Category: Optimized Tax Strategies

JPMorgan sees ‘bloodbath’ risk if major index cuts ties with Strategy Analysts at JPMorgan are sounding the alarm over a structural risk hanging over Strategy (the rebranded MicroStrategy), warning that the company’s heavy reliance on passive index inclusion could turn into a brutal sell-off if a key benchmark provider decides to drop the stock. According…

Numerai secures $30 million to pursue vision of “the last hedge fund” San Francisco–based Numerai, a hedge fund that looks more like a machine-learning research lab than a traditional Wall Street shop, has closed a $30 million Series C round, pushing its valuation to roughly $500 million. The new price tag is about five times…

Pro-crypto CFTC chair nominee Mike Selig is moving smoothly through the Senate confirmation process—but he is pointedly refusing to say the Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs more money, more staff, or more Democratic commissioners, even as lawmakers contemplate handing the agency sweeping new authority over digital assets. At a largely cordial hearing before the Senate…

BlackRock launches new trust as staking-centric Ethereum ETFs gain early traction ——————————————————————————- BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has quietly set up a new vehicle aimed at the booming market for staking-enabled Ethereum products in the United States. According to records from the Delaware Division of Corporations, the firm has established the iShares Staked Ethereum…

Solana breaks key support as crypto sell-off deepens, tests October lows Solana extended its recent slide on Tuesday, slicing through a key support zone as renewed selling swept across the broader digital asset market. The token dropped about 5.4% intraday to roughly 133–134 dollars, cementing a weekly loss of around 13.4% and dragging prices back…

Ripple and its native token XRP are entering a new phase of development and market positioning, as two parallel trends converge: growing calls for native staking on the XRP Ledger and the strong debut of a new XRP-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Canary Capital. Together, they signal a shift in how investors and developers view…

Samourai Wallet’s co-founder William Hill has been sentenced to four years in federal prison, underscoring how aggressively authorities are now targeting crypto tools built around privacy. Hill was convicted for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business through the Samourai platform, which prosecutors say was used to move hundreds of millions of dollars tied to criminal activity….

Crypto Exchange Kraken Secures $800 Million, Pushing Valuation to $20 Billion Ahead of Possible IPO American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has completed a major funding round totaling $800 million, propelling the company’s valuation to around $20 billion and sharpening expectations of a future public listing. Two-Stage Funding Round From Institutional Heavyweights Kraken structured the raise in…

Trump-aligned Congressman Brandon Gill has quietly expanded his already hefty exposure to Bitcoin, disclosing another six-figure investment in the leading cryptocurrency along with fresh purchases of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. According to his most recent financial transaction report filed with the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 18, the Texas Republican reported…

SEC quietly drops crypto from 2026 exam priorities, signaling a major policy reset The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has removed crypto from its list of explicit examination priorities for fiscal year 2026, in what amounts to one of the clearest breaks yet from the policy stance of the previous administration. In the newly released…