South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), has taken a new stake in Circle, the issuer of the $USDC stablecoin, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing, dated August 12, reveals that KIC held 65,443 shares of Circle during the second quarter of the year,
Tokenization-related stocks slid Friday after another delay to a long-awaited U.S. regulatory initiative weighed on investor sentiment towards the industry’s expansion into traditional securities. Bullish BLSH$24.71 fell about 8% in early trading, reversing gains following its second-quarter earnings report. The crypto platform, which owns CoinDesk, is acquiring transfer agent Equiniti as it builds infrastructure for
Bitcoin ($BTC) long positions are “facing liquidation” as volatility shows signs that a range breakout is finally coming. Key points: Bitcoin long positions face multiple threats as $BTC price action heads toward new August lows, analyst warns. The correlation between Binance open interest and price reached 0.25 on Thursday as both fell. The Bitcoin bull
Crypto remains a marginal payment option among euro area businesses even as other forms of digital payments gain ground, according to a new European Central Bank (ECB) report. Just 0.2% of companies selling goods and services online accept crypto assets, the ECB said in its survey on companies’ cash use, published Thursday. Cash remains the
US investment banking giant Morgan Stanley reported larger crypto fund positions in the second quarter, led by an increase of more than 3 million shares in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Morgan Stanley’s reported holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) increased by 23% to around 16.5 million shares from 13.4 million, according to
South Korea’s Shinhan Asset Management signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with tokenization-focused blockchain network Plume to develop a proof of concept for a Korean won-denominated tokenized fund. The pilot project will use a Shinhan won-denominated ultra-short-term bond fund as its underlying asset and BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized fund as a benchmark to test the issuance
US-based investment firm VanEck stated that Bitcoin may be approaching the final stages of its current downtrend. In a recent analysis, VanEck noted that Bitcoin’s decline from a peak of approximately $125,000 to levels as low as $60,000 is consistent with the traditional cyclical bear phase seen in the post-halving period. In this context, VanEck
Strategy (MSTR) has pushed back against MSCI’s proposed methodology for identifying “non-operating companies,” which could result in the largest bitcoin treasury company being removed from the index provider’s global equity indexes. Strategy said on X, “Digital assets are assets. Index providers should measure markets, not decide which assets companies are allowed to own,” Strategy said.
Silvia, an AI-focused financial firm, has submitted applications for five new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including a novel Bitcoin treasury mNAV discount fund. The filings were highlighted by Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who shared details on the proposed products via social media. What is the Bitcoin Treasury mNAV Discount Fund? The flagship filing is