The Treasury Trigger Bitcoin had spent six weeks pinned between $60,000 and $65,000 before this week’s breakout. The move began after the US Department of the Treasury said it would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated coupon securities, raising the maximum from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation.
In brief In an interview with Decrypt, Bitcoin Red Team member Calle said Chinese AI models are used far more than U.S. models for security research because American models often block cybersecurity-related requests. The group has proactively scanned much of Bitcoin’s significant open-source ecosystem and works directly with projects to identify and fix vulnerabilities. Calle
JPMorgan’s tokenized U.S. Treasury product has nearly tripled in size over the past three months, reaching $884.6 million in assets, according to data from Crypto Briefing. The flagship funds, JLTXX and MONY, operate on Ethereum and now hold a combined $900 million, reflecting accelerating institutional adoption of blockchain-based financial instruments. Rapid growth signals institutional demand
The tokenized stock market could face a crisis of fragmentation similar to Wall Street’s paper crunch in the 1960s unless the industry unifies around common standards and clear ownership records, according to Joris Delanoue, CEO of on-chain securities infrastructure firm Fairmint. Fragmentation risks echo historical Wall Street crisis Delanoue drew a parallel to the 1960s,
The Chief Operating Officer of AIGENSYN, Jeff Amico, has raised concerns that investors in real-world asset (RWA) lending products may not hold adequate legal protection in the event of a default, despite the high yields these products often promise. His remarks, reported on March 5, 2025, highlight a growing structural issue in the tokenized asset
RWA Vault Yield Can Hide Weak Legal Protection Real-world asset (RWA) lending has become one of crypto’s most prominent attempts to connect blockchain markets with traditional credit. Yet the structure behind some RWA credit vaults can create a gap between the yield investors receive and the legal rights they hold if a borrower defaults. Jeff
South Korea’s virtual asset market is undergoing a significant transformation, moving from a retail-driven landscape to one increasingly shaped by institutional participation, according to Andrew Park, CEO of FactBlock and organizer of Korea Blockchain Week. Park’s remarks, reported by Bitcoin.com News, highlight a regulatory and legislative push that could redefine how digital assets are traded
Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, has once again voiced a long-term bullish outlook for Bitcoin, suggesting that the cryptocurrency could reach $1.5 million in a bull-case scenario. Wood made the remarks during a recent appearance on the podcast ‘Moonshots,’ where she discussed Bitcoin’s maturation as an institutional asset class and its potential for significant
Riot Platforms, one of the largest U.S. Bitcoin mining companies, may be positioned to recover as much as 1,547 $BTC from additional collateral it posted during a loan agreement with Coinbase, according to a recent analysis. The potential recovery follows a rebound in Bitcoin’s price, which has improved the loan-to-value ratio of the collateral backing