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JPMorgan Asset Management’s first long-term Bitcoin analysis sees the cryptocurrency reaching about $215,300 in a base case and nearly $385,500 in a bull case over 10 years, while warning that 55% volatility and unstable correlations limit its role in core portfolios.
Switzerland’s FINMA has approved its first retail exchange-traded fund to invest directly in Bitcoin. The regulator granted a risk-diversification exemption, but has not named the issuer or provided a launch date. Other providers have also submitted or announced Bitcoin ETF applications.
Strive has completed a $630 million IPO of SATS preferred stock, but has not specified its Bitcoin allocation. At an illustrative $82,500 BTC price, net proceeds could buy about 7,372 BTC if fully deployed.
Switzerland’s FINMA has approved the country’s first Bitcoin ETF available to retail investors. The directly backed product has not been assigned a launch date or publicly identified issuer, while the regulator warned that Bitcoin’s volatility could lead to significant losses.
Visa and crypto payments network Mesh are partnering to let users spend cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances from participating wallets across more than 175 million Visa merchant locations, without transferring funds to a bank or obtaining a separate crypto card.
World has launched biometric “proof of human” badges for Zoom enterprise users globally. The World ID system compares an iris-scan image, live selfie and video feed to help participants identify real people during sensitive calls.
ACINQ’s Eclair 0.14.4 blocks malicious webpages from sending authenticated commands to reachable Lightning node APIs when browser credentials are cached. The update preserves normal command-line access while requiring stronger backend and network controls for browser interfaces.
VanEck has withdrawn plans for a proposed Lido staked Ether ETF, saying in an SEC filing that it will not proceed with the trust’s share distribution. The asset manager gave no reason and did not say whether it would pursue a replacement product.
The European Banking Authority has designated Circle’s USDC a significant e-money token under MiCA, bringing the second-largest stablecoin under joint EU and French supervision as Europe debates dollar stablecoins and a possible digital euro.
Solana is evaluating signer programs as a replacement for durable nonces, preserving offline cold-key approvals while shifting account control to program-derived addresses. The transition has no fixed date and depends on an audited mainnet implementation and application compatibility.
The Financial Stability Board warned that stablecoins remain untested in severe crises and urged governments to improve cross-border information sharing, monitoring and failure planning as the market’s capitalization reaches $306 billion.
The CFTC proposed classifying sports, political, cultural and weather event contracts as swaps while excluding sportsbook and casino wagers. The moves aim to clarify federal oversight, but a recent Sixth Circuit ruling shows state gambling laws may still constrain prediction-market operators.
UTXO Management’s Loren Asmus says Bitcoin should be considered a structural portfolio allocation, not a trade. He points to institutional retention, education challenges and the bond market as important factors in Bitcoin’s next stage of adoption.
Germany’s BaFin rejected the MiCA authorization application of Futurum Bank, operator of Bitcoin.de. The platform plans to outsource trading and custody to regulated German partners, while withdrawals remain available and trading and euro deposits stay suspended.
Robinhood plans to allocate $25 million of its own capital to Bitcoin, a move that gives the brokerage direct crypto exposure after earlier debates over whether a corporate treasury holding would benefit shareholders.
Bitcoin.de trading remains largely suspended after German regulator BaFin rejected futurum bank AG’s application for a MiCA crypto-service licence. Owner Bitcoin Group SE is reviewing its options and seeking regulated partners to restart the platform, which has more than 1.1 million registered users.
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Crypto job postings rose to 1,241 in September from 382 in July, according to CryptoJobsList data reported by CoinDesk. Applications fell to fewer than 20,000, however, as finance, engineering and trading remained the leading areas of hiring demand.
