BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $11.5 trillion in assets under management, reported a massive increase in cryptocurrency fund inflows in the second quarter of 2025. According to BlackRock’s quarterly earnings released on Tuesday, Q2 inflows into its crypto iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) surged 366% to $14 billion, up from $3 billion in the…
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Multinational bank Standard Chartered has launched a new trading service allowing institutions and corporations to trade major cryptocurrencies. Standard Chartered is rolling out spot trading for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) through its UK branch, the company said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Tuesday. Following the spot trading launch, the bank plans to…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, made another major investment in the asset during the week BTC surged to new historic highs of $118,000. Strategy acquired 4,225 Bitcoin (BTC) for $472.5 million last week, the company announced in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. Strategy’s new Bitcoin buy…
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Cryptocurrency investment products experienced strong inflows during the last trading week, amid Bitcoin surging to historic highs of $118,000. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $3.7 billion of inflows for the trading week ending Friday, CoinShares reported on Monday. The fresh gains further increased crypto ETPs’ year-to-date (YTD) inflows, which surged to a new high…
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Mainland China, one of the most restrictive jurisdictions to cryptocurrencies globally, is reportedly showing signs of a shift in tone toward stablecoins amid new developments in Shanghai. The Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has held a meeting to discuss strategic responses to stablecoins and digital currencies, Reuters reported on Friday. Following the…
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Malta’s cryptocurrency market regulator said that none of the local licenses issued under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) are at risk following a recent peer review by European Union regulators. “No MiCA license in Malta is at risk of revocation or re-evaluation as a result of the peer review outcomes,” a spokesperson for the…
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Malta’s cryptocurrency licensing process has come under scrutiny from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Europe’s primary supervisory body overseeing the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The ESMA on Thursday released a review on the authorization process of crypto asset service providers (CASPs) by Malta’s Financial Services Authority (MFSA), highlighting several shortfalls and proposing…
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The Open Network (TON) Foundation’s golden visa slip-up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) highlights the need for legal compliance and proper review, a local lawyer said. A premature announcement about TON’s UAE golden visa aimed to benefit the community but ran into complex local crypto rules, according to NeosLegal founder Irina Heaver. With five…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, reported $14 billion in unrealized gains on its holdings in the second quarter of 2025. The company recorded an unrealized gain on its digital asset holdings of $14.05 billion, along with a deferred tax expense of $4.04 billion, according to a filing with the US…
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Cryptocurrency investment products clocked another week of inflows last week, even as volatility persisted across major digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ether. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $1.03 billion of inflows for the trading week ended Friday, CoinShares reported on Monday. With the fresh inflows, crypto ETPs continued breaking year-to-date (YTD) inflow records, setting…
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