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GoPlus Security, an on-chain security intelligence provider, has announced its strategic partnership with Virtuals Protocol, a prominent platform for AI-driven Web3 automation. This collaboration is a remarkable advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and on-chain security. It strives to bridge groundbreaking security intelligence and AI agent space. 🚀 GoPlus x @virtuals_io: Strengthening On-Chain Security!We’re excited to partner with @virtuals_io to bring advanced on-chain security intelligence to the AI agent space.Together, we’re building a safer and smarter Web3 AI ecosystem. Let’s shape the future, securely. 🤝 pic.twitter.com/BPlITU4jyM — GoPlus Security (@GoPlusSecurity) January 30, 2025 This advancement will integrate smarter and more secure…
As the Fed begins its two-day meeting this week, investors are not expecting a rate cut. However, with the stock market in an unstable position, all eyes are on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech after the meeting, which could provide critical information about the central bank’s stance on inflation and future policy moves. The FED’s interest rate decision will be announced tomorrow at 22:00 TSI (UTC+3). FED Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a press conference at 22:30. “Powell’s tone on inflation will be critical for Wall Street,” said John Belton, portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds. “Investors need to hear that…
A whale with the address “Fpj236…uVJr” is making headlines after depositing 1.27 million $TRUMP tokens into the OKX exchange. The value of these tokens is worth $43.9 million. The whale earned a profit of $29.6 million on this transaction, according to Lookonchain. With this move, the $TRUMP token has certainly created a lot of hype in the crypto market. Whale “Fpj236…uVJr” deposited all 1.27M $TRUMP ($43.9M) into #OKX an hour ago, with a profit of $29.6M!https://t.co/RN5fXx11CW pic.twitter.com/4HyHZSHgou — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 19, 2025 Traders Eye Gains, But $TRUMP Token Volatility Raises Warnings Many traders are eagerly hoping the recent surge…
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. I know it’s a Fed rate decision day, but let’s also take a moment to go over the latest crypto ETF filings. Solana and XRP ETF proposals appeared not long after the milestone US spot bitcoin and ether ETF launches of 2024. Movement on a litecoin fund plan preceded REX Shares and Osprey last week proposing ETFs that would hold assets including DOGE, BONK and Trump’s memecoin. Tuttle Capital Management — further testing the limits — more recently floated leveraged ETFs linked to 10 different crypto…
Following successful partnerships with DZ Bank and Intesa Sanpaolo, the Stuttgart Stock Exchange is also in talks with other institutional investors to expand its cryptocurrency trading infrastructure. Stuttgart Stock Exchange Expands Crypto Trading Infrastructure, Targets More Institutional Clients The exchange aims to position itself as a key infrastructure provider for banks and brokers looking to enter the crypto space. “We are in talks with banks and brokers across Europe about potential cooperation in the crypto space. Some talks are already well underway,” Börse Stuttgart CEO Matthias Voelkel said in an interview. Italian banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo recently completed its first…
In a major development for the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Galaxy by Swing has announced the integration of the Celo blockchain into its platform, allowing users to bridge assets effortlessly between Celo and major Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. This new feature enhances Galaxy’s cross-chain capabilities, making it easier than ever for users to swap and move assets seamlessly across different blockchain ecosystems. With Celo now supported, Galaxy users can engage in a wider range of decentralized finance (DeFi) activities, further expanding the platform’s reach and usability. 🌌 New Chain Unlocked: @Celo is Now on Galaxy!✨Move assets effortlessly between Celo and major…
Cliff Asness, co-founder of AQR Capital Management, labeled Bitcoin a speculative bubble following its meteoric rise to over $100,000 after the November 2024 U.S. presidential election. Asness said he remains skeptical of Bitcoin’s (BTC) long-term value due to the absence of clear, practical uses beyond speculation and illicit activities. “I’m on the bubble side, on the net,” Asness said on CNBC’s Money Movers, “To move me off that, you really need not a price change, but a use case. That’s what could convince me to become maybe more of a crypto person when I find any use for it, aside…
Today, MicroStrategy is one of the most important institutions in cryptocurrency, but it didn’t start out that way. The company, co-founded by Michael Saylor—one of the most influential figures in the world of Bitcoin—first made its mark in software. Now, however, it’s best known for its aggressive strategy of acquiring Bitcoin for its corporate reserves, with Saylor becoming a key figurehead for the institutional adoption of the asset. Here’s everything else you need to know about MicroStrategy and its relationship with Bitcoin. What is MicroStrategy? Before it added Bitcoin to its balance sheet, MicroStrategy was best known for its business…
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan last week said that the US banking industry will have to adapt their businesses to allow for crypto payments, should regulations progress. “If the rules come in and make it a real thing that you can actually do business with, you’ll find that the banking system will come in hard on the transactional side of it,” Moynihan told CNBC at the World Economic Forum. Crypto exchange Kraken today launched a new payments platform — Kraken Pay, which allows customers to…
CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, has announced plans to introduce options on its Bitcoin Friday futures starting February 24, pending regulatory approval. These new contracts will be the first cryptocurrency options from CME Group to be financially settled, with expirations available each business day, Monday through Friday. Financially-settled options, also known as cash-settled options, are derivatives contracts where the settlement at expiration does not involve the physical delivery of the underlying asset. Instead, the profit or loss from the option is calculated based on the difference between the option’s strike price and the market price of the underlying…