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In brief The OCC terminated its consent order on digital assets bank Anchorage Digital. The regulator brought the order in 2022 after granting conditional approval to Anchorage in 2021. Federally chartered Anchorage custodies some of the BTC and ETH held in BlackRock’s spot ETFs. The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) announced Thursday that…
August 20, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that MOCA is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading MOCA trading is live as of August 20, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
In brief Ethereum’s $4 billion supply unlock comes as validators are set to exit in September. Investors remain flat as they await Friday’s Jackson Hole meeting and Powell’s direction for the September rate cut decision. Ethereum’s declining network activity aligns with a broad de-risking sentiment seen across crypto and equity markets. Ethereum faces mounting macroeconomic…
In brief Bitcoin’s price will likely peak in six months to a year, Bernstein analysts said. As the bull market broadens, Ethereum and Solana will likely shine, they said. Bernstein analysts raised their price target for Robinhood shares to $160. As the White House pushes crypto on Capitol Hill, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see…
TOM LEE BUYS $1.7B ETH IN PAST WEEK, $LIGHT JUMPS 50% TO NEW ATH, CRYPTO MAJORS IN THE GREENCrypto weak, ETH ETF sees 2nd largest outflow ever. DAT stocks continue to fall on dilution fears. Strategy buys $51m BTC, relaxes financing rule. Chamath announces crypto SPAC. BMNR flips MARA to claim 2nd largest DAT spot.…
STRATEGY BUYING BTC AGAIN, GOOGLE INVESTS MORE IN BTC MINING, $LIGHT SOARSCrypto weak, ETH ETF sees 2nd largest outflow ever. DAT stocks continue to fall on dilution fears. Strategy buys $51m BTC, relaxes financing rule. Chamath announces crypto SPAC. BMNR flips MARA to claim 2nd largest DAT spot. $3.9b ETH stuck in staking exit queue.…
August 19, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that ALKIMI is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading ALKIMI trading is live as of August 19, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
In brief The SEC will decide on the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF on October 8, likely after a rules change request from two exchanges that could shorten approval processes. The agency delayed decisions on XRP funds from Grayscale, Bitwise, CoinShares, Canary Capital, and 21Shares. It also pushed back deadlines on separate Dogecoin and…
In brief A growing queue to unstake ETH could put sell pressure on Ethereum, according to a Bitwise analyst. Ethereum’s validator exit queue hit 855,158 ETH worth roughly $3.7 billion on Friday. Ethereum’s price dipped more than 3% on Friday, shortly after the token nearly hit a new all-time high. Ethereum holders are increasingly lining…
In brief New York State Assemblymember Phil Steck proposed a 0.2% excise tax on cryptocurrency transactions. He estimates that the tax would generate $158 million annually, based on Chainalysis data from 2022 to 2023 and recent GDP statistics. The revenue would help combat substance abuse in upstate New York. New York Assemblymember Phil Steck introduced…
