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CoinShares has introduced a UCITS platform as part of a strategic expansion into Europe’s regulated investment fund industry. The move also extends its business beyond crypto exchange-traded products into traditional fund structures. According to the company’s Tuesday statement, the platform enhances its asset management capabilities by adding another scalable product engine that supports regulated investment funds alongside its existing ETP, alternative investment and on-chain asset management businesses. “This is not simply the launch of another investment product. It marks our entry into the UCITS market with a platform that allows us to develop and launch regulated investment funds under one…

In brief The price of Cardano ($ADA) fell to a more than five-year low on Wednesday as Bitcoin and other top coins sank. Founder Charles Hoskinson warned that the ecosystem is in trouble amid declining market conditions. Cardano analytics firm TapTools is shutting down. Hoskinson said community investment is necessary to avoid further failures. Following the sunsetting of Cardano analytics firm TapTools, network founder Charles Hoskinson warned that more firms in the ecosystem will likely shut down this year as the market squeezes Cardano ($ADA) and the broader crypto ecosystem. The network’s token, $ADA, is down a further 6% in…

South Korea has spent the past year quietly becoming one of Solana’s most important markets. Banks are exploring stablecoins. Card issuers are testing blockchain payments. Now one of the country’s largest payment processors wants to bring Solana Pay to hundreds of thousands of merchants. KSNET has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Solana Foundation to integrate Solana Pay across its network of more than 330,000 merchants, marking one of the largest merchant payment initiatives on the blockchain in Asia. The company processes around 130 million transactions every month, representing roughly $4 billion in monthly payment volume. Bringing Solana…

A Bitcoin ETF lets you own Bitcoin’s price through an ordinary brokerage account, with no wallet, no keys, and no crypto exchange. But there are three different kinds, and they behave very differently. Here is the complete guide to what they are, how they work, and which one fits. Table of Contents What an ETF is, to start The three types of Bitcoin ETF How a Bitcoin ETF keeps tracking Bitcoin’s price The advantages: why Bitcoin ETFs became so popular The tradeoffs: fees and what you give up ETF versus holding Bitcoin yourself The risks worth understanding The wrapper that…

Pseudonymous trader CrediBULL Crypto is calling for Ethereum ($ETH) to reach $20,000 or higher, repeating a target he first laid out three weeks ago when the token was trading near $1,500. According to him, Ethereum is finishing a multi-year base against Bitcoin ($BTC) and is about to enter its first bull run since 2017. The Charts Behind the $20K Call Responding to a claim by alphatracker that $ETH would go to $10K+, CrediBULL simply posted “$20K+,” and shared a link to a video where, instead of presenting the target as speculation, he built his case around long-term chart structures on…

Arthur Hayes’ investment firm Maelstrom said Worldcoin could surge to as high as $5 per token over the next few months, with $WLD acting as a crypto proxy for the AI boom. “The AI mega IPOs are coming — and it appears the market has overlooked one of the cleanest proxies,” said Maelstrom researcher Lukas Ruppert on Wednesday. The AI boom has been in full swing in the US. OpenAI confidentially filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC on May 22, targeting a public debut in September 2026, with the firm aiming to raise $60 billion with a potential valuation…

Kraken Institutional, the institutional-investor division of U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bitcoin infrastructure project VerifiedX. The agreement, reported by Wu Blockchain on July 30, aims to establish qualified custody support for vBTC, a programmable Bitcoin token. What the Partnership Entails Under the MOU, Kraken Institutional and VerifiedX plan to create a regulatory-compliant environment that allows institutional investors to hold and use vBTC. According to VerifiedX, vBTC is fully backed by Bitcoin and can be redeemed for $BTC at any time through its protocol. This arrangement seeks to bridge the gap between Bitcoin’s store-of-value properties…

Glassnode reported that Bitcoin ($BTC) has retreated to a critical support zone after retesting its February lows. According to the analysis, while the $BTC price remains near important technical levels, the pricing of future uncertainty in the options market has weakened significantly. Data shows that Bitcoin’s one-week implied volatility has fallen from approximately 60% to 35%. The downward trend in the overall volatility curve also indicates that the market’s expectation of sharp short-term price fluctuations has decreased compared to recent times. Glassnode also noted that the 25 delta skew indicator has retreated from the extreme levels seen during the June…

A U.S.-listed company is quietly building a substantial position in Ethereum. Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR), a firm publicly pursuing a strategic accumulation of the second-largest cryptocurrency, has withdrawn 7,500 $ETH — valued at approximately $14.61 million — from the custody platform BitGo. The transaction occurred roughly four hours ago, according to data shared by on-chain analyst EmberCN. On-Chain Signals Point to Continued Buying EmberCN, a widely followed blockchain analyst, noted that the withdrawal from BitGo suggests Bitmine is continuing its Ethereum accumulation campaign. Exchange and custody platform withdrawals are commonly interpreted by market observers as a signal of long-term holding intent,…

Public equities are leading the growth of RWA markets. While RWA started out with bonds and money funds, tokenizing stocks has started to find a use case in the category. Public equities are coming on-chain at a higher rate, becoming a key type of RWA. The ability to trade some of the hottest trending stocks is also changing the entire crypto ecosystem, offering new life to otherwise less active exchanges. While institutions are still interested in BTC, ETH, and some tokens, equities are taking the attention of retail, as well as whale-sized traders. Public equities spark a new wave of…