Some of the world’s biggest banks have completed real cross-border payments using tokenized money in a test led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), another sign that tokenization is moving into the plumbing of global finance. Project Agorá, which brings together five central banks… Read More
This month, analysts have repeatedly pointed to multiday inflows into the U.S.-listed crypto exchange-traded funds as evidence of the return of institutional demand. Zoom out, though, and the institutional story still looks bleak. Bitcoin spot ETFs have pulled in just $205 million in net inflows… Read More
Bitcoin’s annualized 30-day implied volatility index, BVIV, the so-called fear gauge, continues to hover below 40%, well below highs above 60% seen during the early June and early February price sell-offs. The index is influenced by demand for options, or hedging instruments. So, the low… Read More
To Richmond, the delay isn’t about regulators moving slowly, but a structural difference between U.S. and Canadian frameworks. “It’s not necessarily just a regulatory thing; just the nature of the rules is different,” he said. Harmonized ‘national instrument’ While there is still work to be… Read More
“I’m very supportive of moving the CLARITY Act forward, so we can get some market structure in place and start to move the innovation process along,” Solomon said. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto welcomed Goldman Sachs’ support, noting on X that the two firms have taken… Read More
Perpetual futures tied to SK Hynix, a South Korean chipmaker whose American depositary receipts debuted on Nasdaq earlier this month, suffered a flash crash on Hyperliquid shortly before the underlying share price came under pressure in its home market. Between 23:00 UTC and 23:01 UTC,… Read More
