Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US recorded net inflows again on September 17th. According to SoSoValue data, a total net inflow of approximately $159.45 million was recorded into these investment instruments. Thus, Bitcoin ETFs saw positive fund flows again after a one-day hiatus. The largest inflow of the day occurred in BlackRock’s IBIT fund, with
Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan’s financial giant, the SBI Group. The capital raise, initially anchored earlier this year by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, concluded with SBI entering the fold through SBI Ventures Asset and the
U.S. spot ether exchange-traded funds recorded roughly $39 million of net outflows on Thursday, a third consecutive day of withdrawals after about $224 million left on Wednesday and $141 million on Tuesday, according to SoSoValue. Ether itself rose 2% to about $2,470 over the same stretch. $XRP funds lost about $5 million, reversing a small
S&P Global agreed to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, expanding its digital asset business into the technology underpinning tokenized finance. On Sept. 17, the financial data and ratings company said that OpenZeppelin will continue operating under its own name as a separate business unit. Chief Executive Demian Brener will remain in charge and report
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Friday, lifting it to 1.25%, the highest level in 31 years, as it battles sticky inflation and a chronically weak yen. The move marks the central bank’s second hike in three months and comes weeks after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott
The Senate blocked the crypto industry’s market structure bill on Tuesday. On Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission did a piece of the job itself. An order from the agency lets tokenized versions of U.S. stocks trade on blockchain liquidity pools for the next five years, provided the venue running the pool is American, checks
The hawkish messages from the US Federal Reserve (FED) at its September meeting have begun to shift Wall Street’s expectations regarding the interest rate path. While many major banks expect at least one more rate hike from the FED following the 25 basis point increase in September, some institutions are reducing the number of rate
AI company CoreWeave has lost one-third of its value since the day it joined the Nasdaq 100 index, despite doubling revenue in the second quarter and boasting of $100 billion in backlogged revenue. As common shareholders have suffered, insiders have been steadily selling. Since Nasdaq 100 indexation became effective on June 22, 2026 and forced
Nasdaq is poised to tokenize shares of $GLXY, a significant advancement in the digital asset realm. This move comes as Mike Novogratz thanks SEC leaders for their role in shaping digital asset policy, indicating that innovation exemptions are paving the way for tokenization. The implications for traditional markets integrating with crypto could be profound, as