US stock exchange giant Nasdaq has reportedly formed a strategic partnership with Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange Gemini to gain access to its custody and staking services. Gemini has secured Nasdaq as a strategic investor as the company moves forward with its initial public offering (IPO) debut on the stock exchange, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing sources…
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Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization, is seeking regulatory approval from the US securities regulator to list tokenized stocks. Nasdaq filed a request Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking for a rule change that would allow the company to list tokenized stocks. The exchange operator specifically asked to…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest holder of Bitcoin, continued stacking the cryptocurrency as the BTC price edged up slightly last week. Strategy acquired 1,955 Bitcoin (BTC) for $217.4 million between Sept. 2 and 7, according to a Tuesday US Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The purchase was made at an average price of $111,196…
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Backpack EU, the owner of FTX EU — the former European arm of the defunct exchange FTX — is launching operations after settling with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). Backpack EU, registered with the CySEC as Trek Labs Europe, announced on Monday the launch of its perpetual futures platform in Europe, the company…
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Kazakhstan’s financial regulators have allowed license and supervision fees to be paid in USD-pegged stablecoins. Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA), a designated financial authority for the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), has launched a project enabling AIFC members to pay regulatory fees in USD-pegged stablecoins. The regulator announced on Thursday that the project was…
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Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is expanding in Europe with new staking and derivatives offerings. Gemini users in the European Economic Area (EEA) can stake Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL), as well as trade perpetual contracts denominated in Circle’s USDC (USDC) stablecoin, the company told Cointelegraph on Friday. The launch follows…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public company holding Bitcoin, purchased more BTC as the price slipped below $108,000 last week. Strategy acquired 4,048 Bitcoin (BTC) for $449.3 million between Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. Strategy’s latest Bitcoin purchase was made at an average…
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Cryptocurrency investment products attracted renewed inflows last week, offsetting the prior week’s $1.4 billion outflows. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) logged $2.48 billion in inflows last week, data from CoinShares showed Monday. Despite inflows, Bitcoin (BTC) struggled in terms of market price, slipping under $108,000 after briefly trading above $113,000 earlier in the week, according to…
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele called attention to prediction markets amid increasing bets that the country’s Bitcoin holdings will hit $1 billion by year-end. Bukele took to X on Thursday to tweet about Kalshi’s prediction market, which shows increasing betting activity on El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings hitting $1 billion by late 2025. “I could…
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Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, announced a business combination with cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com and the blank check company Yorkville Acquisition. Trump Media, Crypto.com and Yorkville Acquisition entered into a definitive agreement to jointly establish Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, according to a Tuesday announcement. The…
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