In today’s “Crypto for Advisors” newsletter, Jennifer Rosenthal of the DeFi Institute analyzes decentralized finance and interviews investors in the space. Next, in “Ask an Expert,” Fintech Wrap Up’s Sam Boboev provides insight into the trends he’s seeing with DeFi and AI. –Sarah Morton Demystifying DeFi As we celebrate another anniversary of Bitcoin, it’s worth […]
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For every buyer, there is a seller, and in 2025, these sellers have been particularly active. Bitcoin has mostly traded sideways, fluctuating in a ~20% range around $100,000 since the start of 2025. The dominant narrative is that the “OGs” or long-term holders have offloaded the coins. That’s true, but how much bitcoin has actually
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As the federal government remains in shutdown mode, official economic statistics continue to be lacking, including the all-important monthly nonfarm payrolls report, which plays an important role in setting the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. This has thus raised the status of certain less followed reports and at least one of them sends a major red
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Aave’s Horizon Marketplace, the DeFi protocol’s institutional-grade platform for real-world assets (RWA), is receiving a major boost as Securitize and VanEck bring their tokenized treasury fund, VBILL, to the platform. The integration, powered by Chainlink’s Oracle NAVLink technology, represents another step forward in bringing traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi) together. Since its launch in
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Strive (ASST), an asset management company building a bitcoin BTC$102,817.22 treasury, is looking to raise $160 million after increasing the initial public offering of 2 million of its Series A Perpetual Floating Rate Preferred Stock (SATA) and pricing them at $80 per share. The offering, scheduled to close on November 10, was increased by 750,000
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Bitcoin BTC$103,250.49 It holds around $103,000 after rebounding from Wednesday’s sub-$100,000 level. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) is up 1.8% in 24 hours. Nonetheless, the largest cryptocurrency remains in a technical downtrend from the Oct. 6 record high of $126,000, having formed a high below $116,000 as well as consecutive lows. The altcoin market fared
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Another piece of Strategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor’s game plan appears to be taking shape after the company’s perpetual preferred stock, Stretch (STRC), hit an all-time high of $100.10 with trading volume reaching 1 million shares. This step is important because it allows Strategy, the largest holder of Bitcoin BTC$103,071.32to use its market offering
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Cryptocurrency-friendly investment firm Franklin Templeton has introduced a blockchain-based money market fund for professional investors in Hong Kong and said it is also working on a version for retail investors in a bid to expand its presence in Asia. The Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund invests in short-term US government securities, with shares represented
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Wall Street bank Citi (C) said the crypto market’s latest bout of weakness comes despite stocks performing well, with sharp selloffs in October denting investor confidence. The Oct. 10 selloff reduced risk-taking not only among leveraged crypto traders, but also among new spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors, who have since exited, analysts Alex Saunders and
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Speaking at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the first day of the two-day America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, President Donald J. Trump urged the United States to embrace crypto and outlined an ambition for American leadership. “We are here…to embrace a vital industry here in Miami,” he said. Trump presented his administration as a
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