Crypto World Echo

Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Trump’s WLFI Faces Scrutiny Over Pentagon-Flagged AI Ties

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture backed by President Donald Trump’s family, is facing fresh scrutiny after nearly half the artificial intelligence (AI) models on its partner platform, Worldclaw, were found to come from Chinese companies the U.S. Department of Defense flagged as military-aligned. What Worldclaw Offers Worldclaw is a Hong Kong-based AI marketplace […]

Saylor: Strategy Investors Should Hold MSTR for 7 to 10 Years

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor told shareholders to plan for a minimum four-year holding period in MSTR stock, with seven to 10 years the preferred window, as the bitcoin treasury company sits on a $4.8 billion cash reserve. A Four-Year Floor, Not a Ceiling Speaking to investors this week, Saylor set explicit expectations for how […]

Dutch Prosecutors Raise $2.55M From Crypto Tied to Bankrupt Knaken

A court-appointed trustee warns that the 6,300 customers of the bankrupt Dutch crypto platform Knaken face severe financial losses, as prosecutors have recovered only $2.55 million after selling seized cryptocurrency.   Discrepancy Between Deposits and Assets Dutch prosecutors have liquidated all remaining cryptocurrency assets held by bankrupt trading platform Knaken, raising $2.55 million to pay […]

Same position, half the margin: leverage goes up to 10x on Kraken Prop

TL;DRUp to 10x leverage: Bitcoin, Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500 all move to 10x, plus increases across many more markets.Half the margin, same position: a $1M Bitcoin position that used to need $200K in account margin now needs $100K.S&P 500 buying power doubles: its notional cap moves up alongside the leverage, from $1M to $2M, so buying power doubles at every account size.Nothing else changes: existing positions, open evals, profit splits, and payout terms are unaffected.We’ve rai

Whitechain Relaunches as W Group’s Distribution-First Ethereum Layer 2

Whitechain blockchain platform is relaunching as an distribution-first Ethereum Layer 2 designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing Web3 projects: reaching and acquiring users. Whitechain is part of W Group, a global fintech ecosystem reaching more than 40 million users worldwide, alongside WhiteBIT, a cryptocurrency exchange with more than 10 million users. By […]

Your Bourse Opens Trade Server to AI Prompts for Hedging and Position Closures

Your Bourse opened Trade Server to AI assistants today (Tuesday). Broker staff can query live data and initiate permitted hedges or position closures, the company said.For a risk or dealing desk, the connection puts account checks, custom reporting and trade instructions in the same conversation. That takes the protocol beyond the back-office data access introduced by Leverate in July, which did not extend to execution.Your Bourse calls the product MCP for Trade Server. It is available to broker

Polymarket’s 20% CLARITY Act odds sit on a market one $100K trade could radically reprice

An anonymous trader on Polymarket holds a No position on the CLARITY Act worth about $414,895, roughly 2.6 times larger than the $160,200 in liquidity currently available on the market where it sits.CryptoSlate's live market data puts CLARITY Act odds near 20% Yes, a number now widely read as Washington's probability estimate for the bill. The real issue is how much of that 20% reflects a broad crowd and how much comes from one position sitting on a thin book.A number that measures the wrong thi

Kraken Lets European Users Hold US Equities and xStocks Together

Kraken has launchedtrading in US-listed stocks for eligible customers across the European EconomicArea, adding traditional equities to its existing cryptocurrency and tokenisedstock offerings.Eligible EEA customerscan now access more than 7,000 US equities under Kraken's MiFID IIauthorisation. The service is available through the desktop and mobile versionsof Kraken Pro, as well as the Kraken mobile app.The move comes ascryptocurrency exchanges expand into traditional financial markets. Coinbase

Sui’s Hashi Bridge Tops 1.1 Million Bitcoin Deposits in 3 Weeks

Sui’s Hashi bitcoin lending protocol has processed more than 1.1 million deposits and 165,000 withdrawals in the three weeks since its July 22 testnet launch, per onchain data. Deposit Volume Climbs in Testnet’s First Weeks Onchain analysts have reported that activity on Sui’s Hashi testnet has been brisk since the testnet went live on July […]

Revolut Has 1.2 Million Australians. Mortgages Could Be Next

Revolut is considering entering Australia's mortgage market, Revolut Australia CEO Matt Baxby told Reuters today (Tuesday). The plan would extend Revolut into home lending after it won its first Asia-Pacific banking license last month.For its 1.2 million local customers, a mortgage would be the largest relationship product yet added to an app built around payments and foreign exchange. Revolut began with about 30,000 Australians on a waiting list when it launched locally in August 2020.No mortga

Ethics Probe Resumes After Pro-Crypto Farage Wins By-Election

Nigel Farage’s Clacton byelection win immediately restarted a paused ethics probe into his undeclared financial gift from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire.   Election Victory and Renewed Scrutiny Nigel Farage, the pro-crypto leader of Reform UK, secured a resounding victory in the Aug. 13 snap by-election in Clacton, but his return to Parliament immediately triggered the […]

Announcing US-listed-stock trading for EEA customers

TL;DRUS-listed stocks are now live across the European Economic Area (EEA), giving eligible Kraken customers access to over 7,000 US equities under a MiFID II authorization.Customers can hold traditional shares and xStocks side-by-side in a single regulated account, with no need to move capital between platforms or providers.xStocks are tokenized US equities backed 1:1 by underlying shares, transferable to self-custody wallets and tradable when public markets are closed.Trading is available on

Bitcoin turned $10,000 into $870,000 in a decade where 87% of active stock funds failed to beat passive rivals

Bitcoin returned 87 times over a decade, while only 13% of actively managed US large-cap equity funds beat comparable passive funds' benchmarks through June 30, according to Morningstar data reported by The Wall Street Journal.That rate rose to 27% over the latest 12 months, and Wall Street has argued that AI-driven dispersion and higher interest rates should give stock pickers more room to outperform.Bitcoin closed at $673.34 on June 30, 2016, and closed at $58,558.86 on June 30, 2026. This mea

Dubai Broker Moves Global Equity Trading onto TRAFiX OMS

Dubai-based Sigma Capital Partners MENA selected TRAFiX today (Tuesday) to run institutional order management and global equity routing through a single system. The agreement follows Sigma's admission as a London Stock Exchange member six weeks ago.The deployment gives Sigma's agency execution desk one workflow for orders from institutional investors, family offices and wealth managers. Neither company disclosed the contract value, implementation timetable, connected venues or expected trading v

Chinese shipping giants halt oil tanker operations in strategic straits

<p>The halt in operations underscores global oil supply vulnerabilities and market instability amid regional tensions, affecting economic forecasts.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/chinese-shipping-giants-halt-oil-tanker-operations-in-strategic-straits/">Chinese shipping giants halt oil tanker operations in strategic straits</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

NAGA Group: Lessons from a Nine-Year Struggle for Profitability

For nearlya decade, The NAGA Group AG represented one of the European fintech sector’smost compelling, turbulent, and instructive stories. Founded with the ambitiousvision of becoming an "everything financial" social network, a Germancontender to Israel’s eToro, NAGA went through a dramatic corporate evolution:a celebrated initial public offering in 2017, a $50 million initial coinoffering (ICO) at the height of the crypto boom, a severe stock price collapse,accounting restatements, and tens of

Billionaires pour $156M into campaign against California wealth tax

<p>The influx of billionaire funding against the wealth tax could significantly sway public opinion and reshape California's fiscal policy landscape.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/billionaires-pour-156m-into-campaign-against-california-wealth-tax/">Billionaires pour $156M into campaign against California wealth tax</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Iran plans tolls for vessels in Strait of Hormuz amid US tensions

<p>Iran's toll plan for the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt global trade, elevate energy costs, and reshape maritime economic strategies.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/iran-plans-tolls-for-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz-amid-us-tensions/">Iran plans tolls for vessels in Strait of Hormuz amid US tensions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Tether Pushes Into Artificial Intelligence as User Base Tops 650M

Tether is expanding into artificial intelligence as it looks to build on a global user base of more than 650 million. CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company increasingly sees itself as a digital dollar and infrastructure business rather than a conventional crypto firm. Tether Expands Beyond Crypto as USDT Supply Holds Near $183B Tether is [&#8230;]