Investors withdrew money from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin BTC$114,001.01 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the fourth consecutive trading day as U.S. service sector data raised the stagflation bogey. The 11 ETFs registered a cumulative net outflow of $196 million on Tuesday, with Fidelity’s FBTC and BlackRock’s IBIT accounting for the giant share of the tally, according to
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Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Base stopped producing blocks for 33 minutes on Tuesday after switching to a backup sequencer that wasn’t set up properly to process transactions. The incident began at 6:07 am UTC when the active sequencer started falling behind on block production, prompting Conductor — Base’s system for managing sequencer availability and reliability
The crypto industry is hailing the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest guidance on liquid staking as a rare regulatory win, with stakeholders calling it a major step forward for decentralized finance and institutional adoption of digital assets. Released Tuesday, the SEC staff issued a guidance on liquid staking, writing that under certain conditions, liquid
US SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw sharply criticized a staff statement released on Tuesday by the regulator’s Division of Corporation Finance that praised the SEC’s position on liquid staking activities, saying it created more confusion than clarity. “Some things are better left unsaid,” began Crenshaw’s rebuttal, in which she argued that the staff statement “only muddies
A software limitation in Ledger hardware wallets is preventing some Cardano users from participating in the Midnight Foundation’s Glacier Drop, a two-month-long airdrop distributing NIGHT tokens across eight blockchain ecosystems. The issue stems from the handling of message signing for Cardano. In a post on X, Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson explained that the Ledger’s implementation
XRP has begun to enter the financial statements of corporate entities globally. Recent data released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals that institutional adoption of XRP is accelerating. Large companies in many countries, especially the US, China, and the UK, have begun incorporating XRP into their digital asset strategies. Legal expert Bill
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This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Yesterday I wrote about how stocks were on the recovery path after last week’s disappointing data. I also said I wasn’t sure how long the rally would last. Go figure, US equities and cryptos are back in the red today. In
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