Author: NBTC
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has purchased 11 Bitcoins for roughly 1 million euros (US$1 million), becoming the first Italian bank to make a direct investment in the crypto. The confirmation came from Intesa Sanpaolo’s press office, following speculation that emerged earlier in the day after an internal email from the group was leaked on the online forum 4chan. The email, reportedly signed by Niccolò Bardoscia, head of the bank’s Trading and Investment division for Digital Assets, outlined the acquisition, according to a report by Italian crypto news outlet Criptovaluta. While the purchase was confirmed, the banking group declined…
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Memecoin generator Pump.fun was hit with another proposed class action lawsuit on Thursday, accusing the company and its executives of raking in nearly $500 million in fees while violating U.S. securities laws. The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), hinges on the crypto industry’s biggest lingering question — when is a token a security? Though the suit alleges that every token created using Pump.fun’s platform is a security, and thus subject to U.S. securities laws, that’s far from a matter of settled law. Under the new Donald Trump Administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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The cryptocurrency market has faced a rough patch over the past month, with global crypto market capitalization slipping from a peak of $3.79 trillion on December 17 to $3.14 trillion yesterday. However, a glimmer of recovery has emerged, with the market bouncing back to $3.28 trillion—shedding just 0.44% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin, in particular, has followed suit, gaining 1% over the same period. At press time, the BTC token trades at $94,820, with a market cap of $1.87 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $72.08 billion. Bitcoin Price Analysis: Will the Bulls Retake Control? Bitcoin’s daily chart…
Canary Capital didn’t even exist when the spot bitcoin or even the spot ethe rexchange-traded funds launched last year. But the company quickly made a name for itself in the business. Founded only last October, Canary Capital has quickly pushed out several applications for crypto ETFs, including ones for Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Litecoin (LTC) and Hedera (HBAR), with the latter two being the first ETF applications of their kind. From the outside, it seemed as though the firm had it all planned out perfectly. “We really had no idea that we would be getting back into the ETF game,“…
Polkadot’s parachains boost blockchain scalability and connectivity, driving DOT token adoption. Avalanche excels in speed and scalability, positioning AVAX as an Ethereum rival for developers and investors. Beam integrates blockchain into gaming, enhancing anonymity, security, and governance via its $BEAM token. Explore Polkadot, Avalanche, and Beam three dynamic blockchain platforms revolutionizing scalability, speed, and gaming with innovative tokenomics and governance. Polkadot(DOT) Promotes Interoperability Across Blockchains Current price: $6.16 Market cap: $9.48B Polkadot’s protocol helps establish a scalable and connected environment by enabling blockchain solutions like Ethereum or Bitcoin to communicate safely without needing help from other networks. Its parachain mechanism…
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Former SEC senior counsel Adrienne Gurley yesterday gave her take on how the SEC could approach the influx of crypto ETF proposals. She had a few other things to say. For one, the Venable LLP partner told me she’s expecting token classification guidance and custody rule revisions to be key near-term priorities for the securities regulator. President Donald Trump’s executive order laid out 30-, 60- and 180-day deadlines for the SEC and others. The dates to watch appear to be: Feb. 22, by which agencies identify…
Strata will launch as an open platform that introduces easy and scalable self-custody while facilitating the use of bitcoin. New Funding to Accelerate Development of Bitcoin ZK Rollup Strata Alpen Labs, a bitcoin infrastructure company announced that it has completed an $8.5 million strategic financing led by the Cyber Fund and DBA. The biggest investors in Alpen’s initial funding round, Ribbit Capital, Castle Island Ventures, and Geometry also backed the company in this round. With the help of this funding round, the company is looking to expedite the development of its bitcoin ZK Rollup, Strata. Strata’s mainnet is planned for…
The FED left interest rates unchanged, as expected. Bitcoin reacted as follows following the development: FED Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a live press conference in half an hour, at 22:30 Turkish Time (UTC+3). The statements Powell will use at this press conference will perhaps be even more important than the interest rate decision. It’s the first major decision from the central bank in President Donald Trump’s second term and comes after Trump said he should have some say in Fed policy. Fed officials now have to decide whether today’s expected pause is a single meeting or the start of…