BJ Investment giant Franklin Templeton is joining a growing fray of financial asset providers hoping to offer an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the general public. On Tuesday, the company filed for a Franklin XRP ETF, aiming to track the spot price of XRP minus fees, where assets are held via Coinbase Custody. Shares will trade … Read more
Japanese hotel company Metaplanet (3350) has acquired 162 bitcoin (BTC) for $13.5 million at an average price of $83,123 per bitcoin, achieving a year-to-date bitcoin yield of 53.2%. The BTC yield represents the percentage change in the ratio of bitcoin holdings to fully diluted shares outstanding over a given period. As of March 12, Metaplanet … Read more
The bullish sentiment seen after Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 Presidential elections has completely fizzled out, according to an indicator tied to the CME bitcoin (BTC) futures. The indicator in consideration is the spread between “continuous” next month and front-month standard BTC futures trading on the global derivatives giant. A continuous contract is … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) clawed its way back to nearly $82,000, staging a relief rally after dipping below $78,000 late Sunday, leading to a slight run-up in major tokens. Ether (ETH), BNB Chain’s BNB, XRP and Cardano’s ADA rose as much as 3%, alleviating some losses from the past 7 days. The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20) added … Read more
Sony’s blockchain division is bringing Japanese social media giant LINE into the web3 world, with plans to adapt several popular mini-apps onto Sony’s Soeneium network, the company announced Wednesday. LINE reports approximately 200 million active users across its platform, and the agreement will bring four LINE-based games, or “mini-apps,” to Soneium: Sleepagotchi, Farm Frens, Puffy … Read more
A majority of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn an IRS rule treating crypto entities as brokers and requiring them to collect certain taxpayer and transaction information, including decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. With a 292-132 vote, a bipartisan majority in the House joined the U.S. Senate in advancing the Congressional Review … Read more
What was shaping up to be another down day in markets has reversed in Tuesday afternoon U.S. trading after Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia. Russia has yet to weigh in, but the agreement will hinge on that country’s acceptance, according to a joint statement … Read more
Crypto payments firm Mesh announced on Tuesday it has raised $82 million to expand its stablecoin-based payments settlement network globally. The series B round was led by Paradigm, with ConsenSys, QuantumLight, Yolo Investments, Evolution VC, Hike Ventures, Opportuna and AltaIR Capital participating. Most of the capital raise was settled in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, according to … Read more
ATME, a digital assets exchange licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), said on Tuesday it has completed its first tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuance starting with gold-backed tokens. The tokens, available to accredited investors, each represent one kilogram of gold stored in custody, according to the press release. Investors can trade these digital … Read more
National securities exchange Cboe is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow staking in several spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), sending the price of token 2% higher over the past 24 hours. Before the funds launched in July, several issuers included staking in their applications. However, the SEC later required them … Read more
