaction after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5% on Wednesday, a decision that aligned with market expectations, as policymakers assessed the potential impact of U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump on Japan’s export-driven economy. The BOJ highlighted [...]
Strategy (MSTR) Tuesday morning unveiled its latest twist at raising funds from capital markets to fund additional bitcoin (BTC) purchases, but there are indications the Wall Street spigot is slowing. The company's Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock (STRF) offers a fixed 10% annual cash dividend, paid quarterly, according to an SEC [...]
Xapo Bank, a wealth manager for long-term holders of bitcoin, said it is offering its members BTC-backed loans of up to $1 million. Crypto lending became something of a bête noire in recent years following a series of high profile collapses and bankruptcies that shook the crypto industry. But crypto-backed [...]
Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, increased its holdings in bitcoin (BTC) miner Bitdeer (BTDR), building on a investment it started almost a year ago. The company financed the acquisition with working capital and now owns 21% of the company, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Tether [...]
No one dared to speak about the potential for stagflation, the dreaded word representing portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, at the World Economic Forum in Davos early this year despite the looming Trump tariff and trade war. However, investors have acknowledged the s-word risk, leading to the outperformance of stagflation-linked [...]
No one dared to speak about the potential for stagflation, the dreaded word representing portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, at the World Economic Forum in Davos early this year despite the looming Trump tariff and trade war. However, investors have acknowledged the s-word risk, leading to the outperformance of stagflation-linked [...]
South Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), has taken a cautious stance on including bitcoin in its foreign exchange reserves, per a Korea Economic Daily report. In response to a question posed by a member of the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee, the BOK made it clear [...]
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have overtaken bitcoin ETFs in assets under management as investors shift toward the traditional safe-haven asset as BTC price tumbled more than 19% over the past three months, while the precious metal climbed 12.5%. Bitcoin ETFs, which saw significant inflows following their U.S. launch in January [...]