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HANetf Debuts Euro-Hedged Bitcoin Fund in World First
Bitcoin Magazine HANetf Debuts Euro-Hedged Bitcoin Fund in World First A new bitcoin exchange-traded fund has hit Europe — with a twist. Debuted by $9.2 billion ETF provider HANetf , the Arrow Bitcoin EUR Hedged ETF gives European investors exposure to bitcoin while reducing the impact of movements...
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Balancer Holders Approve Wind-Down, Reject Official Fork
Balancer token holders approved winding down the DeFi liquidity protocol and distributing its treasury to BAL holders, while rejecting a separate proposal to fund an official fork. “BIP-928 passed and BIP-929, the fork proposal, did not,” Balancer said on Sept. 29. “Pools keep working as usual......
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Bill Pulte’s tweet cost FICO shareholders $4 billion
Bill Pulte, Donald Trump’s appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency director who oversees US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has shaved off $4 billion in market cap from credit giant FICO with a single post to X. The government-backed mortgage giants will now price mortgages using...
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Bitwise launches first US spot NEAR ETF after token’s recent surge
Bitwise’s NEAR ETF begins trading on NYSE Arca as the token rallies more than 160% over the past month and activity on NEAR Intents grows.
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Bitwise launches first US spot NEAR ETF with staking rewards
Bitwise's NRR is the first U.S. NEAR ETP, charging a 0.75% fee and staking its NEAR in-house, with rewards flowing to shareholders via NAV.
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Bitcoin Hovers at $84K as Treasury Yields Hold Near Multi-Year Highs
Analysts point to crude prices capping non-yielding assets, while spot ETFs have taken money in for eight sessions running.
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André Dragosch: Why Bitcoin’s Fair Value is $197,000
Bitcoin Magazine André Dragosch: Why Bitcoin's Fair Value is $197,000 The 10-year Treasury yield is spiking, and Bitwise's André Dragosch has a rule of thumb for when that becomes dangerous: 80 basis points in 20 trading days. He explains why the speed of the move matters more than the level, how a...
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Bitcoin ETF inflows leave institutional demand unclear: CoinShares
CoinShares says IBIT offers clues to institutional buying, but basis trades mean inflows are not necessarily bets on rising Bitcoin prices.
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Ondo Perps CEO sees ‘huge opportunity’ for perps in US market, under different model
The CEO's comment comes at a time when U.S. regulators and several firms are testing how perpetual futures could enter domestic markets.
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Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market
Aave jumped 11% on speculation over a token burn, with 72 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher even as the 10-year Treasury yield sat at 5.234%.
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US crypto ETF inflows cool after $3.3B week but streaks hold
US spot crypto ETF inflows fell about 80% from Friday as Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP funds attracted $64.8 million combined on Monday.
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Greece gets first MiCA entrants as watchdog denies Binance-Lagarde claim
Greece joined the EU MiCA register with four providers as HCMC expanded its denial of remarks attributed to officials in a report on Binance.
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Coinbase Now Owns Every Layer of Its Derivatives Stack After CFTC Approval
Coinbase Clearing will take USDC as collateral and settle around the clock, though margined products stay with partners.
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Analysts see 10-year Treasury yield hitting 6%. Bitcoin bulls shouldn't panic
Why yields are rising matters more for bitcoin than how high they go.
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Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year
The disclosure came as Senate Democratic investigators alleged USDT had become a key part of Iran’s shadow banking network.
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Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse
Coinbase joins Kraken in bringing US derivatives infrastructure in-house, after Kraken’s parent acquired Bitnomial and its CFTC-regulated exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage in May.
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Coinbase receives DCO approval from CFTC, completing full derivatives stack
This completes Coinbase's derivatives infrastructure, allowing it to list, broker, and clear fully collateralized products in-house.
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Coinbase Wins CFTC Approval for In-House Derivatives Clearing
Coinbase secured registration for its own U.S. derivatives clearinghouse on Sept. 28, giving it authority to clear fully collateralized futures, options on futures and swaps alongside its existing brokerage and exchange businesses. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s registration order......
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SEC Staff Adds 'No Central Party' Limit to Token Buyback FAQ
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff amended its crypto FAQ on Sept. 28 to limit its assurance about token-buyback announcements to systems that are functional and have no central party. The Division of Corporation Finance’s revised answer to Question 2.5 says that, where both...
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Tether’s USDT at center of Iran’s shadow banking network, new Senate Report says
Tether and its stablecoin have become central in "Iran's shadow banking system," according to a new Senate investigation.
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Chainlink Launches CCIP 2.0 With Custom Verifiers and Faster Transfers
Chainlink launched CCIP 2.0 on Sept. 28, adding optional transaction verifiers, configurable settlement speeds and compliance checks to its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol for moving tokens and messages between blockchains. The release is available on mainnet, though versions vary by...
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US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.
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Goldman Sachs brings $100 billion Treasury fund into crypto’s institutional plumbing
The bank is bringing its roughly $100 billion Treasury fund to institutional crypto firms without creating a tokenized version of it.
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Tether Says It Helped Freeze Nearly $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT
Tether said Sept. 28 that it had helped U.S. authorities freeze approximately $550 million in USDT during 2026 across wallets authorities identified as connected to Iran’s central bank and sanctions networks. The disclosure coincided with a report from Sen. Richard Blumenthal and the minority...
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Ondas investors blame short-sellers, fails-to-deliver
Ondas, a stock at the center of a heated short-selling and manipulation debate , became Wall Street’s most failed-to-deliver security during the most recent SEC reporting period. A failure to deliver occurs when a party responsible for delivering shares to complete a trade doesn't deliver them....
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Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce reflects on her time at the agency, what she still wanted to get done: ‘There’s no good time to leave’
After nearly a decade at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Hester Peirce is wrapping up her last week at the agency.
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Dune Flags Yield Shortfall at Tokenized Money Funds
Dune’s Arno said on Sept. 28 that the 12 largest tokenized money funds yielded less than the Treasury bills behind them, extending the data company’s examination of how much government-debt income reaches onchain investors. An issuer disclosure provides a concrete example of a benchmark gap. The......
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Tether is a ‘lifeline’ for Iranian regime, Senate Dems say in new report
Democrats on the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence published a report alleging that USDT had become a key tool for the Iranian government.
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MiCA focus shifts from rulemaking to supervision, ESMA chair says
ESMA will focus on CASP resilience, outsourcing and reverse solicitation while pursuing harmonized reporting across national regulators.