After years of delays and a collapsed SPAC deal, Circle is finally moving toward a traditional IPO, enlisting JPMorgan and Citi to lead what could become the biggest crypto listing since Coinbase, Fortune reported on March 31, citing people familiar with the matter. The company, known for issuing the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, is expected …
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Nigeria has taken a significant step towards regulating cryptocurrencies with the signing of the Nigerian Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 into law. Cryptocurrency Officially Recognized As Asset Class The Nigerian Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025, recently signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has effectively ended the uncertainty surrounding the status of …
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The Stanford Blockchain Club published a paper on March 28 introducing “Type III Stablecoins,” a new category of yield-bearing stablecoins governed by autonomous smart contracts, developed by Cap Labs’ Benjamin and Jae. Yield Without Compromise? Type III Stablecoins Propose a Trustless Path Forward The paper published in the Stanford Blockchain Review outlines a paradigm shift …
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) service provider Volatility Shares launched two solana futures ETFs on March 20, the Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the 2x Solana ETF (SOLT). Both funds have had decent performance thus far, recording average daily trading volumes of roughly 80,000 and 140,000 units respectively, or $1.25 million and $2.16 million, according to Yahoo Finance. …
Truflation, a real-time data provider for inflation indexes, presented a correlation between its real-time inflation data and bitcoin’s price movements. The company stated that every time its disinflation trend pauses or reverses, bitcoin tends to rally shortly after. Truflation, which classifies bitcoin as a risk asset, believes that these instances when inflation is relatively stable …
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With the acquisition of 22,048 bitcoin on Monday, Strategy (formally Microstrategy) elevated its total holdings to 528,185 BTC. This positions the firm as the second-largest corporate holder of the leading cryptocurrency, surpassed only by Blackrock’s IBIT exchange-traded fund (ETF). Strategy’s Bitcoin Cache Is Closing Gap with Blackrock Kicking off the week, Michael Saylor, Strategy’s founder …
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Bitcoin ETFs recorded a second consecutive week of inflows, adding $196 million despite a sharp Friday outflow. Blackrock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC led the charge, while ether ETFs saw their fifth straight week of outflows, losing $8.64 million. Bitcoin ETFs Secure Another Week of Inflows as Ether ETFs Weekly Outflow Streak Reaches Fifth Week The …
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The cryptocurrency fell to $81K on Sunday before climbing back to $83K as institutional investors rushed in to “buy the dip.” Bitcoin Climbs Back to $83K After a Tough Weekend The leading digital asset dipped to $81K over the weekend, but news of Strategy (MSTR) and Metaplanet (3350) institutional purchases of $1.92 billion and $13.3 …
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