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In brief A whale trading on Hyperliquid that made millions shorting BTC and ETH last week is now shorting Bitcoin again. The trader added $40 million USDC to Hyperliquid on Monday, using it to short Bitcoin with 10x leverage. The open position is currently yielding around $700,000 in unrealized profits. A whale that earned close…
Crypto majors see more green; Bitcoin at $118,800. ZCash continues to lead, soaring 50% to $140. US government shutdown pauses ETF approvals. Lighter leaves private beta, opens Perps platform to public. Polymarket eyes US return as soon as today. PNKSTR jumps 50% to $140M as other NFT Strategies boom. Crypto majors are green again continuing…
In brief Coinbase and Mastercard are each reportedly negotiating to buy BVNK for up to $2.5 billion. The talks come amid hype surrounding digital assets pegged to the U.S. dollar. Observers say payment and crypto firms now see stablecoins as core infrastructure. Coinbase and Mastercard are reportedly in advanced talks to acquire BVNK, a U.K.-based…
A non-custodial stablecoin wallet provider has unveiled new payment features that are designed to appeal to freelancers around the world.MiniPay now allows users to share virtual bank account details with their clients, enabling them to receive dollars and euros. Once paid, the cash is automatically converted into stablecoins like USDT and USDC. Big news for…
In brief Solana DEX aggregator Jupiter has tapped Ethean to launch its own stablecoin. JupUSD is expected to launch in Q4 and will initially be collateralized by USDtb, Ethena’s short-term treasury-backed stablecoin. The total stablecoin market cap has grown by more than 75% in the last year and now sits above $300 billion. Jupiter, a…
In brief Prediction market Myriad aims to become a protocol layer embedded “everywhere we can,” its co-founder Farokh Sarmad said at Token2049. Myriad, launched by Decrypt’s parent company DASTAN, recently hit $18.5 million in USDC trading volume with over five million trades on the platform, Myriad has also launched perpetual sentiment markets such as “Up…
In brief Standard Chartered analysts predict stablecoins could draw $1 trillion in deposits from banks in emerging markets over the next three years. That represents 2% of aggregate deposits in high-vulnerability countries including Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Turkey, India, and Kenya. Depositors in these emerging markets are expected to adopt stablecoins even without yield…
In brief The Defiance prospectus covers proposals for 49 ETFs offering three times leveraged long and short exposure. The offerings include products focused on Coinbase, BitMine Immersion, Strategy, and ETFs tracking the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Defiance already offers a number of two times leveraged funds for Strategy and Robinhood, among other firms.…
America’s biggest crypto exchange Coinbase became the latest company in the digital asset space to apply to the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) for a national trust charter.The public company announced the move on Friday, following in the footsteps of stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos, and fintech Ripple.If approved, Coinbase said it would…
In brief Steakhouse, a curator on Morpho, is sharing performance fees with Coinbase. The fees are derived from user repayments toward Bitcoin-backed loans. People are tapping the product to pay for cars and home improvements. Coinbase’s newest lending product is generating profits for the crypto exchange in several ways, but not all are reflected clearly…
