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Key Takeaways The unraveling of Strategy’s market premium is now putting the company at risk of being cut from major equity indices. JPMorgan analysts warned that as much as $2.8 billion could exit if MSCI excludes the stock, with billions more at stake across other index-linked funds. Strategy faces the risk of being removed from major equity indices. According to Bloomberg, JPMorgan analysts warned the company could lose its place in benchmarks such as MSCI USA and the Nasdaq 100. MSCI is reviewing policies affecting companies whose digital asset holdings exceed half of their total assets, a change that could…

The U.S. financial system may transition to blockchain far sooner than many expect, according to SEC Chair Paul Atkins. Speaking to Fox Business, Atkins said the U.S. market structure is undergoing rapid change as blockchain and electronic trading continue to mature. He noted that these advances are reshaping how participants view settlement, risk, and transparency. Building on that point, Atkins suggested the move to blockchain could arrive within a few years rather than a decade. He emphasized that tokenization is emerging as a central feature of this shift, with digital representations of assets poised to enter mainstream finance. Tokenization Expected…

Coinbase is once again tightening its listing standards. The exchange has announced that it will disable trading for Clover Finance (CLV), EOS (EOS), and League of Kingdoms Arena (LOKA) as part of an ongoing review process. Although trading stops immediately, Coinbase stressed that all user funds remain safe and fully accessible. Customers can still withdraw these assets at any time and no wallets are being frozen. The update follows a previous notice from November 27, when Coinbase extended the suspension period for the same assets. With the review now complete, the exchange has moved forward with a full trading halt.…

Tom Lee thinks Ethereum has found its bottom, after the second-largest cryptocurrency recently plunged below the $3,000 mark. The BitMine Immersion Technologies chairman—also the chief investment officer at Fundstrat—said the Ethereum treasury firm has been “putting its money where its mouth is” of late, adding heavily to its balance sheet at Ethereum’s current prices. “BitMine believes Ethereum has already bottomed,” said Lee during a video interview with Farokh Sarmad, president of Dastan, Decrypt’s parent company. “Compared to two weeks ago, the amount of Ethereum we’re buying is more than double.” The Ethereum treasury firm has massively added to its position…

Expectations of a US interest rate cut are once again on the agenda. Kay Haigh, managing director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said that recent soft employment data and inflation nearing target still make a December rate cut a strong possibility. According to Haigh, this situation creates room for Fed Chair Jerome Powell to maintain his “risk management approach” before his term ends in May. However, not all institutions share this optimistic outlook. Morgan Stanley, in an update, withdrew its expectation of a 25 basis point rate cut for its December meeting. The bank stated that September’s strong employment report…

The latest article by Dr. A.K. Chaurasia restarts the discussion over whether long-term developmental planning is undermined by the democratic election cycles. The post suggests that five-year tenure in politics usually derails or postpones transformational infrastructure and industrial projects by pointing out the analysis of the massive trade surplus and the growth of manufacturing in China by Navroop Singh. It is a challenge to projects with a ten to twenty year time line of planned implementation as governments keep alternating with each change in government. This is the opposite of the multi-decade industrial policy of China, as Chaurasia compares the…

In a significant move that captured the crypto community’s attention, blockchain trackers spotted a major transaction five hours ago. An address linked to the United States government transferred a staggering $20 million in digital assets. These seized FTX funds, originally from the collapsed exchange and its sister firm Alameda Research, mark a pivotal moment in the ongoing legal saga. What Exactly Happened with the Seized FTX Funds? According to data from Onchain Lens, a wallet presumed to be controlled by U.S. authorities moved the assets to a new address. The transfer wasn’t a single token but a mix of two…

U.S. spot exchange-traded funds are starting to note inflows as Bitcoin embarks on a choppy yet upsloping move, ending weeks of corrections. Spot Ethereum ETFs attracted $177.64 million on Tuesday, hitting a six-week high, according to SoSoValue data—more than the $151.74 million that flowed into spot Bitcoin ETFs. Among other major altcoin ETFs, Solana saw the highest netflow on Tuesday at $16.54 million. XRP ETFs attracted $8.73 million, while funds for Dogecoin and Chainlink remained flat. “ETF flows are telling a clear story,” Rachel Lin. CEO and Co-Founder at SynFutures, told Decrypt, suggesting that investors are “becoming more selective inside…

Bitcoin BTC$85,649.79 is not the only asset taking a beating this quarter. The Japanese yen (JPY) is also down 157.20 per U.S. dollar, a big move for a major fiat currency, prompting FX traders to await intervention from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to stem the decline. But why are we discussing FX? It’s because, historically, yen weakness has been linked to risk-on sentiment — when traders borrow yen at low interest rates in Japan and convert it into other currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, to invest in higher-yielding assets. This activity puts downward pressure on the yen. A…

Tokenization specialist Ondo Finance’s native cryptocurrency was on the move on Monday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended investigation into the platform as U.S. regulators are clearing the path for tokenized real-world assets (RWA). The agency closed a “confidential” investigation that was started in 2024, during the previous SEC leadership helmed by Gary Gensler, without any charges, the Ondo team said in an X post. The agency’s investigation centered on whether Ondo’s tokenization of certain real-world assets complied with federal securities laws as well as whether the ONDO token was a security, an Ondo spokesperson told CoinDesk.…