Category: Diversified Investments
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Mica compliance costs set to fuel europe’s next wave of crypto M&a deals
MiCA compliance costs could trigger Europe’s next crypto M&A wave Europe’s crypto industry has left behind the phase where the main objective was simply to secure a Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) licence. The new challenge is more demanding: running a sustainable business under the full, ongoing compliance obligations that MiCA and upcoming U.K. rules impose.…
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Kb kookmin bank launches kinexys blockchain cross‑border Usd payments
South Korea’s largest lender, KB Kookmin Bank, is moving its blockchain experiments into day‑to‑day finance, preparing to roll out cross-border payments on J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys platform. Starting in August 2026, the bank plans to offer near‑real‑time U.S. dollar transfers for corporate clients across 10 key trade corridors, connecting Kinexys directly with existing SWIFT infrastructure rather…
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Strategy Strc preferred stock: Etf dominance, bitcoin funding and par discount
Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has quietly become a centerpiece of the U.S. preferred securities market, even though it still trades well below its intended $100 reference price. The instrument is now the single largest holding in three major preferred stock ETFs, which together control about $756 million worth of STRC, yet the discount to par…
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Pons V2 adds Rwa pairs as robinhood chain sharpens its defi strategy
Pons V2 adds RWA pairs as Robinhood Chain sharpens its DeFi strategy Robinhood Chain’s flagship launchpad, Pons, has rolled out its V2 upgrade, marking a significant shift in how tokens are launched and traded on the network. The update introduces an ETH-based bonding curve, loosens trading restrictions, and, crucially, enables custom trading pairs for tokenized…
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Southeast asian scam super-networks drain $114b a year, Un warns
Southeast Asian Scam Super-Networks Drain Up to $114 Billion a Year, UN Warns Southeast Asia’s underground scam economy has morphed into a single, highly organized criminal machine whose annual take from victims may reach $114 billion, according to a new assessment by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report describes a…
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Ethereum price nears key $2,000 resistance as oil, fed fears clash with Etf inflows
Ethereum price is once again approaching a decisive technical zone, with the $2,000 level turning into a stubborn barrier as macro headwinds intensify. While spot ETF inflows and strong spot-market demand have helped keep ETH comfortably above $1,900, rising oil prices and renewed Federal Reserve rate fears continue to cap upside momentum. As of July…
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Ethereum nears $2,000 as tech rebound and Etf inflows meet key resistance
Ethereum is once again edging toward the psychologically important $2,000 mark, supported by a rebound in U.S. tech stocks and renewed institutional interest, yet the rally is running into stiff resistance just below $1,950-$1,953 and remains vulnerable to macro headwinds. At the time of writing, ETH trades around $1,929, recovering roughly 6% from its July…
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Avalanche: why Avax price is stuck while network activity and burns surge
Avalanche: Why AVAX price is stuck while network activity explodes Avalanche’s primary smart contract network, the C-Chain, has quietly become one of the busiest blockchains in the market. Transaction volumes have soared, stablecoin liquidity has climbed into the billions, and the network is burning more AVAX than ever. Yet the token’s price has failed to…
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Michael saylor slams bitcoin Bip-110 soft fork as threat to protocol neutrality
Strategy’s Michael Saylor Launches 110-Point Broadside Against Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Michael Saylor has dramatically intensified his criticism of BIP-110, a proposed Bitcoin soft fork designed to clamp down on non-financial data stored on the blockchain. Over the weekend, the Strategy executive chairman released a sprawling essay titled “110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea,” arguing…
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Hyperliquid Hip-4 upgrade opens permissionless prediction markets to all traders
Morning Briefing: Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 Upgrade Throws Prediction Markets Wide Open Crypto wakes up to a greener board this Monday, helped along by a pullback in oil-and a major structural move in derivatives: Hyperliquid is preparing to let anyone spin up their own prediction markets. Hyperliquid Moves to Permissionless Prediction Markets Hyperliquid, a crypto derivatives exchange,…