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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

US Senate Findings Put GCC Stablecoin Transactions Under Spotlight

The U.S. Senate findings linking stablecoins, particularly tether, to Iran’s shadow banking network could increase compliance pressure on licensed VASPs across the Gulf region. Legal expert Soham Jethani warns that receiving local currency does not s...

Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration, Plans Options Rollout

Key Highlights:Coinbase has completed its Deribit integration and created Coinbase Global Exchange.Options, spot margin and unified portfolios are planned to roll out in the coming weeks.Coinbase Pro is expected to return at the end of 2026 for advan...

Ripple Gets a Korean Brokerage Onboard as XRP Beats Bitcoin on Upbit

Ripple’s strategic partnership with Meritz Securities, signed by President Monica Long in Seoul, was announced earlier today. The development landed as XRP overtook bitcoin as the most-traded asset on Upbit. The Signing The agreement was signed...

Low Volatility Squeezes Brokers. CMC Markets' Founder Says It Is "Not Reflected in CMC's Performance"

CMC Markets founder Lord Peter Cruddas said subdued market volatility has made conditions tougher for some rivals but has not hurt CMC's results. He credited growth in its business-to-business (B2B) arm in an interview the company distributed today (...

XRP ETFs Logged 12 Straight Weeks of Inflows Then XRP Hit $1.45

U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds added $3.14 million on Oct. 6, led by a $10.55 million day for Bitwise, hours before a flash crash dragged XRP from $1.52 to $1.46. The Day in Three Lines Tuesday’s flows were small in total but uneven undern...

Devexperts Names Former Thomson Reuters Executive CEO as Ben Hurley Leaves

Devexperts has appointed Rainer Fuchsluger, a former senior executive at LSEG and Thomson Reuters, as global group chief executive in place of Ben Hurley. The trading software developer announced the change today (Wednesday). It said Hurley had decid...

Tokenization is Already Reshaping Capital Markets

Capital Markets are changing shape. Stocks, bonds, private credit, private equity, venture, real estate, funds and commodities are all being tokenized, and the institutions doing it sit at the very centre of global finance. Tokenization is no longer...

Saxo and Chartered Investment Cut Onboarding for Fund-Style Certificates to Five Days

Chartered Investment has plugged Saxo's brokerage infrastructure into its digital platform, the two companies said today (Wednesday). Asset managers issuing actively managed certificates (AMCs) through it can now be onboarded in five days, according...

Bitcoin Price Slips Below $84K as 20-Minute Flush Erases $400M in Longs

Bitcoin dropped about $1,765 in roughly 20 minutes early Wednesday, sliding under $84,000 and taking more than $400 million in leveraged long bets with it, three days before the anniversary of crypto’s worst liquidation day. The 20 Minutes The...

Warren Buffett’s Successor Started Out Selling Empty Soda Bottles for 5 Cents. Now He Runs Berkshire Hathaway

As a kid in Edmonton, Alberta, Greg Abel made his first money collecting, cleaning, and redeeming empty soda bottles for 5 cents apiece, even tweaking his bike route home to find more. He officially became CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on January 1, 2026...

Would You Bet on the COVID Lab-Leak Theory? Prediction Markets Now Trade the Past

Verifact Markets, a Chicago-based startup, launched a platform yesterday (Tuesday) where users trade on whether contested claims about past events are true. Payouts depend on an evidence review run by the company, not on something that has yet to hap...

CFTC proposes federal registration for crypto exchanges offering leverage

The proposed CFTC regulations could reshape U.S. crypto markets by reducing high-leverage options, aligning them with traditional financial standards.The post CFTC proposes federal registration for crypto exchanges offering leverage appeared first on...

Eric Trump frames tokenization as democratizing finance ahead of Token2049 keynote

Tokenization could democratize asset investment, but potential conflicts of interest may challenge its portrayal as purely philanthropic.The post Eric Trump frames tokenization as democratizing finance ahead of Token2049 keynote appeared first on Cry...

Hyperliquid to add options to platform, enhancing derivatives offerings

Hyperliquid's expansion into options could significantly enhance its market position, driving user engagement and potentially boosting its valuation.The post Hyperliquid to add options to platform, enhancing derivatives offerings appeared first on Cr...

GTN Names Saxo Vet Daniel Endler as First Ever Group CPO

Infrastructure provider GTN has appointed Daniel Endler as its first Group Chief Product Officer (CPO). The newly created role sits between commercial operations and the CTO to build a unified, adaptable trading platform. “It aligns these two functio...

Former Western Asset Bond Chief Ken Leech Agrees to $3 Million SEC Penalty

Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer of Western Asset Management Company, agreed to pay a $3 million penalty to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fraud charges. The regulator asked a federal court in Manhattan yesterday (Tu...

Australian Regulator Sues Former Adviser Over A$34 Million From Collapsed Super Funds

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) sued former financial adviser Osama Saad today (Wednesday) over about A$34 million (about $22 million) paid to his companies. The money came from entities linked to two retirement funds that...

World Liberty Financial plans payments tech rollout for Web2 firms

World Liberty Financial's expansion into Web2 payments could revolutionize traditional financial systems, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs.The post World Liberty Financial plans payments tech rollout for Web2 firms appeared first on Crypto Bri...

Web3 Firms Urged to Treat AI Agents as Workforce Members

A new report advocates treating artificial intelligence agents as members of the workforce, noting that they have evolved from issuing passive threat alerts to carrying out autonomous actions. Liability Remains With Human Managers Agentic artificial...