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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

Bitcoin Crashes Below $89K Despite Abu Dhabi’s 3X ETF Stake

Key Highlights November 19, Bitcoin dropped below $89,000 with 4% crash on the daily chart Abu Dhabi Investment…

Abu Dhabi Tripled Its Bitcoin Bet In Q3 Before the Crypto Market Crash

Bitcoin MagazineAbu Dhabi Tripled Its Bitcoin Bet In Q3 Before the Crypto Market CrashThe Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) expanded its exposure to Bitcoin ahead of the cryptocurrency’s sharp downturn, more than tripling its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) during the third quarter, regulatory filings show.ADIC — an independently run investment unit within Mubadala Investment Co. — increased its holdings to nearly 8 million IBIT shares as of Sept. 30. The position was va

Solana ETF From 21shares Arrives With Staking Built In

21Shares introduced a new Solana ETF, trading under the ticker TSOL on the CBOE The Solana price retests…

VanEck: Mid-Cycle Traders Driving Bitcoin Selloff While Long-Term Whales Keep Holding

Bitcoin MagazineVanEck: Mid-Cycle Traders Driving Bitcoin Selloff While Long-Term Whales Keep HoldingBitcoin’s recent decline is being driven by mid-cycle holders, not long-term whales, according to new on-chain research from VanEck analysts.The firm noted in a recent report that long-term holders continue to accumulate while short-term futures markets show deeply oversold conditions following tariff-driven liquidations.Despite widespread speculation that early Bitcoin whales triggered the sello

G-Knot Launches Presale for First Finger Vein Crypto Wallet

Key Highlights G-Knot has announced the pre-sale of the world’s first finger vein crypto wallet.  This wallet was…

Bitcoin Price Slumps to $88,000 Near Seven-Month Low As Crypto Stocks Crash

Bitcoin MagazineBitcoin Price Slumps to $88,000 Near Seven-Month Low As Crypto Stocks CrashCrypto markets are retreating more today as the Bitcoin price hovered near a seven-month low, with leading crypto stocks seeing notable declines. Bitcoin price is currently trading at $89,090, down 4% over the past 24 hours, with a 24-hour trading volume of $71 billion. The cryptocurrency is 4% below its seven-day high of $93,662 and roughly flat from its seven-day low of $88,800, according to Bitcoin

Brink Funds First Third Party Security Audit of Bitcoin Core By Quarkslab

Bitcoin MagazineBrink Funds First Third Party Security Audit of Bitcoin Core By QuarkslabBrink, the Bitcoin development organization, recently funded the first ever independent security audit of Bitcoin Core conducted by a third party (the full report is available here). The audit was conducted by Quarkslab, a software security firm, with the help of the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and collaboration with Bitcoin Core developers Niklas Gögge, from Brink, and Antoine Poinsot, f

Kraken Files for IPO After $800 Million Fundraising at $20 Billion Valuation

Bitcoin MagazineKraken Files for IPO After $800 Million Fundraising at $20 Billion ValuationKraken, one of the longest-running crypto exchanges, has taken a major step toward going public, filing for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) through its parent company, Payward, Inc.The draft S-1 registration statement was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), formally placing Kraken in the IPO pipeline.The confidential filing follows an $800 million fundraising round completed on

Kraken Quietly Files S-1 as IPO Preparations Move Into Focus

Payward Inc., also known as Kraken, has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking an early but significant step toward a potential initial public offering. Kraken Initiates IPO Process, Submits Draft S-1 to U.S. Regulators Kraken disclosed at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Nov. 19 that it […]

Traders put 50/50 odds on Bitcoin ending 2025 below $90k amid $3B ETF outflows

The Bitcoin market is undergoing a significant transition, with traders aggressively positioning for a year-end close beneath the $90,000 threshold.This comes as the flagship digital asset briefly slid to a seven-month low of $89,970 on Nov. 18 before recovering to $91,526 as of press time.As a result, crypto traders’ sentiment has significantly shifted amid a convergence of structural capital flight and tightening macro conditions.Options desk pricing Bitcoin below $90,000The most definit

Kraken confidentially files for US IPO

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FCA Proposes UK Equity Tape to Provide “Clearer View” of Trading Across Venues

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultationon proposals to create a consolidated tape for UK equities. Last month, theregulator proposed changesto short‑selling disclosure, moving from naming individualholders to publishing aggregated, anonymized net positions with faster filings.JoinIG, CMC, and Robinhood in London’s leading trading industry event!According to the regulator, both initiatives aim to enhancemarket oversight and improve liquidity visibility.FCA Proposes UK Equity C

Kraken announces confidential submission of draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Nov. 19, 2025) – Payward, Inc. (dba “Kraken”) announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The initial public offering is expected to occur after the SEC completes its review process, subject to m

Mezo Partners with Anchorage Digital to Bring Institutional-Grade BitcoinFi to Market

Bitcoin MagazineMezo Partners with Anchorage Digital to Bring Institutional-Grade BitcoinFi to MarketAnchorage Digital and Mezo have formed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding institutional access to Bitcoin-based borrowing and yield opportunities, marking one of the most significant integrations to date between a regulated digital asset custodian and a Bitcoin-native finance protocol.Mezo — a bank-free Bitcoin finance platform built by Thesis — will now offer institutional clients low-co

UAE controls 6,450 Bitcoin from state-backed mining

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Chainlink Powers General TAO’s Project Rubicon on Base L2

Key Highlights: General TAO Ventures announces launch of project Rubicon. The project has been launched in partnership with&#8230;

New Hampshire Approves First-Ever $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond

Bitcoin MagazineNew Hampshire Approves First-Ever $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Municipal BondNew Hampshire has become the first state in the U.S. — and the first government globally — to approve a municipal bond backed by Bitcoin, a structural breakthrough that could open the door for digital assets to enter the $140 trillion global debt market.On Monday, the state’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) approved a $100 million Bitcoin-backed conduit bond, allowing private companies to borrow against

Six-Figure Bitcoin Could Return, Yet Prediction Markets Expect a Tempered 2025 Close

Prediction markets are buzzing as traders on Polymarket and Kalshi lay down odds on where bitcoin may land through 2025, and the numbers paint a far more grounded picture than the moonshot fantasies circulating online. Prediction Markets Show Strong Odds for Bitcoin Re-Capturing Six Figures to End 2025 At 8:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, [&#8230;]

Bitcoin ATMs Flood Kenya’s Malls Following New Crypto Laws — and the Regulator Is Furious

Bitcoin ATMs have appeared in major Nairobi malls justdays after Kenya’s new crypto law took effect, prompting regulators to warnthat no operator has been cleared to run digital-asset services in the country.Digital assets meet tradfi in London at the fmls25Local media outlet Capital News reported that the machines, branded “Bankless Bitcoin,” have been spottedbeside traditional bank ATMs in some of the country’s popular malls such as TwoRivers, in Westlands and along Ngong Road, giving shoppers