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Brazil’s largest asset manager recommends investors put up to 3% of their money in Bitcoin to protect against currency and market shocks

Brazil’s largest private asset manager, Itáu Asset Management, has recommended that investors allocate 1-3% of their portfolios to bitcoin. BTC$90,143.11. In a year-end note, Renato Eid, head of beta strategies and responsible investment at Itaú Asset Management, argued that bitcoin’s lack of correlation with traditional local assets makes it a useful diversification tool. The rating […]

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Policymakers dominated the most influential in 2025

CoinDesk began introducing its annual Most Influential People list this week, recognizing the individuals and groups we believe have had the greatest impact on the crypto industry over the past 11 months. US President Donald Trump led the way as the first person recognized by CoinDesk, alongside others who have driven crypto legislation. You’re reading

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LLMs Fail to Match Risk-Adjusting Specialized AI Trading Bots

AI-driven trading hasn’t yet reached the “iPhone moment,” where everyone carries an algorithmic, reinforcement-learning portfolio manager in their pocket, but something like that is coming, experts say. In fact, the power of AI is matched by the dynamic and conflicting arena of business markets. Unlike an AI agent informed by endless circuits of self-driving cars

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U.S. Market Structure Bill Could Be Delayed Until January As Negotiations Continue On Several Points

Negotiations in the US Senate over a crypto market structure bill – the industry’s primary focus in its political lobbying – have yet to resolve several disagreements as talks move closer to the holidays, suggesting real progress may not occur until January. The legislative text has been circulating privately among industry insiders, and executives reviewed

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Rippled upgrade lays foundation for lending and tokenization

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has released version 3.0.0 of its benchmark server software, introducing a wide range of amendments, bug fixes and internal changes aimed at improving the accounting accuracy, development tools and extensibility of the protocol in the long term. Operators running XRPL servers must upgrade to maintain network compatibility, according to RippleX, the

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XRP-linked company lands first European banking client for payments

Ripple has secured its first European banking customer for its licensed payments stack, with Switzerland-based AMINA Bank adopting Ripple Payments to support near real-time cross-border transfers for crypto-native customers, according to a statement released by the company on Friday. AMINA, a FINMA-regulated digital asset bank, will use Ripple’s payments infrastructure to bridge traditional banking rails

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MiCA will create or destroy euro-pegged stablecoins by 2026: DECTA

German payment processor DECTA expects the euro-pegged stablecoin market to continue to evolve through 2026 as the European Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation comes into full force, bringing common European rules on reserves, issuer supervision and operational standards. This regulatory foundation is expected to facilitate the integration of euro-regulated stablecoins into payment systems, trading platforms

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Filecoin trades thin and underperforms broader crypto markets

Filecoin fell 0.2% to $1.37 over the past 24 hours as the token underperformed broader crypto markets. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 Index, was 3% higher at press time. FIL’s trading activity jumped 29% above the seven-day average, signaling increased institutional interest, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The high volumes suggest

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