Blue Owl Capital’s (OWL) announcement this week that it would sell $1.4 billion in loans to raise liquidity for investors in a retail-focused private credit fund set off alarm bells in financial markets, with more than one prominent analyst drawing direct parallels to two Bear Stearns hedge fund collapses that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis […]
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For much of this month, Bitcoin BTC$67,843.54 trades around $60,000. It’s completely banal. What’s interesting is the growing division of coin ownership that could shape what happens next. Data from Santiment shows that the number of wallets holding less than 0.1 BTC, a level typically associated with retail investors, has increased by 2.5% since the
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Broker-dealers regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may treat their stablecoin holdings as regulatory capital, according to a change made this week to a frequently asked questions document maintained by the agency. This is a sweeping change proposed as a minor addition to the SEC’s “Financial Responsibilities of Brokers and Dealers” FAQ.
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Bitcoin BTC$67,763.93 brushed aside a series of headlines on U.S. tariffs on Friday, approaching $68,000 and altcoins rebounding modestly. The day began with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that President Donald Trump’s implementation of global tariffs was illegal. The decision did not specify what should happen to the tariff revenue already collected, and it does
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A specially designed AI security agent detected vulnerabilities in 92% of DeFi smart contracts mined in a new open source benchmark. The study, released Thursday by AI security firm Cecuro, assessed 90 real-world smart contracts operated between October 2024 and early 2026, representing $228 million in verified losses. The specialized system reported vulnerabilities related to
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The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and tokenization company Ctrl Alt have unveiled a secondary market for real estate-backed tokens, enabling the resale of $5 million in fractional ownership in an announcement published on Friday. Around 7.8 million tokens linked to ten Dubai properties are now eligible for trading in a controlled market environment. Transactions will
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The crypto market retreated from potential peril on Thursday, with bitcoin BTC$67,801.44 up 3.9% from a local low of $65,600. Prices rallied overnight, with bitcoin gaining 2% since midnight UTC, solana (SOL) gaining 2.7% and ether (ETH) rising 1.2%. The broader downtrend, however, remains intact, with Bitcoin printing a series of lower lows and lower
A new Q4 2025 survey from tokenization platform Brickken suggests that the majority of real-world asset (RWA) issuers are using tokenization to raise capital rather than unlock liquidity in the secondary market, according to a report shared with CoinDesk. Of those surveyed, 53.8% said capital formation and fundraising efficiency were the main reason for tokenization,
The United States Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariff plan by a 6-3 vote on Friday. “No president has invoked the law to impose tariffs, much less tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” the court ruling said. “This ‘lack of historical precedent,’ coupled with the ‘extent of authority’ the President now claims, suggests that
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attending World Liberty Financial’s forum at Mar-a-Lago felt less like a high-profile summit and more like an intimate gathering — if the guest list included people who control billions in assets and the future of finance. Nestled under chandeliers and gold-painted trim, the guest list reads like a who’s who of
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