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Who can buy The funds are open to verified accredited investors in the US and to non-US persons. Grayscale’s disclosure language is blunt: these are private placement securities that are speculative, illiquid, and carry the risk of total loss. Republic co-CEO Andrew Durgee framed the partnership as a chance for investors to diversify early in these funds’ lifecycles. What’s actually in the baskets The DeFi Fund’s holdings cover three distinct parts of the DeFi stack. $UNI (Uniswap’s governance token) represents exchange infrastructure, $AAVE covers lending, and $ONDO covers tokenized real-world assets. $CRV adds stablecoin liquidity, $LDO adds liquid staking, and…

“He was the wisest, most thoughtful, most generous person I’ve ever known,” he added. Garlinghouse went on to explain how his father played various important roles in his life. Earlier this week I lost someone close to me. Death is abstract – until it is incredibly real. He was the wisest, most thoughtful, and most generous person I have known. I was incredibly fortunate to call him: – a friend – a mentor – a role model – an inspiration But most of all, I was fortunate to call him Dad. B. Kent Garlinghouse, Sr 1941 – 2026 — Brad…

Bloomberg Intelligence technical indicators tracking 50-week moving averages show Bitcoin rolling over downward after its peak above $100,000, recorded in 2025. On the chart, the Bitcoin index, adjusted by a factor of 10, has fallen to 7,648, declining faster than other commodity and equity instruments. The current dynamics of the crypto market call into question the stability of adjacent sectors. The key question as of October 2026 is whether US stock indices and key industrial metals will follow Bitcoin. At the moment, the composite metals index stands at 8,130, the S&P 500 holds at 7,192, and copper futures have corrected…

An Ethereum investment product can advertise staking exposure without putting every unit of its $ETH to work. Lido’s October 23 comparison of European exchange-traded products brings attention to the cash-management choices behind the reward figures investors see. TL;DR Lido argues that staking allocation, fees and liquidity management shape ETP rewards. Native staking withdrawals depend on network processes and queues. A transferable staking token adds a market exit route, with its own execution risks. The reward rate applies to the capital actually earning it In its new institutional note, Lido says products holding an unstaked liquidity buffer may earn rewards on…

A follow-up on Oct. 9 gave Musk’s outlook a numerical reference while retaining significant uncertainty about success. He described a valuation above $1 quadrillion, equivalent to $1,000 trillion, as a possible outcome he previously considered unattainable. He characterized the probability as accelerating from a tiny base and separately clarified that seeing a path did not express extreme confidence. The SpaceX CEO wrote: “>$1000T now appears to me to be in the set of possible outcomes, whereas before I had thought it was not.” His latest comments extend an earlier conditional valuation claim made July 9 during an exchange about an…

DeFi Development expands its Solana treasury strategy Launched in September, CHAD is a variable rate perpetual preferred stock that allows DeFi Development to raise capital for additional $SOL purchases while offering investors regular dividend payments. Unlike common shares, CHAD prioritizes dividend income rather than direct participation in the company’s stock price appreciation. Its dividend rate can also change based on market conditions and the company’s financing strategy. At a purchase price of $10 per share, the new rate represents a 14% annualized dividend yield. However, the actual yield depends on the purchase price and whether the company maintains its dividend…

The Numbers Recent discussions around stablecoin legislation have sparked interest among market participants. The Digital Chamber’s ongoing advocacy highlights the urgency of regulatory clarity in the crypto ecosystem. As the industry faces mixed market signals, the call for stable and predictable regulatory environments is more pressing than ever. The implications of such discussions could significantly impact the operational landscape for crypto developers moving forward. The Digital Chamber is an organization focused on advocating for favorable regulatory frameworks for digital assets. As a regulatory body, it plays a crucial role in shaping policy discussions that affect the cryptocurrency landscape. Their emphasis…

“Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market have moved lower on the resulting hawkish repricing, a reminder of how sensitive Bitcoin remains to monetary policy over short horizons,” he wrote. Bitcoin’s price recently stood at $81,473, down 2% over a seven-day period. The price of the leading cryptocurrency dropped Wednesday after data showed that U.S. consumer prices shot up more than expected in September. Then, on Thursday, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said that U.S. producer prices rose in September at the fastest pace in more than four years. This has weighed on bitcoin’s price because higher inflation…

Lido estimates a capital multiplier versus solo staking of 2.18 times for a first validator, approaching 2.26 times as more are added. The comparison includes staking returns on the operator’s bond and assumes full 2,048 $ETH effective balances, making eventual allocation central to the advertised economics. The launch moves beyond the proposal-stage route CryptoSlate covered on Oct. 4, when mainnet activation was still pending. Seed deposits come first Lido starts the module with a stake-share limit of 0.01% of Lido Core’s total value locked, intended to fund roughly 32 seed deposits. It also has a separate 32-seat queue for validators…

“Moving assets onchain is only the first step,” said Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. “The bigger question is how efficiently that capital can work once it is there.” The IMF’s message is that while the use case is real, the market is still nascent. It said the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market has grown rapidly, estimating it at about $65 billion as of July 31. Tokenized equities accounted for roughly $2.3 billion of the total. That compares with a 2025 global equity market capitalization of just under $160 trillion, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the trade…