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BingX strategy chief Kevin Lee says wealthy investors are increasingly treating Bitcoin as a long-term portfolio diversifier rather than a rapid-growth trade. However, surveys show cryptocurrency exposure remains limited among family offices, despite longer-term motivations among existing holders.
Rain has applied for an OCC charter to create a New York national trust bank for digital-asset custody, stablecoin reserves, and token issuance and redemptions. The proposed institution would not take deposits or make loans, and its application still faces regulatory review and public comment.
Ledger has launched Crypto Loan, a self-custodial feature allowing eligible users to borrow USDC or USDT against wrapped Bitcoin through its wallet app. The Morpho-powered service keeps key transaction approvals on Ledger hardware while exposing users to collateral-liquidation risks.
Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets recorded 542 million contracts and an estimated $5 million in fees in September, surpassing Ether’s 318 million contracts and $2.6 million just weeks after launch. Bitcoin remained the platform’s dominant market by fees.
Igloo will shut down Pudgy Penguins’ Abstract Ethereum layer 2 on Dec. 15 after spending tens of millions of dollars supporting it. Users must move assets before the deadline, with about $76 million still held on the network, according to data cited by CoinDesk.
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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.
Open USD had $666.3 million outstanding on Oct. 5, but Crystal Intelligence found that 74% of the supply sat in ten wallets. Early decentralized-exchange volume was about $4.1 million, while most Tempo transfers were network-fee payments rather than evidence of broad circulation.
US 30-year mortgage rates have reached 7.28%, their highest level in nearly three years, as buyers retreat. HousingWire analyst Logan Mohtashami linked the move to rising Treasury yields, Federal Reserve hawkishness and changing market conditions.
Leon Wankum argues that Bitcoin’s scarcity is challenging the monetary premium long associated with residential and commercial real estate. The author of *Digital Real Estate* links the potential shift to fiat debasement and changing approaches to saving, ownership and collateral.
Strategy spent $176 million buying back its Stretch preferred stock, versus $29 million on Bitcoin. StoneX analyst Mark Palmer discussed STRC’s role in fundraising, the company’s $4.9 billion cash reserve and StoneX’s revised $435 MSTR price target.
The US services prices index rose to 74.0 in September, its highest level since July 2022, even as activity slowed. The mixed data may complicate expectations for Federal Reserve rate relief and keep leveraged Bitcoin positions exposed to uncertain financing conditions.
Bitcoin mining’s estimated US share fell to 35.6% as Russia’s rose to 18.1%, but the US, Russia and China still represented 65.4% of network hashrate. The shift was modest, and the figures do not establish changes in ownership, pool control or lasting decentralization.
The UK has appointed Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC Capital Markets to lead its first digitally native government bond. The DIGIT pilot will test distributed ledger technology and onchain settlement, with issuance expected by the first quarter of 2027.
Bryan Johnson says filters, retouching and lighting may be the most effective anti-aging tools for appearance, even as he continues medical longevity work, a disease-focused program and his stated goal of immortality by 2039.
FinCEN is withdrawing a proposed US reporting framework for cryptocurrency mixing after commenters warned that its broad scope could burden financial institutions and affect legitimate privacy-related activity. Existing anti-money-laundering, registration, recordkeeping and suspicious-activity reporting duties for covered crypto businesses remain in place.
A CoinShares survey of 2,230 affluent investors across seven countries found that most already own digital assets, with many planning to increase exposure in 2026 despite market volatility and financial advisers’ continued caution.
A study published in the Journal of Financial Crime found that flash loan attacks caused $1.211 billion in DeFi losses across 72 incidents between February 2020 and July 2024, with Ethereum accounting for more than 80% of the damage.
