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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

Payward partners with Nasdaq to develop xStocks-powered gateway connecting permissioned and permissionless tokenized equities markets

TL;DRPayward has partnered with Nasdaq to build an equities transformation gateway that connects tokenized equity capital markets with decentralized blockchain networks, combining Nasdaq’s regulated market infrastructure with Kraken’s xStocks framework to enable tokenized equities to move fluidly between permissioned institutional markets and permissionless DeFi ecosystems.xStocks, Kraken’s tokenized equity product, has surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume since l

Finance Magnates Welcomes You to the First FM Singapore Summit

Finance Magnates Welcomes You to the First FM Singapore Summit: The industry summit Brokers, fintech firms, liquidity providers, banks, EMIs, wealth and portfolio managers, and hedge funds have a new meeting point in APAC.Singapore is one of the world’s strategic financial hubs and the Asia-Pacific’s pivotal financial industry node. Home to one of the strongest financial exchanges globally, Singapore is well known for its Tier-1 regulatory framework, cutting-edge infrastructure, and business-fri

IQ Option Owner Buys “a Significant Strategic Stake” in FPFX Operator

Quadcode, which owns IQ Option and several other brands, has entered the prop trading space by acquiring “a significant strategic stake” in Game 7, the company that runs FPFX, PropAccount.com and BullRush.Combining Prop Trading and Prediction MarketsAnnounced today (Monday), the investment will open a partnership between the two companies, accelerating the development of trading environments across prop trading, prediction markets, and daily fantasy sports.“[The Quadcode] team brings extensive i

Kalshi Taps Brazil’s XP to Take Prediction Markets Global

US prediction market operator Kalshi and Brazilian brokerage XP Inc. have partnered to distribute event-based contracts tied to Brazilian economic developments, launching one of the first regulated prediction market products outside the US. Under the arrangement, XP will manage local distribution, client relationships, and regulatory interactions in Brazil, while Kalshi will provide the trading technology, market design, and risk-management tools behind the event contracts.Prediction market plat

Coinbase Launches Regulated Crypto Futures in 26 European Markets With 10x Leverage

Key Takeaways:Coinbase has launched regulated futures trading to its advanced platform users across 26 countries in Europe.In the case of crypto futures and equity index contracts like BTC and Solana derivatives, traders have access to these contracts.Select contracts have leverage to the maximum of 10x, and trading fees are as low as 0.02% contracts.Coinbase is growing its deriving business in Europe by launching regulated derivatives trading in several markets. The shift allows traders to seiz

Why Is Bitcoin Going Down? How Low Can BTC Go and What Are Analyst Bitcoin Price Predictions

Bitcoin (BTC) price droppedfor four straight sessions last week, sliding from around $73,000to as low as $66,100, its sharpest losing streak in over a month. On Monday,March 9, it is bouncing back, up 3.7% to $68,404 , but as mytechnical analysis shows, this changes very little about the bigger picture. Weare still inside the same consolidation box we have been watching since late2024, and the macro forces that produced last week's selloff have notdisappeared.In this article, I will explain why

BTC Markets Targets Tokenized Asset Trading as $26B RWA Market Sparks New Push

Key Takeaways:BTC Markets plans to apply for a markets license with Australia’s ASIC to support regulated trading of tokenized assets.CEO Lucas Dobbins says crypto was a demonstration of the efficacy of blockchain, and tokenization will be the application of it in the real world.The large financial organizations such as BlackRock and JPMorgan already utilize the tokenized finance infrastructure.Tokenization is moving from theory to real financial infrastructure. According to BTC Markets CEO Luca

Is Your Stablecoin Actually Depegging? Here Is How to Tell

In the crypto landscape, stablecoin depegging often causes alarm, but this is frequently misinterpreted. Cain O’Sullivan of Hyperdrive explains that price drops can stem from liquidity issues rather than failures in the underlying reserves. The New Money Market ‘Meta’: Redemption over Oracles In the world of decentralized finance ( DeFi)—and the broader crypto economy—reports of […]

Scale Trade on Why Brokers Are Choosing Modular, Self-Hosted Platforms Over Building In-House

For brokers, the build-versus-buy debate is no longer theoretical. The market is moving too fast, regulation is getting tighter, and clients expect multi-asset access and mobile-first experiences without downtime.In a Finance Magnates executive interview, Finance Magnates spoke with Arutyun Iskandaryan, CEO at Scale Trade, and Daniel Kovalenko, Senior Sales Manager, about what Scale Trade delivers, where demand is accelerating, and what brokers typically need when they come looking for new infra

Why Oil Prices Increase 74% in Three Weeks and Why Brokers Are Hitting Risk Limits for the First Time Since 2020

WTI crude oil has climbed roughly 74% in under three weeks,from around $66 per barrel to near $115 on Monday, 9 March 2026. It is, by CMErecords going back to 1983, the largest weekly gain in the history of crude oilfutures. The speed and scale of the move have put CFD brokers, many of whom actas the direct counterparty to their clients' trades, under extraordinary financialpressure.When US and Israeli forces launched coordinated strikes onIran inlate February, the fallout reached well beyond th

Revolut Built a Trading Desk With AI in 30 Minutes. Will Prompts Replace Broker Platforms?

Two engineers at Revolut's crypto exchange built a fullyfunctional market-making system in about half an hour. Not a prototype. Not acarefully prepared demo. Just a first idea, executed using Anthropic's ClaudeAI connected to the Revolut X trading API through a protocol called MCP.The experiment is raising a question the retail tradingindustry may not be ready to answer: if an AI agent can orchestrate an entiretrading workflow through a simple text prompt, what exactly is a broker'splatform wort

Institutional FX Volumes Slip in February 2026 as Shorter Month Trims Totals

Foreign exchange (FX) trading volumes declinedmonth-over-month across major institutional platforms in February, but thepullback largely reflected a shorter calendar rather than a loss of marketappetite. With only 19-20 trading sessions compared to January's 21, total figuresfell at most venues while average daily volumes held up or posted year-on-yeargains.The pattern mirrors what happened twelve months earlier, when February 2025 delivered similarcalendar-driven optics. Headline totals dipped

‘Bull Trap Forming’ – Willy Woo Says Bottom Not In for Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s bounce to the mid $70,000s had traders eyeing a bullish comeback, but one veteran on-chain analyst is urging caution, warning that the market may be flashing the kind of false-start signal that burns latecomers. Willy Woo Flags ‘Bear-Phase Regime,’ Says Any Bitcoin Rally Could Still Be a Head Fake Onchain analyst Willy Woo says […]

Women Open Investment Accounts with 50% Larger First Deposits Than Men, XTB Data Shows

Women who open investment accounts at XTB put in nearly halfmore money on their first deposit than men do, according to internal data fromthe Warsaw-based broker released on International Women's Day.The figures, drawn from MiFID questionnaire responses andtransaction data collected between April and December 2025, show womendepositing an average of 802 euros as their first deposit, compared to 541euros for men. The dataset covers more than 155,000 clients, with almost29,000 women and 127,000 me

Fantium CEO Jonathan Ludwig says sports tokenization needs utility, alignment, and real access

In the latest SlateCast episode, Fantium CEO and co-founder Jonathan Ludwig joined CryptoSlate Editor-in-Chief Liam “Akiba” Wright and CEO Nate Whitehill to discuss why he returned to building, how Fantium structures athlete financing, and why its broader sports-token vision is focused on utility rather than pure speculation. Across the conversation, Ludwig framed tokenization as a tool for expanding access to capital and participation, provided it is tied to real financial activity and designed

Suppress a Whistleblower in Cyprus? That's Now Up to Three Years in Jail

Cyprus has passed a new law requiring anyone aware of marketmanipulation or insider trading to have a clear, legally protected route toflag it to the country's financial regulator, with criminal penalties nowfacing those who try to silence them.The legislation formally encodes the procedure for reportingactual or suspected violations of the EU's Market Abuse Regulation - known asMAR - to the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, or CySEC. A Decade-Long EU Obligation, Finally in Hard LawThe

Report: Prediction Markets Polymarket and Kalshi Eye $20B Valuations as Investor Interest Builds

According to a recent report, the two heavyweight prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, are said to be chatting with prospective backers about fresh fundraising rounds. Current figures place Kalshi’s valuation near $11 billion and Polymarket’s around $9 billion, and if capital does come calling, each company is eyeing a lofty $20 billion post-money valuation. Polymarket […]

Trump Says Oil Prices Will Drop Rapidly After Iran Nuclear Threat Destroyed

Oil markets spiked past $100 as Operation Epic Fury rattled global energy flows, with Donald J. Trump arguing the surge is a temporary price tied to eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat and restoring long-term stability. Oil Prices Spike as Trump Defends Cost of Operation Epic Fury Energy markets jolted higher as geopolitical tensions tied to “Operation […]

What Happened to Tesla’s 43,770 BTC? On-Chain Data Reveals Full Story Behind Its Crypto Moves

Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin bet produced early profits, huge sales during the 2022 crypto crash, and a lasting corporate crypto footprint, as blockchain analysis shows Elon Musk’s company still holds a significant stash. Arkham Traces Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Bet: Early Profits, Massive 2022 Sales, and What Happened Next Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk played […]