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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

Crypto.com Joins Ripple, Circle and Others in Securing Conditional US Federal Bank Charter

Crypto.com aims to operate under federal supervision in the United States, as it announced today (Tuesday) that it has received conditional approval for a trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).Breaking the State Barrier to Streamline ServicesUpon receiving full approval, the crypto exchange will be able to offer services, including custody, staking of assets across various blockchains and digital asset protocols, and trade settlement, directly under federal

Strategy Founder Michael Saylor Fires Back at Bitcoin Critics in Candid Interview

Strategy founder Michael Saylor says bitcoin’s recent drawdown reflects the normal growing pains of transformative technology, not a broken thesis, and he has the corporate war stories to prove it. Saylor: Bitcoin Volatility Is a Feature, Not a Flaw In a wide-ranging Coin Stories interview with Natalie Brunell, Saylor compared bitcoin’s roughly 45% decline from […]

Solana Company Maps Out ‘Pacific Backbone’ Roadmap to Boost Asia-Pacific Infrastructure

Solana Company unveiled plans for the “Pacific Backbone,” a high-speed infrastructure expansion across Asia-Pacific aimed at strengthening staking, validation, and institutional access within the Solana ecosystem. Solana Company Bets on Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong The digital asset treasury (DAT) firm, Solana Company, (Nasdaq: HSDT), announced Monday that it intends to build what it […]

Bitcoin Weekly Close Weakens: $65,650 Support Fails, $60,000 Next Major Test

Bitcoin MagazineBitcoin Weekly Close Weakens: $65,650 Support Fails, $60,000 Next Major TestBitcoin Price Weekly OutlookBitcoin closed the week out at $67,638, not an awe-inspiring close by any means. The support level at $65,650 has held for a couple of weeks now, but the relentless selling pressure will likely take it out this week. As of the time of this writing on Sunday night, the bitcoin price is currently trading below this support level at $64,600. We should expect the price action to re

Jane Street sued for alleged front-running trades that accelerated Terraform Labs meltdown

<p>The lawsuit highlights systemic risks in crypto markets, emphasizing the need for stricter regulations to prevent insider trading and market manipulation.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/jane-street-terra-market-manipulation-lawsuit/">Jane Street sued for alleged front-running trades that accelerated Terraform Labs meltdown</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Report: Trump’s Board of Peace Explores Stablecoin Idea to Address Gaza Cash Shortage

Early discussions inside President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” are exploring whether a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin could help reboot Gaza’s shattered economy through digital payments. The Financial Times (FT) first reported on the news that Trump’s U.S.-led Board of Peace — the body overseeing Gaza’s postwar reconstruction — is weighing the creation of a dollar-backed [&#8230;]

Dow Drops 735 Points as Trump Tariff Shock Smashes Crypto and Stock Markets

U.S. markets slid sharply on Monday as President Donald Trump’s new 15% global tariff and intensifying artificial intelligence (AI) disruption fears rattled investors, dragging down stocks and crypto while gold and silver climbed on safe-haven demand. AI Disruption and Trade Tensions Roil Markets Wall Street opened the week in retreat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [&#8230;]

Crypto.com Receives Conditional Approval for U.S. National Trust Bank Charter

Bitcoin MagazineCrypto.com Receives Conditional Approval for U.S. National Trust Bank CharterCrypto.com announced Monday that it has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank in the United States.&nbsp;The move represents a major step toward federal oversight for the digital-asset exchange, allowing it to offer institutional-grade custody, staking, and trade settlement services under direct OCC supervision.The new entity,

Whale Bitcoin Deposits Hit 14-Month High as $8.2 Billion BTC Floods Binance

Bitcoin whale inflows to Binance have reached $8.24 billion over the past 30 days, the highest level in 14 months. Exchange balances are climbing, a trend often associated with rising sell pressure and market volatility. Binance Sees Surge in Large Bitcoin Transfers Bitcoin’s largest holders are moving in size, and they’re choosing Binance as their [&#8230;]

From 40 Meetups a Month to Nationwide Freedom: Bitcoin Indonesia’s Real-Life Comeback

Bitcoin MagazineFrom 40 Meetups a Month to Nationwide Freedom: Bitcoin Indonesia&#8217;s Real-Life ComebackBoasting 40 meetups a month and a broad estimated community of 55,000 bitcoiners, the Bitcoin Indonesia ecosystem might be one of the most active and successful Bitcoin adoption stories in the world today.&nbsp;Indonesia is a nation made up of 17,000 islands with over 380 different tribes and cultures. The nation, located between Australia and China, has a population of over 280 million peo

Bitcoin Miner With No Coins: Bitdeer Empties Treasury After $12M Sale to Finance AI

Singapore-based mining firm Bitdeer has sold its entire Bitcoin treasury as it reallocates capital into AI andhigh‑performancecomputing infrastructure. The move marks a clear break from the traditional minerstrategy of stockpiling coins on the balance sheet and signals a focus ongrowth in data centers and hash rate instead.Bitdeer #BTC Weekly Update🔹 BTC Holdings: 0 (pure holdings, excluding customer deposits)🔹 BTC Output: 189.8 BTC🔹 BTC Sold: 189.8 BTC🔹 Net BTC Added: -943.1 BTC📅 Data as of Feb

Crypto.com Moves Closer to Federal Bank Oversight With OCC Nod

On Monday, Crypto.com disclosed that it has secured conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to charter a national trust bank, marking another crypto firm inching deeper into the U.S. banking system. Digital Asset Firm Crypto.com Wins Conditional OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter Crypto.com announced Monday it received conditional [&#8230;]

Bitcoin can rebound fast and hard as $7.7T in “sidelined funds” enter new opportunity window

A $7.8 trillion cash pile sits in US money market funds, earning, rolling, waiting. The Federal Reserve began this easing cycle on Sept 18, 2024, and it's now been 522 days since that first cut.Looking at historical market movements, we're entering a window whereby funds have typically started to rotate back into riskier assets. Bitcoin analyst Matthew Hyland made exactly this claim on X over the weekend.Historically around 500-1000 days after the FED begins rate cuts the liquidity begins to lea

French Energy Giant Engie Eyes Bitcoin Mining at Brazil Mega Solar Project

Bitcoin MagazineFrench Energy Giant Engie Eyes Bitcoin Mining at Brazil Mega Solar ProjectFrench utility giant Engie is exploring the installation of battery storage systems or bitcoin mining data centers at its newly launched Assu Sol solar plant in Brazil, as it looks to offset mounting curtailment losses and improve project economics, according to Reuters reporting.&nbsp;Speaking to reporters, Eduardo Sattamini, Engie’s country manager in Brazil, said the company is evaluating potential “offt

Jansen Teng: AI agents will become autonomous economic actors, teleoperation can cut costs by 60%, and tokenization is key for robotics innovation | Unchained

Autonomous AI agents are set to transform economic systems and redefine labor in the coming years.The post Jansen Teng: AI agents will become autonomous economic actors, teleoperation can cut costs by 60%, and tokenization is key for robotics innovation | Unchained appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic alleges industrial-scale Claude attacks by DeepSeek and other Chinese AI rivals

<p>Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax of using fraudulent accounts to distill Claude capabilities across 16 million exchanges.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/anthropic-alleges-ai-safety-breach/">Anthropic alleges industrial-scale Claude attacks by DeepSeek and other Chinese AI rivals</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitcoin Bulls Trapped: $238 Million in Longs Vaporized as BTC Hits $64,161

Bitcoin wiped out its weekend gains, plummeting from a high of $68,600 to a low of $64,161. The reversal was fueled by macroeconomic instability following U.S. President Trump’s announcement of a 15% blanket tariff on imports. The Sunday Slump Bitcoin’s weekend rally hit a brick wall Monday, Feb. 23, as the top cryptocurrency completely pared [&#8230;]

Beyond Bitcoin: Arizona Bill Includes XRP and Digibyte in New Strategic Fund Proposal

The Arizona State Legislature has advanced a bill to create a digital assets strategic reserve fund, which would hold seized or surrendered cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and XRP. Management and Investment Oversight The Arizona State Legislature recently advanced a bill to establish a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve (DASR) fund, notably naming XRP and BTC among [&#8230;]

Bitcoin rebounds after $100B tariff whiplash — but $60k options price target hints at bigger risk

Bitcoin's weekend selloff led to about $100 billion in crypto market value losses during the reporting period and was triggered by a sudden burst of tariff policy uncertainty.Over the last 24 hours, BTC price had slipped below $65,000, pulling the broader crypto market down with it. The top digital asset had recovered above $66,000 as of press time, according to CryptoSlate's data.Notably, liquidations amplified the move. CoinGlass data showed that more than $500 million in crypto positions were