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Strategy, the Michael Saylor-led company that has made Bitcoin accumulation its core business, bought $76.6 million worth of crypto last week, lifting its total holdings to 762,099 BTC — roughly 3.5% of the entire Bitcoin supply. Related Reading Wall Street brokerage Bernstein used that move as a springboard to reaffirm one of the boldest price calls on the market: Bitcoin hitting $150,000 before the year is out. Institutional Money Is Moving Bernstein senior analyst Gautam Chhugani delivered the outlook in a note to clients Monday, saying BTC has found its price floor after months of decline. The call, if correct,…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A 73-bitcoin stash sitting untouched in a separate crypto wallet may be what eventually brings a Russian crypto broker to justice. That dormant pile of digital cash, flagged by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, sits at the edge of a much larger money trail — one that reportedly spans three ransomware payments, multiple networks, and at least one undercover Telegram conversation. Sting Operation Cracked The Case Open ZachXBT, an anonymous on-chain investigator with a long record of tracing illicit crypto flows, identified Russian OTC broker Aleksandr Khinkis as the…
STS Digital launches structured crypto products platform with Kraken partnership, offering yield strategies, capital protection, and institutional access to digital asset markets. STS Digital announced a new platform for crypto investment products on Wednesday. The company partnered with Kraken to provide them with advanced trading strategies to investors. This launch enables clients to use structured products based on digital assets. As a result, institutions can now access more complex tools in the crypto market. New Platform Brings Advanced Crypto Investment Strategies The new platform enables investors to implement options-based strategies with digital assets. These strategies are crammed into simple products…
BitGo and ZKsync are teaming up to offer banks a full-stack infrastructure for tokenized deposits, as financial institutions look to bring traditional money onto blockchain rails without stepping outside regulatory boundaries.The effort combines BitGo’s institutional custody and wallet services with ZKsync’s Prividium, a permissioned, privacy-preserving blockchain designed for regulated entities. The joint offering aims to enable banks to issue, transfer, and settle tokenized deposits while maintaining compliance and control.The move reflects a growing trend among crypto infrastructure firms to court banks by packaging blockchain capabilities into compliance-friendly systems—sidestepping the need for institutions to build and manage complex onchain architecture themselves.Tokenized…
Crypto analyst Crypto Patel has outlined a roadmap for how Bitcoin could rally to $300,000. The analyst also indicated that investors will have the opportunity to buy at lower levels, as he predicts BTC will first drop to $44,000. Roadmap For The Bitcoin Rally To $300,000 In an X post, Crypto Patel laid out the roadmap for the Bitcoin rally to $300,000. First, he stated that BTC will bounce into the $89,300 to $98,000 range, which is the higher timeframe bearish order block. Once that happens, he predicts the leading crypto will face rejection from that zone, triggering the final…
RBA shifts toward tokenization rollout, seeing $24B gains as stablecoins and bank tokens take distinct market roles. Tokenization is gaining traction in Australia, and the Reserve Bank says the debate is changing. In a Wednesday speech, Assistant Governor Brad Jones described Project Acacia, a trial of tokenized assets and digital settlement “money.” The bank estimates $24 billion in annual efficiency gains, with stablecoins and bank deposit tokens likely serving different markets. RBA Highlights $24B Gains as Tokenization Strategy Moves Forward Australia’s central bank is moving from exploring tokenization to planning its practical use. In a Wednesday speech, Reserve Bank of…
Artificial intelligence agents will be deployed starting Wednesday by law enforcement agencies using analytical tools provided by TRM Labs, which added the new agents that are meant to allow investigators to use regular language to frame their searches.The new investigative assistant is embedded in the TRM Forensics service that’s extended to law enforcement agencies, crypto businesses and financial firms, and it “translates natural language prompts into complex investigative actions,” TRM said in a press release. A user can request information about the flow of funds without needing highly technical inputs, speeding up the time-dependent process of chasing bad actors. Last…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to a pundit, the loudest argument against XRP has never been about technology; it has been about proof that the XRP Ledger is doing something outside of the XRP price movements. XRP keeps getting judged almost entirely by its price, but that outlook is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. A crypto pundit known as X Finance Bull on X has pointed to a dataset that most market participants are overlooking, and the numbers embedded in it tell a story that reveals real XRP adoption is already…
Willy Woo explains how FTX’s collapse quietly rigged the crypto market, leaving altcoin investors at a loss while Bitcoin surged 400%. Crypto analyst Willy Woo has a pointed explanation for why altcoin investors struggled between 2023 and 2025. He shared it in a detailed post on X. According to Woo, the collapse of FTX set off a chain of events that quietly drained value from retail crypto holders. Bitcoin surged over 400% to around $88,000 by late 2025. Altcoins, by comparison, barely moved. How FTX’s Bankruptcy Triggered Altcoin Sell Pressure When FTX collapsed in 2022, bankruptcy administrators stepped in with…
Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:Ryan Kirkley on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Francisco Rodrigues.Geodnet decoupling suggests fundamental re-rating in Chart of the Week.Thanks for joining us!-Alexandra LevisExpert InsightsPrediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power – They Reshape ItBy Ryan Kirkley, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Settlement NetworkPrediction markets are often pitched as neutral forecasting tools: efficient ways to aggregate information and convert collective belief into a price. That case is not entirely wrong. The academic literature has long found that…