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Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has introduced its first tokenized share class for a euro money market fund. The fund is now offered in a hybrid structure, allowing investors to choose between the traditional version and the new blockchain-based one. The first transaction was recorded on the Ethereum network on Nov. 4. The rollout was developed in collaboration with CACEIS, a European asset-servicing group that provided the tokenization infrastructure, investor wallets, and the digital order system used to process subscriptions and redemptions. According to the companies, tokenizing the fund streamlines order processing, widens access to new investor channels, and enables…

President Karol Nawrocki’s veto on a controversial law to regulate the Polish crypto market has been met with threats and attacks by the government. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has ordered an investigation into an alleged “crypto affair,” implicating the head of state, while members of his ruling coalition are accusing him of attending to Russian interests. Halted Polish crypto bill stirs political storm in Warsaw Poland is descending into a major political clash over Nawrocki’s decision to stop the Tusk cabinet’s attempt to impose legislation transposing the EU’s latest crypto rules into national law. On Monday, the president vetoed the…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Move over crypto-USD pairs. As bitcoin BTC$92,864.00 and the broader market consolidate on recent gains, this may be the ideal time to focus on cross pairs, especially the ether-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio. Ether ETH$3,179.71 has gained more than 4% over the past 24 hours, approaching $3,200, while bitcoin BTC$92,864.00 remains little changed above $93,000. The CoinDesk 20 and CoinDesk 80 indices have risen about 1%. Ether’s momentum has lifted the ETH/BTC ratio by 4%, cementing the bullish technical breakout above the descending trendline from August highs. The pattern, discussed in the technical…

Web3 gaming giant Animoca Brands is looking beyond gaming next year to expand its current portfolio of around 600 companies, says the company’s chief strategy officer, Keyvan Peymani. “We invest in dozens of companies a year,” Peymani said during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “The aim for that, whether it is AI or DePIN or DeFi or games, or any of the kind of new sectors and stablecoins and opportunities that are coming in, is to always look at how the ecosystem we are a part of is expanding.” Gaming represents the biggest category in Animoca Brands’ portfolio, with 230…

The newest kid on the crowded block of U.S. crypto advocacy groups, the American Innovation Project, will soon have its first executive director, with the arrival of Allie Page, who was chief operating officer at the Blockchain Association — one of the industry’s leading lobbying organizations. Page’s departure next month follows the Blockchain Association exit of CEO Kristin Smith, who became president of the Solana Policy Institute (SPI) in May and is also president of the board at AIP. “Allie has the rare ability to build connections with stakeholders from across the political spectrum, and is someone our industry can…

Fundstrat co-founder and BitMine president Tom Lee, who recently abandoned his 2025 year-end $250,000 Bitcoin prediction, has announced his new predictions. Speaking at Binance Blockchain Week 2025 in Dubai, Tom Lee once again raised his price expectations for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) amid the recent recovery. Stating that the crypto super cycle is still valid, Lee said that the period of the last decline and recovery was actually a period with more upside potential. At this point, he predicted $300,000 for Bitcoin and $62,000 for Ethereum. “The crypto supercycle is still valid. Bitcoin could reach $300,000 next year, while…

The South African Reserve Bank says it doesn’t see a need for a central bank digital currency in the near term, instead saying the country should modernize its payments system. The South African central bank said in a paper released on Thursday that there was no “strong immediate need” for a retail CBDC, though deploying one was technically feasible. It said that existing initiatives, such as a program to modernize the payments system and expand non-bank participation in the national payment system, should remain the priority for now. “While the SARB does not currently advocate for the implementation of a…

Two key positions in U.S. crypto oversight are advancing this week in the Senate as the chamber sets up a list of dozens of nominees they’ll consider for confirmation all at once, including Mike Selig to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Senate Majority Leader John Thune started a process on Tuesday known as cloture in which the Senate preps a vote to clear the 60-member threshold actions typically required there. His resolution includes nominees for more than 80 federal positions (in some cases like Selig’s, one…

Bitcoin staking project Babylon has teamed up with the largest decentralized lending protocol Aave, allowing BTC to be used directly as collateral without wrapping or centralized custody. Beyond lending, Babylon is also preparing to extend its vault design into decentralized finance (DeFi) insutance, allowing BTC to serve as collateral for coverage against protocol hacks. BTC would be deposited into insurance pools would earn yield if no payouts occur, while providing liquidity for claims when hacks happen. That initiative is in development and expected to be announced by January 2026, Babylon co-founder David Tse told CoinDesk in an interview. Babylon and…

Ethereum is attempting a structured recovery after several weeks of downward pressure, with price action stabilizing near $3,194. Market conditions remain tense, yet traders continue to watch the coin’s next reaction around key resistance levels. Besides the short-term rebound, analysts note that Ethereum now sits at an important point where price structure and network activity intersect. This mix shapes expectations for December because futures positioning, spot flows, and a new technical alert from the Ethereum Foundation all influence sentiment at once. Price Structure Tightens Near Critical Barriers Ethereum reclaimed short-term moving averages on the 4H chart, which supports the ongoing…