Institutions weighing DeFi lending tend to ask which markets are safest. Mike Hathaway and Joseph Quintilian of Ajna argue the better question is who can change a loan’s terms after the money is lent, and why a fully backed stablecoin offers no protection against a token vote or a faulty price feed.
After initial issuer pushback, the blockchain venue is set to start trading on Nov. 23 and said will list over 70 assets, including Strategy’s common and preferred shares and 59 of Direxion's ETFs.
Bitcoin held steady near $74,000 as Tuesday's hot inflation figure lifted the odds on a U.S. interest-rate increase to around 90%. ETF outflows extended to a fourth day and liquidations jumped.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren argued the administration is not doing enough about staff insider trading, questioning whether CFTC enforcement action was sufficient.
Stacey Cunningham, who recently joined digital asset platform Bullish as President, sees the company’s planned Equiniti acquisition and focus on stock issuers as key to its tokenization ambitions.
Twice now, crypto firms have found themselves on the side of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in holding that perpetual futures aren't swaps.
Kimber Digital Securities secured SEC and Finra approvals, a regulatory milestone paving the way for the delivery of legally binding claims, dividends, and yield-bearing products directly to self-custodial wallets and stablecoin applications in the U.S.
As crypto firms and banks converge, it is fair to ask what lasting advantage stablecoins have, argues Alessandro Hatami, founder of Pacemakers and former COO of Digital Banking at Lloyds Banking Group.
Fed Governor Waller backs December tightening even if inflation cools, while falling oil prices offer some relief and Anthropic withdraws IPO pricing details.
